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Adobe smartens up Experience Cloud with trio of new AI and data tools
Adobe Inc. is enhancing its Experience Cloud platform today with new artificial intelligence and analytics features aimed at helping brands engage consumers online more effectively. Experience Cloud is a suite of services that helps marketing teams collect data about their target audiences, then turn the data into personalized promotions. The toolkit is underpinned by an artificial ...
Oracle co-CEO and HP veteran Mark Hurd dies at 62
Veteran technology executive Mark Hurd, until last month one of Oracle Corp.’s chief executives, died early this morning, a month after taking a leave of absence for undisclosed health reasons. He was 62. Oracle founder, Executive Chairman and Chief Technology Officer Larry Ellison shared the news in an internal email to employees. “Mark was my ...
Long-unnoticed Linux vulnerability may enable hackers to attack devices over Wi-Fi
A six-year-old bug in the Linux kernel could enable hackers to crash and, under certain circumstances, potentially compromise devices running Realtek Semiconductor Corp.’s Wi-Fi chips. The issue was discovered by GitHub principal security engineer Nico Waisman, who shared his research with Ars Technica late Thursday. The bug is lurking in the Linux kernel’s RTLWIFI software ...
Samsung promises patch after user finds Galaxy S10 fingerprint reader can be fooled
It all started with a $3.50 screen protector. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. said today that it will release an update for its Galaxy S10 flagship smartphone to fix a fingerprint reader vulnerability discovered accidentally by a user. The fix could come as early as next week. The customer, who first shared the issue with a British ...
Marketing surge reportedly led Airbnb to incur $306M first-quarter loss
Heavy investments in growth caused Airbnb Inc. to incur a $306 million operating loss during the first quarter, more than twice what it had racked up during the same period a year earlier. That’s according to a report published today in The Information, which cited undisclosed financial data. The first-quarter operating loss is said to ...
Following Slack, Asana introduces its own workflow automation tools
Freeing up knowledge workers from repetitive tasks is the new frontier for Silicon Valley’s team collaboration providers. On Tuesday, Slack Technologies Inc. launched Workflow Builder, a tool that can automate common actions like sending a help desk request. Today, project management startup Asana Inc. unveiled a toolkit called Asana Automation that will provide similar time savings for its users. Valued at ...
Much-anticipated startup Pensando unveils custom data center chip and big funding
Pensando Systems Inc., a startup led by former Cisco Systems Inc. executives, exited stealth mode today with more than $200 million in funding and a custom chip that it promises will supercharge enterprises’ on-premise servers. The startup has been in the limelight since long before the industry even knew what it’s working on. That partially stemmed from the reputation ...
To fight online fraud, Facebook proposes a more privacy-friendly approach
Facebook Inc. has developed a new approach to detecting online fraud that it said could provide more privacy for consumers than the techniques companies employ today. The social network detailed the method this afternoon at its @Scale engineering conference in San Jose, California. The problem it addresses is that web companies, including Facebook itself, need ...
OpenAI uses new simulation technique to teach a robot how to solve a Rubik’s Cube
Automated Rubik’s Cube solvers are such a common sight in robotics competitions that Guinness World Records has a dedicated category for them. But OpenAI Inc.’s new entry into the field stands out. Today, the artificial intelligence research lab unveiled a robotic hand (pictured) that figured out how to unscramble the tiles of a Rubik’s Cube without instructions from ...
A bumpy ride to profitability: Uber lays off 350 staff in latest cuts
Uber Technologies Inc. has laid off about 350 employees as part of its ongoing effort to curb its losses, which reached a record $5.2 billion last quarter. The cuts, announced Monday, represent the third and final round of staff reductions made under a restructuring initiative the company launched earlier this year. Uber previously laid off ...