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Google announces Chromebook Plus with boosted hardware specs and AI features

Mon, 02 Oct 2023 15:00:50 +0200

Google LLC today rolled out a new line of Chromebooks named “Chromebook Plus” that bring artificial intelligence features into ChromeOS and enhance the hardware specification of the entire family of products for a better productivity and entertainment experience. All upcoming Chromebook Plus devices have guaranteed specs of at least an Intel Core i3 or higher […]

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Assembly work instructions software startup Dirac launches with BuildOS

Mon, 02 Oct 2023 15:00:19 +0200

New York-based assembly work instructions software startup Dirac Inc. launched today with the beta release of its first product, BuildOS. Pitched as bringing work instructions into the 21st century, BuildOS has been designed to address the issue wherein assembly work instructions take weeks or months of manual, mind-numbing effort. Dirac argues that figuring out what order […]

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New LogRhythm advancements aim to detect, investigate and respond to potential threats

Mon, 02 Oct 2023 13:00:14 +0200

Security intelligence firm LogRhythm Inc. today announced major advancements to its cloud-native security information and event management platform aimed at rounding out its ability to detect, investigate and respond to potential threats within a security operations center. The new release has a foundation of incident response. Security teams can now leverage Axon to automate team workflows through […]

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New NSA center will oversee development and integration of AI capabilities

Mon, 02 Oct 2023 02:14:00 +0200

The U.S. National Security Agency has announced the creation of a new entity to oversee the development and integration of artificial intelligence capabilities within U.S. national security systems. The new NSA AI Security Center has been designed to become a focal point for developing best practices for evaluating methodology and risk frameworks, with an aim […]

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Network security company IronNet ceases operations 2 years after going public

Mon, 02 Oct 2023 01:16:12 +0200

Network security company IronNet Inc. has ceased operations two years after it became a publicly traded company through a merger with a special-purpose acquisition company. The disclosure came via a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing wherein IronNet said that given that it had run out of money, it had ceased all […]

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Cisco-Splunk under the microscope: Joint customers weigh in

Sat, 30 Sep 2023 18:48:17 +0200

Cisco Systems Inc.’s $28 billion acquisition of Splunk Inc. represents a good outcome for Splunk and a strategic growth opportunity for Cisco. Splunk’s painful transition to a cloud and subscription pricing model was largely through the knothole, as seen by its margins and recent profit-and-loss performance. But questions remained with respect to its growth prospects […]

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With the "summer of data” in the rear-view mirror, here are the key takeaways to remember

Fri, 29 Sep 2023 23:23:17 +0200

There’s no talking about the “Summer of Data” without including a significant addition about the year of artificial intelligence — the two are inextricably linked and will remain so in the months to come. That’s because the rise of AI has led to the need for incredible amounts of data, and projections indicate that data […]

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Fireblocks acquires asset tokenization firm BlockFold to support large banks

Fri, 29 Sep 2023 23:20:15 +0200

Digital asset custody and infrastructure firm Fireblocks Inc. announced today that it acquired the Melbourne-based smart contract development firm BlockFold that assists large banks and financial instructions with the tokenization of financial assets. The deal closed on Sep. 1 and will help Fireblocks expand its tokenization capabilities, which allow traditional assets, such as stocks, bonds, […]

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Big money chases AI, antitrust chases big tech, and the metaverse lives

Fri, 29 Sep 2023 22:47:54 +0200

Generative artificial intelligence continued to dominate the headlines this week, as Amazon Web Services swooped in with a multibillion-dollar investment in Anthropic and OpenAI looked to sell employee shares at a — ahem — $90 billion valuation. Meanwhile, OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman and former Apple design chief Jony Ive are looking at building something […]

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Duplicating the charm of handwritten messages – at large scale

Fri, 29 Sep 2023 22:21:00 +0200

In a world of pre-sorted, data-driven, machine-generated messages, handwritten notes have become as odd as the rotary telephone. CBS News reported in 2021 that 37% of Americans hadn’t sent a handwritten letter in over five years and half hadn’t received one. The rarity of pen-and-ink messages makes them compelling enough that they usually get read. […]

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Aporia adds protection against AI hallucinations

