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Google’s ambient computing vision gets closer with Flutter 1.12 release
Google LLC today announced a major update to its open-source Flutter framework that’s used to build applications that can run on multiple computing platforms. Flutter is a framework that’s used by developers to write “native” apps on operating systems such as Android, iOS, Windows and MacOS. The idea is that they can write their apps ...
US Justice Department to probe Google’s acquisition of Fitbit
Google LLC is set to face yet another antitrust investigation amid reports today that the U.S. Department of Justice is planning to review its proposed $2.1 billion acquisition of the wearable fitness tracker device company Fitbit Inc. Google announced its plans to buy Fitbit in November. At the time it was announced, analysts said it ...
IBM deploys its newest supercomputer AiMOS to build advanced AI systems
The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York is home to IBM Corp.’s latest new supercomputer. The research university said today that it plans to use the supercomputer to accelerate its research and development of new artificial intelligence computing systems. IBM’s latest eight-petaflop supercomputer is called AiMOS, which stands for Artificial Intelligence Multiprocessing Optimized System. It ...
Report: McAfee mulls possible merger with NortonLifeLock
Antivirus software company McAfee LLC is considering a possible “combination” with NortonLifeLock Inc. that would unite the two competitors as a single entity, the Wall Street Journal reported today. NortonLifeLock is a consumer-focused cybersecurity firm that came into being in November after Broadcom Inc. acquired its former owner Symantec Corp.’s enterprise security business. Under the terms ...
China orders government agencies to replace all foreign computer equipment within 3 years
China has issued a directive to all government offices and public institutions, telling them to replace the foreign computer hardware and software they use with homegrown alternatives within the next three years. The order reportedly came down this spring, but its existence only became public today after being leaked to the Financial Times via a ...
Beyond processors: Intel CEO Bob Swan eyes 30% market share in ‘all silicon’
Intel Corp. Chief Executive Officer Bob Swan says he’s willing to forsake the company’s traditional dominance of the market for central processing units in order to meet the rising demand for newer, more specialized silicon chips for applications such as artificial intelligence and autonomous cars. Speaking at the private Credit Suisse technology conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, ...
Microsoft inks $5B cloud partnership deal with KPMG
Microsoft Corp. today announced an important new partnership with the professional services company KPMG International Cooperative, which will use its cloud services to accelerate its digital transformation efforts. KPMG is another big win for Microsoft, since it’s known as one of the world’s “Big Four” accounting organizations, along with Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd., Ernst & ...
Google recruits DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman to join its AI team
More personnel changes are taking place at Alphabet Inc., with DeepMind Technologies Ltd co-founder Mustafa Suleyman moving upstairs to work with Google LLC’s artificial intelligence team. Suleyman (pictured) made the announcement today on Twitter, saying he would join Google to work with its head of AI Jeff Dean and Chief Legal Officer Kent Walker in an unspecified role ...
Cloudera beats earnings expectations and ups guidance, but CEO hunt continues
Big-data firm Cloudera Inc. is keeping up the momentum, posting third-quarter financial results today that surpassed Wall Street’s expectations on earnings and revenue. The provider of data engineering, data warehousing, machine learning and analytics software for enterprises reported a loss before certain costs such as stock compensation of three cents per share on revenue of ...
CloudBees debuts Jenkins X as a service on Google Cloud
Enterprise DevOps company CloudBees Inc. has joined the software-as-a-service club with the preview release of its Jenkins X continuous integration/continuous delivery product on Google Cloud Platform. CloudBees announced what is its first SaaS product at the Jenkins World/DevOps World conference taking place this week in Lisbon, Portugal. The new release is currently in preview, with ...