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Hypergiant emerges from stealth in bid to become ‘the Fortune 500’s AI outfitter’
Artificial intelligence is digging its roots into every industry. But even if many companies have realized that they need some kind of AI strategy, most have no idea where to start. Hypergiant Inc. says these companies need “a guiding light” that can help them find AI solutions that meet actual business needs, and today the Texas-based startup emerged from stealth mode to ...
Atari is launching its own cryptocurrency for some reason
Atari SA, the French holding company that gobbled up the veteran game company when it went bankrupt in 2013, announced that it is jumping on the cryptocurrency bandwagon. As if we do not have enough already, Atari said that it plans to release not one but two cryptocurrencies: Atari Token, which will be used for payments on digital gaming ...
Apple scrambles to fix iOS crashes caused by a single text symbol
Apple Inc. confirmed today that it’s working to fix a bug on iOS that can crash iPhones and disable access to apps and iMessage, all because of a single text character. Italian tech blog Mobile World first spotted the bug, which affects iPhones, iPads, Macs and other Apple devices. The problems start after a user receives a ...
EU tells Facebook and Twitter to protect users or face sanctions
The executive arm of the European Union is tired of waiting for social media companies to comply with the EU’s consumer protection rules, saying today that industry giants such as Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc. and Google LLC could face sanctions if they do not shape up. The European Commission met with the three companies in March 2017 ...
Google Chrome’s ad blocker is here, but – no surprise – it won’t block everything
Chrome’s built-in ad blocker finally goes live Thursday, but users are still going to see plenty of ads. Google LLC designed the new feature to block only the most annoying ads rather than all of them, which makes sense for a company that earns at least $100 billion each year from online advertisers. As Google promised last year, ...
Arm unveils ‘Project Trillium’ AI chips for mobile devices
This seems to be the week of new dedicated artificial intelligence chips, from Google LLC adding AI chips to its public cloud to reports that Amazon.com Inc. is developing its own AI chips. The trend continues with U.K.-based semiconductor giant Arm Holdings plc, which today announced a machine learning initiative codenamed Project Trillium. Project Trillium will include a line of processors ...
XebiaLabs raises $100M to help enterprises speed DevOps software development
XebiaLabs Inc., a startup that helps enterprises speed up their software development, announced today that it has closed a surprisingly large $100 million funding round. The Series B round was led by Susquehanna Growth Equity and Accel. It brings XebiaLabs’ total funding to date to more than $120 million. Founded in Boston in 2008, XebiaLabs was an early ...
Uber and Waymo trade theft battle ends in surprise $245M settlement
The long-awaited trial between Uber Technologies Inc. and Alphabet Inc. came to an abrupt end after just four days, as Uber has agreed today to pay a settlement of $245 million in equity for allegedly stealing trade secrets from Alphabet’s self-driving car company, Waymo. The settlement is significantly less than the $1.86 billion Alphabet originally wanted, but ...
Google is reportedly building a cloud game streaming service called ‘Yeti’
Google LLC may be the next company looking to fill the Netflix-shaped hole in the video game industry. The Information reported today that Google has been working on a subscription-based game streaming service that could deliver games to Chromecast or possibly a future Google-made gaming console. Google’s project, which is codenamed “Yeti,” would reportedly be a games-as-a-service platform similar ...
Report: Apple may team up with Goldman Sachs to offer iPhone financing
If you really want the new iPhone X, but that $1,000 price tag is a bit too rich for your blood, Apple Inc. may have a solution for you: Take out a loan! The Wall Street Journal reported today that the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is in talks with Apple to offer consumers more financing options to buy ...