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Lyft lays off nearly 1,000 employees after ride-hailing business reportedly craters
Lyft Inc. has laid off 982 employees, or 17% of its total workforce, and furloughed an additional 288 in response to the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on its business. The company disclosed the move in a regulatory filing today. The news follows a report that executives at Lyft’s chief rival, Uber Technologies Inc., are in discussions ...
Pitching unified cloud backup, Clumio extends its platform to Microsoft 365
Clumio Inc., fresh off a large funding round, today added Microsoft 365 support to its backup platform. Santa Clara, California-based Clumio exited stealth mode last August with a cloud-based backup platform that allows companies to create contingency copies of their data. The startup went on to raise a $135 million investment two months later. At ...
NetApp acquires cloud-based virtual desktop provider CloudJumper
NetApp Inc. today said that it has acquired CloudJumper Corp., a Citrix Systems Inc. competitor with a software platform for running virtual desktops in the cloud. Garner, North Carolina-based CloudJumper has not raised any outside funding. The terms of the acquisition are not being disclosed. CloudJumper’s platform, CWMS, allows companies to set up virtual Windows desktops ...
Microsoft beefs up Azure’s Kubernetes features and Red Hat integrations
Microsoft Corp. today introduced two updates for Azure, one focused on its managed Kubernetes service and another on Red Hat workloads, that should allow the cloud platform to better accommodate enterprises running a variety of different application types. The container-themed update takes the form of a new version of Azure Kubernetes Service. AKS, as it’s ...
Oracle wins surprise cloud deal with Zoom to help host its platform
A few weeks ago, Zoom Video Communications Inc. quietly started processing some users’ video calls in Oracle Corp.’s data centers. The collaboration is the result of a surprise cloud deal unveiled today under which Zoom has shifted some of its videoconferencing infrastructure to Oracle Cloud. The value of the contract is not being disclosed. Although it could be sizable, a Zoom ...
AT&T, other internet providers pledge not to disconnect users through June 30
Several U.S. internet providers today pledged not to disconnect customers or charge them late fees until June 30, a move intended to ensure web access for users amid the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The group includes AT&T Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Comcast Corp. Cox Communications and U.S. Cellular Corp. Reuters reported today that other major network operators are expected ...
Waymo shares new details about its autonomous vehicle simulation efforts
Waymo LLC stopped testing its autonomous vans on public roads last month because of the coronavirus pandemic, but the artificial intelligence powering the vehicles is continuing to rack up miles in simulation. The Alphabet Inc. subsidiary today shared an update on its simulation efforts, revealing that its Driver autonomous driving AI is covering about 20 million miles ...
Khosla Ventures backs $12M round for AI-assisted coding startup Codota
Automation tools for enterprise software teams usually focus on streamlining logistical tasks such as deploying applications to production. Codota Dot Com Ltd., in contrast, wants to streamline the coding process itself, and the startup today picked up $12 million from a group of investors that included Khosla Ventures to pursue its vision. The Series A ...
Microsoft fixes wormlike account hijacking exploit in Teams
Microsoft Corp. has updated its Microsoft Teams collaboration service to fix a security flaw that could have allowed hackers to hijack user accounts simply by posting a malicious image to a chat channel. The vulnerability was originally spotted by publicly traded cybersecurity provider CyberArk Software Inc., which detailed its findings in a report today. Microsoft ...
Apple’s next iPhone will reportedly enter mass production a month late
Apple Inc. will start mass-producing the 2020 iPhone about a month later than originally planned, the Wall Street Journal reported today. Apple usually unveils new iPhone variants in September and begins shipping orders toward the end of that month. The reported production delay could push back the launch date of this year’s model to November ...