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Google and major chipmakers reportedly cut ties to Huawei
Troubled Chinese smartphone maker Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. has been dealt dual hammer blows with the news that Google LLC has decided to cease doing business with it and four major chipmakers no longer will supply the company. A report in Reuters today cited “sources close to the matter” as saying that Google will “immediately” suspend ...
Microsoft and Sony say they’re collaborating on cloud gaming and AI
Microsoft Corp.’s and Sony Corp.’s rivalry in the videogame industry is pretty fierce by anybody’s standards, so today’s announcement that they’re teaming up to improve their respective gaming platforms comes as a big surprise. The companies’ chief executives, Satya Nadella (pictured, right) and Kenichiro Yoshida (left), said they’re planning to “collaborate on new cloud-based solutions for ...
Nvidia tops earnings forecasts despite data center and gaming declines
Updated: Computer graphics chipmaker Nvidia Corp. saw its stock jump almost 6% in after-hours trading after posting first-quarter results that beat expectations. But most of those gains were wiped out after the company warned of challenges to its primary gaming and data center businesses. Nvidia reported earnings before certain costs such as stock compensation of ...
Xnor’s AI2GO platform aims to make it easy to add AI to edge devices
Seattle-based startup Xnor Inc. wants to make artificial intelligence more accessible with its new “self-serve” AI2GO platform that enables developers without any training to build AI models for edge devices. AI2GO gives developers an easy way to build AI capabilities into a range of products, including mobile devices, wearables, smart cameras and remote sensors. The platform comes ...
Google recalls Titan security keys with potential Bluetooth vulnerability
Google LLC is recalling some of its Titan Security Key products, which are used by enterprises as a more secure alternative to two-factor authentication, after learning of a possible exploit that could be accessed via its Bluetooth feature. The Titan Security Keys are designed to limit access to computers by physical proximity, meaning that any ...
Google announces Translatotron tool for translating speech in the speaker’s original voice
Google LLC today introduced what it says is an experimental new system for speech translation that removes many of the steps involved in its earlier models. Even better, the synthesized translations it produces retain the sound of the original speaker’s voice, so it actually sounds like the person is speaking in the target language. Google ...
Report: Delays in Apple’s 5G modem to 2025 forced it to settle with Qualcomm
Apple Inc.’s progress in building its own 5G modem in-house is experiencing significant delays, and the company might not have a finished product ready until 2025, some four years behind its original schedule. That’s according to a report from The Information today. It said the delays may well have been a major factor in Apple’s recent ...
What China tariffs? Cisco delivers strong earnings anyway
Things are looking up for Cisco Systems Inc., which reported third-quarter earnings today that beat estimates. Even more important, the networking giant provided upbeat guidance for the next quarter, saying it expects minimal impact to its business from the ongoing trade dispute between the U.S. and China. For the third quarter, Cisco said its earnings before certain ...
Alcide debuts Kubernetes scanning tool to beef up DevOps security
Cloud-native security firm Alcid.IO Ltd., better known as Alcide, today added what it calls a “continuous security and hygiene scanner” for Kubernetes and Istio to its toolkit. Alcide Advisor is designed to provide an automatic scan of applications deployed in Kubernetes and Istio for various compliance, security and governance risks before they’re moved into production. ...
Report: Trump to sign order banning US firms from doing business with Huawei
U.S. President Donald Trump is reportedly set to sign an executive order this week that will prevent American companies from buying telecommunications equipment from Chinese firm Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. Reuters cites three U.S. officials “familiar with the plan” as saying that the order is designed to block U.S. firms from doing business with any company that ...