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Gartner says AI systems might start replacing lawyers in just five years
Artificial intelligence-powered robots are coming along so fast that they could start replacing doctors, lawyers and information technology workers within the next five years, according to a new prediction. It’s hardly a new forecast, of course, but this time it comes from analyst firm Gartner Inc., whose job is to provide technology roadmaps for decision ...
Yahoo’s new Athenz platform provides access control for software containers
Yahoo Inc. is probably one of the least heralded open-source contributors around, throwing its weight behind an array of community software projects over the last decade, with its most notable contribution being the Apache Hadoop big data platform. On Tuesday the company open-sourced yet another potentially significant project called Athenz that should prove especially useful ...
Rackspace and Dell EMC offer OpenStack-based private cloud as a service
Rackspace Inc. and Dell EMC announced at the OpenStack Summit in Boston Monday that they’re working together to offer a private cloud as a service solution. According to Rackspace, this is just the first step of an expanded partnership with Dell EMC that aims to make it easier for organizations to get started with public ...
Grammarly raises $110M to help perfect your writing
Many people feel that good grammar is important – even venture capitalists. Several VC firms have just decided to throw $110 million at it, or rather, a company that uses artificial intelligence software to help people improve the quality and readability of the content they create. Grammarly Inc., as the company is known, offers grammar ...
Data analytics firms join to standardize deep learning on graphics chips
Data analytics suppliers Continuum Analytics Inc., H20.ai and MapD Technologies Inc. said today they’re joining forces to create standards for using graphics chips in analytics. The GPU Open Analytics Initiative aims to develop a community of data science and deep learning workloads running on graphics processing units such as those made by Nvidia Corp. To ...
IBM pushes NVMe solutions to speed up data transfers
IBM Corp. says it’s taking the lead in the development of new Non-Volatile Memory Express solutions that can support faster data transfers. The company said on Sunday that NVMe is well on the way to replacing older protocols for solid state data storage, such as SATA and SAS. These seemingly ancient protocols were introduced back ...
Red Hat enables smoother upgrades in new OpenStack release
Red Hat Inc. is rolling out a new version of its OpenStack platform based on the latest “Ocata” release. A rather low-key release, Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11 is mainly about the improvements to existing features rather than any revolutionary new capabilities. These include a better management experience through the tighter integration of Red Hat ...
AI startup Neurala claims major breakthrough in deep learning
Artificial intelligence startup Neurala Inc., a company that’s built a deep learning neural network used by NASA among other organizations, today announced a major new breakthrough that it claims will finally make the technology useful for consumers. The company says it has developed deep learning software capable of learning without the need for servers running ...
Cisco acquihires Saggezza’s advanced data analytics team
Cisco Systems Inc. has pulled out its checkbook for the second time in a week, announcing a deal Thursday to buy Saggezza Inc.’s advanced analytics and data science technology assets for an undisclosed fee. The deal comes after Cisco snapped up software-defined networking startup Viptela Inc. for $610 million on Monday. Saggezza is a privately ...
Report: Qualcomm seeks to ban iPhone imports into the U.S.
Qualcomm Technologies Inc. looks set escalate its patent war with Apple Inc. following reports that it will ask a U.S. trade agency to impose a ban on the importation of iPhones to the country. The move is a retaliatory strike against Apple for withholding royalty payments to the chipmaker. According to Bloomberg, Qualcomm plans to ask ...