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Xiaomi and Microsoft announced today that they’re deepening a previously-established partnership to encompass work on cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and PC hardware. Thus far, the two companies have signed a memorandum of understanding, pledging to evaluate future avenues of collaboration. It’s good news for Microsoft, since Xiaomi is a fast-growing company with a strong presence […]
Quantum computers should soon be able to beat classical computers at certain basic tasks. But before they’re truly powerful, researchers have to overcome a number of fundamental roadblocks. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a73957ff86a5a1869b02571/master/pass/QC_2880x1620-2880×1620.jpg
Amazon is in a better position than any other company to dominate ambient computing, the concept that everything in your life is computerized and intelligent. Amazon’s Alexa platform continues to get better while remaining open to third parties, unlike Apple’s Siri. Buying into Alexa now will future-proof your home. Almost four years ago, New York […]
PRESS RELEASE: DBC is the first AI computing platform driven by blockchain. It is a new attempt between AI and Digital Currency. The company introduced its cloud platform in May 2017 and already created a working product with over 100 manufacturers using the platform including Microsoft, Samsung, Siemens, and Lenovo. SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–January 12, 2018– […]
Processor giant Qualcomm makes its move from mobile devices to, well, everything else. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a53e5b3b86447115ea9a8d0/master/pass/BiometricHeadset-TopArt.jpg Feed: All Latest
Kano, the company behind the popular DIY computing and coding kits, has raised $ 28 million in a series B round of funding led by the Thames Trust and Breyer Capital, with participation from Index Ventures, Salesforce founder Marc Benioff, the Stanford Engineering Venture Fund, LocalGlobe, John Makinson, Collaborative Fund, Triple Point Capital, and Barclays. Founded […]
Alibaba Group announced today that it’s launching a new research organization aimed at tackling emerging technologies like machine learning, network security, the internet of things, and quantum computing. It’s called the Academy for Discovery, Adventure, Momentum and Outlook (referred to as the DAMO Academy for short), and Alibaba plans to recruit 100 researchers to staff […]
Whether or not you believe Google has honest-to-goodness quantum computers, the bigger problem is their limited access: they’re largely off-limits outside of the company itself. That could change sooner than you think, though. Bloomberg sources understand that Google is gearing up toward using its quantum systems in a “faster, more powerful” computing service than it […]
Julian Kelly/University of California, Santa Barbara, Google Google is maintaining its edge in the world of quantum computing. Its 20-qubit processor is currently undergoing tests, and the company appears to be on schedule to have its working 49-qubit chip ready by the end of 2017 as promised. Until it began trialing the 20-qubit chip, Google’s […]
The Department of Energy has awarded six grants totaling $ 258 million for research on the Exascale Computing Project (ECP). The mission of the ECP is to deliver at least one exascale-capable system by 2021. Such a system would be able to execute one exaflop, a billion billion calculations per second. U.S. Secretary of Energy […]
