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Microsoft to cut thousands of engineering jobs, reports claim
Microsoft Corp. could become the latest technology giant to announce a significant number of layoffs, according to a report from Bloomberg today. The report cites a “person familiar with the matter” as saying that the fresh round of job cuts would be “significantly larger” than earlier layoffs announced by Microsoft over the last year. If ...
Nextdata launches to transform a vision of ‘data mesh’ into reality
Nextdata quietly emerged from stealth mode today, providing a glimpse of a company that intends to build technology to help organizations decentralize data at large scale. The goal of the firm is to realize the concept of the “data mesh” and its promise of revolutionizing how information is consumed. Nextdata founder and Chief Executive Zhamak Dehghani (pictured), ...
HarperDB 4.0 integrates with open-source connectivity platform NATS to enable limitless data distribution
HarperDB Inc. said today it’s boosting the capabilities of its Global Application Platform by integrating with the NATS open-source connective technology for adaptive edge and distributed systems. Launched a number of years ago, HarperDB is one of an emerging class of hybrid transactional/analytical processing databases that combine traditional SQL for structured data and NoSQL for ...
Dell announces new PowerEdge servers based on Intel’s 4th Gen Xeon Scalable processors
Dell Technologies Inc. today announced another refresh to its PowerEdge server lineup, with the addition of 13 new models that incorporate Intel Corp.’s latest 4th Generation Xeon Scalable processors. The new rack, tower and multi-node PowerEdge servers incorporate Dell’s latest engineering and software advancements to accelerate performance and improve reliability for computing across on-premises data ...
AI21 Labs has created a co-writing bot that can suggest quotes, statistics, provide citations and more
AI21 Labs Ltd., an artificial intelligence research lab focused on natural language processing and generative AI, said today it’s hoping to spice up the lives of writers with the launch of Wordtune Spices, a new feature within its popular Wordtune editing platform. Wordtune is an AI-powered writing companion that can understand content and meaning to ...
Got It AI launches truth checking tool to fix ChatGPT’s inaccuracies
Autonomous conversational artificial intelligence startup Got It AI Inc. said today it has developed a new “truth checker” tool for the popular chatbot ChatGPT that can identify when it is “hallucinating” — generating fabricated answers to questions. The startup said its tool makes it possible for enterprises to deploy ChatGPT-like experiences without the risk of ...
Google Cloud debuts new AI tools for retailers
Google Cloud said today it’s launching four new artificial intelligence technologies aimed at retailers, just ahead of the National Retail Federation’s annual conference, NRF 2023. The new technologies are designed to help retailers transform in-store shelf checking processes and enhance e-commerce operations, providing more fluid and natural online shopping experiences, Google said. They include a ...
Google Cloud reshuffles its go-to-market team as top US sales exec leaves
Alphabet Inc.’s Google Cloud today announced a major reshuffle within its go-to-market organization, aiming to boost its competitiveness ahead of what is likely to be a tough year for technology firms. The company announced that it’s elevating Adaire Fox-Martin into the role of president of Google Cloud Go-to-Market Organization, a new position within the company ...
Nvidia develops AI models used to accelerate protein discovery and prevent retail theft
Nvidia Corp. revealed today how it’s using artificial intelligence models to tackle some of the most pressing challenges faced by the pharmaceutical and retail industries, from discovering new proteins and to finding better ways to prevent theft. The company’s work with Evozyne Inc. is particularly impressive, promising a new way to accelerate drug discovery and ...
Global PC shipments suffer worst-ever quarterly decline
Global sales of personal computers suffered their worst-ever quarterly decline over the holiday season, with analyst firms Gartner Inc. and International Data Corp. both reporting that shipments fell by around 28%. They also said they don’t expect any significant recovery in the market until 2024. According to Gartner, global PC shipments slipped by 28.5% to ...