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Ireland’s privacy watchdog has launched an investigation to determine if the way Google LLC tracks users’ location is legal. The probe was prompted by a number of complaints from European consumer organizations, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission detailed today in the statement announcing …
Kaskada, led by cloud veterans, raises $8M for its AI feature engineering platform
Kaskada Inc., a Seattle-based artificial intelligence startup led by Google LLC and Amazon Web Services Inc. veterans, today announced that it has raised $8 million in funding. Kaskada is on a quest to automate the so-called feature engineering phase of enterprise AI …
HPE acquires zero-trust authentication startup Scytale to bolster security capabilities
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. today said that it has acquired Scytale Inc., a startup that develops so-called zero-trust security software for protecting enterprise applications. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Scytale had raised $8 million in funding from investors including …
After Apple, Amazon reportedly in talks with Goldman Sachs about fintech tie-up
Amazon.com Inc. is reportedly in talks with Goldman Sachs about a partnership in which the bank would provide loans to merchants operating on the Amazon Marketplace. The loans would apparently be offered directly through the online retail giant’s platform, according to the …
Exiting storage array market, Western Digital sells off ActiveScale unit to Quantum
Fresh off a better-than-expected earnings report that sent its shares rallying last week, Western Digital Corp. today announced that its ActiveScale object storage business will be acquired by Quantum Corp. in a deal set to close later this quarter. Western Digital is one …
137 countries pledge to create new tax rules for tech giants by year’s end
The governments of 137 countries have agreed to draft new rules for taxing multinational tech firms, a milestone that could eventually lead to heightened levies on the likes of Amazon.com Inc. and Google LLC. The news was announced today in Paris by …
Google brings Windows containers to its Kubernetes Engine
Continuing its quest to establish a bigger presence in the Microsoft Corp. ecosystem, Google LLC today introduced the ability for enterprises to run Windows Server containers on Google Kubernetes Engine. As is the case with Linux workloads, more and more companies are …
Jury rules Apple, Broadcom must pay $1.1B for infringing Caltech patents
A federal jury in Los Angeles has found that Apple Inc. and Broadcom Inc. infringed upon patents belonging to the California Institute of Technology, ordering the two tech behemoths to pay a combined $1.1 billion to the university. The jurors issued the …
Avast shutters Jumpshot subsidiary after user data harvesting controversy
Avast Software s.r.o., one of the world’s largest antivirus providers, has decided to shut down one of its subsidiaries after an exposé revealed that the group sold data on users’ web activity to marketers. Avast Chief Executive Officer Ondrej Vlcek announced the …
Mark Zuckerberg heads to Brussels as EU gears up tech industry oversight
Amid the European Union’s mounting scrutiny of Facebook Inc. and other tech giants, Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg will head to Brussels for a policy discussion with regulators. The trip is scheduled for mid-February and will also see Zuckerberg participate in the Munich Security …