2017-05-18 02:26
Here's how Google is preparing Android for the AI-laden future
The future of Android will be a lot smarter, thanks to new programming tools that Google unveiled on Wednesday. The company announced TensorFlow Lite, a version of its machine learning framework that’s designed to run on smartphones and other mobile
2017-05-17 21:22
Apple simplifies Windows 10 installs with support for Creators Update
Apple this week updated macOS Sierra to version 10.12.5 with more than three dozen security patches, and a change that lets users install Microsoft's latest version of Windows 10 on their Macs.
2017-05-17 19:45
Google adds smart reply to Gmail for iOS, Android
Google is making it easier for people to dash off a quick email reply from Gmail on their smartphones. The Smart Reply feature, which offers a handful of contextually-aware, computer-generated responses, is coming to Google’s flagship email app for i
2017-05-17 19:09
Google's new TPUs are here to accelerate AI training
Google has made another leap forward in the realm of machine learning hardware. The tech giant has begun deploying the second version of its Tensor Processing Unit, a specialized chip meant to accelerate machine learning applications, company CEO Sunda
2017-05-17 17:35
Atom editor now has native GitHub integration
GitHub’s Atom, the Node.js- and HTML5-powered code editor, has traditionally integrated with Git repositories—including GitHub itself—only by way of third-party components.
2017-05-17 17:00
Oracle's Java chief debunks ‘misconceptions’ about Java 9
Looking to stave off criticism of the now-jeopardized Java 9 release, Oracle’s top Java official defended the platform against what he termed falsehoods around its accommodations for Apache Maven, third-party frameworks, and existing code.
2017-05-17 16:39
SAP seeks to speed analytics with AI technology
SAP wants to speed up how analytics adapt to change. It's doing that by embedding SAP Predictive Analytics' machine learning capabilities in S/4Hana.
2017-05-17 13:28
IBM makes leap in quantum computing power
IBM has some new options for businesses wanting to experiment with quantum computing.
2017-05-17 12:29
Outsourcing security: Would you turn over the keys to a third party?
Years ago it would have been unthinkable to give up control to securing your most valuable assets. But for some companies the risk of handing the security keys to a third party is less than the idea of facing the daily barrage of attacks.
2017-05-17 12:00
Visual Studio may gain AI smarts around available code
Microsoft is eying artificial intelligence capabilities to give its Visual Studio IDE a greater grasp of the available code for a project.