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GTI launches a high-performance, low-power custom chip for IoT devices
Specialized computing chips that can be customized for modern workloads such as artificial intelligence processing are all the rage. Now, a startup called Gyrfalcon Technology, Inc. is joining in with a new application-specific integrated circuit for “internet of things” devices that enables high-performance and low-power AI at the network edge. GTI said today it’s taking ...
Software testing automation company mabl lands $20M funding round
Automated software testing startup mabl Inc. is setting its sights on the enterprise after landing a $20 million round of funding led by GV, formerly Google Ventures, with participation from existing investors CRV and Amplify Partners. In addition to the Series B round, mabl is also launching a new enterprise-grade version of its platform called ...
Microsoft is offering a new managed desktop service for corporate customers
Microsoft Corp. wants to take some of the heat off information technology departments with a new service introduced today that provides complete management of an organization’s Windows 10 devices. Microsoft Managed Desktop gives business users the option of having Microsoft manage all of their Windows 10 machines. Microsoft will provide those users with Windows 10 ...
Report shows how machine learning delivers big business benefits
Much of the focus on artificial intelligence is on how it can help to automate tasks normally performed by humans, but most organizations are adopting the tech primarily for its business benefits, according to a survey from 451 Research Inc. The analyst firm published the findings of its “Voice of the Enterprise (VoTE): AI & ...
Microsoft acquires deep learning startup Lobe
Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it has acquired a small San Francisco-based startup called Lobe Artificial Intelligence Inc. as part of its continuing push to help people create deep learning models more easily. Lobe has created a platform that lets users build, train and deploy custom deep learning models using a simple drag-and-drop interface that requires ...
Adobe delivers another strong quarter, beating estimates
Updated: Adobe Systems Inc. broke another record for quarterly revenue as it posted third-quarter financial results that once again beat Wall Street’s forecasts. The company, which makes creative design software products such as Photoshop, reported a profit of $666 million, or $1.34 per share. Earnings before certain costs such as stock compensation came in at $1.73 ...
Facebook creates an AI-based tool to automate bug fixes
Facebook Inc. is trying to speed up the time it takes to roll out new software updates and debug any issues in them with a new tool called SapFix that its engineers are building. SapFix, which is still under development, is designed to generate fixes automatically for specific bugs before sending them to human engineers ...
Google lifts the lid on how it deletes data from its cloud platform
Google LLC today published an extensive white paper outlining how it deals with user requests to delete data on its cloud platform. The white paper explores how Google handles such requests on its Google Cloud Platform, as well as the processes the company itself goes through to delete user’s data. Google’s cloud security and privacy product ...
LinkedIn open sources TonY for running TensorFlow on Hadoop
LinkedIn Corp. is donating another internally created software project to the open-source community. The now-Microsoft Corp.-owned company has a long history of open-source software contributions, including popular projects such as Apache Kafka and its more recent Dynamometer tool. Its latest effort, called “TensorFlow on YARN,” or “TonY” for short, is designed to help connect the ...
Nodle lands $1.5M seed funding to scale its decentralized network for IoT devices
A novel “internet of things” startup called Nodle.io is emerging from stealth mode today backed by $1.5 million in a seed funding round. The startup plans to use the money to expand its alternative IoT network that works by crowdsourcing connectivity from smartphones to connect devices to the web. In addition, Nodle is also entering ...