Maria Deutscher
Latest from Maria Deutscher
Intel will sell its Wind River software business to private equity firm TPG
Intel Corp. is slimming down in an effort to free up resources for its core focus areas. A press release sent out today revealed that the chipmaker has inked a deal to sell Wind River Systems, a subsidiary focused on developing software for embedded systems, to TPG Capital LP. The financial terms of the acquisition ...
Mozilla debuts Firefox Reality for VR and AR web browsing
The Mozilla Foundation is hoping to take on a central role in how virtual and augmented reality users consume web content. The nonprofit this morning introduced a new release of Firefox specifically designed to work with headsets such as the HTC Vive Focus. Firefox Reality, as the experimental browser is called, takes the form of a ...
Intel unveils a powerful six-core Core i9 processor for high-end laptops
Intel Corp. pulled back the curtains today on a host of new processors for high-end laptops that are based on its latest-generation Coffee Lake chip architecture. Headlining the lineup at an event in Beijing today is the Core i9-8950HK. Intel said the chip, which comes “unlocked” to allow for overclocking or running it at a higher speed ...
After taking 10.3% stake in Commvault, activist hedge fund Elliott proposes sweeping changes
Shares of Commvault Systems Inc. jumped 10 percent today following a disclosure by Elliott Management Corp. that it has taken a 10.3 percent stake in the data protection giant. In conjunction with the announcement, the activist hedge fund released a public letter calling for a set of sweeping organizational and leadership changes. Elliott Management has a ...
Textio aims to improve recruiting with new AI offer writing optimizer
Textio Inc. wants artificial intelligence to play a bigger role in how companies find new employees. To that end, the Bloomberg LP-backed startup today introduced a service called Textio Hire that uses AI to fine-tune the text of the job offers that recruiters send out as part of their head-hunting campaigns. The product is designed ...
Google extends TensorFlow AI software with new developer features and use cases
Google LLC today introduced several major improvements to TensorFlow that significantly extend the machine learning development framework’s capabilities. The first pair of enhancements aim to grow the number of areas where the platform can be applied. Google has added a library for processing genomics file formats, which should help expand the use of TensorFlow in cutting-edge medical projects ...
LinkedIn steps up advertising efforts with new native video ads
LinkedIn members have had the ability to post native video content on the social network for quite some time now, but the same option wasn’t available to advertisers. Now, the Microsoft Corp. subsidiary is moving to change that in a bid to open a new revenue stream. LinkedIn on Thursday announced that it will roll ...
Cloud ascendant: Microsoft launches major reorg as Windows head departs
If Microsoft Corp.’s employees didn’t already realize cloud computing and artificial intelligence will drive their company’s future much more than its venerable Windows software, they sure know it now. Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella today announced a series of major organizational changes that will restructure the company’s efforts in several key areas. The driver ...
Communications market consolidates: Plantronics agrees to buy Polycom for $2B
Although cloud services such as Slack Inc.’s have come to dominate the conversation around business communications, they constitute only one element of an expansive market. Companies also spend billions of dollars every year on hardware to help their employees collaborate remotely, an area on track to see some consolidation. Plantronics Inc., a leading maker of ...
Hire by Google gets new features to help recruiters fill job openings faster
In many cases, a job opening will attract far more potentially qualified candidates than what the company behind the listing can hire. Google LLC hopes to take advantage of this dynamic to make it easier for recruiters to fill open positions. The search giant today released a new iteration of Hire by Google, the job applicant ...
