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Delivering on promise, Apple publishes its first artificial intelligence research paper

By Duncan Riley Dec 26, 2016

Apple Inc. has made good on its promise to start publishing its research on artificial intelligence with the publication of its first paper in the field. Spotted first by Forbes, the paper, titled “Learning from Simulated…

Apps

Strong encryption critical to digital economy, says congressional report

By Mike Wheatley Dec 26, 2016

The United States government risks undermining the digital economy if it doesn’t embrace strong encryption, according to a bipartisan congressional report released last week. The Encryption Working Group’s Year-End Report comes after a year…

Cloud

Microsoft will be the first tech firm to hit a $1 trillion valuation, analyst says

By Mike Wheatley Dec 26, 2016

Following its $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn Corp., Microsoft Corp. could become the first technology company to see its market value hit $1 trillion. That prediction comes from respected financial analyst Michael Markowski, who was previously…

Cloud

Salesforce backs $7.5M round into fleet management startup Automile

By Maria Deutscher Dec 26, 2016

The massive amount of administrative work involved in managing a company’s vehicle fleet can be overwhelming even for the most well-staffed operations department. But according to Automile Inc., it doesn’t have to be. The…

Apps

Why Star Citizen switched to Amazon’s Lumberyard game engine

By Eric David Dec 26, 2016

Cloud Imperium Games has announced that its long-awaited space simulator, Star Citizen, has just undergone a major change: The game now runs off Amazon.com Inc.’s Lumberyard game engine. A game engine is a software framework…

Emerging Tech

Snap acquires Israeli augmented reality startup Cimagine for $30-40M

By Duncan Riley Dec 26, 2016

Messaging app maker Snap Inc. has acquired Israeli augmented reality firm Cimagine Media, according to an Israeli news report. First reported by Calcalist, the deal, which has not yet been confirmed by either company, is believed to…

Emerging Tech

Microsoft Surface Pro 5 could arrive in spring: Here are possible specs, release date and more

By Collen Kriel Dec 26, 2016

As 2016 draws to a close, despite expecting to see a new Surface Pro this year, we will have to wait until possibly spring 2017 before Microsoft Corp. launches its latest two-in-one device. With…

Guests of the Week

VMware aims to hike its open-source contributions to drive faster innovation | #GuestOfTheWeek

By Marlene Den Bleyker Dec 23, 2016

Hoping to speed development of the next wave of enterprise innovation, VMware Inc. plans to get even more active in the open-source community in 2017. The Dell EMC company already participates in a range of…

Cloud

Predictions 2017: Trump ♥️ tech, containers take over, Microsoft buys Red Hat

By Paul Gillin Dec 23, 2016

As if 2016 weren’t volatile enough for the technology industry, the coming year is likely to be even more, shall we say, interesting, thanks to everything from a very unpredictable new U.S. president to…

Emerging Tech

Losing battle over self-driving cars in SF, Uber moves tests to Arizona

By Eric David Dec 23, 2016

Uber Technologies Inc., forced to suspend its self-driving car pilot program in San Francisco after the California Department of Motor Vehicles revoked the registration on the company’s vehicles, said Thursday it’s moving the pilot to…

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Delivering on promise, Apple publishes its first artificial intelligence research paper

Strong encryption critical to digital economy, says congressional report

Microsoft will be the first tech firm to hit a $1 trillion valuation, analyst says

Salesforce backs $7.5M round into fleet management startup Automile

Why Star Citizen switched to Amazon’s Lumberyard game engine

Snap acquires Israeli augmented reality startup Cimagine for $30-40M

Microsoft Surface Pro 5 could arrive in spring: Here are possible specs, release date and more

VMware aims to hike its open-source contributions to drive faster innovation | #GuestOfTheWeek

Predictions 2017: Trump ♥️ tech, containers take over, Microsoft buys Red Hat

Losing battle over self-driving cars in SF, Uber moves tests to Arizona

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