Maria Deutscher, Author at SiliconANGLE

Apps

Qualcomm appoints Cristiano Amon as new CEO to lead 5G push

By Maria Deutscher Jan 5, 2021

Qualcomm Inc., one of the biggest suppliers of chips to the mobile device industry, today said that Cristiano Amon will become chief executive officer effective June 30. Amon (pictured) will succeed Steve Mollenkopf, who…

Cloud

Five-hour Slack outage leaves some users unable to access the service

By Maria Deutscher Jan 4, 2021

Slack Technologies Inc.’s team chat service was hit with a widespread outage earlier today that left affected users unable to access the service for about five hours. The issue has since been fixed. However,…

Policy

200+ Google workers are joining forces to launch a union

By Maria Deutscher Jan 4, 2021

More than 225 Google LLC workers are joining forces to form a union that will represent full-time employees and contractors at Alphabet Inc., the search giant’s parent company. The news was first reported by…

IoT

IoT consolidation: Industrial sensor giant Teledyne to acquire Flir for $8B

By Maria Deutscher Jan 4, 2021

Two of the world’s top makers of industrial sensors are set to merge in an $8 billion transaction announced today. Thousand Oaks, California-based Teledyne Technologies Inc. said this morning that it has entered an…

Apps

Amazon acquires podcast maker Wondery to boost entertainment business

By Maria Deutscher Dec 30, 2020

Amazon.com Inc. today said that it has signed a deal to buy Wondery Inc., a venture-backed podcast startup with a reported audience of 20 million monthly listeners. The deal will strengthen Amazon’s entertainment business,…

Big Data

Report: Web analytics startup SimilarWeb eyes IPO at $2B valuation

By Maria Deutscher Dec 30, 2020

SimilarWeb Ltd., an analytics startup that counts more than half of the Fortune 100 as customers, is reportedly planning an initial public offering for the second quarter of 2021. The startup joins a growing…

Policy

France reportedly resumes collecting digital services tax from tech giants

By Maria Deutscher Dec 30, 2020

France has resumed the collection of a digital services tax from major tech companies such after pausing the levy earlier this year, according to a new report. An unnamed French official cited by the…

Cloud

VMware files lawsuit against former COO who joined Nutanix

By Maria Deutscher Dec 29, 2020

VMware Inc. has filed a lawsuit against former executive Rajiv Ramaswami, who joined rival software maker Nutanix Inc. earlier this month, for alleged “material and ongoing breaches of his legal and contractual duties.” The…

Infra

Report: Intel facing investor pressure to assess ‘strategic alternatives’

By Maria Deutscher Dec 29, 2020

A prominent activist investor has called on Intel Corp. to weigh “strategic alternatives” that could include separating its chip design and production operations, according to a Reuters report from this morning. The investor, hedge…

AI

Graphcore raises $222M for its ultrafast AI chips

By Maria Deutscher Dec 29, 2020

Graphcore Inc., a British startup taking on Nvidia Corp. in the artificial intelligence chip market, today said it has closed a hefty $222 million funding round at a unicorn valuation of $2.77 billion. Bristol-based Graphcore…

Maria Deutscher

Qualcomm appoints Cristiano Amon as new CEO to lead 5G push

Five-hour Slack outage leaves some users unable to access the service

200+ Google workers are joining forces to launch a union

IoT consolidation: Industrial sensor giant Teledyne to acquire Flir for $8B

Amazon acquires podcast maker Wondery to boost entertainment business

Report: Web analytics startup SimilarWeb eyes IPO at $2B valuation

France reportedly resumes collecting digital services tax from tech giants

VMware files lawsuit against former COO who joined Nutanix

Report: Intel facing investor pressure to assess ‘strategic alternatives’

Graphcore raises $222M for its ultrafast AI chips

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