Robert Hof

Robert Hof is editor in chief of SiliconANGLE. Email: robhof@siliconangle.com

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After employee backlash, Google nixes renewal of Project Maven military AI project

EMERGING TECH By ROBERT HOF8 YEARS AGO

Google Inc. has decided not to renew a contract with the U.S. Department of Defense to use artificial intelligence technology to improve the targeting of drone strikes. The news came out of a morning meeting today with employees, where Google Cloud Chief …

Nvidia debuts cloud server platform to unify AI and high-performance computing

EMERGING TECH By ROBERT HOF8 YEARS AGO

Hoping to maintain the high ground in artificial intelligence and high-performance computing, Nvidia Corp. late Tuesday debuted a new computing architecture that it claims will unify both fast-growing areas of the industry. The announcement of the HGX-2 cloud-server platform (pictured), made by Nvidia Chief …

With GDPR looming, Box offers data storage in multiple regions

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF8 YEARS AGO

Cloud content management firm Box Inc. early today debuted the ability for its customers to store the same data in multiple “zones” around the world while users can collaborate on the files across those zones. The capability builds on Box’s 2016 introduction …

VCs on what’s coming next: extraterrestrial commerce, the end of data oligarchs and more

EMERGING TECH By ROBERT HOF8 YEARS AGO

Extraterrestrial commerce is coming, the era of data oligarchs is ending, and software could do away with fake news and videos. Those are some of the hottest trends coming in technology in the next five years, according to five venture capitalists on …

Cisco posts second straight quarter of rising revenue, but shares sag

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF8 YEARS AGO

Cisco Systems Inc. may finally be turning the corner, but not fast enough for its investors. The networking giant today reported its fiscal third-quarter revenue rose 4 percent from a year ago, to $12.5 billion, the second consecutive quarter of growth for a …

Thanks to AI and cryptomining demand, Nvidia smashes earnings forecasts again

INFRA By ROBERT HOF8 YEARS AGO

Graphics chipmaker Nvidia Corp. had a lot to live up to today when it reported its first-quarter earnings, after its stock hit another in a string of recent all-time highs. Bottom line: It didn’t. But the results still easily beat expectations, if …

At Google I/O, AI, Android P, a little soul-searching – and more AI

EMERGING TECH By ROBERT HOF8 YEARS AGO

If there was any remaining doubt that Google Inc. is doubling down on its bid to spread the benefits of artificial intelligence into every nook and cranny of business and everyday life, the company quashed them flat today. In its signature announcement …

Mesosphere raises $125M round to expand data center platform worldwide

CLOUD By ROBERT HOF8 YEARS AGO

Mesosphere Inc., the San Francisco-based company that aims to be something of a cloud-era Microsoft Windows for large companies’ hybrid data center and cloud operations, today said it has raised a $125 million late-stage funding round. The new Series D round brings …

Toward better AI: Facebook intros new version of its PyTorch machine learning software

EMERGING TECH By ROBERT HOF8 YEARS AGO

A new version of the machine learning technology that Facebook Inc. uses to do some 6 billion language translations a day will soon be available more widely. The social network giant, and engineering powerhouse, today introduced PyTorch 1.0, which is the newest …

At F8, Zuckerberg closes apology tour with appeals to developers

APPS By ROBERT HOF8 YEARS AGO

Still smarting from intense criticism of user data breaches, Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg today sought to patch up relations with one of its most important constituencies: software and website developers. Zuckerberg (pictured) opened his keynote today at the company’s annual …

Robert Hof

Latest from Robert Hof

After employee backlash, Google nixes renewal of Project Maven military AI project

Nvidia debuts cloud server platform to unify AI and high-performance computing

VCs on what’s coming next: extraterrestrial commerce, the end of data oligarchs and more

Thanks to AI and cryptomining demand, Nvidia smashes earnings forecasts again

Toward better AI: Facebook intros new version of its PyTorch machine learning software

At F8, Zuckerberg closes apology tour with appeals to developers

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