DefenseNews

Raytheon names new CFO

April 13, 2021
WASHINGTON ― Raytheon Technologies said Friday it has named Neil Mitchill as chief financial officer to replace Toby O’Brien, who has stepped down. Mitchill was the corporate vice president for financial planning, analysis and investor relations. He joined United Technologies Corporation in 2014, served as CFO at Pratt & Whitney, and was acting senior vice president and CFO of UTC until…
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DefenseNews

White House nominates first woman secretary of the Army

April 13, 2021
WASHINGTON — Christine Wormuth has been nominated to serve as the first female secretary of the Army, part of a trio of defense nominees announced Monday by the Biden administration. Defense News reported the Wormuth news ahead of the formal announcement. Wormuth…
MobileNews

Google Play Points promo for Pixel 5, 4a 5G owners suspended over ‘technical issues’

April 13, 2021
At launch, Google offered Pixel 5 and 4a 5G buyers a slew of subscription perks. One for Google Play Points is still available until the end of this month, but Google has “suspended” the promo due to technical issues. If you sign up, every Google Play purchase earns you Play Points that can be redeemed for store credits. There are various levels to the program that unlocks multipliers and…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Nvidia announces BlueField-3 DPUs for AI and analytics workloads

April 12, 2021
Join GamesBeat Summit 2021 this April 28-29. Register for a free or VIP pass today. Nvidia this morning took the wraps off of the BlueField-3 data processing unit (DPU), the latest in its lineup of datacenter machines built for AI and analytics workloads. BlueField-3 packs software-defined networking, storage, and cybersecurity acceleration capabilities, offering what Nvidia claims is the…
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AI & RoboticsNews

NLP Cloud helps app developers add language processing

April 12, 2021
NLP tools and services are taking off, but developers often struggle with the hurdle of getting NLP models into production. NLP Cloud is a new AI startup focused on lowering the barriers for developers trying to create apps for sorting support tickets, extracting leads…
AI & RoboticsNews

Nvidia unveils Grace ARM-based CPU for giant-scale AI and HPC apps

April 12, 2021
Nvidia unveiled its Grace processor today. It’s an ARM-based central processing unit (CPU) for giant-scale artificial intelligence and high-performance computing applications. It’s Nvidia’s first datacenter CPU, purpose-built for applications that are operating on a giant scale, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said in a keynote speech at Nvidia’s GTC 2021 event. Grace delivers 10 times the…
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