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Yugabyte Inc. today announced what it says are the most extensive set of updates ever made to its database ecosystem. The startup is the chief developer behind YugabyteDB, an open-source and high-performance distributed structured query language database that’s used to power global, …
Industrial giant Siemens to buy Brightly Software in $1.58B deal
The German industrial giant Siemens AG said today it has agreed to buy U.S.-based asset management software firm Brightly Software Inc. for $1.58 billion, with the deal expected to close before the end of the year. Brightly Software will be integrated with …
ServiceNow’s observability platform Lightstep gains new capabilities to speed up incident resolution
ServiceNow Inc. said today it’s boosting the capabilities of its Lightstep observability platform with the launch of Lightstep Notebooks, a new feature that enables faster, more collaborative and accurate troubleshooting. Used by thousands of enterprises across the world, ServiceNow is a workflow …
Intel delays building Ohio chip plant after federal funding delay
Intel Corp. has reportedly delayed breaking ground on its planned multibillion-dollar chip manufacturing plant in Ohio after becoming frustrated with Congress’ lack of progress on new legislation that would support the chipmaking industry. The groundbreaking ceremony had been scheduled for July 2022 …
Amazon sent an AWS Snowcone device into orbit aboard the ISS
Amazon.com Inc. revealed at its re:Mars conference today that it has put one of its AWS Snowcone edge computing and storage devices into orbit, as part of Axiom Space Inc.’s latest mission to the International Space Station. Snowcones are special devices that …
Amazon partners with Matter to launch AWS Expand healthcare tech accelerator
The healthcare industry incubator Matter said today it’s partnering with Amazon Web Services Inc. on a new initiative called AWS Expand to help bring startups from Europe, the Middle East and Africa to the U.S. market. AWS said in a blog post …
Qualcomm announces unified ‘full stack’ approach to AI software
Qualcomm Inc. today unveiled its new AI Stack portfolio, which it says brings a unified software approach to creating artificial intelligence applications across its products. According to the company, the Qualcomm AI Stack combines and improves upon its existing AI offerings by providing …
Amazon reveals how it’s using AI to transform the retail experience
Amazon.com today showcased the multiple ways in which artificial intelligence-based machine learning and computer vision algorithms are being combined with synthetic data to improve key retail automation technologies such as Just Walk Out, Amazon One and Amazon Dash Cart. In a keynote …
At re:MARS, Amazon Alexa evolves from ambient to generalizable intelligence
Amazon Web Services Inc.’s chief Alexa developer Rohit Prasad today spoke about the increasingly prominent role his company’s digital assistant plays in people’s lives, citing this as evidence of the rise of “ambient intelligence.” Prasad defines ambient intelligence as artificial intelligence that …
Traefik Labs launches Traefik Hub to make multicloud application services easier to deploy and access
Cloud-native networking company Traefik Labs SAS today announced a new platform that’s designed to eliminate management and automation headaches around Kubernetes and Docker networking. Traefik Labs is the creator of the Traefik Stack, which provides various tools to automate cloud-natve application networking …