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Snap is quietly building an object recognition feature called Camera Search
An analysis of Snap Inc.’s Android app has revealed code for an unreleased object recognition feature that could give the company a potentially significant new revenue source. The capability was detailed today in a TechCrunch report that cited app researcher Ishan Agarwal. Agarwal has made a name for himself by uncovering features on Instagram’s development roadmap ...
Google debuts Jib, a tool to make software containers and Java work better together
Google LLC today released Jib, a new open-source tool that aims to make software containers and the Java programming language work more seamlessly together. The two technologies are both mainstays of application development in the enterprise. Java has been used to write business software for decades and remains ubiquitous to this day. Software containers are a ...
Blockchain startup Oasis Labs raises $45M for ‘privacy-first’ cloud
Oasis Labs Inc., a blockchain startup founded by computer scientists from the University of California at Berkeley, today stepped into the spotlight for the first time by announcing that it has raised $45 million in funding. The round saw the participation of more than 70 investors. The two biggest names on the list are Accel ...
Scientists grow artificial crystals that could help keep computers cool
A group of scientists has engineered artificial crystals that could potentially provide a more efficient way to cool computer equipment than materials used today. The researchers, who hail from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of Texas at Dallas, will publish their discovery in an upcoming issue of the journal Science. A press ...
Smart speaker maker Sonos files for IPO after shipping 19M+ devices
Sonos Inc., a maker of high-end smart speakers that integrate with Amazon.com Inc.’s Alexa, today filed for an initial public offering. The company didn’t divulge how many shares it plans to sell and set the funding target for the IPO to $100 million, a figure firms often use as a placeholder before determining the real amount. What ...
Microsoft rolls out a new ‘tamper-proof’ object storage service for Azure
Microsoft Corp. today introduced Immutable Blob Storage, a new “tamper-proof” storage service in its Azure platform for safekeeping sensitive data. The offering is aimed primarily at the financial sector, but could potentially also prove useful in other industries where firms are subject to strict regulations on how they manage information. Immutable Blob Storage essentially is a specialized ...
European Parliament rejects controversial copyright law that proposed ‘link tax’
The European Parliament today voted 318-278 to reject a proposed copyright law that critics had argued could have drastically curtailed internet freedom. The vote comes a month after the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market, as the legislation is officially named, was greenlighted by the EU’s Legal Affairs Committee. It will now return to ...
Updated: Report that Apple dropped Intel 5G chip from 2020 device lineup retracted
Update: An Intel spokesperson has denied CTech’s report, reaching out to SiliconANGLE and other publications with a statement saying “Intel’s 5G customer engagements and roadmap have not changed for 2018 through 2020. We remain committed to our 5G plans and projects.” A new report claims that Intel Corp. has halted development on a planned high-speed modem chip ...
Google launches Endpoint Verification to improve device security in the enterprise
Google LLC today launched a new tool that will enable companies to keep an eye on the computers from which their employees access work applications and data. Endpoint Verification, as the product is called, is rolling out for the core services in the tech giant’s cloud portfolio. This includes both business editions of G Suite, the ...
Automation Anywhere raises $250M on $1.8B valuation for its business bots
It appears that Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and New Enterprise Associates see a lot of growth potential in the emerging field of robotic process automation. The two firms were today named as the lead investors in a $250 million round into Automation Anywhere Inc., one of this segment’s biggest players. The round values the San ...