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Nokia is moving its IT infrastructure to Google Cloud
Google LLC has landed a major customer in the shape of the Finnish telecommunications giant Nokia Corp., which said today it’s migrating its entire on-premises information technology infrastructure onto Google Cloud, including all of its data centers, servers and software applications. Nokia said the five-year strategic collaboration with Google reflects its own operational shift to ...
Facebook’s Open Catalyst Project uses AI to find new ways to store renewable energy
Facebook Inc.’s artificial intelligence research unit said today it has teamed up with Carnegie Mellon University’s Department of Chemical Engineering on a collaborative project to use AI to accelerate quantum mechanical simulations. The idea is to discover new “electrocatalysts” that can provide a more efficient and scalable method of storing and using renewable energy. Facebook AI ...
With an app for small farmers, Agrolly wins IBM’s Call for Code Global Challenge
IBM Corp. said today the creators of an application that helps to connect and provide support for small farmers around the world have won the grand prize of its 2020 Call for Code Global Challenge. Call for Code is an annual contest held by IBM that invites developers to create and deploy applications based on ...
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 ...