Robert Hof, Author at SiliconANGLE

Emerging Tech

Report: Apple working on an AI chip for iPhone and other devices

By Robert Hof May 26, 2017

Despite its early success with its digital assistant Siri, Apple Inc. has trailed its big technology rivals in artificial intelligence. Now, according to one report, it’s working on a dedicated AI chip to help…

Emerging Tech

Tiny brains everywhere, plague-fighting microbiomes and eight more hot tech trends

By Robert Hof May 26, 2017

Tiny brains will be embedded in everything, our bodies’ own microbes will prevent the next plague, and the Trump administration will sue Amazon.com Inc. and other tech giants for antitrust violations. Those are three…

Infra

Nutanix beats quarterly forecasts this time, and its shares soar 12%

By Robert Hof May 25, 2017

After Nutanix Inc.’s shares tanked 14 percent March 2 when it issued a weak outlook, the maker of computer virtualization and storage appliances and software had something to prove this quarter. In short, it…

Infra

Pure Storage shares surge as it beats profit and sales forecasts

By Robert Hof May 24, 2017

Flash storage provider Pure Storage Inc. beat back doubts about its growth today, reporting better-than-expected first fiscal-quarter profit and revenue thanks to stealing a march on traditional storage rivals and winning new business in…

Big Data

Google applies machine learning to help marketers better track ad impact

By Robert Hof May 23, 2017

Are my ads working? That’s the essential question that every company faces with its marketing. Today, Google Inc. is aiming to help them find out how their ads and other marketing are working with…

Emerging Tech

First Facebook, now Google wants to make virtual reality more social

By Robert Hof May 18, 2017

Playing catch-up with Facebook Inc., Google plans to make virtual reality and augmented reality more of a social experience in its next generation of headsets. The tech giant, which announced plans for its first…

Apps

At I/O, Google debuts new Android O, AI chip, new Assistant and Photos features, VR headset

By Robert Hof May 17, 2017

Updated with news and analysis: When Google Inc. held its last I/O developer confab a year ago, it looked like the tech giant had fallen behind rivals such as Amazon.com Inc., Facebook Inc. and…

NEWS

Google launches Cloud Spanner globally distributed database into production

By Robert Hof May 16, 2017

Just three months after introducing its massive Cloud Spanner database in beta test, Google Inc. today made it generally available across the world. Described as the world’s largest database, Google’s Spanner is a relational database, the kind that…

Apps

Android, Assistant, AI and more: Here’s what to expect at Google I/O 2017 this week

By Robert Hof May 16, 2017

When some 7,000 software developers descend on Google Inc.’s annual I/O conference starting Wednesday, they’ll be hoping to hear what the tech giant has coming next, from the upcoming Android O mobile operating software…

Infra

With huge new graphics chip, Nvidia doubles down on AI and deep learning

By Robert Hof May 10, 2017

Nvidia Corp. rocketed to semiconductor fame with its graphics processing units that helped create the hottest gaming personal computers, but today its original market almost looked like an afterthought. The company introduced a powerful…

Robert Hof

Report: Apple working on an AI chip for iPhone and other devices

Tiny brains everywhere, plague-fighting microbiomes and eight more hot tech trends

Pure Storage shares surge as it beats profit and sales forecasts

Google applies machine learning to help marketers better track ad impact

First Facebook, now Google wants to make virtual reality more social

At I/O, Google debuts new Android O, AI chip, new Assistant and Photos features, VR headset

Android, Assistant, AI and more: Here’s what to expect at Google I/O 2017 this week

With huge new graphics chip, Nvidia doubles down on AI and deep learning

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