Maria Deutscher, Author at SiliconANGLE

Emerging Tech

Electric vehicle startup Rivian raises $2.65B as it gears up for mass production

By Maria Deutscher Jan 20, 2021

Less than six months after raising a $2.5 billion funding round, electric vehicle startup Rivian Automotive Inc. on Tuesday said that it has secured yet an additional $2.65 billion from investors. T. Rowe Price…

Apps

Qualcomm expands chip lineup with Snapdragon 870 mobile processor

By Maria Deutscher Jan 19, 2021

Qualcomm Inc. today introduced the Snapdragon 870, a new iteration of its flagship 2020 smartphone chip that features a faster central processing unit. Qualcomm silicon powers a sizable portion of the world’s Android handsets…

Emerging Tech

Eyeing self-driving cars, Microsoft joins $2B+ round for GM’s Cruise

By Maria Deutscher Jan 19, 2021

Cruise, General Motors Co.’s autonomous vehicle unit, today said that it has closed a more than $2 billion funding round at a $30 billion valuation from Microsoft Corp., Honda Motor Co. Ltd. and other…

Cloud

Citrix to acquire Wrike for $2.25B to advance recurring revenue push

By Maria Deutscher Jan 19, 2021

As expected, Citrix Systems Inc. today announced that it has entered a $2.25 billion deal to acquire Wrike Inc., the provider of a popular project management platform used by Google LLC and tens of…

Policy

Google pushes back against key ‘header bidding’ allegations in antitrust lawsuit

By Maria Deutscher Jan 18, 2021

Google LLC is pushing back against some of the key allegations in an antitrust lawsuit filed against it by 10 Republican state attorneys general who have accused the search giant of employing anticompetitive practices…

Cloud

Personio raises $125M at $1.7B valuation for its HR operations platform

By Maria Deutscher Jan 18, 2021

Personio GmbH, a software-as-a-service startup that enables human resources teams to perform tasks such as recruiting with less manual work, has closed $125 million in new funding at a $1.7 billion valuation. The newly…

Cloud

SAP shows cloud momentum in preliminary fourth-quarter results

By Maria Deutscher Jan 15, 2021

SAP SE shared preliminary financial results for the fourth quarter late Thursday, revealing that overall revenues declined but its efforts to shift to a cloud-first business model continued to gain momentum. SAP provides business…

AI

Amazon will let other companies build custom versions of Alexa

By Maria Deutscher Jan 15, 2021

Amazon.com Inc. today debuted a new solution that will enable enterprises to develop customized versions of Alexa for their users with features not included in the standard edition. The solution, Alexa Custom Assistant, is…

Apps

Apple reportedly planning redesigned MacBook Pros with Apple Silicon

By Maria Deutscher Jan 15, 2021

Apple Inc.’s next MacBook Pro laptops are expected to feature homegrown Arm-based chips instead of Intel Corp. silicon and will do away with the computer series’ hallmark Touch Bar, according to a new report.…

Infra

Cisco inks amended $4.5B deal to buy network chip supplier Acacia

By Maria Deutscher Jan 14, 2021

Cisco Systems Inc. today said that it has agreed to acquire Acacia Communications Inc. for about $4.5 billion, nearly $2 billion more than an offer it made to the chipmaker in 2019. In July…

Maria Deutscher

Electric vehicle startup Rivian raises $2.65B as it gears up for mass production

Qualcomm expands chip lineup with Snapdragon 870 mobile processor

Eyeing self-driving cars, Microsoft joins $2B+ round for GM’s Cruise

Citrix to acquire Wrike for $2.25B to advance recurring revenue push

Google pushes back against key ‘header bidding’ allegations in antitrust lawsuit

Personio raises $125M at $1.7B valuation for its HR operations platform

Amazon will let other companies build custom versions of Alexa

Apple reportedly planning redesigned MacBook Pros with Apple Silicon

Cisco inks amended $4.5B deal to buy network chip supplier Acacia

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