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Google teams up with Harvard to predict earthquake aftershocks with AI
Earthquakes play out in phases. The first major tremor, or mainquake, unleashes the brunt of the tectonic forces below and is then followed by a series of aftershocks that are smaller yet can still seriously endanger buildings damaged by the initial movement. Google LLC and Harvard University hope to mitigate the threat posed by these aftershocks ...
Mozilla plans new privacy controls for Firefox to block web trackers
The Mozilla Foundation today detailed plans to add a set of privacy controls to Firefox that will prevent websites and advertisers from tracking users’ online activity. Nick Nguyen, the browser maker’s vice president of product, wrote in a blog post that the features will roll out over the coming months. The first capability is set ...
Apple acquires AR hardware startup Akonia Holographics
Apple Inc. has quietly acquired a hardware startup called Akonia Holographics LLC that focused on developing components for augmented reality headsets. The iPhone maker confirmed the deal after it came to light late Wednesday with the customary statement it provides to verify acquisitions. “Apple buys smaller companies from time to time, and we generally don’t discuss our purpose or plans,” ...
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Blockchain-powered ‘Internet Computer’ startup Dfinity raises $102M
A group of leading venture capital firms believes that Dfinity can make blockchain technology viable for large-scale computing applications. The Swiss startup today announced that it has raised a hefty $102 million financing round jointly led by Andreessen Horowitz and Polychain Capital, a prominent crytocurrency fund. They were joined by a half-dozen other institutional investors. ...
Google overhauls Wear OS to up the ante against Apple
Hot on the heels of a report that Apple Inc. could launch a new iteration of the Apple Watch next month, Google LLC is upgrading its own wearable technology. The company today unveiled an overhauled version of its Wear OS platform that will bring significant changes to the user experience. The new release introduces deep ...
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VMware targets edge computing with Project Dimension and new IoT features
VMware Inc. unveiled at its annual VMworld conference today an upcoming appliance and new software features geared toward edge computing use cases. Edge computing is an approach that lets companies process data where it’s created, at the metaphorical boundary of the corporate network, instead of sending it to a centralized backend location. The term has risen to ...
Lacework raises $24M in funding to improve cloud security
The past year has seen multiple high-profile incidents where companies left sensitive data in insecure cloud deployments. Lacework Inc. wants to make it easier to keep information hosted off-premises safe. The security startup announced today that it has raised a $24 million Series B funding round led by Sutter Hill Ventures to support the effort. Lacework provides a software-as-a-service platform that can sift through ...
Report: Apple is preparing to launch a new supersized 6.5-inch iPhone
Apple Inc. next month plans to launch three new iPhones headlined by a supersized flagship with a display capable of running two apps side-by-side. That’s according to a new Bloomberg report published today, which cited insiders as saying the models will borrow heavily from the iPhone X. They specified that the handsets will feature edge-to-edge displays ...
Panzura offers enterprises a centralized view of their data with Vizion.AI
Hybrid cloud storage provider Panzura Inc. today pulled back the curtains on Vizion.AI, a new service that offers organizations a single pane of glass for managing their data. Panzura said the offering addresses two big trends. The first is the continued growth of digital data, which International Data Corp. sees reaching 163 zettabytes by 2025. The other ...
Waymo rolls into China as Google seeks to re-establish local presence
Waymo, Alphabet Inc.’s self-driving car division, today confirmed that it has set up shop in China amid a broader effort by the search giant to return to Asia’s biggest market. The statement came after a Reuters report late Thursday revealed the existence of a Shanghai subsidiary that Waymo had opened earlier this year. According to a regulatory filing ...