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Qualcomm to lay off a reported 1,500 workers in $1B cost-cutting push

By Maria Deutscher Apr 19, 2018

Qualcomm Inc. has launched a significant round of layoffs in a bid to fulfill a January pledge to reduce its annual expenses by $1 billion. The company confirmed the move late Wednesday, without sharing…

Emerging Tech

Sony is planning to cook up AI-powered robochefs

By Mike Wheatley Apr 19, 2018

Japan’s Sony Corp. is stepping up its investment in artificial intelligence and robotics research, teaming up Wednesday with Carnegie Mellon University researchers to investigate the potential of using AI-powered robots in the kitchen. Food preparation,…

Apps

Facebook’s data privacy control changes ahead of GDPR don’t thrill everyone

By James Farrell Apr 19, 2018

Facebook Inc. has announced new privacy protections on the platform to comply with the European General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR that will go into effect next month. However, it’s aiming to exempt 1.5 billion users…

Emerging Tech

Amazon awarded patent for streaming data marketplace with bitcoin uses

By Duncan Riley Apr 18, 2018

Amazon Technologies Inc., a unit of Amazon.com Inc., has been awarded a patent for a streaming data marketplace that can track data in real-time and also track cryptocurrency transactions. The patent, filed with the U.S.…

Emerging Tech

IBM prototypes in-memory computing architecture for accelerating AI jobs

By Mike Wheatley Apr 18, 2018

One of the main stumbling blocks in using artificial intelligence to glean insights from large datasets is that most computer systems aren’t designed to handle these kinds of resource-intensive workloads. IBM Corp. researchers are…

Apps

Minecraft players infected by malware-infested skins offered on official store

By Duncan Riley Apr 18, 2018

As many as 50,000 Minecraft players have been infected by malware that could delete the contents of their hard drive after downloading infected game skins from the official Minecraft store. The malware, discovered by…

Apps

Cisco integrates its Spark and Webex collaboration apps

By Mike Wheatley Apr 18, 2018

Hoping to maintain its role as a leader in enterprise collaboration, Cisco Systems Inc. says it’s converging its messaging application Spark with its Webex videoconferencing platform. The net result of this move is a…

Apps

20M+ Chrome users exposed to fake data-stealing ad blockers

By Duncan Riley Apr 18, 2018

More than 20 million Google Chrome users may be using fake ad blocking software. That’s apparent after a security researcher found five examples that while actually blocking ads as advertised, stole user information and…

Emerging Tech

UK drug discovery startup BenevolentAI raises $115M

By Mike Wheatley Apr 18, 2018

U.K.-based artificial intelligence company BenevolentAI Ltd. today announced the completion of a $115 million funding round that values the London startup at a cool $2 billion. The round, said to be one of the largest ever…

Cloud

48M social media records exposed in latest cloud storage mishap

By Duncan Riley Apr 18, 2018

Seattle data gathering firm LocalBlox Inc. is the latest company to expose data via a misconfigured Amazon Web Services Inc. S3 storage instance — a lot of data. In this case, in involved 48…

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Qualcomm to lay off a reported 1,500 workers in $1B cost-cutting push

Sony is planning to cook up AI-powered robochefs

Amazon awarded patent for streaming data marketplace with bitcoin uses

IBM prototypes in-memory computing architecture for accelerating AI jobs

Minecraft players infected by malware-infested skins offered on official store

Cisco integrates its Spark and Webex collaboration apps

20M+ Chrome users exposed to fake data-stealing ad blockers

UK drug discovery startup BenevolentAI raises $115M

48M social media records exposed in latest cloud storage mishap

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