Maria Deutscher
Latest from Maria Deutscher
After a backlash, Google changes course on search results redesign
Google LLC said today that it will revisit a controversial recent redesign of its search engine that has been criticized as deceptive. This month, the desktop version of Google received a new look that has made ads harder to distinguish from regular search results. Paid and organic results are now presented in an almost identical ...
Google’s Dataproc service gets GPUs and management automation features
Dataproc is an analytics service from Google LLC that allows enterprises to spin up managed Spark and Hadoop big-data environments in the cloud. Today, the search giant updated the service with four features that promise to provide a boost for machine learning projects as well as simplify day-do-day maintenance. Companies using Dataproc for machine learning can ...
Italian regulators accuse Facebook of breaching data disclosure obligations
Italy’s antitrust watchdog today said it’s taking action against Facebook Inc. for the social giant’s alleged failure to implement data disclosure measures it was ordered to roll out in the southern European country. In November 2018, the Competition and Markets Authority hit Facebook with two fines totaling 10 million euros for breaching Italy’s consumer protection code. At ...
Google launches Dataset Search out of beta with new capabilities
After more than a year of testing, Google LLC today launched its Dataset Search service out of beta test mode with new capabilities aimed at enabling users to find information faster. Dataset Search is a version of the company’s search engine designed specifically for browsing collections of scientific and technical information. Google has to date indexed ...
Google’s search engine redesign decried as ‘dark pattern’ favoring ads
Earlier this month, Google LLC rolled out a new look for the desktop version of its search engine that makes organic results and ads more similar in appearance. The tweak has now started drawing criticism from commentators who argue that it’s an attempt to drive users to click more ads. Google’s interface change is a ...
Xerox plans to oust HP’s board with 11 new director nominations
Xerox Holdings Corp. announced today that it will nominate 11 new directors to HP Inc.’s board in a bid to push through its proposed acquisition of the personal computer and printer maker. Xerox submitted an unsolicited $33.5 billion takeover bid for the company last November that was rejected almost immediately after it was sent. HP’s board ...
Enterprise intranet startup LumApps closes $70M round led by Goldman Sachs
In the age of Slack, enterprise collaboration startups are attracting strong interest from the venture capital community. The latest example is LumApps SAS, a French intranet provider that today revealed it has closed a $70 million funding round led by Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s growth equity arm. LumApps’ Series C round comes the same morning that ...
GM’s Cruise debuts a self-driving van with no steering wheel or pedals
General Motors Co.’s Cruise LLC subsidiary on Tuesday evening unveiled the Origin, a self-driving vehicle that doesn’t have a steering wheel or pedals. The Origin (pictured) is the production-ready successor to a car design GM introduced in early 2018. The automaker has preserved the original idea of having an interior with no traditional driver controls but made a ...
ServiceNow scoops up AIOps startup Loom Systems
ServiceNow Inc. today said it’s buying Loom Systems Ltd., an Israeli startup whose software is used by companies such as Microsoft Corp. to monitor their information technology infrastructure. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Loom Systems has raised $15 million in funding from investors. ServiceNow provides a cloud-based platform that helps companies automate the ...
Atlassian, Okta founders join $59M round for collaborative inbox startup Front
While team messaging providers such as Slack Technologies Inc. have made it their mission to replace traditional email, Front Inc. wants to transform it into something more collaborative. The San Francisco-based startup’s namesake platform provides the ability to create shared inboxes in which multiple employees can work side-by-side and reply to messages separately. Today, Front announced that ...