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White House | February 08, 2020

The White House is pushing to dedicate an additional billion dollars to fund artificial intelligence research, effectively doubling the budget for that purpose outside of Defense Department spending, Reuters reported today, citing people briefed on the plan. Investment in quantum computing would also receive a major boost. The 2021 budget proposal would reportedly increase AI R&D funding to nearly $2 billion, and quantum to about $860 million, over the next two years. The U.S. is engaged in ...

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Appian | December 09, 2020

Appian (NASDAQ: APPN) today reported a joint effort with Accenture Federal Services (AFS), an auxiliary of Accenture (NYSE: ACN), to additionally disentangle the federal acquisition measure through low-code robotization. Through the joint exertion, AFS is growing new delivery accelerators to upgrade Appian's Acquisition Solutions, which streamline the acquisition cycle and approve that the cycle completely follows the Federal Acquisition Regulations for defense and regular citizen organizati...

Huawei | February 05, 2020

The Trump administration is trying to accelerate efforts to break ties with Chinese tech giant Huawei when it comes to building out next-generation 5G cell networks, The Wall Street Journal reports. The goal is to create common engineering standards for 5G networks that would allow tech and telecom companies to use US-made equipment over Huawei’s. As it stands right now, Huawei is the world’s leading telecom hardware provider, and its best-in-class products are sold to large companie...

Facebook | January 17, 2020

Four companies sued Facebook Inc (FB.O) in U.S. federal court on Thursday for alleged anticompetitive conduct, saying the social network inappropriately revoked developer access to its platform in order to harm prospective competitors. The plaintiffs sought class-action status and unspecified damages, according to a filing at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California....