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Facebook buys brain-reading neural interface startup CTRL-labs for $500M to $1B

By Duncan Riley Sep 23, 2019

Social networking giant Facebook Inc. has acquired neural interface startup CTRL-labs, an East Coast startup that reads brain signals, for an undisclosed price. Bloomberg, quoting people familiar with the matter, today pegged the acquisition…

Policy

DevOps company Chef says it won’t renew ICE contracts after employee backlash

By Mike Wheatley Sep 23, 2019

Chef Software Inc. said today it will not renew its contracts with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency following a protest by one of its former employees. The protest was led by Chef developer…

Policy

Apple pledges to make latest Mac Pro in US after weekend tariff exemptions

By Maria Deutscher Sep 23, 2019

Apple Inc. has decided to continue assembling its Mac Pro desktop computer in the U.S. after securing tariff waivers on certain components it imports from China. Regulators over the weekend approved 10 of the…

Blockchain

Developer of ‘Gods Unchained’ blockchain card game raises $15M in funding

By Kyt Dotson Sep 23, 2019

Immutable, a company formerly known as Fuel Games that makes games that use distributed ledger blockchain technology to create player-owned assets, announced today that it has raised $15 million in new funding. The company’s…

Big Data

Q&A: Data isn’t the new oil anymore, it’s the new software

By Diego Asturias Sep 23, 2019

“Data is the new oil” is a popular phrase hailing back to big data’s buzzy years circa 2006. After all, tech’s giants including Facebook Inc. and Google LLC have made billion dollar businesses on user data, developing software to run…

AI

After scrutiny, Google tightens privacy controls around Assistant voice recordings

By Maria Deutscher Sep 23, 2019

Google LLC today previewed a series of upcoming privacy changes to Google Assistant aimed at alleviating recent concerns about how the service processes user data. The search giant employs contractors to listen to a portion…

AI

Ushering in the age of future tech with AI-ready superpowers

By Betsy Amy-Vogt Sep 23, 2019

Blockchain and artificial intelligence are no longer future technology. Recent advancements in storage, networking and application management mean businesses can leverage the advantages of these technologies for encrypted transactions and intelligent machines today. But while…

Big Data

Presto establishes formal community under the Linux Foundation

By Mike Wheatley Sep 23, 2019

The open-source Structured Query Language engine Presto is getting its own project within the Linux Foundation. The Presto Foundation, as it’s called, will be organized under a standard open and neutral governance model, with…

AI

SingularityNET and Cisco aim to make humanlike ‘artificial general intelligence’ real

By Mike Wheatley Sep 23, 2019

SingularityNET, a startup that bills itself as a “decentralized artificial intelligence” company, said today it’s working with networking giant Cisco Systems Inc. on an ambitious project to create more advanced AI technologies that will soon…

Apps

New Relic: Capturing the flag of software observability at FutureStack

By Jason English Sep 22, 2019

What is at the center of a successful software delivery? Is it measured only by the speed and quality of the resulting user experience, or does the real value lie somewhere within the responsiveness…

explore news

Facebook buys brain-reading neural interface startup CTRL-labs for $500M to $1B

Apple pledges to make latest Mac Pro in US after weekend tariff exemptions

Developer of ‘Gods Unchained’ blockchain card game raises $15M in funding

Q&A: Data isn’t the new oil anymore, it’s the new software

After scrutiny, Google tightens privacy controls around Assistant voice recordings

Ushering in the age of future tech with AI-ready superpowers

Presto establishes formal community under the Linux Foundation

SingularityNET and Cisco aim to make humanlike ‘artificial general intelligence’ real

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