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With newest open-source tool, Kubermatic adds a service hub to Kubernetes
Startup Kubermatic GmbH today introduced an open-source tool to make it easier to manage enterprise Kubernetes clusters and the software components running on them. The tool, dubbed KubeCarrier, is available on GitHub. It enables enterprises to equip their Kubernetes clusters with what Kubermatic refers to as a service hub, a kind of app store through which developers can ...
Superconducting quantum computing startup Rigetti raises $79M
Rigetti Computing Inc., a startup developing quantum computers, today said that it has closed a $79 million round of funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners. Franklin Templeton, Alumni Ventures Group and several other institutional investors participated in the round as well. Rigetti has raised more than $190 million to date. The latest round follows a ...
Microsoft backs $35M round into miniature AI chip startup Syntiant
Microsoft Corp.’s M12 arm has placed a bet on Syntiant Inc., the startup behind tiny artificial intelligence chips for connected devices that it says is 100 times more power-efficient than rivals. M12 co-led a $35 million funding round into Syntiant that was announced this morning. The other lead investor was the venture arm of Applied Materials ...
EU formally opens investigation into Google’s $2.1B Fitbit bid
Confirming recent reports, the European Union today launched an antitrust investigation to determine if Google LLC’s planned $2.1 billion acquisition of Fitbit Inc. would harm competitors. Regulators could decide to block the transaction at the end of the probe. However, such a decision is far from certain and Google has been actively working to address ...
Red Hat Virtualization 4.4 brings new features for managing virtual machines
Red Hat today introduced a new version of its virtualization platform, Red Hat Virtualization 4.4, that will help customers more easily manage their applications and give its hybrid cloud strategy a boost in the process. Red Hat Virtualization is an alternative to VMware Inc.’s vSphere. The platform runs on the IBM Corp. subsidiary’s widely used ...
Palo Alto Networks launches security marketplace for its Cortex XSOAR platform
Palo Alto Networks Inc. is enhancing its Cortex XSOAR cybersecurity platform with a marketplace where users can access automation scripts and other components that can ease their work. Publicly traded Palo Alto Networks is one of the biggest players in the security market. Its Cortex XSOAR platform automates common tasks involved in network protection teams’ ...
Google takes aim at the iPhone SE with new Pixel 4A
Google LLC today debuted the Pixel 4A, an entry-level phone that is priced lower than Apple Inc.’s most affordable iPhone model and offers double the storage. The Pixel 4A (pictured) underscores how device pricing is playing an increasingly important role in handset makers’ product roadmaps. Its announcement also serves a prelude to the upcoming launch of two other, ...
Amazon will invest $10B+ in low-Earth orbit internet satellites
Amazon.com Inc. is committing more than $10 billion to Project Kuiper, an initiative it announced last year to deploy 3,236 internet satellites in low-Earth orbit. The company detailed the planned investment on Thursday after the Federal Communications Commission granted Project Kuiper regulatory approval. Amazon’s plan is to use the internet satellites to improve connectivity in ...
Reports: Nvidia could offer $32B+ for Arm amid ‘advanced’ acquisition talks
Just over a week after word emerged that Nvidia Corp. is looking to buy Arm Ltd., a pair of new reports today have provided an update on the negotiations, saying a deal could be struck soon with a price tag potentially exceeding $32 billion. U.K.-based Arm provides chips designs that have been implemented in billions of ...
AI accounting startup Candis raises $14M in fresh funding
Candis GmbH, a German startup working to automate companies’ manual accounting workflows, today announced that it has raised 12 million euros (about $14 million) in a funding round led by Viola Ventures and Rabo Frontier Ventures. Several existing backers including Lightspeed Venture Partners chipped in as well. Candis provides a cloud-based accounting platform that uses ...