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DeepMind ‘closes chapter’ in AI research with new self-learning AlphaZero system
A system developed by Alphabet Inc.’s DeepMind subsidiary has mastered three of the world’s most complex board games in an achievement hailed as a milestone for artificial intelligence research. The group detailed the system, which it calls AlphaZero, in a paper released today. The software is the third major evolution of AlphaGo, the AI that made ...
IBM offloads parts of software portfolio to partner HCL for $1.8B
IBM Corp. is offloading some of the most time-tested components of its enterprise software portfolio to partner HCL Technologies Ltd. in a deal worth $1.8 billion. The transaction, which the companies announced Thursday night, encompasses a total of seven applications. The standout products are Notes and Domino. They form the two halves of the enterprise collaboration platform ...
Amazon starts crowdsourcing Alexa answers from consumers
Amazon.com Inc. claims to have added more than a billion data points to Alexa in the past year alone, but for all the company’s technical resources, there are limits to how much information can be collected automatically. To fill its voice assistant’s knowledge gaps, the online retail giant today announced a program called Alexa Answers. It ...
Embracing Chromium, Microsoft pledges to bring its Edge browser to the Mac
Confirming the rumors that it’s rebuilding its Edge browser on Chromium, Microsoft Corp. today shed some light on the big-picture plan behind the move. Chromium is an open-source project run by Google LLC that serves as the foundation of the search giant’s dominant Chrome browser. The two applications share most of their features, most notably ...
Beating Uber to the punch, Lyft files for initial stock offering
Lyft Inc. has filed for an initial public offering, gaining an early advantage over rival Uber Technologies Inc. in their unofficial race to hit the stock market. The ride-hailing provider announced the move today but shared few specifics. Lyft has yet to determine the number of shares that will be sold and the target price ...
LightStep picks up $41M for its container-friendly monitoring platform
LightStep Inc., an application monitoring startup founded by two former Google LLC engineers, today announced that it has raised a $41 million funding round to fuel its growth. Uber Technologies Inc. backer Altimeter Capital led the investment with participation from Sequoia Capital, Redpoint Ventures and others. The round, LightStep’s third to date, brings its total ...
Waymo finally launches its commercial self-driving taxi service
A year and a half after its autonomous Chrysler Pacifica minivans started picking up test riders in Arizona, Waymo LLC is today making the vehicles available through a ride-hailing service. Waymo One won’t compete with Uber Technologies Inc. anytime soon. Initially, the service will be open to only a few hundred of the users who ...
Qualcomm debuts new flagship Snapdragon chip, ultrasonic fingerprint sensor
Qualcomm Inc., whose Snapdragon chip series powers most of the world’s high-end Android devices, has unveiled a new iteration of the processor and a novel fingerprint sensor that works with sound waves. The company debuted the products at an event in Hawaii late Tuesday. The new Snapdragon 855 processor will take over as the company’s flagship mobile ...
Tibco acquires master data management provider Orchestra Networks
Tibco Software Inc. today announced that it has acquired Orchestra Networks SA, a data management provider focused on helping enterprises get their vast, and often fragmented, information troves under control. The acquisition is the latest in a series of deals struck by the company over the past few quarters. Previously, Tibco picked up application integration provider ...
Reports: Microsoft will launch a new browser based on Google code
Microsoft Corp. is reportedly developing a replacement for its Edge browser that will incorporate elements from Chromium, the open-source engine on which Chrome is based. The Chromium code base is maintained by a group of Google LLC engineers and shares most of its features with the consumer version. It was recently reported that Microsoft engineers had started ...
