The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, is building a set of technologies to help it better understand human language so it can analyze speech and text sources and alert… Read more »
Data Elite launched in October promising office space, advice and funding to data-focused startups founded by experienced teams. On Thursday, the firm announced its first seven portfolio companies, which span a… Read more »
As a new brain-like computing architecture out of Stanford demonstrates, we’re on the cusp of powerful, but fundamentally different ways of doing computing. However, whether they’re embedded in devices or packed… Read more »
Building more powerful user interfaces isn’t just about software, such as the newly launched product from Aquifi, but about providing more context. This will make UIs better and programming harder. Read more »
Computer vision startup Jetpac, which specialized in categorizing Instagram images from vacation destinations, has released an iOS software development kit and app based on a popular deep learning architecture. Read more »
Microsoft keeps rolling out new features in Bing that it claims make it superior to, or at least more interesting, than Google’s dominant search engine. They’re not the sexiest applications of… Read more »
Personal learning startup Declara has raised a $16 million series A round of venture capital for its platform that connects large networks of professionals to the people and content that will… Read more »
IBM has made another investment out of the $100 million it has set aside to fund companies using the Watson cognitive computing system, this time investing an undisclosed amount of money… Read more »
Microsoft showed off more its big data strategy on Tuesday in an event that touched on everything Excel to “ambient intelligence.” If the company can execute, it has a shot to… Read more »