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Heavily funded autonomous vehicle startup Aurora Innovation Inc. has acquired Ours Technology Inc., a fellow startup developing chip-based lidar sensors based on a new approach known as frequency-modulated continuous-wave sensing. The deal was announced today. The companies didn’t share the transaction’s financial …
Atlassian moves into business intelligence with acquisition of Chartio
Atlassian Corp. Plc. today said that it has acquired Chartio Inc., a San Francisco-based business intelligence startup backed by investors such as Y Combinator. Publicly traded Atlassian is the company behind the popular Jira family of work management tools, which are used …
AWS criticized over how it shared information on SolarWinds hack
Amazon Web Services Inc. is under fire for not publicly sharing information at a congressional hearing this week about the SolarWinds hacking campaign, though it did say it shared details in private briefings with lawmakers and law enforcement. AWS was one of …
Microsoft debuts three new industry-specific cloud bundles
Microsoft Corp. is rolling out three new vertical-specific cloud service bundles aimed at organizations in the financial, manufacturing and nonprofit sectors. Microsoft is sharpening its focus on vertical markets in a time when its top public cloud rivals such as Google LLC …
Biden orders review of supply chains in chip industry and other key areas
President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed an executive order to review the supply chains that provide the U.S. with critical products such as semiconductors. The move comes as companies including automakers face a shortage in chips they need for their products. The …
With new features, Google speeds analytics in its BigQuery cloud data warehouse
Google LLC today introduced speed-boosting capabilities for its BigQuery cloud data warehouse that it says will enable enterprises to run analytics workflows four to five times faster in some cases. BigQuery is a service in Google Cloud that companies use to analyze …
Warehouse robot startup Berkshire Grey inks SPAC deal at up to $2.7B valuation
Berkshire Grey Inc., a developer of warehouse robots backed by investors including Khosla Ventures and NEA, today announced plans to go public through a SPAC merger. The Bedford, Massachusetts-based startup expects to raise as much as $413 million through the deal. From …
Intel and Nvidia back $65M funding round for storage chip startup Pliops
Chip startup Pliops Ltd. today said that it has closed a $65 million funding round backed by Intel Corp., Nvidia Corp. and others to support its mission of making data center storage more efficient. Pliops offers a specialized processor that it says …
In major product update, Veeam rolls out ‘ransomware-safe’ backup repositories
Data protection giant Veeam Software Inc. today debuted a new release of its Veeam Backup & Replication platform, set to roll out in a few days, that features what the company describes as “ransomware-safe” backup data repositories. The release also brings a …
PerimeterX bags $57M to shield enterprise websites from hackers and bots
Startup PerimeterX Inc. today said that it has landed a $57 million growth funding round led by AllianceBernstein to bring its website security software to enterprises in more vertical markets and regions. The investment follows a year in which the startup claims …