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Google LLC today announced that it’s joining the O-RAN Alliance, a consortium of carriers and tech firms working to make the world’s telecommunications infrastructure more efficient. A telecommunications network has multiple elements. One of them is the so-called RAN, or radio access …
Rockwell Automation acquires industrial software maker Plex Systems for $2.2B
Rockwell Automation Inc,. a Fortune 500 firm that makes technology for industrial companies such as manufacturers, is acquiring software provider Plex Systems Inc. in a $2.2 billion all-cash transaction. The deal will be financed with a combination of cash on hand and …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …