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Docker and Arm team up to bring containers to more platforms
Software containers enable enterprises to build applications that can run on many different types of infrastructure. In practice, though, most deployments run on hardware powered by Intel Corp. silicon because the chipmaker has a dominant share of the server market. In a bid to foster the use of containers across other platforms, Docker Inc. today struck a ...
MongoDB to acquire mobile database startup Realm for $39M
MongoDB Inc. today announced that it’s acquiring Realm, the startup behind the widely used mobile database of the same name, for $39 million. MongoDB is no stranger to the mobile market. The company jumped in last fall by launching a version of its flagship document database that can run on iOS and Android handsets, as well ...
Seeking new growth, Samsung pledges to invest $116B in processors through 2030
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is the world’s largest producer of memory chips. This morning, the company announced an ambitious investment plan aimed at making it the leader in the processor market as well. Samsung intends to invest 133 trillion Korean won, or $116 billion, through 2030 to expand its processor business. That breaks down to an ...
Salesforce debuts new AI features to help salespeople find key data faster
According to one of Salesforce.com’s latest market studies, enterprise sales professionals spend only about a third of their time interacting with prospects. The rest of their work day mostly consists of administrative tasks such as gathering lead data, time that the cloud giant is working to free up. Salesforce today released new features for its flagship ...
Alphabet’s Wing gets FAA approval to begin US drone deliveries
Wing Aviation LLC, Alphabet Inc.’s drone delivery subsidiary, today announced that it has received regulatory authorization to make commercial flights in the United States. Securing the approval required the group to get certified as an air carrier by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. As part of the process, Wing developed safety procedures, created training materials and ...
Intel refreshes consumer portfolio with 40 new laptop, desktop chips
Following up the enterprise-grade laptop chips it introduced earlier this month, Intel Corp. today launched no fewer than 40 new central processing units aimed at consumer machines. The CPUs are all based on the 14-nanometer manufacturing process that the company has used for its last few product generations. The main highlight is a set of ...
Censinet launches with $7.8M in funding to help hospitals keep hackers at bay
For hospitals, cybersecurity can be a matter of life and death. The notorious WannaCry ransomware outbreak of 2017 hit an estimated 70,000 medical devices in the U.K. alone, while researchers recently showed it’s possible for hackers to alter MRI scans before doctors examine them. Boston-based Censinet Inc. is looking to help hospitals mitigate the growing array ...
Samsung pushes back Galaxy Fold launch after display issues
Following reports of malfunctioning test units, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. said today that it won’t launch its Galaxy Fold handset on Friday as originally planned. The news is hardly unexpected. A couple hours before the official announcement, the Wall Street Journal broke the news that Samsung is postponing the release of the Galaxy Fold in the ...
Report: Apple has inked a five-year, $1.5B cloud contract with AWS
The relationship between Apple Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. is one of the most prominent examples of the so-called coopetition that has permeated the tech industry. Apple competes with the online retail giant in a growing number of markets, while also hosting a sizable portion of its infrastructure on Amazon Web Services Inc.’s cloud. A report ...
Reports: FTC may hold Zuckerberg accountable for Facebook’s privacy problems
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is considering a plan to hold Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg accountable for the company’s privacy blunders, according to two new reports. The Washington Post and NBC News today cited sources as saying that FTC officials are looking at Zuckerberg’s public statements in connection with an effort to determine whether to levy ...