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Facebook open-sources LASER encoder tech for natural language processing

By Mike Wheatley Jan 23, 2019

Facebook Inc. has made another key contribution in its quest to accelerate the transfer of natural language processing applications to more languages. The social media giant today open-sourced a new PyTorch tool called LASER,…

Emerging Tech

Chinese phone maker Xiaomi teases new double-folding phone in video

By Duncan Riley Jan 23, 2019

Speculation that various phone makers such as Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. will introduce so-called “folding phones” has been rampant for years, but one Chinese company may be set to beat both to…

Policy

Google led record-breaking tech industry lobbying blitz in 2018

By Mike Wheatley Jan 23, 2019

Five of the biggest technology giants in the U.S. spent a combined $64.3 million on lobbying government officials in 2018, in a year that was notable for numerous congressional hearings, accusations of Russian interference…

IoT

Microsoft launches IoT Hub Device Streams to ease connected device operations

By Maria Deutscher Jan 23, 2019

For enterprises that rely on connected devices such as industrial sensors in their operations, making sure the hardware can be properly maintained is a major priority. It’s a need that Microsoft Corp. is looking to address with a…

Infra

Functions and twelve-factor usher in app-only development

By R. Danes Jan 23, 2019

All application developers would like to wave a wand and make infrastructure disappear. The latest technologies — cloud, serverless computing, etc. — have fans largely because they push some compute, storage and networking hassles…

Emerging Tech

With Scout robotic rover, Amazon expands autonomous delivery ambitions

By Maria Deutscher Jan 23, 2019

In November, Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud division debuted a miniature autonomous racer intended to provide a platform for developers to test machine learning models. Now, it’s looking like the project may have just been the…

Cloud

Powering a multicloud world: a recap of Wikibon’s Cisco Live Community CrowdChat

By James Kobielus Jan 23, 2019

Enterprises confront many challenges as they incorporate multicloud computing into their digital transformation initiatives. On Tuesday, Wikibon gathered analysts and cloud experts online in a #CLEUR Community CrowdChat, a targeted discussion forum, to discuss steps…

Infra

Enterprises go everywhere with on-prem Kubernetes

By R. Danes Jan 23, 2019

More and more vendors are acknowledging that hybrid is here to stay. Even cloud kingpin Amazon Web Services Inc. is making friends with on-premises holdouts with Outposts, an on-premises data center system that’s based on the…

AI

Intel debuts AI-powered camera system for robots and AR applications

By Maria Deutscher Jan 23, 2019

Intel Corp. today debuted a camera system for robots, drones and augmented reality applications that uses a built-in deep learning chip to process visual information. The new RealSense Tracking Camera T265 (pictured) sports two…

Big Data

A new open-source unicorn is born as Confluent bags $125M at $2.5B valuation

By Maria Deutscher Jan 23, 2019

Confluent Inc., a startup dedicated to commercializing the open-source Apache Kafka project, joined Silicon Valley’s unicorn club today after revealing that it has raised a late-stage $125 million round at a $2.5 billion valuation.…

all stories

Facebook open-sources LASER encoder tech for natural language processing

Chinese phone maker Xiaomi teases new double-folding phone in video

With Scout robotic rover, Amazon expands autonomous delivery ambitions

Intel debuts AI-powered camera system for robots and AR applications

A new open-source unicorn is born as Confluent bags $125M at $2.5B valuation

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