Maria Deutscher, Author at SiliconANGLE

Policy

Facebook agrees to more oversight and $5B fine in record FTC privacy settlement

By Maria Deutscher Jul 24, 2019

Facebook Inc.’s long-expected settlement with regulators over its privacy practices is now official. The Federal Trade Commission today announced that the company has agreed to pay a $5 billion fine, as well as subject…

Emerging Tech

Warehouse automation startup Fetch Robotics lands $46M in new funding

By Maria Deutscher Jul 23, 2019

Amazon.com Inc. is far from the only retailer using robots at its fulfillment centers. Traditional chains, pressured by Amazon’s increasingly competitive order processing times, are also embracing automation, and their logistics providers are following…

Security

NSA to establish cybersecurity directorate to combat rising online threats

By Maria Deutscher Jul 23, 2019

The National Security Agency is establishing a new cybersecurity directorate in a push to realign its organizational structure to improve the battle against online threats facing the United States. The plan, unveiled this morning, will…

Cloud

Google launches Spinnaker for GCP to simplify cloud development

By Maria Deutscher Jul 22, 2019

Google LLC today introduced Spinnaker for GCP, a new solution that aims to simplify the work of developers building cloud applications. Spinnaker is an open-source development toolkit jointly maintained by Netflix Inc. and Google.…

AI

Microsoft teams up with OpenAI in new $1B artificial intelligence partnership

By Maria Deutscher Jul 22, 2019

OpenAI Inc., the San Francisco lab working to develop human-level artificial intelligence, has received $1 billion from Microsoft Corp. to support its mission. The investment is part of a multiyear technology partnership the companies…

Cloud

After $326M IPO, Medallia’s share price surges 75%

By Maria Deutscher Jul 19, 2019

Though Medallia Inc. isn’t as high-profile as some of the other tech firms that have gone public recently, its stock market debut made a big splash this morning. The customer analytics provider opened on the New…

AI

VMware acquires AI chip virtualization startup Bitfusion

By Maria Deutscher Jul 19, 2019

VMware Inc.’s latest startup acquisition is aimed at making its flagship vSphere virtualization platform better at running artificial intelligence applications. The Dell Technologies Inc. subsidiary on Thursday announced plans to buy Bitfusion.io Inc., a…

Apps

TravelPerk bags $60M to take on SAP Concur with its business travel platform

By Maria Deutscher Jul 18, 2019

Orchestrating employees’ business trips is a formidable administrative task for companies, which is why there’s an entire ecosystem of software products dedicated to travel and expense management. TravelPerk SL, a new player taking on the segment’s incumbent providers,…

Security

Slack resets 100,000+ users’ passwords after new twist in 2015 breach

By Maria Deutscher Jul 18, 2019

Slack Technologies Inc. is resetting passwords for 1% of its user base, or more than 100,000 accounts, after uncovering new information about a 2015 data breach. Slack disclosed in May 2015 that hackers had…

Policy

EU hits Qualcomm with fresh $272M fine for predatory chip pricing

By Maria Deutscher Jul 18, 2019

The European Union today hit Qualcomm Inc. with a 242 million euro ($272 million) fine after finding that the company had sold chips at unreasonably low prices in a bid to harm the competition. It’s…

Maria Deutscher

Facebook agrees to more oversight and $5B fine in record FTC privacy settlement

Warehouse automation startup Fetch Robotics lands $46M in new funding

NSA to establish cybersecurity directorate to combat rising online threats

Google launches Spinnaker for GCP to simplify cloud development

After $326M IPO, Medallia’s share price surges 75%

VMware acquires AI chip virtualization startup Bitfusion

Slack resets 100,000+ users’ passwords after new twist in 2015 breach

EU hits Qualcomm with fresh $272M fine for predatory chip pricing

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