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EU may hit Google with a second massive fine, this time over Android abuse
Google Inc. is bracing itself for a second massive fine from European Union regulators, as another antitrust case nears its conclusion. EU antitrust officials have asked for a second opinion on the case, which relates to Google’s Android platform and its dominance of the mobile device market in Europe, according to a report from Reuters. ...
After a long decline, the PC market may finally return to growth in 2018
Information technology analyst firm Gartner Inc. has some good news for PC makers: The long-declining market for PCs is set to return to growth next year. The reason is that buyers are reaching the end of their evaluation periods of Windows 10, Gartner said in a new report. This new growth will come following six ...
Microsoft Workplace Analytics aims to deliver insights into workforce productivity
Microsoft Corp. Tuesday made its new workforce productivity tool Workplace Analytics generally available, available as an add-on to the company’s enterprise-level Office 365 subscribers. Ryan Fuller, general manager of Workplace Analytics, said in a blog post that Workplace Analytics taps into Office 365’s email and calendar metadata, sniffing out email recipients, subject lines and time stamps ...
AMD gains market share on Intel thanks to its new Ryzen chips
Semiconductor firm Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has something to celebrate after seeing its share of the x86 processor chip market rise following the launch of its new Ryzen microchips. The new data comes from PassMark Software’s CPU benchmarking service, which logs thousands of benchmark results every single day. PassMark’s data shows that interest in AMD’s microprocessors ...
NEC claims new machine learning capabilities 50X faster than Apache Spark
Japanese computer giant NEC Corp. claims to have developed new data processing technology capable of accelerating machine learning on vector computers by up to 50 times that of the popular Apache Spark big data framework. The company said its new technology leverages something called “sparse matrix” data structures to significantly boost the performance of vector ...
GlaxoSmithKline to invest up to $43M in AI-powered drug development
Medicinal drug development is a long and complicated process that often takes years before a new drug is ready for human trials. That’s far too long for some people to wait, so pharmaceutical firms are looking at using artificial intelligence technology to simulate much of the testing process in order to speed things up while ...
IT hardware spending growth to decline in 2017
Information technology hardware manufacturers should brace themselves for a disappointing year, with spending growth likely to slow through 2017, according to a new market report from Morgan Stanley Research. Morgan Stanley’s June 2017 AlphaWise CIO survey shows that hardware spending will actually increase by around 2.6 percent this year compared to one year ago, but that ...
Dropbox is plotting an IPO later this year, report says
File-sharing service Dropbox Inc. could be the latest major technology firm to undergo an initial public offering, following reports it’s to begin interviewing investment banks in coming weeks. Reuters said the IPO would be a “key test” of Dropbox’s worth following its $10 billion valuation in a 2014 private funding round. The report drew comparisons ...
Layoffs loom as Microsoft reshuffles sales teams to focus on cloud services
Microsoft Corp. on Monday announced a big staff reorganization intended to boost sales of cloud services. Microsoft announced the changes in an internal memo, according to several reports. Although the software giant typically does reorganizations in July at the start of a new fiscal year, this one is focused on the company’s sales organization, aimed ...
Adobe adds voice analytics for AI assistants such as Siri and Alexa
Cloud software company Adobe Systems Inc. has added a new voice analytics solution to its Analytics Cloud product. The company says the new capabilities should help brands to better personalize customer experiences and boost loyalty through voice-based interfaces. The new offering draws on artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies from Adobe Sensei to help customers analyze ...