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AI chip startup Graphcore lands $30M in new round

By Mike Wheatley Oct 31, 2016

A U.K.-based startup that’s looking to build processors focused on artificial intelligence and machine learning workloads has just emerged from stealth with $30 million in funding. Graphcore, based in Bristol, England, has spent the last…

Study: If you’re black or female, Uber and Lyft drivers may cancel your trip or charge more

By James Farrell Oct 31, 2016

Ride-sourcing services such as Uber Technologies Inc. or Lyft Inc. discriminate against customers with African-American-sounding names, as well as female customers, according to a new study released Monday by the National Bureau of Economic…

Blockchain-powered image attribution engine launches to credit creators

By Kyt Dotson Oct 31, 2016

Anyone who wants to find images from the Internet to use in social or other media has huge burdens: attributing the image to the creator and even making sure it’s OK to use it.…

MIT uses deep learning to tap into our nightmares

By Eric David Oct 31, 2016

The robot apocalypse sounds scary enough by itself, but a team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation seem determined to make the eventual AI uprising…

Infra

CenturyLink to acquire Level 3 for $34B to boost fiber optic network

By Maria Deutscher Oct 31, 2016

The balance of power in the business Internet communications market is about to change in a big way. CenturyLink Inc., the third-largest carrier in the U.S., today entered into an agreement to acquire fiber network…

Infra

With new cloud hardware design, Microsoft aims to overhaul Open Compute Project

By Maria Deutscher Oct 31, 2016

Since its launch five years ago, Facebook Inc.’s Open Compute Project has produced dozens of hardware designs that helped drive billions of dollars in infrastructure savings at the social network and other companies. But…

Kinetica aims to speed users onto its graphics chip database train

By Paul Gillin Oct 31, 2016

Kinetica Db Inc., which makes a high-speed in-memory database designed for use with hardware graphics processing unit chips, is adding programs to make its product and applications easier to install and operate. The Install Accelerator and…

New device can hijack consumer drones using widespread vulnerability

By Duncan Riley Oct 31, 2016

A new device revealed at a security conference in Japan last week can hijack consumer drones, by exploiting a vulnerability in the frequency-hopping systems used to protect radio communications between an operator and the…

Toyota invests $10 million in car sharing service Getaround

By Duncan Riley Oct 31, 2016

Toyota Motor Corp. has invested in San Francisco-based peer-to-peer car sharing service Getaround Inc. through its Mirai Creation Investment Limited Partnership, in a Series C round believed to be $10 million. Founded in 2009,…

Uber: Get ready for fleets of semi-self-driving flying cars

By James Farrell Oct 31, 2016

Uber Technologies Inc. says we could get to work in one of its flying cars within the decade. In a 98-page report Uber said that it planned to cut down on long commute times…

the latest

AI chip startup Graphcore lands $30M in new round

Blockchain-powered image attribution engine launches to credit creators

MIT uses deep learning to tap into our nightmares

CenturyLink to acquire Level 3 for $34B to boost fiber optic network

With new cloud hardware design, Microsoft aims to overhaul Open Compute Project

Kinetica aims to speed users onto its graphics chip database train

New device can hijack consumer drones using widespread vulnerability

Toyota invests $10 million in car sharing service Getaround

Uber: Get ready for fleets of semi-self-driving flying cars

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