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New report details ‘Project Nessie’ algorithm flagged in FTC lawsuit against Amazon
New details have emerged about Amazon.com Inc.’s “Project Nessie” algorithm, which is a major focus of a lawsuit the Federal Trade Commission recently brought against the company. The Wall Street Journal reported today that Amazon used Project Nessie to set product prices on its e-commerce marketplace. The publication attributed the information to former employees of ...
LinkedIn rolls out new AI-powered automation tools
LinkedIn today introduced a trio of artificial intelligence tools designed to optimize companies’ marketing, recruiting and employee coaching efforts. The tools are rolling out a few weeks after the Microsoft Corp. unit debuted another set of AI features geared towards salespeople. According to LinkedIn, those features make it easier to find potential buyers who may ...
Stampli reels in $61M for its AI-powered accounting platform
Stampli Inc., a startup using artificial intelligence to make accounting teams more productive, today announced that it has closed a $61 million late-stage funding round led by Blackstone. The Series D round also included the participation of returning backers Insight Partners, SignalFire, Bloomberg Beta and NextWorld Capital. Stampli’s total outside funding now stands at $148 ...
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella testifies in high-profile Google antitrust trial
Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Satya Nadella today testified in an antitrust lawsuit that the Justice Department is pursuing against Google LLC. The case is currently in the third week of what is expected to be an up to 10-week trial. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta, who is presiding over the case, reportedly has the power ...
Report: Over half of phishing emails now use obfuscation tactics to avoid detection
Hackers are using increasingly sophisticated tactics to get their phishing emails past companies’ cybersecurity defenses, according to new research from Egress Software Technologies Ltd. The company carried out the research for its annual Phishing Threat Trends Report, which was published today. London-based Egress provides an email security platform of the same name. According to the ...
EU telcos call for big tech to help finance internet infrastructure upgrades
The heads of Europe’s largest telecommunications companies are arguing that tech giants should help pay for new internet infrastructure, the Financial Times reported today. The executives reportedly expressed their view in a joint letter addressed to members of the European Parliament. A copy will also be shared with the European Commission, the EU’s executive branch. ...
Report: Microsoft sought to sell Bing to Apple in 2020
Microsoft Corp. executives floated the possibility of selling Bing to Apple Inc. a few years ago, according to a new report. Sources told Bloomberg on Thursday that the idea came up in 2020. Microsoft executives reportedly met with Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of services, to discuss a potential deal. Bloomberg’s sources said that ...
Intel begins mass-producing chips using cutting-edge EUV technology
Intel Corp. today announced that it has begun mass-producing chips using extreme ultraviolet lithography, or EUV, the most advanced semiconductor manufacturing technology on the market. The company reached the milestone at its Fab 34 plant in Leixlip, Ireland. Intel has equipped the plant with EUV capabilities as part of a €17 billion investment plan it ...
French antitrust regulator reportedly raids Nvidia’s local offices
France’s antitrust regulator, the Autorité de la concurrence, has reportedly carried out an early-morning raid at Nvidia Corp.’s local offices. The regulator disclosed the raid on Wednesday without naming the company its officials visited. This morning, the Wall Street Journal reported that Nvidia was the focus of the exercise. According to the Journal, antitrust raids ...
AlphaSense secures $150M at $2.5B valuation for its market intelligence platform
AlphaSense Inc., the developer of a market intelligence platform used by more than 4,000 enterprises and investors, today announced that it has raised $150 million in funding. Technology investment firm BOND led the Series E round. It was joined by Alphabet Inc.’s CapitalG venture fund, Viking Global Investors and Goldman Sachs. AlphaSense is now worth ...