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Thanks to Alibaba and Microsoft, AI can now beat humans at reading
For the first time, artificial intelligence models have outperformed humans in a respected Stanford University reading test used to gauge neural networks’ cognitive prowess. Chinese web giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. announced on Monday that it was an AI developed by its research arm that reached the milestone by earning a score of 82.44. That compares with ...
GM to start producing a fully autonomous car with no steering wheel or pedals
General Motors Co.’s fourth-generation autonomous car is rather different than the previous three iterations: It has no steering wheel or pedals. The vehicle, which was unveiled today, is a modified version of the automaker’s electric Chevrolet Bolt EV hatchback that is set to hit the roads next year as part of its planned self-driving taxi ...
Report: In a hotly anticipated move, Dropbox has confidentially filed to go public
Dropbox Inc. is reportedly ready to hit the stock market, finally. Anonymous sources told Bloomberg today that the cloud storage provider has confidentially filed for an initial public offering with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The IPO would be a key one this year because Dropbox has been a prime candidate to go public ...
Cisco’s new machine learning tech can spot threats lurking in encrypted traffic
Security-conscious enterprises and consumers aren’t the only ones who rely on encryption to protect their information from prying eyes. Hackers are increasingly applying cryptography as well to conceal malicious traffic, a threat that Cisco Systems Inc. is taking on. The networking giant on Wednesday released a new technology that it says can spot attack attempts ...
With new in-memory analytics engine, Tableau looks to supercharge data visualization
Tableau Software Inc. said today it has managed to jack up the speed at which enterprises can visualize important data for decision-makers. This morning the company launched a new release of its namesake business intelligence platform that processes information as much as five times faster than the previous release. The performance gains can potentially be even bigger ...
Bugsnag picks up $9M to help companies develop more reliable applications
Bugsnag Inc., a San Francisco-based startup tackling application errors, today announced that it has landed a $9 million funding round backed by Alphabet Inc.’s GV investment arm. Returning investors Benchmark Capital and Matrix Partners contributed as well. Bugsnag has won the support of such prominent investors by coming up with a more efficient way for companies ...
Cloud security startup Arctic Wolf reels in $16M from investors
Many of today’s cybersecurity startups are using technologies such as artificial intelligence to help companies automate how they handle threats and reduce the need for manual input from operations staff. Arctic Wolf Networks Inc., in contrast, has made human intuition a key part of its value proposition. The Sunnyvale, California-based threat detection provider today announced the ...
Microsoft recruits Qualcomm to help it catch up in the voice assistant market
Voice assistants such as Amazon.com Inc.’s Alexa are taking on an increasingly central role in the tech market. In a bid to catch up with the competition, Microsoft Corp. today announced several new alliances meant to widen the adoption of its rivaling Cortana bot. The company is counting on the partnerships to achieve that by ...
Salesforce acquires decentralized database maker Attic Labs
While most of the tech industry’s attention was focused on the Consumer Electronics Show Monday, a startup called Attic Labs Inc. quietly made a big announcement: It has been bought by Salesforce.com Inc. in the cloud giant’s first acquisition of the year. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. However, it’s reasonable to assume ...
Iconiq Capital co-leads $58M round into data governance provider Collibra
Collibra Corp.’s effort to streamline the way enterprises manage their vast troves of information has received a big boost from the venture capital community. The data governance provider today announced the completion of a $58 million investment, its fourth round so far, led by Battery Ventures and Iconiq Capital. The latter fund is notable for managing money on behalf of ...
