IBM and shipping giant Maersk having been working together for the last year developing a blockchain-based shipping solution called TradeLens. Today they moved the project from Beta into limited availability. Marie Wieck, GM for IBM Blockchain says the product provides a way to digitize every step of the global trade workflow, transforming it into a real-time communication […]
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The Istio service mesh hits version 1.0
Istio, the service mesh for microservices from Google, IBM, Lyft, Red Hat and many other players in the open-source community, launched version 1.0 of its tools today. If you’re not into service meshes, that’s understandable. Few people are. But Istio is probably one of the most important new open-source projects out there right now. It […]
View More The Istio service mesh hits version 1.0What every startup founder should know about exits
The dream of a startup founder can often be summarized by the following well-intentioned, and mostly delusional, quote: “We’ll raise a few rounds and in a few years we’ll IPO on Nasdaq.”
View More What every startup founder should know about exitsTech companies can bid on the Pentagon’s $10 billion cloud contract, starting today
On Thursday, the Pentagon opened bidding for a huge cloud computing contract that could be worth as much as $10 billion. Given its size, the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract, known as JEDI, is alluring for major cloud computing companies that might not normally do much business with the Department of Defense. Announced in March, […]
View More Tech companies can bid on the Pentagon’s $10 billion cloud contract, starting todaySpace is open for business
Space is no longer the exclusive domain of engineering behemoths with a “monumental mission” mindset – a new ecosystem of technology innovators are democratizing extra-terrestrial commerce.
View More Space is open for businessWalmart acquiring Shopify is no longer a laughable idea
As competition between Walmart and Amazon intensifies, the acquisition of Shopify’s merchant marketplace may be the boost that the Walton family’s juggernaut needs to move ahead.
View More Walmart acquiring Shopify is no longer a laughable ideaIBM Watson Health and the VA extends partnership in cancer research
IBM Watson Health and the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) announced today their continued partnership to use Watson’s artificial intelligence to support Veterans suffering from late stage cancer. While perhaps better known as a Jeopardy! winner than an oncologist, Watson joined the VA’s Precision Oncology program in 2016 following the Obama administration’s introduction of the National Cancer […]
View More IBM Watson Health and the VA extends partnership in cancer researchIBM’s Dario Gil will showcase quantum computing progress at Disrupt SF
After a few quiet years, the hype around quantum computing is reaching a new crescendo. Quantum supremacy now feels like an achievable goal. Among the large tech firms, IBM — and specifically the IBM Q lab — has long been at the forefront of the quantum revolution. Last year, the company showed off its 50-qubit […]
View More IBM’s Dario Gil will showcase quantum computing progress at Disrupt SFA robotic astronaut named CIMON is on its way to the ISS
There’s a new astronaut on its way to the International Space Station this morning aboard SpaceX’s most recent resupply launch, and it’s only the size of a medicine ball. CIMON (Crew Interactive Mobile Companion) is an artificial intelligence assistant designed by Airbus and IBM to assist the European Space Agency’s astronauts in everyday tasks aboard […]
View More A robotic astronaut named CIMON is on its way to the ISSBig tech companies are looking at Hollywood as the next stage in their play for the cloud
This week, both Microsoft and Google made moves to woo Hollywood to their cloud computing platforms in the latest act of the unfolding drama over who will win the multi-billion dollar business of the entertainment industry as it moves to the cloud. Google raised the curtain with a splashy announcement that they’d be setting up […]
View More Big tech companies are looking at Hollywood as the next stage in their play for the cloudHere are the experts who will help shape Europe’s AI policy
The European Commission has announced the names of 52 experts from across industry, business and civil society who it has appointed to a new High Level Group on AI which will feed its strategy and policymaking around artificial intelligence. In April the EU’s executive body outlined its approach to AI technology, setting out measures intended to increase […]
View More Here are the experts who will help shape Europe’s AI policyThe fastest supercomputer belongs to the US again
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The United States just reclaimed bragging rights for the fastest supercomputer after getting dethroned for eight years.
China became home to the world’s fastest supercomputer in 2010 with its Tianhe-1A and bested itself five years ago with the Sunway TaihuLight. But on Friday, the US Department of Energy unveiled a new supercomputer dubbed Summit that’s more than twice as powerful as China’s fastest.
“We know that we’re in a competition, and we know that this competition is real — it matters who gets there first,” said US energy secretary Rick Perry during the supercomputer’s unveiling. “I mean, it really matters. And today, and the ability to show the rest of the world that America is back in the game — and we’re back in the game in a big way — is really important.” Read more…
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