Alexa speech normalization AI reduces errors by up to 81%
Revenue Analytics raises $11 million to predict product pricing with AI
OpenFin raises $17 million to modernize financial terminals
Microsoft announces latest AI for Accessibility grant recipients
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Adobe’s path from $200 million to $5 billion in recurring revenue
Microsoft open-sources key Bing Search search algorithm
D-Wave releases lower-noise quantum processor on its Leap cloud service
Hypergiant uses satellites and AI to mine oil and gas data
Tealium raises $55 million to track your behavior on the web
Solera Health raises $42 million to match chronic conditions with treatment plans
AI can predict opioid overdoses from crime and socioeconomic data
Intel ZombieLoad flaw forces OS patches with up to 40% performance hits
Twitter opens Developers Labs program to test new API products
Quadric raises $15 million to accelerate AI at the edge
Innowatts raises $18.2 million for white label smart power meter services
IBM’s AI performs state-of-the-art broadcast news captioning
Tempo Automation raises $45 million to rapidly prototype printed circuit boards
Hailo unveils Hailo-8, an edge chip custom-designed for AI workloads
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Adobe: 91% of companies are investing in voice technologies
Uber’s Movement Speeds feature offers hourly street-level traffic data
LinkedIn refresh includes skills assessment tests, new referral tools
Unravel raises $35 million to manage and optimize big data apps
Google is creating a privacy engineering hub and safety research fund in Europe
DocPlanner raises $89.8 million to simplify doctor appointment bookings
WekaIO raises $31.7 million to develop file systems optimized for AI and technical workloads
Denmark’s Pleo raises $56 million to reinvent how companies make spending decisions
Adding audio data helps AI navigate 3D mazes
Amazon Alexa scientists retrain an English-language AI model on Japanese
Webscale raises $14 million to help ecommerce companies manage their cloud
Locus raises $22 million to automate logistics
Eclipse Foundation’s OpenMobility group aims to foster ‘collaboration’ around urban planning and driverless cars
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