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Intel debuts four new processor chip families at CES
Intel Corp. took to the online stage at the Consumer Electronics Show today to unveil its latest families of computer processors, at a time when it faces stiff competition from rivals such as Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Apple Inc. in the gaming, personal computing and mobile markets. Intel said its four new chip families ...
Social media showdown: Parler sues Amazon over site takedown
In a growing social media showdown, Amazon.com Inc. is facing legal action after its decision to block the conservative social app Parler from using Amazon Web Services Inc.’s cloud infrastructure. Parler Inc. today filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Seattle accusing Amazon of violating antitrust law and breaching a contractual agreement. The legal ...
Workday uses Google’s Procurement DocAI service to accelerate document scanning
Google LLC is highlighting how the financial management and human capital management software provider Workday Inc. is using one of its new cloud-based artificial intelligence services to accelerate document processing in multiple languages for its customers. In a blog post today, Google revealed that Workday turned to its Procurement DocAI service to automate the processing ...
AWS suspends free speech app Parler, forcing it to find a new web host – if it can
Amazon Web Services Inc. has told the popular social media app Parler that it will no longer be able to use its cloud services because of a lack of content moderation on its platform. Parler is an alternative to Twitter that’s popular with supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump, conspiracy theorists and right-wing extremists. Its ...
Samsung says its fourth-quarter profits will rise 26%
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. said early Friday morning in South Korea that its fourth-quarter operating profit is expected to rise by about 26%, fueled by what analysts say was a surge in sales of computer chips and display panels. The company reported operating income of 9 trillion won ($8.23 billion) in its preliminary fourth-quarter earnings ...
Micron easily beats first-quarter earnings expectations
Computer chipmaker Micron Technology Inc. posted strong fiscal first-quarter results today, showing revenue and profit that came in well ahead of expectations. The company reported a profit before certain costs such as stock compensation of 78 cents per share on revenue of $5.77 billion, easily beating Wall Street’s forecast of earnings of 68 cents per share ...
Red Hat buys Kubernetes security startup StackRox
Red Hat Inc. announced its first acquisition of the year today, saying it intends to acquire container and Kubernetes threat detection company StackRox Inc. Red Hat said it wants to integrate StackRox’s security tools with its OpenShift platform to make container workloads more secure. OpenShift is Red Hat’s version of the Kubernetes container orchestration software. ...
Cloud security provider Lacework raises massive $525M growth round
Cloud cybersecurity startup Lacework Inc. has lofty ambitions after landing a massive $525 million growth round of funding today that takes its valuation to more than $1 billion. Sutter Hill and Altimeter Capital led the Series D round, joined by D1 Capital Partners, Coatue, Dragoneer Investment Group, Liberty Ventures and Tiger Global Management. Snowflake Ventures, ...
Rock star chip designer Jim Keller joins Tenstorrent
Toronto startup Tenstorrent Inc. scored a major coup today with the news that legendary computer chip designer Jim Keller has signed on as its new president and chief technology officer. Keller (pictured) is widely regarded as a “rock star” chip designer who created breakthrough processors at a number of leading tech firms, including Advanced Micro Devices ...
Intel adds facial recognition tech to its RealSense portfolio
Intel Corp. today announced new facial recognition hardware and software that can be used in retail stores to facilitate payments or other settings to provide access to restricted areas. Introduced in 2014, Intel’s RealSense 3D cameras were originally designed for robots and other machines. They combine depth and tracking technologies to give drones, robots and ...