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Google makes Privacy Sandbox generally available in Chrome
Google LLC is broadly rolling out key components of Privacy Sandbox, a software toolkit designed to reduce the amount of data that online advertisers collect about users. The company announced the launch on Thursday. The Privacy Sandbox components included in the rollout are now generally available for Chrome users. Historically, brands delivered personalized ads to ...
AI startup Imbue closes $200M funding round backed by Nvidia
Imbue, a startup developing language models optimized for reasoning, today announced that it has closed a $200 million funding round. The Series B investment values Imbue at $1 billion. It included contributions from Nvidia Corp. and Astera Institute, a nonprofit that backs promising research initiatives. Cruise LLC Chief Executive Officer Kyle Vogt, Notion Labs Inc. ...
Secureworks tops quarterly expectations, but stock drops on disappointing forecast
Secureworks Inc.’s share price dropped in trading today after it reported stronger-than-expected quarterly results but posted guidance that failed to impress investors. Nasdaq-listed Secureworks sells a cybersecurity platform called Taegis. According to the company, the platform analyzes more than 470 billion cybersecurity-related data points per day. It can spot malware across organizations’ cloud infrastructure, employee ...
IBM debuts Granite series of hardware-efficient language models
IBM Corp. today introduced a new lineup of language models, the Granite series, that will become available as part of its watsonx product suite. The Granite series is rolling out alongside several other new features. According to IBM, watsonx is receiving a tool that will make it easier for companies to create artificial intelligence training ...
Modular makes its AI-optimized Mojo programming language generally available
Modular Inc. today announced the general availability of its Mojo programming language, which promises to speed up artificial intelligence applications by multiple orders of magnitude. The language is becoming available for download as part of a software development kit. The SDK includes not only Mojo but also supporting components designed to ease developers’ work. It’s ...
UK updates stance on controversial Online Safety Bill after criticism of encryption proposal
The U.K. government has updated its stance about a controversial bill that could require encrypted messaging apps to be scanned for illegal user content. Arts and Heritage Minister Lord Stephen Parkinson detailed the update in a statement to the U.K. parliament, the Financial Times reported today. In 2021, the U.K. parliament proposed a law called ...
Google tentatively settles antitrust lawsuit over Play Store practices
Google LLC has agreed to settle a lawsuit that accused it of breaching antitrust rules with the Play Store. Reuters reported the development today, citing a court document that was filed on Tuesday. The settlement reached by Google is described as a tentative agreement. It will have to be approved by a court before it ...
EU designates six tech giants as gatekeepers under DMA law
The European Commission today designated Alphabet Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc., ByteDance Ltd., Meta Platforms Inc. and Microsoft Corp. as gatekeepers under the European Union’s DMA legislation, making them subject to more stringent regulatory requirements. The DMA, or Digital Markets Act, is a piece of legislation that was rolled out in the EU last year. It’s designed ...
Mujin secures $85M in funding to simplify warehouse robotics
Mujin Corp., a startup that develops warehouse robots and software for managing them, has raised $85 million in fresh funding. The Series C round was announced this morning. It was led by SBI Investment with participation from Accenture plc, Toyota Motor Co. chief digital officer James Kuffner and several other backers. The round brings Mujin’s ...
After scrapped acquisition, Intel inks chip production deal with Tower Semiconductor
Tower Semiconductor Ltd. will use an Intel Corp. fabrication plant in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, to produce power management chips. The chips will be made as part of a manufacturing partnership that the companies detailed this morning. The deal comes about 18 months after Intel made a $5.4 billion offer to buy Tower. Last month, ...