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Quantum Machines reels in $50M for its quantum computer orchestration platform
Quantum Machines Ltd., a startup with a hardware platform that makes quantum computers easier to build and operate, today announced that it has closed a $50 million funding round led by Red Dot Capital Partners. Quantum Machines said that the round also saw the participation of more than a half-dozen other investors, including Samsung Electronics ...
Food delivery giant Delivery Hero raises $1.5B
Publicly traded food delivery company Delivery Hero SE has raised 1.25 billion euros, or about $1.5 billion, through a sale of convertible bonds intended to support growth initiatives. The sale was reported by Bloomberg today. Delivery Hero is said to have sold 750 million euros’ worth of bonds due in 2026 and an additional 500 ...
Amazon reportedly planning to launch Alexa-powered TVs
Amazon.com Inc. plans to launch a line of Alexa-powered TVs in the U.S. as early as next month, according to a Thursday report in Business Insider. The move would mark the latest expansion of Amazon’s Alexa-powered smart home device portfolio, which represents a core component of its strategy for the consumer technology market. The upcoming ...
AWS debuts new data storage capabilities at AWS Storage Day
Amazon Web Services Inc. today introduced a host of additions to its data storage portfolio headlined by the new Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP service, a managed implementation of NetApp Inc.’s popular file system. The cloud giant made the announcements at its annual AWS Storage Day virtual event. NetApp ONTAP is a popular file system ...
WhatsApp fined $267M for breaching GDPR privacy rules
Ireland’s privacy regulator today issued a fine of 225 million euros, or about $267 million, to Facebook Inc.’s WhatsApp unit for failing to provide users with sufficient information on how it collects and processes their data. Officials have also ordered WhatsApp to take steps to more transparently disclose its data collection and processing practices. The ...
Corelight secures $75M to detect hacking attempts with open-source technology
Startup Corelight Inc. has secured $75 million in fresh funding to drive adoption of its cybersecurity products, which help enterprises detect threats using the open-source Zeek network monitoring engine. Corelight announced the funding today, saying that the investment was led by Energy Impact Partners. The startup has raised a total of $160 million to date. ...
AWS simplifies cloud observability with launch of Amazon Managed Grafana
Amazon Web Services Inc. late Tuesday announced the general availability of Amazon Managed Grafana, an observability service designed to help enterprises monitor their infrastructure and applications for technical issues. The service is a managed implementation of the open-source Grafana observability platform. AWS has built it in collaboration with the open-source platform’s developer, startup Grafana Labs ...
Google reportedly developing laptop chips as Chromebook sales surge
Google LLC is developing custom central processing units for Chromebooks, Nikkei Asia reported today. The report, which cited three sources familiar with the matter, also contained other new details about the search giant’s consumer hardware roadmap. Most notably, Google is said to be developing CPU technology for tablets, which suggests that it may be looking ...
Amazon reveals plans to hire 55,000 corporate and tech workers
Amazon.com Inc. will add 55,000 corporate and technology positions over the next few months, the company disclosed today. The company made the announcement ahead of its upcoming Career Day 2021 recruiting event, which it describes as its biggest ever. The event is set to include the participation of Amazon Chief Executive Officer Andy Jassy (pictured), ...
Google Cloud and C3 AI team up to drive AI adoption in vertical markets
Google LLC and C3 AI Inc., a publicly traded maker of artificial intelligence software, today announced a partnership aimed at helping more enterprises incorporate machine learning into their operations. As part of its collaboration with Google, C3 AI has made its entire lineup of AI software products available on Google Cloud. The companies’ sales teams ...