Maria Deutscher, Author at SiliconANGLE

Policy

Meeting EU antitrust chief, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai calls for AI regulation

By Maria Deutscher Jan 20, 2020

Sundar Pichai, the chief executive of Google LLC parent Alphabet Inc., has penned an op-ed piece calling for the implementation of “global standards” to regulate the use of artificial intelligence. The piece was published…

Apps

Changing course, Facebook reportedly freezes plan to put ads in WhatsApp

By Maria Deutscher Jan 17, 2020

Facebook Inc. has reportedly put its plan to sell ads inside WhatsApp on ice, a move that will likely set back the company’s efforts to realize a return the $22 billion it spent to…

Cloud

Segment and 200+ other startups take a swipe at Salesforce

By Maria Deutscher Jan 16, 2020

In a not-so-subtle dig at Salesforce.com Inc., a group of more than 200 companies hailing mostly from the startup ecosystem today took out a full-page Wall Street Journal ad to decry incumbent customer relationship management systems. …

Infra

Pledging to go ‘carbon negative’ by 2030, Microsoft unveils $1B climate fund

By Maria Deutscher Jan 16, 2020

Microsoft Corp. today said that it will launch a $1 billion environmental technology fund as part of a broad, multipronged plan to become “carbon negative” by 2030. The initiative was unveiled at a special…

Cloud

Epsagon bags $16M to bring more transparency to containers and serverless apps

By Maria Deutscher Jan 16, 2020

Epsagon Inc. thinks that it has found a better way to track down issues in software container and serverless computing environments. The New York-based startup, which entered the spotlight today after announcing that it has…

AI

Report: Apple has quietly acquired low-power AI startup Xnor.ai for about $200M

By Maria Deutscher Jan 15, 2020

Apple Inc. has shelled out around $200 million for a Seattle startup specializing in power-efficient artificial intelligence, according to a new report. GeekWire today cited multiple sources as saying that the iPhone maker has…

Apps

Eyeing e-commerce opportunities, Amazon pledges to invest $1B in India

By Maria Deutscher Jan 15, 2020

Amazon.com Inc. will invest $1 billion in India, the world’s fastest growing e-commerce market, to help more local merchants start selling online. The plan was unveiled by Amazon Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos (pictured)…

Cloud

Elastic brings its data management stack to Kubernetes with ECK

By Maria Deutscher Jan 15, 2020

Elastic N.V. today announced the general availability of Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes, or ECK, a version of its popular data management toolkit designed specially to run on the container orchestration framework. The Mountain View,…

AI

Iconiq leads $90M round for AI-powered field service startup Zinier

By Maria Deutscher Jan 15, 2020

Enterprises with a lot of physical infrastructure, such as wireless carriers and utilities, have large field service teams that perform maintenance work year-round to keep things keep humming along smoothly. Zinier Inc. believes that…

Policy

Microsoft, IBM and others back Google in high-stakes Supreme Court copyright case

By Maria Deutscher Jan 14, 2020

A broad group of tech firms including Microsoft Corp. has thrown its support behind Google LLC in its high-stake copyright dispute with Oracle Corp., which will go before the U.S. Supreme Court this year. The list…

Maria Deutscher

Meeting EU antitrust chief, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai calls for AI regulation

Changing course, Facebook reportedly freezes plan to put ads in WhatsApp

Segment and 200+ other startups take a swipe at Salesforce

Pledging to go ‘carbon negative’ by 2030, Microsoft unveils $1B climate fund

Epsagon bags $16M to bring more transparency to containers and serverless apps

Report: Apple has quietly acquired low-power AI startup Xnor.ai for about $200M

Eyeing e-commerce opportunities, Amazon pledges to invest $1B in India

Elastic brings its data management stack to Kubernetes with ECK

Iconiq leads $90M round for AI-powered field service startup Zinier

Microsoft, IBM and others back Google in high-stakes Supreme Court copyright case

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