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Big Data

IBM will use data from aircraft and smartphones to improve weather forecasts

By Mike Wheatley Jan 8, 2019

IBM Corp. says it has come up with a better system for predicting the weather in more isolated parts of the world. During a presentation at the CES consumer electronics show in Las Vegas today, IBM…

Cloud

Alibaba and Intel to partner on 3-D athlete tracking for 2020 Tokyo Olympics

By Mike Wheatley Jan 8, 2019

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is working with Intel Corp. on a new “athlete tracking technology” powered by artificial intelligence that the Chinese cloud computing and e-commerce giant says could be a “game changer” in…

Big Data

CES announcements herald the arrival of the Data Age

By Mark Albertson Jan 8, 2019

The early story line after two mind-numbing days of press conferences at the CES consumer electronics show this week in Las Vegas can be summed up in five words: It’s all about the data.…

Cloud

Reports: Amazon to acquire disaster recovery startup CloudEndure for up $250M

By Maria Deutscher Jan 8, 2019

Amazon.com Inc. is reportedly in the process of buying CloudEndure Ltd., an Israeli disaster recovery startup that counts Dell Technologies Inc. as an investor. Anonymous tipsters told TechCrunch today that the transaction is valued at…

AI

At CES, robotics delivers AI into every corner of our lives

By James Kobielus Jan 8, 2019

As the robot revolution accelerates, one of the biggest stories from this week’s CES consumer electronics show is that robotics has gone mainstream. Just as important, artificial intelligence has become a fundamental differentiator in mass-market robotics…

Emerging Tech

IBM aims for practical quantum computing with new 20-qubit Q System One

By Maria Deutscher Jan 8, 2019

Alongside the rollable TVs, drones and other new gadgets on display at the CES consumer electronics show this week in Las Vegas, IBM Corp. is demonstrating the latest evolution of its quantum computing hardware.…

Cloud

Cheap cloud, packed crowd: Competing in today’s busy startup arena

By R. Danes Jan 8, 2019

The sands in Silicon Valley are shifting all the time. Building computing infrastructure from scratch used to be par for the course for startups; now, many opt for cloud. Major cloud hyperscalers are eating…

Big Data

Alibaba acquires stream processing startup data Artisans for $103M

By Maria Deutscher Jan 8, 2019

In another sign of its growing enterprise ambitions, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. today announced that it has acquired high-flying analytics startup data Artisans GmbH. The deal is reportedly worth 90 million euros, or about $103…

Apps

Startup sees good in Facebook, connects homeless with family

By R. Danes Jan 8, 2019

There is growing concern in the Bay Area that technology isn’t being all it can be in the social justice realm. Why aren’t tech companies working harder to cure societal ills? Can’t nonprofit organizations…

Blockchain

Alipay and Telenor launch blockchain cross-border payments between Pakistan and Malaysia

By Kyt Dotson Jan 8, 2019

Telenor Microfinance Bank Ltd. and Valyou Sdn Bhd, a remittance company and subsidiary of Telenor Group, today announced the launch of a distributed ledger blockchain-based payment platform. The cross-border platform, based on the Alipay…

all stories

At CES, robotics delivers AI into every corner of our lives

IBM aims for practical quantum computing with new 20-qubit Q System One

Cheap cloud, packed crowd: Competing in today’s busy startup arena

Alibaba acquires stream processing startup data Artisans for $103M

Alipay and Telenor launch blockchain cross-border payments between Pakistan and Malaysia

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