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DeepMind, the artificial-intelligence company owned by Google parent company Alphabet Inc., has created an algorithm that won a competition for predicting the complex, three-dimensional shapes into which proteins can be folded. Continue reading Alphabet's DeepMind AI Algorithm Wins Protein-Folding Contest
Apple Inc. plans to hold off until at least 2020 before offering an iPhone that can connect to the next generation of high-speed phone services coming next year, according to people familiar with its plans. The delay may make it easier for rivals like … Continue reading Apple Is Said to Miss Rapid 5G Takeoff, Sitting Out Tech Shift
The Marriott hack may rank only below Yahoo as one of the biggest of personal data, when 3 billion users were exposed to a 2013 security breach. Continue reading Marriott Hit by Starwood Hack That Ranks Among Biggest Ever
Hackers suspected of ties to Russia’s government targeted Germany with a renewed cyber attack on political institutions, according to the country’s domestic intelligence agency. Continue reading Germany Suspects Russia-Linked Hackers in Attacks on Politicians
The contract, which could eventually lead to the military purchasing over 100,000 headsets, is intended to “increase lethality by enhancing the ability to detect, decide and engage before the enemy,” according to a government description of the program… Continue reading Microsoft Wins $480 Million Army Battlefield Contract
The largest cloud company unveiled its own server processors late Monday and said the Graviton chips will support new versions of its main EC2 cloud-computing service. Until now, Amazon — and other big cloud operators — had almost exclusively used In… Continue reading Amazon Unveils Server Chip, Challenging Intel on Price
A group of workers – some of them full-time employees and others contractors – have embarked on a campaign to get Google to extend protections to temporary, vendor and contract workers. Continue reading Google Contractors Are Said to Organize Over Misconduct Policies
Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud-computing unit will offer a service the company said will make it easier to download data from satellites and get it into the cloud. Continue reading Amazon to Sell Satellite Data Service to Ease Transfer to Cloud
Uber Technologies Inc., which is already facing a range of legal and regulatory headaches in London, got another one Tuesday after it was fined 385,000 pounds ($491,000) over a cyber attack that compromised the data of millions of customers and tens of… Continue reading Uber Fined $491,000 by U.K. Regulator Over 2016 Cyber Attack
Project Dragonfly, as the initiative is known, would enable state surveillance at a time when the Chinese government is expanding controls over the population, according to the letter signed by at least 10 workers, predominately software engineers and … Continue reading Google Workers Sign Letter Seeking End to China Project