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Facebook open-sources its reinforcement learning toolkit Horizon
Facebook Inc. has open-sourced another important piece of artificial intelligence software designed to help developers build “reinforcement learning models” into their software applications. Starting today, developers can use Facebook’s Horizon software toolkit to build applications that can learn to perform specific computing tasks through trial and error. Facebook has been using Horizon for a number of ...
Symantec posts solid earnings with ‘good wins’ in endpoint security
Cybersecurity company Symantec Corp. saw its stock price jump almost 8 percent in after hours-trading Thursday after beating expectations on both profits and guidance. Symantec reported a fiscal second-quarter net loss of $8 million, or a penny per share. Earnings before certain costs such as stock compensation came in at 42 cents per share, on ...
Apple stock tanks after it says it will stop reporting how many devices it sells
Updated: IPhone maker Apple Inc. dragged down tech stocks in after-hours trading late today thanks to a light forecast for its next quarter and a warning to investors it would stop providing unit sales figures for iPhones and other products. Apple’s stock was down by 6.5 percent in after-hours trading, wiping out most of the ...
Qualys buys Layered Insight so it can offer more robust container security tools
Cybersecurity software provider Qualys Inc. has gotten its checkbook out in order to add new container-focused security features to its platform. The company said Tuesday it’s acquiring a startup called Layered Insight Inc., which offers a “SecurityOps” platform that combines DevOps capabilities with container security and compliance tools. Qualys said in an earnings call October 30 it ...
Google adds new features to protect user accounts
Google LLC is taking advantage of a quiet news week to beef up the security of its user accounts. The company today announced four new features that are designed to beef up protection before and after users log in, and also when their accounts get hacked. The updates were announced by Google product manager Jonathan Skelker. ...
Gravitational packages Kubernetes into snapshots for simple on-premises deployment
Cloud infrastructure compliance specialist Gravitational Inc. today announced it’s selling a new packaging tool for Kubernetes that it claims will make it quick and easy to run the container orchestration software inside on-premises data centers. Kubernetes is one of the most popular tools for managing software containers, which are used to build applications that can run ...
Samsung’s memory chips drive another record quarterly profit, but slower times ahead
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. gave its investors plenty to think about today as it forecast weaker-than-expected earnings ahead shortly after posting a record operating profit in the third quarter. Samsung reported an operating profit of 17.57 trillion won ($15.5 billion), up 21 percent from the same period a year ago. That was in line with an ...
Cray announces Shasta, a supercomputer designed for enterprises
Supercomputer company Cray Inc. today unveiled what it says is its first “exascale-capable” machine, one that ultimately will be able to do a quintillion calculations per second. Shasta, as it’s called, is designed for enterprises that need more choice over their compute and networking technologies. It’s also meant to keep things simple by providing a single platform capable ...
Microsoft chooses new chip supplier Xilinx for half of Azure’s AI workloads
Microsoft Corp. is reportedly diversifying its chip suppliers for its Azure cloud infrastructure, using highly specialized semiconductor technology from Xilinx Inc. in addition to those from its chief supplier Intel Corp. Microsoft’s move comes at a time when it’s trying to promote the artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities of its Azure platform, which is ...
Edgeworx touts fog computing platform for IoT deployments at the network edge
Edge computing startup Edgeworx exited stealth mode this week, announcing the launch of its open-source ioFog software that can be used to turn any compute hardware into a secure software platform. The company timed its launch to coincide with a seed funding round led by Samsung NEXT, with participation from Sequoia Seed and CloudScale Capital ...