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Google details code optimization tech behind Chrome’s latest 23% speed boost
Google LLC has shared technical information about two new code optimization technologies included in the latest release of Chrome that promise to improve web page loading times by up to 23% in some cases. The search giant detailed the two technologies, called Sparkplug and “short builtin calls,” on Thursday. Both are implemented as part of ...
Microsoft uncovers phishing campaign launched by Russian hackers behind SolarWinds attack
Microsoft Corp. says a Russia-linked hacking group has targeted more than 150 organizations in a phishing campaign with malicious emails disguised as messages from the United States Agency for International Development. The campaign was detected and detailed late Thursday by researchers from Microsoft’s MSTIC unit, which tracks nation-state cyberattacks. The researchers have determined that the ...
AWS launches Amazon ECS Anywhere for on-premises container management
Amazon Web Services Inc. today launched its ECS Anywhere tool into general availability to make it easier, as well as less expensive, for companies to manage the software containers they run on-premises. ECS Anywhere is part of the cloud giant’s Amazon Elastic Container Service. The latter offering provides a set of tools for managing containerized ...
Docker debuts new capabilities for developers at DockerCon Live
Docker Inc. debuted new features for its developer tools at the DockerCon Live 2021 virtual event today that will make it easier to build software container applications. The company also announced collaborations with Amazon Web Services Inc. and Mirantis Inc. to help developers more easily access software components they use in application projects. The announcement ...
Reports: Fintech startup Klarna could receive $40B+ valuation in new funding round
Klarna Bank AB is raising funding at a valuation of more than $40 billion, according to a series of new reports. The news was first reported by Business Insider early this morning. Three sources later told Reuters that the round could bring Klarna’s valuation closer to $50 billion than $40 billion, while CNBC cited a ...
Google Cloud debuts Datashare to simplify data projects in the financial sector
Google LLC expanded its cloud platform’s roster of vertical-specific solutions today with the debut of Datashare, which is aimed at helping banks and other financial firms more easily access the market data they use to make investment decisions. Financial institutions consult data from a variety of sources to inform their investment strategies. They look at ...
Andy Jassy will become Amazon CEO on July 5
Amazon Web Services Inc. head Andy Jassy will officially become the chief executive officer of parent company Amazon.com Inc. on July 5, Jeff Bezos revealed during a virtual shareholder meeting today. Bezos announced plans to step down from the CEO role in February and named Jassy (pictured) as his successor. At the time, the company ...
Amazon is acquiring MGM for $8.45B to boost its streaming business and Prime
Amazon.com Inc. today announced a landmark $8.45 million deal to acquire MGM Holdings Inc., the storied film studio with more than 180 Academy Awards to its name. The acquisition will buy Amazon the rights to more than 4,000 films and 17,000-plus TV shows created over the course of nearly a century. It will enable the ...
ServiceNow backs $50M round for cybersecurity startup Uptycs
Waltham, Massachusetts-based cybersecurity startup Uptycs Inc. today announced it has closed a $50 million funding round led by Norwest Venture Partners, with participation from Sapphire Ventures and ServiceNow Inc.’s venture capital arm. The round brings Uptycs’ total outside funding to more than $90 million. Uptycs’ provides what it describes as the first product in the ...
Google’s Fuchsia operating system begins early rollout to consumer devices
Google LLC is launching what appears to be the first major pilot of its internally developed Fuchsia operating system. The search giant told 9to5Google today that it began rolling out Fuchsia to devices from its 2018 Nest Hub smart display series this week. The operating system will initially be available to users who participate in Google’s ...