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Facebook pledges almost $6 million to train journalists in the UK

By James Farrell Nov 19, 2018

In what’s being called a first-of-its-kind project, Facebook Inc. has pledged £4.5 million ($5.7 million) to train journalists in the U.K. The money will go toward training 80 journalists who will work with local…

AI

Amazon has built an AI system that can train robots to speak like a newsreader

By Mike Wheatley Nov 19, 2018

Amazon.com Inc. has come up with a new artificial intelligence system that can train digital voice assistants such as Alexa to learn new speaking styles, similar to a newsreader for example, in a matter…

Blockchain

Bitcoin plunges to 19-month low as crypto chaos spooks investors

By Duncan Riley Nov 19, 2018

Bitcoin has plunged to its lowest price since early May 2017 as the ongoing chaos in the Bitcoin Cash community continues to spook investors. Analysts point the finger for the price drop in several…

AI

With Contextor acquisition, SAP jumps into hot robotic process automation market

By Mike Wheatley Nov 19, 2018

SAP SE today became the latest enterprise company to jump into the white-hot robotic process automation market, acquiring a significant player called Contextor SAS for an undisclosed price. SAP said it was buying Contextor…

Security

Make-A-Wish website cryptojacked with increasingly popular CoinImp script

By Duncan Riley Nov 19, 2018

Proving that some hackers have no morals whatsoever, the website of the Make-A-Wish Foundation has been “cryptojacked” to install the increasingly popular cryptomining script. Discovered by Simon Kenin, a security researcher at Trustwave SpiderLabs, and publicized…

Cloud

No surprise here, but Amazon continues to dominate the public cloud market

By Mike Wheatley Nov 19, 2018

Amazon Web Services Inc. has retained its position as top dog in the public cloud infrastructure services market by some distance from its closest rivals, according to new data today from Synergy Research Group.…

Big Data

Amid strong earnings, Pure Storage unveils its hybrid cloud play with AWS

By Mike Wheatley Nov 19, 2018

Flash storage company Pure Storage Inc. built on a strong third-quarter showing with the announcement of new block storage, data protection and deduplication services for Amazon Web Services Inc.’s public cloud. The company recorded a…

Apps

Instagram deploys machine learning tools to target fake likes and follows

By Duncan Riley Nov 19, 2018

Facebook Inc.-owned Instagram is deploying machine learning tools to crack down on inauthentic behavior including fake likes, follows and comments. “Recently, we’ve seen accounts use third-party apps to artificially grow their audience,” Instagram said in…

Cloud

Follow the footprints: Customer zeal for Kubernetes fuels Cisco’s hybrid deal with AWS

By Mark Albertson Nov 19, 2018

Enterprise customers vote with their feet, and both Cisco Systems Inc. and Amazon Web Services Inc. are following footsteps into the hybrid world. This month’s announcement that Cisco would introduce a new hybrid deployment option…

Emerging Tech

Intel backs $40M funding round for long-range LiDAR startup AEye

By Maria Deutscher Nov 19, 2018

AEye Inc., a startup developing a novel, artificial intelligence-powered sensor for autonomous vehicles, today announced that it has picked up a $40 million funding round from Intel Corp. and Kleiner Perkins. The lead investor was…

the latest

Facebook pledges almost $6 million to train journalists in the UK

Amazon has built an AI system that can train robots to speak like a newsreader

Bitcoin plunges to 19-month low as crypto chaos spooks investors

Make-A-Wish website cryptojacked with increasingly popular CoinImp script

Instagram deploys machine learning tools to target fake likes and follows

Intel backs $40M funding round for long-range LiDAR startup AEye

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