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Container-centric startup CoreOS Inc. has taken the wraps off of a new open-source project called Torus. Just like the company’s other projects, Torus is about bringing the same Web-scale technologies used by giants like Google and Facebook to a much wider audience, …
HPE goes all-in on the data center in search of revenue growth
Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) will place its bets on its main data center hardware business to continue driving the bulk of its revenues, once it’s done shedding its Enterprise Server business. HPE, which only split from its PC and printer business last year …
Samsung: “We don’t suggest installation of Windows 10”
Microsoft claims Windows 10 has already been installed on more than 300 million devices, and has so far refused to let up in its aggressive push to get even more users to upgrade. But one of the world’s top laptop makers, Samsung …
Microsoft Azure offers “unintentional” discounts to some foreign buyers
It’s possible to obtain steep discounts on the price of Microsoft’s Azure cloud services, if you’re willing to write a check in a currency that isn’t U.S. dollars. A new report in The Register says that Microsoft is offering “unintentional discounts” to …
Dell & Qualcomm announce key partnerships in China
Dell Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. are the latest U.S. firms to announce key partnerships with Chinese organizations aimed at expanding their presence in the Middle Kingdom’s massive market. Dell is investing in a Chinese startup with the aim of gaining more traction …
Iran orders social media firms to store data within its borders
Iran is getting serious about data sovereignty, demanding that foreign social media and messaging apps transfer their data to facilities inside the Islamic Republic within one year. Iran has long been known for trying to assert control over its citizen’s online activities, …
NuTonomy’s self-driving taxis could hit Singapore streets in just 2 years
Self-driving taxis might become a reality in as little as two years, if a Boston-area startup gets its way. NuTonomy, founded by a pair of MIT scientists in 2013, has just closed on a $16 million series A funding round led by Highland …
The 5 biggest markets the IoT is poised to disrupt
Few disagree that the Internet of Things is accelerating at rapid speed. Gartner Inc. predicts there’ll be more than 25 billion connected devices in the world by 2020, generating revenues of more than $300 billion for those who catch the wave. But …
Google intros “node pools” to support heterogeneous container clusters
Google Container Engine users can now set up container clusters with nodes sporting multiple configurations within them. Google’s support for heterogeneous clusters comes by way of a new feature called Node Pools, which moved into general availability late last week. Fabio Yeon, …
Amazon Web Services said to be secretly building a new AI service
Amazon Web Services is said to be testing a new service that will make it easier for customers to run artificial intelligence (AI) software on its cloud, according to a report in Bloomberg. The move is a rare case of Amazon chasing, …