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AWS boosts SageMaker with new AI algorithms, more automation
Amazon Web Services Inc. today augmented its SageMaker artificial intelligence service with new features that will enable developers to automate core aspects of their work. The cloud giant launched SageMaker last year to reduce the amount of work involved in building AI algorithms. The tool is offered as a fully managed platform, meaning that users don’t have to ...
Report: Apple has quietly acquired on-device AI startup Silk Labs
Much of the information that reaches the public about Apple Inc.’s startup acquisitions comes from leaks rather than the company itself, which usually stays mum about such deals. A new leak late Tuesday indicates that the iPhone maker quietly bought an artificial intelligence developer called Silk Labs Inc. earlier this year. The source who tipped off ...
In new streaming video push, Amazon said to bid for 22 cable TV sports networks
Amazon.com Inc. is said to be interested in buying 22 cable TV sports networks that are collectively worth an estimated $20 billion. The online retail giant is one of several companies that have submitted offers for the channels as part of a recently launched bidding contest, CNBC reported today. They’re being sold by Walt Disney ...
Google is building a new $685M green data center in Denmark
Google LLC today announced plans to expand its global infrastructure footprint with a new data center in Denmark that will cost 600 million euros, or about $685 million, to build. The facility will join the company’s four existing European locations in Ireland, Finland, the Netherlands and Belgium. Google last year also bought a plot of ...
Samsung reportedly developing 6.7-inch flagship phone with 6 cameras
A new report claims that Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. will add no fewer than four new devices to its Galaxy S smartphone lineup next year, including a supersized flagship dubbed “Beyond X.” The Wall Street Journal today cited sources as saying the model will feature a massive 6.7-inch screen. For comparison, the current-generation Galaxy S9 ...
Intel backs $40M funding round for long-range LiDAR startup AEye
AEye Inc., a startup developing a novel, artificial intelligence-powered sensor for autonomous vehicles, today announced that it has picked up a $40 million funding round from Intel Corp. and Kleiner Perkins. The lead investor was Taiwania Capital, a fund associated with Taiwan’s National Development Council. Other participants included aerospace giant Airbus SE, Tychee Partners and several unnamed ...
Microsoft acquires application virtualization startup FSLogix
Microsoft Corp. today announced that it has acquired FSLogix Inc., a venture-backed virtualization startup with big-name customers such as Verizon Communications Inc. and Britain’s National Health Service. Suwanee, Georgia-based FSLogix provides software for virtual desktop infrastructure. VDI enables companies to set up workspaces based on Windows 10 or another operating system in a centralized location and ...
Stocks tank on report that Apple has cut production of all 2018 iPhone models
Consumer demand for the latest iPhones appears to be falling short of Apple Inc.’s expectations. The Wall Street Journal reported today the company has scaled back production of the latest-generation XS, XS Max and XR models that it unveiled only in September. Apple suppliers involved in manufacturing the XR, most affordable of the trio, are said ...
Google Cloud boss Diane Greene resigns, replaced by former Oracle exec Thomas Kurian
Diane Greene, the chief executive officer of Google LLC’s cloud business, is leaving the division that has been a prime focus for the company since she joined. Greene’s surprise exit comes hot on the heels of another high-profile departure: Diane Bryant stepped down as Google Cloud’s chief operating officer in July. Bryant had joined the search ...
Icahn ends proxy fight with Dell after it boosts VMware offer to $23.9B
Dell Technologies Inc. has sweetened the terms of its proposed stock market return, prompting major shareholders to back the move and Carl Icahn to end his highly publicized proxy fight against the company. The billionaire hedge fund manager announced his decision Thursday afternoon, just hours after Dell published the revised offer. The company plans to go public through an unconventional ...
