Maria Deutscher, Author at SiliconANGLE

Policy

Facebook facing multistate antitrust probe over social media dominance

By Maria Deutscher Sep 6, 2019

New York State Attorney Letitia James will lead a multistate investigation of Facebook Inc. to determine if the company has abused its dominance in the social media market. James’ office announced the probe in…

AI

Facebook launches $10M contest to develop deepfake detection tools

By Maria Deutscher Sep 5, 2019

Facebook Inc. today announced that it’s teaming up with Microsoft Corp. and a number of universities to launch the Deep Fake Detection Challenge, a $10 million contest meant to spur the development of new methods to…

Apps

Reports: WeWork may cut IPO valuation by half, postpone listing

By Maria Deutscher Sep 5, 2019

The We Co., parent company of WeWork, is struggling to convince investors they should look past its billions of dollars in losses ahead of its planned initial public offering. That’s according to reports published…

Security

Targeting IoT security market, Palo Alto Networks buys Zingbox for $75M

By Maria Deutscher Sep 5, 2019

Palo Alto Networks Inc. is moving into the fast-growing connected device security market with the acquisition of Zingbox Inc., a startup hatched at Stanford University that uses machine learning to detect hacking attempts. The…

Big Data

With new solutions, StreamSets aims to simplify data integration and Apache Spark

By Maria Deutscher Sep 5, 2019

StreamSets Inc. today unveiled a cloud version of its namesake data integration platform and a new tool for Apache Spark that’s aimed at helping enterprises put their information to work faster. Five-year-old StreamSets is…

Cloud

Microsoft acquires infrastructure visibility provider Movere

By Maria Deutscher Sep 4, 2019

Just weeks after picking up application optimization specialist jClarity Ltd., Microsoft Corp. has made another strategic purchase to boost its cloud capabilities. The company today announced the acquisition of Movere Inc., a software provider…

Infra

Commvault snaps up software-defined storage startup Hedvig for $225M

By Maria Deutscher Sep 4, 2019

Backup and data management provider Commvault Systems Inc. today said that it has inked a deal to buy Hedvig Inc., a startup rival, for $225 million. Santa Clara, California-based Hedvig previously raised over $50 million in…

Policy

Google fined $170M over accusations YouTube breached children’s privacy

By Maria Deutscher Sep 4, 2019

Google LLC will pay $170 million to the Federal Trade Commission and the New York Attorney General to settle allegations YouTube unlawfully collected data on children under 13. In the memo announcing the settlement…

AI

New Google tool teaches AI to handle structured and ‘adversarial’ data

By Maria Deutscher Sep 3, 2019

Google LLC today open-sourced Neural Structured Learning, a framework for its popular TensorFlow artificial intelligence development toolkit that will enable developers to train models with structured and “adversarial” data. Most of the files that…

Apps

Android 10 arrives with new machine learning, security features

By Maria Deutscher Sep 3, 2019

Machine learning-powered action suggestions, better security and universal gesture controls are some of the new features mobile users are getting with the long-expected Android 10 update, which Google LLC officially launched today. The new…

Maria Deutscher

Facebook launches $10M contest to develop deepfake detection tools

Reports: WeWork may cut IPO valuation by half, postpone listing

Targeting IoT security market, Palo Alto Networks buys Zingbox for $75M

Commvault snaps up software-defined storage startup Hedvig for $225M

Google fined $170M over accusations YouTube breached children’s privacy

New Google tool teaches AI to handle structured and ‘adversarial’ data

Android 10 arrives with new machine learning, security features

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