Google simplifies cloud development with Spinnaker for GCP
Google has announced Spinnaker for GCP. With this new solution, the company wants to simplify the work of developers who create cloud applications.
Spinnaker is launched as an open source development toolkit maintained by Netflix and Google, writes Silicon Angle. The toolkit enables software teams t... Read more
New security service from SentinelOne for implementing security tools
Cybersecurity company SentinelOne, which produces autonomous endpoint security software, announces that it is adding new features to protect companies when installing their security tools. The new software provides a protected environment during implementation.
The previously introduced Vigilance M... Read more
AI from DeepMind can generate realistic videos from YouTube videos
DeepMind, a sister company of Google, has written a paper in which it describes an artificial intelligence (AI) that can generate realistic videos using YouTube videos.
The AI - Dual Video Discriminator GAN (DVD-GAN) - can create coherent 256 by 256 pixel videos with remarkable reliability and a len... Read more
U.S. watchdogs fining Equifax $700 million for hacking 2017
Equifax, an American credit bureau, is likely to be fined $700 million by several American watchdogs. The reason is that the company was hacked in 2017, seizing the citizen service numbers and other sensitive information of nearly 150 million Americans.
If the settlement is indeed reached, the compa... Read more
Still relatively many Windows 7 PCs, six months to end operating system
It's been a while since Windows 10 passed the once-popular Windows 7 as the most widely used PC operating system, but the final end of Windows 7 support is really coming up in half a year's time. However, ZDNet has information from three studies showing that the number of computers still running on ... Read more
TSMC accelerates production process 5 nanometer chip due to 5G introduction
TSMC sees the demand for new processors rise, thanks to the sale of early 5G devices. The company now wants to roll out more advanced technology, in the form of 5 nanometer chips, a little earlier than expected.
The production process of the new 5 nanometer (nm) chip should be scaled up to mass prod... Read more
Volkswagen and Ford join forces for self-propelled cars
Volkswagen and Ford will join forces with regard to electric and self-propelled cars, says Bloomberg. Volkswagen will invest $2.6 billion in Argo AI, Ford's partner in self-propelled car technology.
The deal attributes a value of 7 billion to Argo AI, the two car manufacturers said in a joint state... Read more
White House wants to talk to Intel, Google and Qualcomm about Huawei prohibition
Top people from various American tech companies have been invited to the White House to discuss the ban on trade with the Chinese company Huawei. That puts two sources who are aware of the meeting opposite Reuters.
The meeting is organized by economic advisor Larry Kudlow of the White House. Ministe... Read more
Huawei’s own operating system not intended to be an Android substitute
The operating system developed by Huawei is not intended to replace Android. Instead, the operating system called Hongmeng is mainly focused on industrial use.
The operating system has been in development longer than the ban on Huawei in the United States, writes TechCrunch after news from the Chine... Read more
Global sales of smartphones, laptops and tablets down 3 percent in 2019
Global sales of smartphones, tablets and laptops are again declining this year. That's what Gartner expects. A total of 2.2Â billion appliances are sold this year, which is a decrease of 3.3% compared to 2018.
The mobile phone market is expected to set a record for the worst performance of these t... Read more