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PC shipments slow for first time since COVID-19 outbreak emerged
After two years of pandemic-fueled, double-digit growth, shipments of personal computers fell by more than 5% in the first quarter of this year from the same period a year ago. However, International Data Corp. said in its report released today that although the decline is a reflection of both higher costs and market saturation in some ...
Oracle-backed server chip startup Ampere files for IPO
Ampere Computing LLC, an Arm-based computer chip manufacturer heavily backed by Oracle Corp., said today it has filed plans for an initial public offering with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The move has sparked widespread speculation about Ampere’s valuation, a key factor in the upcoming IPO. Ampere, which is led by the former Intel Corp. ...
Google’s new ‘multisearch’ feature enables users to search with both images and words
Google LLC said today it has added a new “multisearch” capability to Google Lens, enabling users to search for answers using a combination of images and text. Google Lens, the company’s image recognition technology, allows users to point the phone camera or snap a photo and search Google for answers relating to that image. With ...
NetApp buys open-source database-as-a-service player Instaclustr
Data storage giant NetApp Inc. said today it’s expanding into the platform-as-a-service business after acquiring the open-source database startup Instaclustr Pty. Ltd. for an undisclosed price. Instaclustr delivers fully managed versions of the most popular open-source databases to enterprises that don’t want to manage the software themselves. Its “open-source-as-a-service” platform provides hosting and support for ...
Gartner forecasts global tech spending to hit $4.4 trillion this year, up 4%
The respected analyst firm Gartner Inc. said today in its latest forecast that worldwide information technology is expected to top $4.4 trillion in 2022, rising by 4% from the year before. Gartner Distinguished Research Vice President John-David Lovelock said 2022 is already proving to be one of the “noisiest years on record” for chief information ...
OpenAI’s DALL-E 2 image generator creates fantastic images from text-based descriptions
The artificial intelligence research firm OpenAI Inc. today released an updated version of its text-to-image generation model DALL-E, with higher resolution and lower latency than the original system. DALL-E 2, like the original DALL-E, can produce pictures, such as the image above, from written descriptions and comes with a few new capabilities, such as being able ...
Google Cloud shares its blueprint for building a secure cloud data warehouse
Google Cloud has updated its collection of security blueprints with the addition of a Secure Data Warehouse Blueprint that customers are free to implement to safeguard their cloud data. Google’s security blueprints combine best practices with opinionated guidance to help customers build stronger security into their cloud deployments. In the case of its Secure Data ...
VPN provider Nord Security raises $100M to build internet privacy
Nord Security Ltd., a provider of internet privacy and security tools that’s best known for its virtual private network NordVPN, said today it has raised $100 million in funding, bringing its valuation to $1.6 billion. The round was led by Novator Ventures, with participation from Burda Principal Investments and General Catalyst. Angel investors, including Ilkka ...
Boeing heads for the cloud with AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud
The Boeing Co. announced today it has signed deals with all three major cloud computing providers — Amazon Web Services Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Google LLC — to expand its cloud operations and reduce its reliance on on-premises systems. In a blog post, Boeing explained that although it already has relationships with all three companies, the ...
Google Cloud boosts big-data accessibility with new innovations at Data Summit
Google Cloud early Wednesday announced a number of new products and innovations aimed at making data-driven insights and digital transformation more accessible to companies of all sizes. The new products and services, unveiled at Google Cloud Data Summit, include BigLake and Spanner change streams to unify customer data while ensuring it’s delivered in real time, ...