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French data regulator to hit Google and Meta with big fines for privacy violations
Google LLC and Facebook parent company Meta Platforms Inc. are bracing themselves for another big fine after France’s data watchdog found them guilty of violating European Union privacy rules. According to Politico, the Commission Nationale de L’informatique et des Libertés or CNIL is preparing to slap Google’s U.S. and Irish operations with fines of €90 ...
Google wants to make Android work better with Windows PCs and other devices
Google LLC is working to expand connectivity within its Android ecosystem with a plan to launch various new features later this year. The initiative is aimed at making Android devices play nicely with others, part of a new initiative it calls “Better Together.” One of the biggest updates announced today involves Google’s “Fast Pair” feature, ...
Sensory debuts new voice and vision AI services in the cloud
Artificial intelligence processing firm Sensory Inc. today announced the launch in beta test mode of its new SensoryCloud.ai service, providing a full “AI as a service” platform for companies that want to process voice and vision AI in the cloud. Sensory said the new offering enables AI processes around speech to text, sound identification, wake ...
Ivanti links smart devices to bring automation to supply chain operations
Ivanti Software Inc.’s supply chain business unit, Ivanti Wavelink, said today it’s extending its Ivanti Neurons platform to help companies automate and optimize their supply chain operations to drive more efficiency. With the new Ivanti Neurons for Industrial Internet of Things platform, enterprises will be able to build scalable applications that integrate into existing processes ...
Enterprise AI startup Fractal Analytics raises $360M
Artificial intelligence and enterprise analytics software firm Fractal Analytics Inc. today said it has raised $360 million via an investment from the equity capital firm TPG Capital Asia. The raise involved a combination of primary investment and secondary share purchase from funds advised by Apax Partners. The deal will close by the end of the first quarter, ...
Avalanche debuts hAIsten AI to speed up AI model deployment
Taiwan-based Avalanche Computing Inc. today announced a new low-code artificial intelligence tool called hAIsten AI that it claims can train AI models using multiple graphics processing units without any coding. With hAIsten AI, it is therefore possible to deploy AI with just a single click, the company claims. A software-as-a-service offering aimed at speeding up AI development, ...
T-Mobile and Verizon quietly drop controversial Apple iPad rebate programs
T-Mobile US Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. have reportedly discontinued iPad rebate programs that were offered in partnership with Apple Inc. following a wave of controversy. The change was first spotted by MacRumors, which revealed today that Apple’s website no longer lists a promotion that previously allowed buyers to save up to $200 when activating ...
Scrambling to boost production, chipmakers struggle with a lack of skilled workers
A shortage of skilled labor could hamper plans by computer chipmakers to expand production and address the ongoing global semiconductor shortage. A report in the Wall Street Journal Sunday said the world’s largest chipmakers are becoming worried about a dwindling supply of skilled workers in the industry, leaving them to fight for what little talent is available. ...
Report: China gaming crackdown forces 140,000 game developers out of business
China has refused to issue any new video game licenses since the summer of 2021, and the inaction has led to more than 140,000 small game studios and related companies going out of business, the South China Morning Post reported today. Under Chinese law, games developers must obtain a license to submit new titles to app ...
AT&T and Verizon CEOs reject further 5G wireless rollout delay
The chief executives of AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. today rejected a plea by U.S. regulators to delay the rollout of new 5G wireless services scheduled to launch this week, despite concerns over potential interference with aviation technology. In a joint letter, AT&T CEO John Stankey and Verizon boss Hans Vestberg escalated a dispute between ...