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With $2.3M in funding, Comet.ml launches a platform for managing AI projects
The researchers developing new applications for artificial intelligence at the world’s top enterprises and universities are helping push the boundaries of automation. However, many of them still rely on manual workflows to coordinate day-to-day tasks. That’s the challenge Comet.ml Inc. has set out to solve with the help of $2.3 million in seed funding. The ...
Dropbox makes its Smart Sync tool generally available and adds new controls
In its first platform update since going public, Dropbox Inc. today rolled out a new way for users to reduce the amount of space that shared files take up on their hard drivers. The cloud storage giant is making Smart Sync, as the tool is called, available for all teams subscribed to its Business plans. ...
Microsoft to invest $5B in the ‘internet of things’ over the next four years
With Gartner Inc. expecting the number of internet-connected objects to pass 20 billion by 2020, Microsoft Corp. sees a big opportunity. The technology giant today announced plans to invest $5 billion into initiatives focused on the “internet of things” over the next four years. The push represents a major expansion of Microsoft’s activities in this area. Jason ...
Report: Apple is developing touchless controls and curved screens for future iPhones
The iPhones that Apple Inc. will bring to market in the next few years may be much different than today’s models. According to a Bloomberg report this morning, the company is developing two new technologies for its smartphone that could significantly change the user experience. The first is support for touchless control, which the sources who ...
Rubrik debuts Polaris, a cloud-based platform for keeping track of enterprise data
Data protection unicorn Rubrik Inc. today expanded its product portfolio with a new cloud-based platform designed to help organizations better manage the information scattered throughout their networks. Dubbed Polaris, the offering is pitched as a “single system of record across all business information.” It aims to address a data management challenge that Rubrik attributes to ...
6 River Systems raises $25M for its collaborative warehouse robot
In the era of Amazon.com Inc. and same-day delivery, traditional retailers must adopt new technologies to provide the level of service that shoppers have come to expect. This competitive necessity is creating new opportunities for players such as robotics startup 6 River Systems Inc., which today announced that it has closed a $25 million Series ...
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 ...