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Apple, the world's biggest company by market value, will join the Dow Jones Industrial Average later this month, marking a significant milestone in the company's growth. The iPhone maker will replace AT&T, which has been in the Dow for almost 100 years, in the
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average, a premier stock market index, is making a significant change this month by adding Apple, the most valuable company in the world. Apple will replace AT&T in the exclusive club of 30 stocks, which also includes renowned tech giants and consumer brands. This
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Microsoft researchers have made significant progress in developing a convolutional neural network (CNN) accelerator using field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). The CNN accelerator can process image classification, image recognition, and natural language processing tasks at high speeds, with a reported throughput/watt three times higher than previous FPGA designs. This
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Altera Corporation's high-end FPGAs with hard floating point DSP blocks have demonstrated a significant leap forward in performance and power efficiency, according to a recent announcement by Microsoft's researchers. The company is utilizing Altera's Arria 10 FPGAs to achieve up to 40 GFLOPS-per-Watt in
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Microsoft is making a significant shift in its mobile strategy, focusing on developing apps for Android and iOS devices rather than its own Windows operating system. This change in approach is a result of the company's recognition that most mobile developers focus on creating apps for Apple'
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Global, the owner of popular radio stations such as Capital, Heart, and Classic FM, has appointed Microsoft's Adam Johnson as its new director of marketing, replacing Giles Pearman. Johnson, who was previously the marketing director for mobile devices at Microsoft, brings over 15 years of marketing experience to
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As the Node.js open source project continues to experience rapid adoption and growth, its corporate steward, Joyent, has announced the establishment of the Node.js Foundation. In partnership with IBM, PayPal, Microsoft Corp, Fidelity, and The Linux Foundation, the Node.js Foundation will oversee the continued development and evolution
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Minister for Justice and Equality Frances Fitzgerald today held a roundtable meeting in Dublin with representatives from the ICT industry, social media, and An Garda Siochana to discuss efforts in tackling online child sexual exploitation. The meeting aimed to strengthen Ireland's laws and improve investigations into child pornography
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The day's top gainers in the Computer Software & Services industry include Tableau Software, up 16.9%, Oracle Corporation, up 1.3%, and SAP SE, up 1.0%. TheStreet highlights Accenture, International Business Machines, and Microsoft as stocks pushing the industry higher. Accenture is up $0.90 (1.
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The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco has announced the appointment of six new members to its Economic Advisory Council (EAC). George Zinn, corporate vice president and treasurer of Microsoft Corporation, was appointed chair, and John E. "Jack" Pelo, president and CEO of Swire Coca-Cola USA, was appointed
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Nokia's fourth-quarter profits soared, driven by a 95pc surge in sales in the US and Canada, primarily due to increased business from operators T-Mobile US and Sprint. The Finnish company's networks unit was the standout performer, with income rising to €470m from €397m the previous year.
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Microsoft reported a strong fiscal second-quarter earnings performance, thanks to growth in its cloud services and hardware sales, offsetting declining Windows software business. However, the company's sales guidance for the March quarter fell short of analyst expectations. With a 1% decline in EPS excluding restructuring charges, Microsoft'
