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Uber Technologies Inc. today called on European Union officials to implement new rules to regulate “gig economy” platforms such as its ride-hailing and food delivery apps. The company also published a lengthy paper outlining its positions on the matter. The move comes …
Google fined $1.3M in France over misleading hotel ranking algorithm
French authorities have found that Google LLC displayed misleading information about hotels to users and fined the company 1.1 million euros, or about $1.3 million, over the matter. France’s General Directorate for Competition Policy, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control announced the decision …
Report: Qualcomm told regulators it’s concerned about Nvidia’s $40B Arm bid
Qualcomm Inc. believes Nvidia Corp.’s proposed $40 billion acquisition of Arm Ltd. could harm competition in the chip industry, according to a new report. Publicly traded Qualcomm is a major supplier of smartphone processors. It also makes chips for many other systems …
Apptio acquires Targetprocess to help enterprises plan IT investments
Information technology cost optimization specialist Apptio Inc. today announced that it has acquired Targetprocess, the maker of a software platform that helps companies plan and carry out business investments using agile methodology. The deal’s financial terms were not disclosed. Agile methodology, usually referred …
Report: Microsoft recently sought to acquire Pinterest
Microsoft Corp. at one point considered acquiring the social network Pinterest Inc., according to a report today in the Financial Times. Pinterest had a market capitalization of about $51 billion prior to the publication of the report. The company’s stock price jumped …
HPE goes to space with NASA partnership to launch edge computer into orbit
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. will send a specialized edge computing system to the International Space Station this month to give astronauts access to more processing power for research projects. The initiative, a collaboration among HPE, Microsoft Corp. and NASA, was announced today. …
Tenable acquires Alsid for $98M to secure enterprises’ Active Directory deployments
Publicly traded vulnerability detection provider Tenable Inc. will pay $98 million to buy Paris-based Alsid SAS, which makes software for finding security issues in Active Directory deployments. In the acquisition announcement today, Tenable said that it expects the deal to close early next …
‘IoTOps’ provider SecuriThings lands $14M funding round
SecuriThings Inc. today said that it has closed a $14 million funding round led by Aleph VC to help enterprises manage the growing number of “internet of things” devices connected to their networks. Existing investor Firstime VC chipped in to the Series …
Chip startup NeuReality launches from stealth to make AI inference more efficient
NeuReality Ltd., a startup working to develop more efficient artificial intelligence chips, today exited stealth mode and disclosed on the occasion that it has raised $8 million in seed funding. Tel Aviv-based NeuReality was founded in 2019 by former executives from Intel …
After 750% revenue growth, IoT security specialist Armis raises $125M
After growing revenues more than 750% over the last two years, cybersecurity startup Armis Inc. today announced that it has raised a $125 million funding round led by Brookfield Technology Partners. The investment values Armis at $2 billion. That’s up from the …