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Emerging Tech

New Cochlear hearing processor will be Apple-compatible

By Duncan Riley Jul 26, 2017

Australian hearing device maker Cochlear Ltd. has announced a new hearing implant processor that is natively compatible with Apple Inc.’s range of iOS devices such as the iPhone. The newly announced Nucleus 7 Sound…

Apps

Report: Slack is raising a $250M round from Accel and SoftBank at a $5B+ valuation

By Duncan Riley Jul 26, 2017

Slack Technologies Inc. is raising $250 million in a round led by SoftBank Group and Accel Partners, according to a report published Wednesday. Bloomberg, quoting people familiar with the matter, said the round will…

Apps

ServiceNow does it again with second-quarter earnings beat

By Mike Wheatley Jul 26, 2017

Information technology automation software provider ServiceNow Inc. is showing no signs of letting up, pulling another strong quarter out of the bag. The company, which sells a wide range of software products for automating…

Emerging Tech

AI startup Aiqudo raises $5.2M to make voice assistants better

By Eric David Jul 26, 2017

Amazon.com Inc. has been trying to shove its Alexa voice assistant into anything with room for a speaker and microphone, from TVs and Bluetooth speakers to cars and whatever the heck the Dash Wand…

Big Data

Specializing apps in the big data-fast data virtuous cycle

By R. Danes Jul 26, 2017

Becoming a data-driven enterprise requires more than just parking data in a gigantic repository. “There’s big data, and there’s fast data,” said Dave Tang (pictured), senior vice president of corporate marketing and communications at Western…

Infra

Judge orders Apple to pay university $506M in patent dispute

By Eric David Jul 26, 2017

A judge has ruled that Apple Inc.’s A7, A8 and A8X processor chips infringe on patents held by the University of Wisconsin, and the court has ordered Apple to pay the university more than $506…

Emerging Tech

Neural networks beat machine learning in true AI, says chief data officer

By R. Danes Jul 26, 2017

With the somewhat deceptive “AI washing” in software marketing lately, it’s important to ask: How far have we really come toward true artificial intelligence? “There’s a great deal of difficulty in trying to code…

Apps

Facebook’s ad machine keeps rolling as profit jumps 71%

By Robert Hof Jul 26, 2017

It’s hard to find much that’s going to slow down Facebook Inc. — least of all in its second-quarter earnings announced today. Thanks to continuing strong mobile ad sales, now 87 percent of revenue,…

Emerging Tech

Purpose-trained AI flunky does the dirty work in diverse industries

By R. Danes Jul 26, 2017

There’s hopeful news for anyone who’s wished Siri could get up at 6:30 in the morning and go to work for them: A startup training artificial intelligence personas for industry verticals is honing in on…

Emerging Tech

Artificial and emotional intelligence meet in new autonomous driving tech

By R. Danes Jul 26, 2017

Face-reading artificial intelligence technology has shown up in identification and security use cases. What applications would result if such an AI could also tell when people are psyched, depressed or confused? “There are only seven…

all stories

New Cochlear hearing processor will be Apple-compatible

Report: Slack is raising a $250M round from Accel and SoftBank at a $5B+ valuation

ServiceNow does it again with second-quarter earnings beat

AI startup Aiqudo raises $5.2M to make voice assistants better

Specializing apps in the big data-fast data virtuous cycle

Judge orders Apple to pay university $506M in patent dispute

Neural networks beat machine learning in true AI, says chief data officer

Purpose-trained AI flunky does the dirty work in diverse industries

Artificial and emotional intelligence meet in new autonomous driving tech

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