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Xilinx and Spline.ai use AI to enable COVID-19 detection at the edge
Chipmaker Xilinx Inc. said today it has teamed up with an artificial intelligence startup called Spline.ai to create a medical X-ray classification model that it says can improve prediction rates for COVID-19 and pneumonia using AI at the edge. The model was built using more than 30,000 verified pneumonia and 500 COVID-19 X-ray images that ...
Google adds new partners to its BeyondCorp Alliance
Google LLC said today it’s adding a bunch of new partners to its BeyondCorp Alliance, which brings together various security firms and data management providers to help extend its concept of the “zero-trust” security model. BeyondCorp is a security framework that involves shifting access controls from the perimeter to individual devices and users, thereby enabling ...
Multicloud networking startup Alkira raises $54M funding round
Networking-as-a-service startup Alkira Inc. said today it has raised $54 million in a funding round that brings its total amount raised to $76 million. Koch Disruptive Technologies led the Series B round, with participation from previous investors Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia Capital, plus a new investor, GV Management Co. LLC, which has Google LLC parent ...
Palo Alto Networks beefs up its multicloud security platform Prisma Cloud
Palo Alto Networks Inc. said today it’s adding four new cloud security modules to Prisma Cloud, a multicloud security offering that enables developers to block vulnerabilities during the application development and deployment process. Prisma Cloud is a relatively new service that’s made up of several technologies Palo Alto Networks obtained through its acquisitions of RedLock ...
Report: AMD in talks to acquire custom chipmaker Xilinx for $30B
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. reportedly plans to acquire rival chipmaker Xilinx Inc. in a deal that could be valued at more than $30 billion. The Wall Street Journal reported late today that AMD is in advanced talks to buy Xilinx, and that the deal could be concluded as soon as next week. Still, there’s no guarantee ...
Report: Google planning to relinquish control of its open-source Knative project
Google LLC is reportedly planning to relinquish direct control over its open-source Knative project to a five-seat steering committee that will have rules to prevent any single organization from having more than two seats. The plan is designed to stymie criticism that Google is secretly planning to retain control over key open-source projects it has ...
Amazon shows off its first electric delivery van built by Rivian
Amazon.com Inc. showed off its first electric powered delivery van built by startup Rivian Automotive LLC today. The vehicle boasts some cool technology, including an advanced driver-assist system, voice controls powered by Alexa and various sensors. “When we set out to create our first customized electric delivery vehicle with Rivian, we knew that it needed ...
Shipa debuts its cloud-native application management framework
Shipa Corp., a startup that has built a cloud-native application management framework for managing the full app development lifecycle, is emerging from stealth mode today after banking $3.75 million in seed funding round led by Engineering Capital and Jump Capital. Shipa is trying to make life easier for developers that build containerized applications based on ...
Camunda aims to modernize robotic process automation with APIs
Camunda Services GmbH said today it’s aiming to modernize robotic process automation bot implementations with its latest Camunda 7.14 platform release. RPA is a subset of artificial intelligence that involves using software robots to observe workflows in common business applications and then deduce ways to automate repetitive tasks. The robots are used to monitor worker’s ...
Gartner says global data center infrastructure spending will grow 6% next year
Gartner Inc. has some welcome news for data center infrastructure vendors today, publishing a forecast that predicts spending in the industry to grow 6% globally next year. The growth will come as a result of businesses rebounding from cash flow restrictions that were imposed on them during the coronavirus pandemic, Gartner said. It projects that ...