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Facebook files legal challenge after inquiry from Irish privacy watchdog
Facebook Inc. today filed a legal challenge in Ireland over recent regulatory steps taken by the country’s privacy watchdog, which is scrutinizing how the social network processes its users’ personal data. The matter concerns a July ruling by the European Union’s top court that struck down a legal framework known as the EU-US Privacy Shield. ...
Apple eases App Store rules after criticism from Microsoft and Facebook
Apple Inc. today eased its App Store rules to allow more types of apps and in-app features onto iOS, following criticism from other tech giants over its policies. The way Apple manages the App Store is also the subject of a high-profile lawsuit, as well an antitrust probe in the European Union. Today’s rule changes ...
Microsoft AI tool enables ‘extremely large’ models with a trillion parameters
Microsoft Corp. has released a new version of its open-source DeepSpeed tool that it says will enable the creation of deep learning models with a trillion parameters, more than five times as many as in the world’s current largest model. The company also sees the tool, released Thursday, boosting the work of developers working on smaller ...
Google launches Android 11 Go with 20% performance boost, better privacy
Google LLC today launched a new round-number release of Android Go, the version of its mobile operating system targeted at low-powered handsets, with big performance improvements and expanded privacy controls. Android Go is an important part of the search giant’s strategy to grow its mobile installed base. The operating system was launched in 2018 and ...
AWS appoints head of space policy as Amazon cloud giant eyes aerospace opportunities
Amazon Web Services Inc. has appointed former White House official Peter Marquez as its first director of space policy, the latest sign of how big a focus the space sector is becoming for the cloud giant. The news was first reported by CNBC this morning. Teresa Carlson, the vice president of AWS’ worldwide public sector ...
Unpatched Bluetooth vulnerability allows hackers to connect to nearby devices
Update: The Bluetooth SIG on Friday issued a statement (below) saying that the vulnerability is less severe than originally believed. A newly disclosed vulnerability in the ubiquitous Bluetooth wireless standard could enable hackers to connect to devices remotely in a given area and access users’ applications. The vulnerability, dubbed Blurtooth, was detailed on Wednesday by the Bluetooth ...
Zoho upgrades its Workplace productivity suite to take on Microsoft and Google
Zoho Corp. today debuted an upgraded release of its Zoho Workplace productivity suite with several new productivity features designed to make it more competitive with Microsoft Corp.’s Office and Google LLC’s G Suite. Despite never raising funding over its 24-year history, Zoho has emerged as a major player in the business software market. The Austin, ...
Nearing $400M in revenue, Sprinklr raises funding at $2.7B valuation
Sprinklr Inc., a maker of cloud services that large enterprises use to manage their interactions with customers, has closed a $200 million funding round at a $2.7 billion valuation. Sprinklr disclosed the investment this morning. The news crossed the wire within hours of another startup, cybersecurity specialist Snyk Inc., announcing its own $200 million raise ...
Commvault launches disaster recovery service to shield workloads against outages
Commvault Systems Inc. today introduced a disaster recovery service that companies can use to restore cloud and on-premises applications in the event of an outage. Publicly traded Commvault sells data protection products that enable organizations to keep workloads and business records available even when their technology infrastructure encounters technical issues. The company posted revenues of $173 million last ...
Code security unicorn Snyk bags $200M funding at $2.6B+ valuation
Snyk Ltd., a Boston startup that helps developers write more hacker-resistant code, today divulged that it has raised $200 million at a valuation exceeding $2.6 billion. The investment follows a string of major funding rounds in both the cybersecurity and developer productivity segments. Snyk, which stands at the intersection of the two areas, has found ...