Google CEO Sundar Pichai sees ex-employees founding startups as positive for tech. He believes Google's long-term focus on AI will keep it competitive.
Microsoft has unveiled a new cloud data and analytics platform, Microsoft Fabric, that sets it ahead of Amazon and Google with its suite of cost-saving tools for enterprise customers. The platform features a single data lake called OneLake that accommodates all kinds of data from external sources, offering flexibility, data quality, transparency and governance. While AWS has an overall revenue lead, analysts suggest Microsoft Fabric could give it an advantage in enterprise analytics and data capability. Currently in public preview, Microsoft Fabric will add more features soon.
Apple's new $3,499 Vision Pro mixed-reality headset offers an immersive experience but doesn't mention the metaverse, positioning it as a successor to iPhones and Macs. It may account for 10% of all Apple's sales in 2030, says Gene Munster.
Priceline plans to launch a chatbot equipped with Google's AI technology, bringing personalized and accurate services to users. The partnership aims to enhance Priceline's developers' capabilities, generate business for Google, and fast track the agency's marketing for trending trips. The collaboration could potentially beat Google's own travel services and set a new standard in cloud services. The AI-powered travel agent could take effect as early as this summer.
Intel's groundbreaking PowerVia technology has put the company two years ahead of its competitors by solving interconnection bottlenecks that occur during tasks like AI processing. The technology delivers 90% cell utilisation, improves power efficiency and signal wiring, and increases performance for better results. With the launch expected in 2024, Intel is marking its return to innovative and execution leadership in chip designing.