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George Leopold

George Leopold has written about science and technology for more than 30 years, focusing on electronics and aerospace technology. He previously served as executive editor of Electronic Engineering Times. Leopold is the author of "Calculated Risk: The Supersonic Life and Times of Gus Grissom" (Purdue University Press, 2016).

Google, HCL Expand Cloud Migration Partnership

September 16th, 2020 Comments Off on Google, HCL Expand Cloud Migration Partnership
Google Cloud and HCL Technologies are expanding their partnership to integrate the Indian company’s hybrid cloud data warehouse into the search giant’s public cloud platform. The expanded partnership brings HCL’s Actian Avalanche hybrid cloud data warehouse to Google Cloud. ...

Pure Storage Acquires Portworx and its Kubernetes Services

September 16th, 2020 Comments Off on Pure Storage Acquires Portworx and its Kubernetes Services
Technology merger season is upon us, with Pure Storage announcing mid-week it is acquiring Kubernetes data services specialist Portworx. In the wake of Nvidia’s blockbuster deal for Arm Ltd., Pure Storage (NYSE: PSTG) said Wednesday (Sept. 16) it will ...

Reports: Nvidia Deal for Arm Advances

September 13th, 2020 Comments Off on Reports: Nvidia Deal for Arm Advances
Update: Sunday, Sept. 13 at 8pm ET, Arm and Nvidia announced a definitive agreement under which NVIDIA will acquire Arm Limited from SoftBank in a transaction valued at $40 billion. Additional reporting is forthcoming. Multiple news outlets reported over ...

AI Struggles to Outperform Diagnosticians

September 11th, 2020 Comments Off on AI Struggles to Outperform Diagnosticians
Among the most promising medical applications for artificial intelligence is image recognition as a diagnostic tool. AI algorithms are approaching the capabilities of radiologists, and groups like the American College of Radiology have formed data science units designed to ...

Edge Computing Seen Transitioning to ‘Intelligent Edge’

September 10th, 2020 Comments Off on Edge Computing Seen Transitioning to ‘Intelligent Edge’
The extension of cloud computing capabilities from datacenters to the somewhat amorphous network edge, variously defined as a connected device, appliance or a network gateway, is morphing into something more than edge computing. With the addition of AI, edge ...

DevSecOps Emerges as a Cash Magnet

September 9th, 2020 Comments Off on DevSecOps Emerges as a Cash Magnet
The shift toward front-end application security continues to gain momentum with DevSecOps vendors attracting investors as new security tools are integrated with enterprise application development workflows. The latest illustration comes from high-flying Snyk Ltd., which announced a $200 million ...

Google Expands Memory Encryption to Kubernetes

September 9th, 2020 Comments Off on Google Expands Memory Encryption to Kubernetes
Google Cloud and AMD unveiled a “confidential computing” initiative over the summer that maintains data encryption in memory and elsewhere outside of the CPU. The scheme utilized hardware-based encryption within AMD’s latest EPYC processor. This week, the partners said ...

Arm’s First 64-bit Cortex-R Chip Adds ‘Computational Storage’

September 3rd, 2020 Comments Off on Arm’s First 64-bit Cortex-R Chip Adds ‘Computational Storage’
No moss is growing under Arm Ltd. as the technology sector waits to see if and when a buyer emerges for the IP chip vendor. Arm this week unveiled its first 64-bit real-time processor, the latest in its Cortex-R ...

AI Panel Seeks to Define Algorithmic Warfare

September 2nd, 2020 Comments Off on AI Panel Seeks to Define Algorithmic Warfare
A U.S. commission exploring the implications of AI for national and economic security has been issuing a steady stream of quarterly reports to Congress on how to apply the dual-use technology. Among the issues being confronted by the National ...

Air Force Expands AI Push for Predictive Maintenance

September 2nd, 2020 Comments Off on Air Force Expands AI Push for Predictive Maintenance
The U.S. Air Force is expanding its embrace of predictive analytics tools to keep pace with maintenance demands for its huge fleet of fighters, bombers, tankers, transports and helicopters. There is no shortage of U.S. military aircraft, with estimates ...
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