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Internal Apple documents reveal new details about its app policies
Internal Apple Inc. documents released as part of the iPhone maker’s legal battle with video game maker Epic Games Inc. have revealed new details about its App Store policies and user retention strategy. The documents, The Verge reported today, indicate that Apple had avoided making iMessage available on Android to reduce the chance of users ...
After shareholder pressure, Box announces $500M investment from KKR
Box Inc. today revealed plans to raise $500 million from investment firm KKR & Co. Inc. and said it will use the funds to buy back shares. The news ignited a selloff that sent the cloud file storage provider’s share price plummeting more than 10% at one point. Box closed at $22 a share, 9.4% ...
Expanding vertical-specific capabilities, Google brings key industrial platform to its cloud
Google LLC today announced a collaboration with OSIsoft LLC to help enterprises deploy the OSIsoft’s PI Core industrial operations platform on Google Cloud. San Leandro, California-based OSIsoft is a major provider of software for the industrial sector that was recently acquired by the U.K.’s Aveva Group plc in a $5 billion deal. The company’s PI ...
Report: Chip shortage is slowing production of some Apple devices
Apple Inc. is experiencing delays in the production of some MacBook and iPad models because of the global chip shortage, Nikkei Asia reported today, citing multiple sources. Recent reports suggest that Apple is preparing to introduce new additions to both its MacBook Pro and MacBook Air laptop lines. According to today’s report, difficulties sourcing enough ...
Intel’s Habana Labs to supply AI chips for new UC San Diego research supercomputer
Intel Corp.’s Habana Labs unit today said that it will provide hundreds of artificial intelligence chips to the University of California at San Diego, which will incorporate them into an upcoming research supercomputer called Voyager. Voyager will be used by scientists for projects such as analyzing data from particle accelerator experiments. Intel acquired Habana Labs ...
Concerns emerge about Facebook’s disclosure of user data breach
New concerns have emerged about whether Facebook Inc. properly disclosed a data breach through which about 553 million of its users’ personal information ended up on hacker forums. The breach started making headlines after Business Insider reported it over the weekend. In a Tuesday blog post responding to the Business Insider report, Facebook stated that ...
Google to host its I/O developer event in virtual format May 18-20
After calling off the 2020 edition of its I/O developer conference because of COVID-19 concerns, Google LLC plans to bring back the event this year in an all-virtual format and has already announced the dates: May 18-20. Google I/O is closely watched in the tech industry because the search giant announces major updates to Android ...
Plaid reportedly becomes $13B+ company following new $425M round
Financial technology startup Plaid Inc. has raised a $425 million funding round at a valuation reported to be north of $13 billion. The investment, announced this morning, was led by Altimeter Capital. Silver Lake and Ribbit Capital joined as well along with a number of returning backers who contributed to Plaid’s previous funding rounds. Plaid’s reported ...
New Relic to let go 7% of employees amid business model refocus
New Relic Inc. today disclosed plans to lay off 7% of its workforce, or about 160 employees, as part of an effort to adopt a new business model that emphasizes selling software priced according to customer usage. Publicly traded New Relic provides tools for monitoring the health of information technology systems. Enterprises use its software ...
Puppet launches low-code Relay tool to automate cloud operations
Puppet Inc. today announced the general availability of Relay, a low-code tool intended to reduce the amount of person hours required to maintain enterprise cloud environments. The launch concludes a lengthy beta test that started last year. Portland-based Puppet is one of the industry’s top providers of software for managing information technology infrastructure. It competes in ...