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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 four-year-old provider of virtualization software for AI infrastructure. …
TravelPerk bags $60M to take on SAP Concur with its business travel platform
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, today announced that it raised $60 million in …
Slack resets 100,000+ users’ passwords after new twist in 2015 breach
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 gained access to its central user database. The …
EU hits Qualcomm with fresh $272M fine for predatory chip pricing
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 the second antitrust penalty Qualcomm has received from …
Icertis raises $115M for its AI-infused enterprise contract platform
Icertis Inc., a startup using artificial intelligence and blockchain technology to simplify contract management for enterprises, today announced that it has raised $115 million in fresh funding. The Series E investment was co-led by Greycroft and India-based PremjiInvest. They were joined by a …
Microsoft, AT&T sign $2B+ cloud infrastructure and services deal
Microsoft Corp. will provide cloud infrastructure and productivity services to AT&T Inc. as part of a broad, multiyear agreement the companies announced this morning. The deal is worth more than $2 billion, a source familiar with the matter told CNBC. It comes a …
EU regulators launch probe into Amazon over its use of merchant data
Amazon.com Inc. is the latest U.S. tech giant facing scrutiny from European Union regulators. The European Commission, the EU’s executive branch, today announced the launch of a formal antitrust investigation into the online retail giant. The probe focuses on how Amazon collects and uses data about …
FogHorn partners with Porsche to bring facial recognition to connected cars
Autonomous driving dominates the discussion around artificial intelligence in the auto sector, but it’s just one of several applications carmakers are exploring for the technology. FogHorn Systems Inc. and Porsche AG have come up with another use case: enabling vehicles to recognize …
IBM inks multibillion-dollar cloud computing deal with AT&T
IBM Corp. has landed a multiyear cloud computing deal with AT&T Inc. that will see the carrier move a large number of internal workloads to the IBM Cloud. The companies didn’t divulge the exact duration of the agreement, which was announced this …
Aiming for simplicity, Twitter releases first major web redesign in 7 years
Twitter Inc. today started rolling out a refreshed version of its desktop website that brings an entirely new interface, simplified navigation controls and more customization options for users. The update marks the service’s first major redesign in seven years. It’s the fruit …