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Google details its work on quantum material simulations
Google LLC today detailed two internal research projects focused on using quantum processors to study quantum materials, a category of materials that can’t be explained by classical physics. In the first project, the company’s researchers found a way of simulating quantum materials with more accuracy than was possible until now. As part of the other ...
AWS buys encrypted messaging app startup Wickr
Amazon Web Services Inc. today said that it has acquired a startup called Wickr Inc. with an encrypted messaging app used by large enterprises and public sector organizations. AWS didn’t disclose how much it’s paying for the startup. San Francisco-based Wickr previously raised more than $50 million from investors. Wickr’s encrypted messaging app of the ...
Cloud-based interface design startup Figma raises $200M round at $10B valuation
Figma Inc., the startup behind a cloud service used by Microsoft Corp. and Uber Technologies Inc. to design interfaces for their applications, has landed a $200 million funding round at a $10 billion valuation. Figma shared the news with Bloomberg today. According to the publication, the investment included the participation of Durable Capital Partners, Morgan ...
Microsoft reveals Windows 11: new interface, Android app support and faster updates
Microsoft Corp. today officially revealed Windows 11, the next major release of its ubiquitous operating system, which brings major upgrades both to the interface with which users interact on a daily basis and to behind-the-scenes subcomponents such as the data storage management system. The new version marks the biggest update to Windows since the release ...
House Judiciary passes six-bill package to boost regulation of tech giants
The House Judiciary committee passed six antitrust bills late Wednesday and early today aimed at broadly regulating the business practices of the tech industry’s largest players, particularly their policies toward competitors. The vote, which followed a 19-hour debate session, represents the culmination of a more than yearlong regulatory process. It began in 2019 when the ...
Drata lands $25M for its automated cybersecurity compliance platform
Drata Inc., a new startup working to make it easier for companies to comply with cybersecurity standards, today announced that it has raised a $25 million funding round led by GGV Capital. The round also included contributions from the venture capital arm of publicly traded cybersecurity provider Okta Inc., as well as Cowboy Ventures, Leaders ...
Data platform startup Incorta secures $120M late-stage funding round
Incorta Inc., a startup with a platform that enables companies to aggregate business records from different sources and analyze them in one place, has raised $120 million in a new late-stage funding round to expand go-to-market activities. Announced this morning, the Series D round was led by Prysm Capital with participation from Alphabet Inc.’s GV fund, ...
AWS and Salesforce are integrating their clouds to simplify application projects
Amazon Web Services Inc. and Salesforce.com Inc. are teaming up to build integrations that will connect a large number of their respective cloud products with one another. The effort, which the companies announced today, has two key objectives. One is to make it easier for enterprise developers to build applications that use both AWS and ...
Splunk raises $1B from Silver Lake as it refocuses growth strategy on the cloud
Splunk Inc. today said that it has secured a $1 billion investment from Silver Lake to support growth initiatives and buy back shares. Splunk climbed more than 12% in trading on the news. The jump can likely be explained in part by the fact that the $1 billion investment values Splunk’s shares well above their ...
HPE debuts GreenLake silicon on demand, chip-level firmware security and more at Discover 2021
Hewlett Packard Co. today detailed a significant expansion of its infrastructure product portfolio that will introduce hardware offerings priced by the processor core, systems capable of verifying the security of their own firmware and new industry-specific solutions. HPE made the announcements at its virtual Discover 2021 customer event today, where its Aruba networking unit was ...