Articles about Baidu

Amazon dominates global smart speaker sales as Google continues to lag behind

Despite a growing list of challengers, Amazon remains the dominant force in the global smart speaker market, accounting for more… Read More

Baidu surges past Google in global smart speaker sales, becoming the new #2 behind Amazon Echo

Baidu is now the No. 2 smart speaker seller in the world, roaring past Google and trailing only Amazon. According… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft vet Qi Lu steps down at Baidu; Seattle Genetics adds new chief medical officer; and more

In a management reshuffle at Chinese search engine giant Baidu, COO and Microsoft veteran Qi Lu is stepping down from… Read More

GeekWire Awards 2018: Vote for the newcomer that made the biggest splash

Seattle’s seen a lot of newcomers over the last few years. And now it’s time to celebrate a few of… Read More

Tech giant Baidu chasing AI innovation with new products that utilize ‘the Alexa of China’

LAS VEGAS — Harnessing the power of data generated by a population of 1.38 billion people — 1.1 billion of… Read More

Chinese tech giants Baidu and Huawei team up for wide-ranging partnership in AI, AR and more

Two Chinese tech giants with offices in the Seattle area are teaming up. Baidu, the Chinese search giant, and smartphone… Read More

Alibaba, Baidu step up support for cloud-native tech as CloudNativeCon kicks off

AUSTIN – Two of the biggest cloud companies on the planet have agreed to support the work of the Cloud… Read More

Baidu’s bold new AI hardware: A dancing home robot and a crazy colorful smart speaker

Chinese search giant Baidu is making its boldest move yet into artificial intelligence, unveiling a new line of AI-powered hardware… Read More

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Baidu president calls AI the ‘single most transformative force of our time’

Baidu is known primarily as a search giant in China, but the company, which just opened an office in the… Read More

More than 100 out-of-town tech companies set up shop in Seattle region, doubling in less than 3 years

Less than three years ago, GeekWire started a database to track the staggering number of out-of-town tech companies setting up engineering… Read More

Chinese tech powerhouse Baidu opens Seattle-area office, expanding its reach in AI and the cloud

China’s Baidu is opening an engineering office in the Seattle region, giving the Beijing-based Internet powerhouse an additional U.S. outpost… Read More

Baidu’s Qi Lu, former Microsoft exec, explains why Amazon’s Alexa took the industry by surprise

Qi Lu was a top engineering executive at Microsoft for eight years, leading products including Office and Bing, and shaping… Read More

Chinese search giant Baidu buys Seattle startup Kitt.ai to connect natural language tech to developers

Kitt.ai, the Seattle artificial intelligence startup that’s developing a conversational language engine known as ChatFlow and a “hotword” detection platform… Read More

Nvidia, Baidu expand AI partnership to include cloud GPUs and self-driving cars

Baidu plans to announce a sweeping expansion of its partnership with graphics chip maker Nvidia on Wednesday, bringing Nvidia’s latest… Read More

Microsoft, Google and Baidu team up with Paul Allen’s AI2 on Open Academic Search

Microsoft, Google and Baidu may be competitors in the business world, but when it comes to open-access academic resources, they’re… Read More

Microsoft Azure, Baidu embrace AMD’s new Epyc data center processor

Advanced Micro Devices’ long road back to relevance as a data center computing supplier got a little easier with promises… Read More

Baidu hires ex-Microsoft exec Qi Lu as president, to lead new AI push for Chinese search giant

Baidu, the leading Chinese search engine, has hired former Microsoft executive Qi Lu as its group president and chief operating… Read More

Microsoft strikes deal with Chinese search giant Baidu to make upgrading to Windows 10 easier

Microsoft is partnering with Chinese search giant Baidu in its latest attempt to make upgrading to genuine versions of Windows 10… Read More

CloudFlare raises $110M as Microsoft, Google, Qualcomm embrace cyber security startup

CloudFlare brought on some impressive strategic investors today, announcing a $110 million funding round that included participation from tech giants… Read More

Baidu and BMW might beat Google to the road with self-driving cars

While Google rolls out its small fleet of little bubbles this summer for some test drives, news from across the… Read More