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CEOs of Apple, Google, Amazon and Facebook will testify before Congress in July
Apple Inc., Google LLC, Amazon.com Inc. and Facebook Inc. have indicated that their chief executives will testify before Congress as part of lawmakers’ investigation into competitive practices in the tech industry. A spokesperson for the House Judiciary Committee confirmed the CEO participation late Wednesday after Recode co-founder Kara Swisher broke the news on Twitter. The hearing is reportedly set ...
Google pushes back office reopening plan to Sept. 7 ‘at the earliest’
Google LLC was set to begin reopening some of its offices on July 6, but has now pushed back the plan to Sept. 7 “at the earliest.” The search giant confirmed the move today in a statement to TechCrunch, after a copy of an internal memo detailing the delay was leaked. The search giant said employees ...
Lemonade seeks $308M IPO after raising target price range
Artificial intelligence-powered insurance provider Lemonade Inc. has raised the price target for the initial public offering it’s set to hold later today, with the startup now on track to rise as much as $308 million not including underwriter over-allotments. New York-based Lemonade is aiming to sell 11 million shares at $26 to $28 apiece. That’s compared ...
AWS releases App2Container tool for containerizing applications
Amazon Web Services Inc. on Tuesday released App2Container, a command line tool that can quickly turn existing Java and .NET applications into containerized services without code changes. The tool will save time for AWS customers looking to adopt software containers, which enable applications to be run unchanged in many computing environments. It could also be ...
Serverless database startup Fauna raises $27M
Database startup Fauna Inc. today said that it has raised $27 million in funding to address the rise of serverless computing, which it argues has created a need for a new, likewise serverless approach to managing data. Madrona Venture Group led the investment. It was joined by Alphabet Inc.’s GV fund, CRV, Quest Ventures, Addition ...
Google confirms reported acquisition of smart glasses startup North
Google LLC today confirmed that it has bought Canadian smart glasses maker North Inc., less than a week after it was reported that the search giant was negotiating an acquisition. Sources told Canada’s The Globe and Mail last Thursday that Google was poised to pay about $180 million for the startup. The search giant didn’t ...
Couchbase Cloud debuts on AWS as database maker eyes the multicloud
Fresh off a $105 million funding round, NoSQL startup Couchbase Inc. today announced the general availability of its fully managed Couchbase Cloud database service on Amazon Web Services. Couchbase is a NoSQL database for storing structured, semistructured and unstructured information. It’s used by about a third of the Fortune 100 as well as other firms. The ...
AWS launches aerospace unit to target space sector opportunities
Amazon Web Services Inc. today said that it’s stepping up its push into the space sector by establishing a new Aerospace and Satellite Solutions business unit. The unit will work with both government and private sector customers to assist with projects such as satellite launches. Job postings spotted by CNBC indicate that AWS will compete ...
Microsoft targets industrial IoT analytics with Azure Digital Twins update
Microsoft Corp. today added a set of new features to Azure Digital Twins, its cloud-based analytics service for industrial “internet of things” applications. A digital twin usually means a virtual replica of a connected system, such as an industrial robot or a wind turbine, that mirrors the state of its real-world counterpart. The technology is ...
Facebook researchers develop holographic optics for next-gen VR glasses
Researchers at Facebook Inc. today detailed a holographic optics technology that could enable the development of smaller, more powerful virtual reality headsets not much bigger than a pair of glasses. VR headsets, such as Facebook’s popular Oculus Quest, are generally quite large. A sizable portion of their volume is taken up by the lens system that displays ...