Fri, 29 Sep 2023 22:18:15 +0200

Machine learning observability startup Aporia Technologies Ltd. is broadening its line of tools for ensuring responsible artificial intelligence use with a new product that it says enhances the performance of generative AI products and safeguards against hallucinations or misuse. AI Guardrails, released Sept. 27, can be integrated into any generative AI product and positioned between the large […]

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Report: Microsoft sought to sell Bing to Apple in 2020

Fri, 29 Sep 2023 21:48:51 +0200

Microsoft Corp. executives floated the possibility of selling Bing to Apple Inc. a few years ago, according to a new report. Sources told Bloomberg on Thursday that the idea came up in 2020. Microsoft executives reportedly met with Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of services, to discuss a potential deal. Bloomberg’s sources said that […]

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Intel begins mass -roducing chips using cutting-edge EUV technology

Fri, 29 Sep 2023 19:58:05 +0200

Intel Corp. today announced that it has begun mass-producing chips using extreme ultraviolet lithography, or EUV, the most advanced semiconductor manufacturing technology on the market. The company reached the milestone at its Fab 34 plant in Leixlip, Ireland. Intel has equipped the plant with EUV capabilities as part of a €17 billion investment plan it […]

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HPE infrastructure powers the most intelligently connected and sustainable Ryder Cup yet

Fri, 29 Sep 2023 04:21:32 +0200

The 2023 Ryder Cup is being held through Oct. 1 at the Marco Simone Golf and Country Club in Rome, and the event is expected to take in 250,000 spectators — most of whom will be looking to text, tweet, Instagram and Facebook. Knowing that today’s fans expect not just a good but a great […]

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Scammers target Microsoft’s AI chatbot Bing Chat with malicious ads

Fri, 29 Sep 2023 03:00:31 +0200

As regular as the day becomes night, scammers are always on the lookout for new opportunities, and according to a new report today, that new opportunity is Microsoft Corp.’s artificial intelligence chatbot Bing Chat. Malwarebytes Labs wrote that scammers are now targeting Bing Chat users with malicious ads within the chatbot. Ads can be inserted into […]

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AWS reveals details of ‘MadPot’ tools used to thwart thousands of cyberattacks

Fri, 29 Sep 2023 02:28:37 +0200

Amazon Web Services Inc. today provided details of a previously unknown internal suite of tools known internally as “MadPot” that the company is using to detect and successfully thwart thousands of cyberattacks. MadPot has its origins in the late 2010s and uses intelligence gathered from a vast array of sensors deployed across AWS infrastructure, monitoring and […]

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AI startup Cohere takes on OpenAI with new Chat API and Coral demo chatbot

Fri, 29 Sep 2023 02:28:03 +0200

Generative artificial intelligence startup Cohere Inc. is looking to take on rivals such as OpenAI LP more directly with the launch of a new application programming interface that allows developers to integrate its large language model, Command, into their own applications. In a blog post, Cohere said the Chat API can be used to build […]

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Generative AI cybersecurity startup Nexusflow raises $10.6M

Fri, 29 Sep 2023 01:57:28 +0200

Generative artificial intelligence cybersecurity startup Nexusflow.ai Inc. today announced that it has raised $10.6 million in new funding in a round led by Point72 Ventures LP, with Fusion Fund LLC and a number of individual investors also participating. Nexusflow was founded by Professor Jiantao Jiao (pictured, center), Professor Kurt Keutzer (left) from the Berkeley AI Research […]

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Chinese AI chipmaker Enflame raises $237M in Series D funding round

Fri, 29 Sep 2023 01:43:25 +0200

Chinese artificial intelligence chipmaker Enflame Technology Co. Ltd. has reportedly closed on a bumper 2 billion yuan (around $237.7 million) Series D funding round, according to reports. Today’s round, first reported by Reuters, is said to be led by a subsidiary of Shanghai International Group Co. Ltd., and saw participation from Tencent Holdings Ltd., the […]

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MLB looks for a hit with its Virtual Ballpark metaverse experiment

Fri, 29 Sep 2023 01:33:08 +0200

Major League Baseball kicked off a Virtual Ballpark experience for a Sept. 20 game between the Angels and Rays that uses startling 3D graphics to depict baseball games in real time. Built in partnership with British metaverse company Improbable, it’s not without its early bugs, since the Virtual Ballpark UI was a little choppy. But like […]

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