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NexTech, Poplar partner to bring AR advertisements to major retail brands

By Kyt Dotson Feb 10, 2020

Leading augmented reality company NexTech AR Solutions Inc. today announced a partnership with Poplar, a 3D AR advertising campaign platform provider for major global brands. This partnership will give Poplar access to NexTech AR’s…

AI

Arm’s new Cortex and Ethos chips promise up to 480x faster AI for IoT devices

By Maria Deutscher Feb 10, 2020

Arm Holdings PLC today unveiled a new microcontroller and an accompanying neural processing unit that, when used together, can allow “internet of things” devices to run artificial intelligence models up to 480 times faster…

Cloud

Why there will be no ‘winner take all’ in the cloud in 2020

By Dave Vellante with Mike Wheatley Feb 9, 2020

Alphabet Inc.’s decision to break out revenue numbers for Google LLC’s cloud business for the first time has put the cloud computing industry back into the spotlight. Google is still way behind market leader…

Blockchain

Bitcoin breaks $10,000 as coronavirus shuts down cryptominers

By Duncan Riley Feb 9, 2020

Reduced supply and increased demand thanks to the Wuhan coronavirus in China spurred bitcoin to break through $10,000 over the weekend, its highest level since September. Bitcoin started to see price increases thanks to…

Emerging Tech

Facebook reportedly acquires computer vision startup Scape Technologies

By Duncan Riley Feb 9, 2020

Facebook Inc. reportedly has acquired London computer vision startup Scape Technologies Ltd. in an apparent move to build out its augmented reality capabilities. The price of the deal was not disclosed, but TechCrunch reported early Saturday…

Infra

Coronavirus confusion: Will China’s Foxconn resume production this week?

By Duncan Riley Feb 9, 2020

Tech companies remain on edge Monday morning in mainland China amid conflicting reports about whether suppliers — most notably among them Foxconn — would resume production this week during the Wuhan coronavirus epidemic. Foxconn,…

Cloud

Snowflake is now valued at $12.4B after landing $479M funding round

By Mike Wheatley Feb 9, 2020

Cloud data warehouse company Snowflake Computing Inc. is now said to be worth a whopping $12.4 billion following a $479 million late-stage funding round led by Dragoneer Investment Group and Salesforce.com Inc.’s venture capital…

AI

Goodbye to spam and pop-up ads? Next-gen platform sends sales and marketing into stealth mode

By Betsy Amy-Vogt Feb 7, 2020

Engagement may be the business-to-business buzzword, but prospects are signaling they are sick of pesky pop-up ads, boring bulk emails and other intrusive tactics. Privacy-respecting browsers and search engines allow many to turn-off ads and make themselves unavailable…

Policy

Report: DHS bought location data on millions of US handsets

By Maria Deutscher Feb 7, 2020

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and its agencies are using a massive repository of mobile location data for immigration enforcement, according to a new report. The Wall Street Journal revealed today that the federal…

AI

Facebook open-sources PyTorch3D to enable AI that thinks in three dimensions

By Maria Deutscher Feb 7, 2020

Facebook Inc.’s research division on Thursday released the code for PyTorch3D, a homegrown toolkit meant to ease the development of artificial intelligence models that can operate in three-dimensional environments. The ability to operate in…

the latest

NexTech, Poplar partner to bring AR advertisements to major retail brands

Arm’s new Cortex and Ethos chips promise up to 480x faster AI for IoT devices

Bitcoin breaks $10,000 as coronavirus shuts down cryptominers

Facebook reportedly acquires computer vision startup Scape Technologies

Coronavirus confusion: Will China’s Foxconn resume production this week?

Goodbye to spam and pop-up ads? Next-gen platform sends sales and marketing into stealth mode

Report: DHS bought location data on millions of US handsets

Facebook open-sources PyTorch3D to enable AI that thinks in three dimensions

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