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University of WA secures Microsoft AI grant to help endangered species
Genome testing will now be carried out to save more than one million animals and plants, including Australia's very own quokka.
China top internet firms pump 45% more into R&D
Led by Alibaba, China's top 100 internet companies invested 153.87 billion yuan (US$21.85 billion) in research and development last year, up 45% year-on-year and accounting for 10% of their overall revenue.
Quickly learn a new language with AI-powered Lingvist
I become addicted to learning a new language with the Lingvist language software within a day of using it.
Apple Siri vs Amazon Alexa vs Google Assistant: Tests reveal which is smartest
Voice assistants from Amazon, Apple, and Google all improve on smartphones but Google Assistant is still top dog.
Research consortium builds new AI benchmark for understanding language
Conversational AI models had "hit a ceiling" when tested on older benchmarks, limiting their ability to improve.
Singapore touts semiconductor growth as Micron readies 3D NAND production
Micron Technology has opened its expanded chip plant in Singapore that now supports advanced 3D NAND technology and the Singapore government expects to see growth return to the semiconductor sector, as demand for smart devices increases and the deployment of new technologies such as 5G and autonomous vehicles takes shape.
Virtual Instruments acquires Metricly to expand AIOps portfolio
The purchase will enable Virtual Instruments expand its portfolio beyond the data center and private cloud environments, into the public cloud.
NVIDIA's AI advance: Natural language processing gets faster and better all the time
Yesterday NVIDIA announced record-breaking developments in machine learning for natural language processing. How and why did it do this, and what does it mean for the world at large?
LG and Lumi to collaborate on AI smart home services
The two will combine LG's home appliance offerings and Lumi's IoT devices to provide AI-based smart home services.
Nvidia claims world records in conversational AI training
The GPU maker says its AI platform now has the fastest training record, the fastest inference, and largest training model of its kind to date.
Cray lands $600 million contract from DOE to build El Capitan exascale supercomputer
This is the third US exascale win for Cray, which was recently acquired by Hewlett Packard Enterprise for $1.3 billion.
Johnson Controls is removing Microsoft's Cortana from the GLAS thermostat
The Windows 10 and Cortana-powered Johnson Controls GLAS thermostat soon will no longer support its original voice assistant, Microsoft's Cortana.
IBM offers explainable AI toolkit, but it’s open to interpretation
IBM’s latest foray into making A.I. more amenable to the world is a toolkit of algorithms that can be used to explain the decisions of machine learning programs. It raises a deep question: Just what is an explanation, and how can we find ones that we will accept?
New research collaboration is using AI to detect brain aneurysms
Fujitsu Australia, GE Healthcare, Macquarie University, and Macquarie Medical Imaging are all involved.
ANU to design artificial intelligence framework with Australian values
The researchers involved hope the design framework can be widely deployed.
Cool new products from USA CBD Expo 2019
CBD Expo at the Miami Beach Convention Center has come and gone. Here are the best products and solutions for the hemp industry we saw at the show.
Cloud computing winners, IT security job salaries, 5G network plans: Tech research round-up
All the data that matters to you from the past month in technology news.
AI, cybersecurity, programming languages, smart speakers, and more: Research round-up
All the facts and figures that matter to you and your business from the past month in technology news.
What's in a name? These DevOps tools come with strange backstories
From Ansible to Vagrant, we take a look at 23 coding and DevOps tools with curious origin stories and strange-sounding names. Want to know the etymology of your favorite software? Browse this.
Best live TV and video streaming services: Top picks for cord-cutters
Looking to ditch your cable package? Here are the absolute best alternatives -- whether you want to watch specific shows and movies on demand, stream live TV, or get access to archived libraries from specific networks.
Features we initially mocked, but then came to love
Many tech products are introduced with great fanfare and excitement. Customers flock to buy them, even sometimes standing in line for hours. But some products, and in particular, features, just don't inspire the same kind of buzz. In this gallery, we'll look at a bunch of features that inspired more "why" than "wow," but proved to be beloved by ZDNet's contributors and editors.
Best of MWC 2019: Cool tech you can buy or pre-order this year
Between all the 5G devices and foldable phones, it might seem like nearly everything announced at MWC 2019 is too futuristic to purchase soon. In reality, many of these new gadgets are already available to pre-order or will launch later this year. Here's the best tech we've spotted on the show floor that's releasing in 2019.
