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Artificial intelligence chip company Hailo Technologies Ltd. said today it’s launching two new acceleration modules that will boost the processing capabilities of edge devices that run its specialist hardware. Hailo burst onto the AI scene in 2019 with a customized processor for …
Google Cloud expands its presence in Europe, the Middle East and Africa
Google LLC today outlined how it intends to boost its cloud presence in Europe, the Middle East and Africa via more collaborations, partnerships and promotions. Google Cloud kicked off its Next OnAir EMEA virtual event this week, which is a five-week online summit …
Palantir and Asana rise in debuts on the New York Stock Exchange
Updated: Data analytics firm Palantir Technologies Inc. and work management software company Asana Inc. saw their stock prices rise in their public debuts on the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday. The companies both opted for a direct listing, which removes the investment banker …
Micron beats forecasts but its stock falls on weak outlook
Computer chipmaker Micron Technology Inc. reported strong fourth-quarter financial results today, topping Wall Street’s expectations on earnings and revenue, but a miserable forecast for the next three-month period pushed its share price down after-hours. The company, which sells dynamic random-access memory, or …
VMware and Nvidia partner to accelerate AI and enterprise workloads
Virtualization software giant VMware Inc. said today at its VMworld 2020 virtual event that it’s partnering with computer graphics chipmaker Nvidia Corp. on a new enterprise platform for artificial intelligence workloads. VMware also announced a new architecture for the cloud, data center …
D-Wave doubles its cloud quantum computing power to 5,000 qubits
D-Wave Systems Inc. today updated its cloud-based quantum computing platform, giving users access to more powerful hardware and software in order to accelerate the delivery of new, in-production quantum applications. D-Wave is widely regarded as the first company in the world to have …
Flash memory maker Kioxia postpones its October IPO plans
Japanese semiconductor firm Kioxia Holdings Corp., formerly known as Toshiba Memory Corp., said today it’s postponing an initial public offering that was due to take place next month. The company, which is the world’s second-largest maker of flash memory chips behind Samsung …
New Facebook software creates smarter natural language processing models
Facebook Inc. has designed a new artificial intelligence framework it says can create more intelligent natural language processing models that generate accurate answers to questions without being constantly retrained. Natural language processing, or NLP, refers to the process of teaching computers to …
Red Hat and Samsung partner to build cloud-native 5G network infrastructure
Red Hat Inc. said today it’s teaming up with Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. to create a horizontal, cloud-native 5G networking platform for telecommunications providers that’s based on the Red Hat OpenShift platform. The collaboration is important because telecommunications providers need to adopt …
Microsoft to launch new, nonsubscription version of Office in 2021
Microsoft Corp. has revealed it will release a new, flat-priced version of its Office productivity software sometime in 2021. The announcement comes as a surprise, since Microsoft has for several years been moving away from the perpetual licensing model in favor of …