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In a surprising move, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. is said to be close to negotiating a deal to buy the publicly listed networking company Juniper Networks Inc. The deal, reportedly worth $13 billion, could be announced as early as this week, the …
Twilio co-founder and CEO Jeff Lawson bows to pressure from activist investors to step down
Communications and customer engagement software provider Twilio Inc. said today that its co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Jeff Lawson is stepping down from his role with immediate effect. He’ll be replaced by longtime company executive Khozema Shipchandler, who also assumes a seat …
Nvidia’s latest RTX GPUs will bring generative AI to millions of laptops and PCs
Nvidia Corp. took to the stage at the 2024 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas today to unveil its latest artificial intelligence hardware, the GeForce RTX SUPER desktop graphics processing unit, which it says enables “supercharged generative AI workloads” on laptop personal …
AI drug discovery startup Isomorphic Labs partners with Eli Lilly and Novartis
London-based Isomorphic Labs Ltd., a drug discovery-focused artificial intelligence startup that was spun out of Google LLC’s DeepMind unit just over two years ago, today announced key partnerships with two of the world’s biggest pharmaceutical companies – Eli Lilly & Co. and Novartis …
Intel hires former HPE executive Justin Hotard to run its Data Center and AI group
Chipmaking giant Intel Corp. announced today it has hired former Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. executive Justin Hotard as the new executive vice president and general manager of its key Data Center and AI Group. The new exec, who is regarded as a …
Google’s DeepMind shares advanced systems and models for autonomous robot training
Google LLC’s artificial intelligence research unit DeepMind today unveiled a trio of new advances that it says will help robots make better, faster and safer decisions in the wild. The advances, which include new training systems for artificial intelligence systems designed to …
Microchip Technology gets $162M in U.S. government funding to boost domestic chip production
Semiconductor firm Microchip Technology Inc. has been awarded $162 million in U.S. government grants as part of a plan to step up domestic production of computer chips and microcontroller units or MCUs that are key components in the consumer and defense industries. …
Facebook debuts Link History as a new way to keep tabs on users’ browsing habits
Meta Platforms Inc.’s Facebook has begun archiving some user’s link histories on both Android and iOS devices, marketing the move as a better way for users to keep track of the various web pages they come across via their news feeds. Although …
AI reveals that up to 75% of large fishing vessels avoid being tracked
Researchers using artificial intelligence algorithms to identify vessels in satellite images of the oceans have concluded that the majority of the world’s industrial fishing boats are not being tracked publicly. The study, which mapped undisclosed activities at sea for the first time, …
Atos confirms it’s negotiating sale of its cybersecurity business unit to Airbus
The French aerospace industry giant Airbus SE is holding talks with its compatriot information technology firm Atos SE over buying its cybersecurity business unit, and has reportedly made an offer that values the division at around 1.8 billion euros ($1.97 billion), including …