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Data science company Iguazio Systems Ltd. today announced it’s joining with data storage firm NetApp Inc. to help customers develop and deploy artificial intelligence-based applications on the latter’s ONTAP AI framework. Iguazio sells a “serverless” data platform-as-a-service product that creates real-time intelligence for …
Updated: Intel buys public transit navigation app Moovit for $900M
Updated Monday with announcement: Intel Corp. today announced it’s buying Israeli startup Moovit Inc., which has built a popular public transit app of the same name, for about $900 million, or $840 million net of an Intel Capital equity gain. “Intel’s purpose …
OpenAI debuts Jukebox, a machine learning framework that creates its own music
Artificial intelligence research outfit OpenAI Inc. has published a new machine learning framework that can generate its own music after being trained on raw audio. The new tool is called Jukebox, and the results are pretty impressive. Although the songs it made …
Atlassian tops earnings target and outlines plan to weather the coronavirus but stock falls
Enterprise productivity software company Atlassian Corp. Plc. delivered better-than-expected fiscal third-quarter results today, but the company’s stock lost almost 5% of its value in after-hours trading after it issued a light outlook for the next quarter. Atlassian, which sells project management and …
Apple beats earnings targets but iPhone sales slump
Apple Inc. surprised Wall Street today by delivering better-than-expected fiscal second-quarter results despite seeing its overall growth slow as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, which has led to the closure of many of its retail stores around the world. Officials declined to …
Helm Kubernetes package manager becomes the latest CNCF project to graduate
The Helm application package manager for Kubernetes today became the latest Cloud Native Computing Foundation project to achieve graduation status. It’s an important milestone that demonstrates not only thriving adoption, but also a strong commitment to community, sustainability and inclusivity, the CNCF said. …
ServiceNow beats earnings estimate and offers confident long-term outlook
Information technology services management company ServiceNow Inc. today posted solid first-quarter earnings that comfortably beat expectations. The company further impressed investors when it said it’s confident that it will top $10 billion in annual revenue for the first time this year despite the …
Qualcomm beats earnings forecast despite lower demand for smartphone chips
Smartphone chipmaker Qualcomm Inc. sprung a surprise today, posting second-quarter results that easily beat expectations despite seeing much lower demand for smartphone chips because of the coronavirus pandemic. The company reported a profit before certain costs such as stock compensation of 88 cents per …
Google Cloud adds a new region in Las Vegas
Google LLC’s public cloud infrastructure platform is expanding its reach with the availability of a new region in Las Vegas. The new region announced today is Google’s fourth in the western United States and seventh nationwide. “Now open to Google Cloud customers, …
Arm expands its Flexible Access program to early-stage startups
British semiconductor design firm Arm Ltd. today is expanding its Flexible Access program to make its central processing units and other systems available to early access startups without paying anything upfront. Arm is in the business of designing CPUs and other kinds …