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The U.K. will look into Nvidia Corp.’s proposed $40 billion acquisition of British chip designer Arm Ltd. to determine if the deal could potentially pose national security issues. The probe was announced today following a public interest intervention notice from U.K. Digital …
Druva raises $147M at $2B+ valuation as cloud backup market keeps growing
Druva Inc., a major player in the growing cloud-based data protection market, has closed a $147 million funding round at a valuation exceeding $2 billion. The company, which first achieved unicorn status in 2019, announced the new financing today. Canadian investment firm …
Browser makers hesitant about FLoC, Google’s ad cookie replacement
Multiple browser makers, including the Mozilla Foundation, have indicated that they don’t currently plan to adopt Google LLC’s FLoC privacy system. FLoC, which stands for Federated Learning of Cohorts, is intended as a replacement to the third-party cookies that online advertisers use …
Australian court finds Google misled Android users about location data settings
Google LLC misled Android users about how to disable the operating system’s location data collection settings, the Australian Federal Court ruled today. Regulators reportedly expect that the decision could lead to a fine in the “many millions” of dollars for the search …
In latest automation acquisition, IBM to buy process mining provider myInvenio
IBM Corp. today announced plans to acquire Italian software maker myInvenio Srl, which provides an analytics platform that helps enterprises determine how to best apply technologies such as robotic process automation in their operations. The deal’s value was not disclosed. IBM expects …
U.S. imposes sanctions on Russia over election interference, SolarWinds hack
President Joe Biden today signed an executive order that imposes sweeping sanctions on Russia for interfering in the 2020 presidential election, carrying out the SolarWinds hacking campaign and other actions. As part of the move, the U.S. Treasury Department has hit 32 …
In final shareholder letter, Jeff Bezos pledges better employee care, lower carbon emissions
In his final letter to Amazon.com Inc. shareholders as chief executive, Jeff Bezos today outlined a vision that focuses on enhancing employee care while reducing carbon emissions. Bezos has penned an annual letter to Amazon shareholders every year since the company went …
AWS launches Aqua to enable faster Amazon Redshift queries
Amazon Web Services Inc. today announced the general availability of Aqua, a technology that uses custom chips designed by the cloud giant to help organizations run analytics queries faster on Amazon Redshift. AWS says that Aqua will enable customers to perform some …
Scale AI raises $325M as former top Amazon exec joins in adviser role
Five-year-old startup Scale AI Inc. is worth $7.3 billion after a new $325 million funding round, announced Tuesday, that was jointly led by Dragoneer, Greenoaks Capital and Tiger Global. The startup revealed on the occasion that Jeff Wilke, the former head of …
Report: Apple to drop iPhone mini from 2022 device lineup after limited sales
Apple Inc.’s 2022 iPhone lineup won’t include an updated version of the iPhone mini, according to a new report, a development that appears to confirm recent estimates about the device failing to meet sales expectations. Apple’s plans were reported today by MacRumors, …