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Google announces Translatotron tool for translating speech in the speaker’s original voice
Google LLC today introduced what it says is an experimental new system for speech translation that removes many of the steps involved in its earlier models. Even better, the synthesized translations it produces retain the sound of the original speaker’s voice, so it actually sounds like the person is speaking in the target language. Google ...
Report: Delays in Apple’s 5G modem to 2025 forced it to settle with Qualcomm
Apple Inc.’s progress in building its own 5G modem in-house is experiencing significant delays, and the company might not have a finished product ready until 2025, some four years behind its original schedule. That’s according to a report from The Information today. It said the delays may well have been a major factor in Apple’s recent ...
What China tariffs? Cisco delivers strong earnings anyway
Things are looking up for Cisco Systems Inc., which reported third-quarter earnings today that beat estimates. Even more important, the networking giant provided upbeat guidance for the next quarter, saying it expects minimal impact to its business from the ongoing trade dispute between the U.S. and China. For the third quarter, Cisco said its earnings before certain ...
Alcide debuts Kubernetes scanning tool to beef up DevOps security
Cloud-native security firm Alcid.IO Ltd., better known as Alcide, today added what it calls a “continuous security and hygiene scanner” for Kubernetes and Istio to its toolkit. Alcide Advisor is designed to provide an automatic scan of applications deployed in Kubernetes and Istio for various compliance, security and governance risks before they’re moved into production. ...
Report: Trump to sign order banning US firms from doing business with Huawei
U.S. President Donald Trump is reportedly set to sign an executive order this week that will prevent American companies from buying telecommunications equipment from Chinese firm Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. Reuters cites three U.S. officials “familiar with the plan” as saying that the order is designed to block U.S. firms from doing business with any company that ...
Google opens new center for privacy engineering in Munich
Google LLC is getting deadly serious about user privacy, announcing plans today to create what it calls a “Google Safety Engineering Center” in Munich. The center will house a dedicated engineering team that will focus on creating privacy features for all of its products. Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai said in a blog post the company intends ...
AI chip startup Hailo announces specialized deep learning processor
Israeli computer chipmaker Hailo Technologies Ltd. is the latest startup to try to crack the artificial intelligence world with a new processor customized for deep learning workloads. The company, which is focused on the automotive sector, says its chip enables devices to run “sophisticated” deep learning applications at the edge of the network that could ...
Application performance monitoring firm Unravel Data raises $35M
Big-data application performance monitoring firm Unravel Data Systems Inc. today said it has raised $35 million in a round of funding led by Point72 Ventures. Harmony Partners and existing investors Menlo Ventures, GGV Capital and M12 also participated in the Series C round, which brings Unravel’s total funding to date to just over $57 million. The ...
Microsoft earmarks $100M for its first Africa Development Center
Microsoft Corp. says it will open its first “development center” in Africa, with plans to spend more than $100 million over the next five years and hire 400 new staff over the next four years. The initiative will stretch across the African continent. Microsoft plans to open two initial offices, in Nairobi, Kenya, on the ...
Nvidia accelerates financial trading algorithms for hedge funds
Nvidia Corp. is showing off the credentials of its artificial intelligence platform in the financial services industry, claiming a 6,000-times performance boost for running an algorithm used by hedge funds to benchmark the testing of trading strategies. “Backtesting,” as it’s called, is important for financial traders because it allows them to evaluate how new trading ...
