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The Cable News Network, better known as CNN, has become the first mainstream news broadcaster in the U.S. to adopt aerial drones in order to gather news footage. The broadcaster has a new CNN Aerial Imagery and Reporting (AIR) unit, called CNN …
Why Nutanix independently validated itself on Cisco’s UCS
Nutanix Inc. has gone and validated Cisco Systems Ltd.’s UCS C-Series servers to run its Enterprise Cloud Platform hyper-converged software. It means that Nutanix’s software can now run on three of the top four x86 server vendor’s platforms, with Dell Inc. and Lenovo Group …
The Electronic Frontier Foundation rips into Microsoft on privacy
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is pestering Microsoft over its Windows 10 operating system once again, ranting that the tech giant should introduce a “single unified screen” that lets users better control how the OS collects and uses their personal data and …
Airbus bids to launch a fleet of flying, autonomous taxis in just ten years
What’s cooler than self-driving cars? Self-driving cars that can fly! Flying, autonomous vehicles have long been a staple of favorite sci-fi flicks like The Fifth Element and Back to the Future, but those who assumed they’d never get the chance to be …
Facebook open-sources fastText, its AI bot-building library
Artificial intelligence could soon get a whole lot smarter, after Facebook said it’s open-sourcing fastText, a library of code for text representation and classification that it uses to power its bots. The release comes as part of the Facebook AI Research (FAIR) …
Datapipe acquires Adapt to fuel European expansion plans
Managed cloud services provider Datapipe Inc. has said it’s to acquire U.K.-based rival Adapt, a company that sells services to help customers run Amazon Web Services (AWS). Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Adapt is one of a number of “managed …
Linux Foundation touts open-source PNDA for network analytics
The Linux Foundation has taken another open-source project under its wing, one that’s focused on the architecture, implementation and support of digital networks. Called the Platform for Network Data Analytics (or “PNDA” for short), the initiative aims to better integrate and manage massive …
Hyper-converged infrastructure upstarts beat out bigger rivals, says Forrester
Smaller players in the burgeoning hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) market are beating out the traditional information technology leaders, according to new report from Forrester Research Inc., providing fuel for possible initial public offerings by at least two of the upstarts. The research firm has identified Nutanix …
Report: Cisco could soon cut 14,000 jobs
Cisco Systems Inc. is about to lay off as many as 14,000 workers, or almost 20 percent of its workforce, according to a report from CRN.com. CRN says the maker of networking gear and software, which is set to announced its fourth …
Intel cuts a deal to start building ARM chips
While Intel’s virtual reality and augmented reality gambits stole the headlines at its Developer Forum yesterday, the company also made a second, arguably even more important announcement, in the form of a deal with rival chip maker ARM Holdings Ltd. to use …