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Facebook Inc. this morning announced plans to roll out an integration that will enable users to send messages from Instagram to Messenger and vice versa. The integration is part of a broader update that includes additional features such as self-deleting direct messages in …
Anyscale’s open-source Ray framework for distributed AI projects hits 1.0 release
Startup Anyscale Inc. today introduced the first round-number release of its open-source Ray framework, which is used by engineers at Amazon.com Inc. and other tech giants to build artificial intelligence models. Anyscale exited stealth mode late last year with more than $20 …
Coralogix reels in $25M for its AI-infused log analytics platform
Less than a year after closing a $10 million funding round, log analytics startup Coralogix Inc. today said it has raised another $25 million from a group of investors led by Red Dot Capital and O.G. Tech Partners. San Francisco-based Coralogix provides …
Amazon introduces palm-scanning payment system in its Go stores
Amazon.com Inc. today debuted Amazon One, a biometric payment system that allows shoppers to pay at a physical store by placing their palm above a contactless scanner. Amazon One is initially launching in two of the online retail giant’s Amazon Go stores …
McAfee to go public after boosting revenue to $1.4B in first half of 2020
Cybersecurity giant McAfee Corp. has filed for an initial public offering that will return it to the stock market after a decade-long hiatus and allow it to pursue more strategic acquisitions. McAfee generated net revenue of $1.4 billion in the six months …
VMware picks up infrastructure automation provider SaltStack
VMware Inc. is acquiring SaltStack Inc., the company behind a widely used infrastructure automation tool, to enhance its vRealize cloud management software suite. The deal was announced against the backdrop of VMware’s virtual VMworld event today, where the company debuted a number …
Arm rolls out new hardened chip designs for robots and smart cars
Arm Ltd. today introduced three new chip designs aimed at industrial robots and smart vehicles, including cars with fully or partially autonomous driving features. The products will put more wind behind the firm’s efforts to capture the growing market for so-called “internet …
Arista Networks buys well-funded AI threat detection startup Awake Security
Arista Networks Inc. today said that it has entered into an agreement to buy Awake Security Inc., a network threat detection startup backed by nearly $80 million in funding. The acquisition price was not disclosed. Awake likely isn’t selling for lack of financial …
Veritas acquires Globanet to simplify Zoom and Slack data governance
Data management heavyweight Veritas Technologies LLC today said it’s acquiring Globanet, a Los Angeles firm whose software is used by enterprises to archive employee correspondence for legal purposes. The deal could cement Veritas’ position in the archiving software market, where Gartner Inc. ranks …
Google makes AI Platform Prediction generally available with expanded features
Google LLC today announced the general availability of AI Platform Prediction, a service that allows companies to host machine learning models on its public cloud without having to worry about infrastructure management. Setting up a production-grade machine learning environment manually can be …