- Project Leo is an AI-powered copywriter by Singapore based data innovation center under Dentsu Aegis. It leverages on Google’s machine learning and matches customer intent to generate Google search ads. Side note, Alibaba also uses NLG to generate its product copy on Tmall and Taobao.
- Singtel partners with China Mobile International, allows China Mobile enterprise customers to seamlessly deploy IoT devices onto Singtel’s network in Singapore without switching network. Additionally, Singtel partners with cloud computing platform, IoT applications can now migrate from device – network – cloud more seamlessly. Wondering what IoT applications they refer to. ‘Smart metering for utilities, powering connected health and industrial appliances, and smart city infrastructure’ among NB-IoT cited.
- A research team at RMIT designed a liquid metal catalyst that converts carbon dioxide gas back to carbon flakes, that can be re-buried underground. The added benefit is that carbon can hold electrical charges, effectively acting as a supercapacitor.
- Gradient Ventures (Google’s AI fund) invests $7M in Elsa, an English learning app that uses voice recognition to grade spoken language skills in non-native learners.
- Oracle’s suit against Google for the latter’s use of Java APIs in Google’s Android system. (Java is owned by Oracle.) Red Hat, Mozilla, Microsoft, Python, stand behind Google, citing that if APIs could not be freely copied, programmers cannot work collaboratively across software.
- Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure program (JEDI) is a 10-year contract up to $10 billion that would have the Pentagon using a single cloud provider. Pentagon was going to to use just one provider, likely Amazon. Oracle has sued former DoD staff, allegedly with ties to Amazon, but were also involved in the JEDI contract.
- Facebook‘s new privacy tool allows deletion of all history by its users, warned of damaging ad targeting without user data available.
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