Microsoft targets data scientists with machine learning tools on Apache Spark
Microsoft releases its own machine learning library for open-source Apache Spark
Month: June 2017
Ben Gummer, the minister in charge of digital transformation, loses seat in general election
Stunner for Cabinet Office minister Ben Gummer as Conservative Party manifesto author is ousted from Ipswich seat
ACCAN receives five-year funding extension
Survives review relatively unscathed.
NBN drives relaxation of ‘low-impact’ antenna laws
Govt unveils plans for massive regulatory shake-up.
SoftBank to buy Boston Dynamics from Google
As well as Tokyo-based Schaft.
EU wants to expedite police requests for data from tech firms
In other EU states.
Riot Games turns to Spark to weed out ‘toxic’ players
Tweaks performance of model that recognises abusive chat.
Microsoft to buy US-Israeli cyber firm Hexadite
Deal could be worth more than $100m.
ABS brings in army of experts to help out with 2021 Census
KPMG plus two panels.
Microsoft admits buying Israeli cyber security company Hexadite two weeks after it was first reported
Microsoft believed to have paid around $100m for the highly rated company