SAN FRANCISCO – Alphabet chairman Eric Schmidt says artificial intelligence is key to advances in diverse areas such as healthcare and datacenter design and that security concerns related to it are somewhat misguided. (Alphabet is the parent company of Google). In a wide-ranging on-stage conversation here at the RSA Security conference with Gideon Lewis-Kraus, author…
Google Brain announced release 1.0 of its machine learning (ML) library yesterday at the TensorFlow Developer Summit in Mountain View. ML is a method of programing computers with data to make highly reliable predictions, instead of creating a program in a language like Java, C# or Python. ML is a more efficient method of solving…
PC prices are going up due to a shortage of a number of components, and the situation isn’t expected to change in the coming quarters. A shortage of DRAM, SSDs, batteries, and LCDs have conspired to drive up PC prices, Gianfranco Lanci, corporate president and chief operating officer at Lenovo, said during an earnings call…
More than 100 members of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the majority of them stationed around the Gaza strip, fell victim to a cyberespionage attack that used malicious Android applications to steal information from their mobile devices. The attack campaign started in July and continues to date, according to researchers from antivirus firm Kaspersky Lab,…
Dyson started selling direct to businesses through the Dyson Professional channel in 2006 following the invention of the now ubiquitous Airblade hand dryer, which could not be sold via existing consumer channels. It has since grown its business-to-business portfolio of products to include air purifiers, lighting and hair dryers. Unsurprisingly the hospitality industry proved particularly…
Facebook is adding features to its site that may help companies fill job openings. The social network announced on Wednesday that it is rolling out features that will help companies post job openings and applications directly on Facebook. The site also is trying to make it easy for individuals to apply for those jobs. “We…
Intel has made a name for itself in PCs and servers but is now dabbling in a new product category with its first-ever quadcopter now on sale. The chipmaker’s US$1,099 Aero Ready to Fly Drone comes fully assembled, with an integrated flight controller. It also comes with a remote control receiver and transmitter. The drone has…
Third-party developers have new tools to play with when building integrations with Microsoft’s Teams group chat app. The company announced a pair of new developer-oriented features on Thursday, aimed at giving greater utility to services that work with Teams. Using the Microsoft Bot Framework, developers can now build bots that interact with users inside a…
The Apple TV is a solid product, but it doesn’t do a whole lot more than rival streaming set-top boxes on the market. But there were big plans for the device, according to a new Bloomberg report. Some of those plans are still on the roadmap, like an upgraded device that can stream 4K content.…
Dell EMC is now offering a combination of its VxRail hyperconverged infrastructure and the EMC Enterprise Hybrid Cloud (EHC) platform to make it easier for mid-size organizations to build private clouds. +MORE AT NETWORK WORLD: This DARPA-backed Machine Learning program is a quick thinker | Hot Products at RSA 2017 + VxRail, which combines compute,…