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Google launches its Recommendations AI tool for online retailers
Google LLC said today that its Recommendations AI tool is now publicly available in public beta test mode. Recommendations AI was first announced in private beta in April 2019, and relies on Google’s sophisticated artificial intelligence tools to help retailers deliver highly personalized recommendations to their customers. In a blog post, Google Product Manager Pallav ...
Microsoft announces Dataflex, a new database for building low-code apps in Teams
Microsoft Corp. today announced a new relational database service called Dataflex that lets workers create, deploy and manage low-code applications and chatbots within its Microsoft Teams collaboration platform, which is a competitor to Slack, Facebook Inc.’s Workplace and Zoom. Dataflex provides relational data storage, rich data types, one-click deployment and enterprise-grade data governance for citizen ...
Apple vows to make its entire business carbon neutral by 2030
Apple Inc. said today it’s planning to become entirely carbon neutral by the end of the decade. Apple’s global operations are already carbon neutral, running on 100% renewable energy, but the company wants to extend that to cover its entire supply chain. By the end of 2030, it said, “every Apple device sold will have ...
University of Florida and Nvidia partner to build academia’s fastest supercomputer yet
The University of Florida said today it’s teaming up with computer graphics chipmaker Nvidia Corp. to build what it says will be the world’s faster artificial intelligence supercomputer in academia. The machine will be used to tackle a range of issues that can only be solved using AI, including research into COVID-19 and how to ...
Aqua Security revamps cloud native security tools and offers a new delivery model
Aqua Security Software Ltd. said today it’s expanding its portfolio of cloud native security products. The company, which has raised more than $130 million in funding, sells tools that can help to protect container-based, cloud native and serverless applications from malware and malicious attacks. Aqua’s tools enable developers to automate and improve container security and compliance ...
Commvault optimizes its data storage hardware and software for Kubernetes deployments
Commvault Systems Inc. said today it’s updating its portfolio of data storage products that help enterprises manage their data more intelligently and more simply. Among the upgrades is a new version of Commvault’s HyperScale X scale-out storage appliance, which now integrates with its recently launched Hedvig Distributed Storage Platform for Kubernetes. The Hedvig platform has also ...
Google adds more security features to Gmail and G Suite
Google LLC is adding more security features to Gmail and its G Suite productivity tools as part of its efforts to help remote workers stay secure and productive. The updates, announced today at the Google Cloud Next OnAir online conference that runs through Sept. 8, include support for a new Brand Indicators for Message Identification ...
OpenAI’s latest AI text generator GPT-3 amazes early adopters
Artificial intelligence research outfit OpenAI Inc. recently made the latest version of its GPT-3 general-purpose natural language processing model available in private beta, and its capabilities are astounding early testers. GPT-3 is the third generation of OpenAI’s Generative Pretrained Transformer, which is general-purpose language algorithm that uses machine learning to translate text, answer questions and ...
Google is using its subsea cable network to detect earthquakes and tsunamis
Google LLC has been exploring the possibility of using its network of undersea cables to try to detect earthquakes as they happen in real time, with the goal of providing a better early warning system for communities threatened by tsunamis. In a blog post today, Google’s global networking engineers Valey Kamalov and Mattia Cantono explained ...
IBM and Verizon team up on 5G IoT tech for industry
IBM Corp. and Verizon Communications Inc. said today they’re forming a new partnership that’s focused on creating 5G enabled “internet of things” technologies for the industrial sector. The companies said they will collaborate on technologies that can improve operations, enhance worker safety and optimize production quality, among other things. They’ll work together to deploy 5G ...