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Three Ways 5G Is More Than Just Fast Video Streaming

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In 2019, we will finally see commercial deployment of the much-anticipated 5G (fifth-generation) wireless network. 5G, particularly when coupled with cloud computing and artificial intelligence (A.I.), 5G, particularly when coupled with cloud computing and artificial intelligence (A.I.),

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Whiskey Coffee, Immigration, AI: MassChallenge Austin 2019 Startups

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Austin —MassChallenge has picked the 74 early-stage companies that will eventually compete for a portion of $500,000 in cash as a part of its Austin accelerator program. They’re startups that are developing products in a wide range of sectors, including life sciences, agriculture, and artificial intelligence.

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Cloudera, Hortonworks Plan To Merge As $5.2B Cloud Data Platform

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Palo Alto, CA-based Cloudera (NYSE: CLDR ) and Santa Clara, CA-based Hortonworks (NASDAQ: HDP ) said they expect the merger to close during the first quarter of 2019 if it passes an antitrust review. The goal of the combined entity is to provide a leading data platform. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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The Five Major Tech Trends of 2016

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The Continued Growth of Cloud. Early this year, IDC predicted that worldwide spending on public cloud services will be $141 billion in 2019, while last year Amazon Web Services achieved net sales of $7.88