Tech that stole our heart or broke it
With Valentine's Day around the corner, ZDNet's contributors and editors were reminded of all the technology they were infatuated with, either in their past or present, as well as anything that might've left them bitter and broken-hearted.
Star Trek technology still influential after over 50 years
The 20th century Earthlings who first tuned into the "Star Trek" television series in 1966 would certainly be amazed at how much science fiction is now science fact.
CES 2019: Weird and wonderful tech, gadgets
Here are some of the more unusual, novel, and sometimes bizarre products being showcased at CES 2019.
The future of food includes self-driving tractors, precision agriculture, robots, AI, and IoT
Get a first-hand look at how technology is transforming the way food is being produced for a rapidly growing population.
Pictures: Inside Lenovo's new Beijing campus
Lenovo showed journalists around its recently opened campus in Beijing, which aims to create a 'Silicon Valley environment' for its 10,000-plus employees.
9 devices with e-ink displays
The monochrome, sunlight-readable displays remain largely synonymous with e-readers, but they're moving into other devices large and small.
Top tips to keep safe around your voice assistant
Voice assistants like Google Home, Amazon Alexa, and Samsung smart TVs are always listening, yet consumers are unaware that their recordings are held online. Here are some ways to mange your privacy around these devices.
Fog computing, artificial intelligence, mobility and cloud computing: Research round-up
Using data to tell the story of the last month in technology news.
MIT finds deep significance for AI in the knitting of socks
Tiernan Ray tells Karen Roby that scientists at MIT trained a machine learning algorithm to pick out the stitches require to knit caps and sweaters just from feeding the program pictures and some example instructions. The implications go beyond knitting, as the technology may have implications for how computer programs are constructed. Read more: https://zd.net/2MnsKUc
In Africa's wildlife reserves, satellite network is secret tool to stop poachers
Satellites and spy cameras are being used for good in a bid to stop poachers from killing protected species. Read more: https://zd.net/2Z3j6vQ
Adding AI to enterprise collaboration tools
Tonya Hall asks Stefan Ritter, co-founder and head of product at Ruum by SAP, the importance of adding AI to various collaborative tools.
How algorithms are making creative content
Peter Rojas, partner at Betaworks Ventures, tells Tonya Hall about new ways that algorithms are being used to help build creative content.
How AI is assisting management
Josh Klien, hacker at H4X Industries, tells Tonya Hall about what AI is currently doing to help management, but digs deeper into the numerous possibilites of what AI could be doing to help management.
Kookaburra takes a swing at creating a smart cricket ball
Howzat? A ball that can provide real-time feedback on speed and revolutions could be soon debuting on wickets the world over.
Tokyo offers $1 billion research grant for human augmentation, cyborg tech
Artificial hibernation is also of interest to the Japanese government.
UWS uses Intel chips to create biologically-engineered foosball table
Brain-inspired chips are helping researchers develop technology that functions more like humans.
Sydney expands contactless payments to buses
An extension to the contactless transport payments play run by Transport for NSW in partnership with the Commonwealth Bank, Cubic, and Mastercard.
Facebook's first tiny steps into being able to read your thoughts
Facebook makes progress on its ambitions to create a wearable to decode speech directly from your brain. Read more: https://zd.net/2YttFZp
DNA data storage offers great potential for parallel processing
A couple of years back, even researchers would wave off using DNA to store data as something too futuristic. Today, you can run PostgreSQL on DNA. Read more: https://zd.net/2KyplhF
Real estate giant Keller Williams uses AI to exploit its scale
Keller Williams is turning its status as part of the old guard of real estate into an advantage, by leveraging its data and vast network of real estate agents to build AI tools, says Keller Williams' chief product officer Neil Dholakia. Read more: https://zd.net/2KqSnjr
Google wants to take the smart out of the smart home
ZDNet's Chris Matyszczyk claims that there’s nothing worse than living with someone -- or something -- that’s too clever by half. Read more: https://zd.net/2YIFUkl
WhatsApp Payments coming to India later this year
It is currently undergoing trials using UPI standards.
Apple, Microsoft, and Foxconn sign up to $108b SoftBank Vision Fund 2
New Vision Fund to once again focus on artificial intelligence (AI).
Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred 9
Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 is the best tool available for dictating text and commanding a Web browser by voice, despite the gradual adjustments needed to conform to your personal manner of speaking.
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