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Arm Holdings Ltd. is building on the launch of its Arm Neoverse Compute Subsystems earlier this year as today the British chip design firm announced a new ecosystem called Arm Total Design that will help companies building customized system-on-chip designs to access …
Refuel.ai debuts a large language model to label the data needed to train other LLMs
Data labeling startup Refuel.ai Inc. today announced the launch of its Refuel Cloud platform, which uses a large language model that’s purpose-built to label datasets and get them ready for artificial intelligence training. Refuel.ai, which raised $5.2 million in seed funding in …
Fast database ScyllaDB raises $43M as it throws down the gauntlet to rivals
Database upstart ScyllaDB Inc., said today it has closed on a $43 million round of funding as it looks to take on rivals such as MongoDB Inc. by providing an easier way for enterprises to scale their data workloads. Today’s round was …
Pantomath bags $14M in funding to expand its data observability platform
Data observability startup Pantomath Inc. said today it closed on a $14 million Series A round of funding in September. The round was led by Silicon Valley-based Sierra Ventures and saw participation from Pantomath’s early backers Bowery Capital and Epic Ventures. All told, …
Gartner’s top 10 strategic technology trends for 2024 highlight growing adoption of AI
The technology industry analyst firm Gartner Inc. today got out in front of predictions for next year with what it says are likely to be top 10 strategic technology trends to emerge in 2024 — and it’s no surprise that many of …
Qualcomm says it will lay off more than 1,200 staff in California
Smartphone chipmaker Qualcomm Inc. plans to eliminate 1,258 jobs, the latest in a string of cost-cutting measures it has implemented this year. These Qualcomm layoffs come as no surprise following similar trends across the tech industry. The company said in a filing …
Flexport confirms second round of layoffs, with 20% of its staff to go
Troubled logistics and supply chain software firm Flexport Inc. has confirmed it will lay off about 20% of its staff, in what is the second major round of job cuts it has embarked on this year. CNBC was the first to report …
Canonical announces availability of Ubuntu 23.10 ‘Mantic Minotaur’ release
Linux software developer Canonical Ltd. has announced a major update to the Ubuntu operating system that runs in thousands of data center servers and on millions of personal computers around the world. Today’s update beefs up Ubuntu’s security and introduces a refreshed …
Alation debuts AI copilot and analytics cloud to help enterprises wrangle data
Enterprise data intelligence startup Alation Inc. is jumping on the artificial intelligence bandwagon today, announcing a new copilot called ALLIE AI that’s intended to increase the productivity of anyone who regularly works with large datasets. It’s said to be able to automate …
Microsoft vows to fight after IRS slaps it with $29B tax bill
Microsoft Corp. is bracing itself for a lengthy battle with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service over billions of dollars in back taxes that it’s said to owe. In a securities filing and blog post today, Microsoft revealed it’s planning to contest an …