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From edge to cloud: The critical role of hardware in AI applications

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All this has a tremendous impact on the digital value chain and the semiconductor hardware market that cannot be overlooked. Hardware innovations become imperative to sustain this revolution. So what does it take on the hardware side? For us, the AI hardware needs are in the continuum of what we do every day.

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Wireless charging firm Aira raises $12M

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We’ve written about the company’s wireless charging a few times over the years, including the “FreePower” technology it has baked into Nomad’s charging pads, which brings a more streamlined version of the Apple’s abandoned AirPower. Aira takes key investment to build its fantastic smartphone wireless charging pad into vehicles.

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Private 5G networks are sparking innovation at the edge

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For the enterprise, planning edge strategies and reaping their rewards is often a complex and challenging process, with myriad applications to deploy, a proliferation of hardware devices to manage, multiple data types and sources to integrate, and significant security risks to avoid.

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Sony is buying gaming headphone maker, Audeze

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The hardware is often priced into four-figures, but the company earns consistently high marks from reviewers and users alike. Audeze is a premier brand for headphones, and this acquisition highlights Sony Interactive’s focus on innovation and providing the best audio experience to PlayStation players,” says SIE SVP Hideaki Nishino.

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Empowering at-risk youth and adults with devices, connectivity and dignity

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Portland Opportunities Industrial Center and Rosemary Anderson High School (POIC + RAHS) is an innovative non-profit committed to the success of at-risk youth and adults in underserved communities in the Portland, Oregon area. Meeting the needs of this many clients requires reliable communication and fast connectivity—lots of it. The result?

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Sandbox VR expands to new locations globally with $37M Series B led by Andreessen Horowitz

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He also said that the company plans to build a wireless technology to remove the VR hardware backpack that weighs down the players. Sandbox VR uses hardware like head-mounted VR headsets, backpack computers, motion capture sensors and haptic vests for players. Sandbox VR raises millions more in celebrity party round.

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You can see fires, but now Qwake wants firefighters to see through them

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Smoke and heat can quickly damage hardware, and interference from fires will disrupt most forms of wireless communications, rendering software all but useless. Qwake Technologies , a startup based in San Francisco, is looking to upgrade the firefighting game with a hardware augmented reality headset named C-THRU.

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