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Chipmaker Dialog to be acquired for $5.9B by Renesas Electronics
Dialog Semiconductor Plc., a British chipmaker whose silicon is used in devices ranging from iPhones to car infotainment systems, today announced that it has agreed to be acquired by Japan’s Renesas Electronics Corp. for 4.9 billion euros. The sum equals about $5.9 billion. It values Dialog at a 20% premium to its Friday closing price. ...
Google fixes zero-day vulnerability in Chrome’s JavaScript engine
Google LLC on Thursday released an update for Chrome to fix a high-severity security vulnerability in the browser that’s believed to be exploited by hackers. The update, the search giant detailed in a brief blog post, will roll out to users over the coming days and weeks. Google has filed the vulnerability under the tag ...
Ahead of Super Bowl, AWS helps the NFL deliver new AI-powered game statistics
Ahead of the Super Bowl on Sunday, Amazon Web Services Inc. today shared details about its collaboration with the NFL to enhance the league’s Next Gen Stats game analytics system. Next Gen Stats enables the NFL to display game statistics during broadcasts to enhance the viewing experience for fans. The system displays information such as ...
Google’s AI fund leads $5.4M round for data startup Iteratively
Iteratively Inc. today announced that it has closed a $5.4 million financing round led by Google LLC’s Gradient Ventures fund, which focuses on backing promising artificial intelligence startups. Fika Ventures and PSL Ventures participated in the round as well. Seattle-based Iteratively has developed a software product that helps companies collect customer data from their applications ...
Google rolls out Apigee X with machine learning features for API automation
Google LLC has developed a new version of its Apigee platform for managing application programming interfaces that includes artificial intelligence automation features and expanded security controls. The new version, Apigee X, was launched today. APIs are what applications use to interact with the outside world: They provide a channel for both inbound requests and outgoing ...
Microsoft extends productivity portfolio with Viva employee experience platform
Microsoft Corp. today debuted Viva, a platform that enterprises can use to provide their employees with access to company news, educational resources and other types of work-related content. The product could put Microsoft in a better position to address what it describes as the $300 billion employee experience market. Viva is designed to play a ...
Collibra acquires OwlDQ to make enterprises’ data more reliable with AI
Data management unicorn Collibra Inc. today disclosed that it has acquired a Maryland startup called OwlDQ, whose software platform uses machine learning to spot errors in companies’ business information. The deal is the first acquisition for Collibra since its $112.5 million funding round last April. The New York-based company, which received a $2.3 billion valuation ...
Taking aim at Dropbox, Box announces plans to buy e-signature startup SignRequest
Box Inc. today announced it has inked a $55 million deal to acquire SignRequest BV, a startup with electronic signature technology that will enable it to compete more effectively with Dropbox Inc. in the file management market. SignRequest offers an e-signature service of the same name that allows users to sign contracts and request signatures ...
Customer data platform startup Leadspace reels in $46M
Leadspace Inc., a startup competing in the increasingly crowded customer data platform market, today said that it has closed a $46 million funding round led by JVP. Alongside its funding news, Leadspace announced today that it has appointed analytics industry veteran Alex Yoder as chief executive officer to lead growth efforts growing forward. The startup ...
Atlassian targets large organizations with Cloud Enterprise offering
Atlassian Corp. Plc today launched Cloud Enterprise, an offering that allows large organizations to use its software with more flexible licensing terms and gives them access to advanced administration features. Atlassian sells a collection of popular software products used by more than 80% of the Fortune 500. The company’s perhaps most well-known solution is Jira ...