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Microsoft Corp. today proposed a number of data-sharing agreements for companies that want to share information across different computing systems and services. At present, sharing of information is a bit of a messy business because of a lack of consistent and standardized …
DOJ launches yet another antitrust probe into big tech firms
The U.S. Justice Department is launching yet another probe into big technology companies to determine if the most dominant firms, including Google LLC, Facebook Inc. and Amazon.com Inc., are stifling competition in the industry. The investigation comes at a time when the …
Google refines its AI-based chatbot tools to improve speech recognition
Google LLC today announced some updates to the artificial intelligence technology that powers its Contact Center AI service. Based on Google’s Dialogflow and Cloud Speech-to-Text tools, that service enables companies to create virtual agents that can handle many basic customer requests and assist …
Networking software startup Arrcus raises $30M in Series B round
Software-defined networking startup Arrcus Inc. said today that it has raised $30 million in a new funding round that brings its total capital to raised to $49 million. The oversubscribed Series B round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from …
IBM open-sources AI algorithms to help advance cancer research
IBM Corp. has open-sourced three artificial intelligence projects focused on cancer research. In a blog post today, IBM researchers Matteo Manica and Joris Cadow, who work with the company’s Computational Systems Biology group in Zurich, noted that cancer is the second leading cause …
Docker announces general availability of Docker Enterprise 3.0
Docker Inc. said today that the new version of its flagship container application development platform is now generally available. Docker Enterprise 3.0, which entered beta in April, is an enterprise-grade version of the company’s open-source tools, which enable developers to build container-based …
Apple reportedly in advanced talks to buy Intel’s 5G modem business
Apple Inc. is on the cusp of agreeing a deal to acquire Intel Corp.’s failed smartphone modem business for about $1 billion, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal late Monday. Under the deal, which could be announced as early …
Google gains ground in Gartner’s latest Magic Quadrant for cloud infrastructure
Information technology analyst firm Gartner Inc. says Google LLC’s cloud infrastructure services are becoming more complete, helping the company move up the rankings in its latest Magic Quadrant. Gartner’s 2019 Magic Quadrant for Infrastructure-as-a-Service published today ranks Google Cloud as a “leader,” coming in …
CrowdStrike shares jump 16% as it beats revenue forecast in first earnings report
Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. saw its stock jump by double digits in after-hours trading today after its first earnings report since going public last month. The company, which sells cloud-based security tools and consulting and investigation services, reported a fiscal first-quarter loss …
Strong cloud growth helps boost Microsoft’s market cap over $1T again
Shares in Microsoft Corp. rose to a new record high after it beat analysts’ estimates on fourth-quarter revenue and profit, driven by growing sales from its cloud business. In fact, Microsoft saw strong growth across virtually all of its products as it …