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Amazon Web Services Inc. today updated Amazon Workspaces, its desktop virtualization suite, with new features that will enable customers to use the offering in more ways. Workspaces enables companies to create cloud-based virtual desktops that their workers can access via a browser. …
Meta debuts AI system that can generate videos from text
Meta Platforms Inc. today debuted Make-A-Video, an internally developed artificial intelligence system that can generate brief videos based on text prompts. Make-A-Video can take a few words or lines of text as input and use them to generate a clip that is …
Data management provider Aiven acquires Kafka startup Kafkawize
Aiven Ltd., a startup that provides managed cloud versions of open-source data management tools, has acquired fellow startup Kafkawize Technology Solutions. Aiven announced the deal today. Financial terms were not disclosed. The acquisition comes a few months after Aiven raised $210 million …
Workstream raises $60M in funding for its cloud-based hiring platform
Workstream Inc., a startup with a cloud-based hiring platform that helps companies recruit workers faster, has raised $60 million in funding to support growth initiatives. The San Francisco-based company announced the investment today. The investment was provided as an extension to a …
Financial technology provider Billtrust to be acquired by EQT for $1.7B
Billtrust, a publicly traded financial technology provider, today announced that it has agreed to be acquired by investment firm EQT in a $1.7 billion transaction. The acquisition values Billtrust at $9.5 per share. That represents a 64% premium to the price at …
Amazon debuts new Kindle, Halo Rise and smart home devices
Amazon.com Inc. expanded its portfolio of consumer devices today by introducing a new Kindle e-reader, the Kindle Scribe, and a sleep tracker with machine learning capabilities. The company also refreshed its Echo lineup of smart speakers. Amazon is rolling out three new Echo …
Sitetracker secures $96M in financing for its critical infrastructure software
Startup Sitetracker Inc. today announced that it has secured $96 million in financing to broaden the adoption of its namesake cloud platform, which enables companies to deploy critical infrastructure assets more efficiently. The financing includes $66 million in equity funding and a …
AWS launches its AWS IoT FleetWise vehicle data service into general availability
Amazon Web Services Inc. today launched into general availability its AWS IoT FleetWise service for collecting vehicle data. The service originally debuted at the cloud giant’s AWS re:Invent event last year. It’s designed to help organizations such as automakers, car part suppliers and …
Arthur.ai raises $42M to optimize AI applications’ accuracy
Arthur.ai, a New York-based startup that helps companies monitor the accuracy of their artificial intelligence applications and find areas for improvement, has secured $42 million in new funding. The company announced the Series B funding round today. The round was jointly led by …
Meta blocks influence operations linked to China and Russia
Meta Platforms Inc. has blocked two social media influence operations linked to China and Russia, the company announced today. The first of the two influence operations that Meta disrupted originated in China. According to the company, the development marks the first time …