Maria Deutscher, Author at SiliconANGLE

Emerging Tech

Starship launches ‘world’s first’ commercial delivery service powered by robots

By Maria Deutscher Oct 31, 2018

Robotics startup Starship Technologies Inc. has launched what it describes as the world’s first commercial pilot of an autonomous parcel delivery service. The service, dubbed Packages, became available today in the southern English town…

Apps

Uber rolls out monthly subscription service in bid to boost growth, counter Lyft

By Maria Deutscher Oct 30, 2018

In a bid to win over more users, Uber Technologies Inc. has started rolling out a subscription plan that offers significant fare discounts for a monthly fee. The service, dubbed Ride Pass, became available today…

Apps

Apple debuts redesigned, faster iPad Pro, new MacBook Air and Mac Mini

By Maria Deutscher Oct 30, 2018

The tablet market is shrinking, but Apple Inc. is faring quite well, shipping more than 400 million iPads to date including 44.2 million in the past year alone — more than the number of…

NEWS

Adding to mounting global pressure on tech giants, UK to levy ‘digital services tax’

By Maria Deutscher Oct 29, 2018

The U.K. government today announced plans to levy a “digital services tax” on major tech firms that could add up to hundreds of millions of dollars per year. The proposed scheme, which is set to…

Apps

Following HipChat sale, Atlassian offloads its Jitsi video conferencing platform

By Maria Deutscher Oct 29, 2018

After selling its HipChat and Stride team collaboration services to Slack Technologies Inc. in June, Atlassian Corp. PLC is taking another big step back from the video communications market. The company today announced that it…

AI

Sales AI provider Conversica lands $31M in new funding

By Maria Deutscher Oct 29, 2018

Conversica Inc., a Foster City, California-based artificial intelligence provider focused on making sales teams more productive, today announced that it has raised $31 million in new funding. Conversica offers an AI platform that enables…

Apps

Microsoft completes $7.5B acquisition of code hosting platform GitHub

By Maria Deutscher Oct 26, 2018

As of today, GitHub is officially a Microsoft Corp. business. GitHub Chief Executive Officer Nat Friedman (pictured, second from the left) shared the news in a blog post, exactly one week after the European…

Emerging Tech

Report: Samsung planning 5G-capable Galaxy S10, new foldable handset

By Maria Deutscher Oct 26, 2018

New details have emerged about Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.’s next flagship smartphone and the foldable handset that the company recently confirmed it’s developing. Citing anonymous sources, Bloomberg reported today that the upcoming Galaxy S10 will…

NEWS

UK fines Facebook for Cambridge Analytica breach as EU lawmakers demand audit

By Maria Deutscher Oct 25, 2018

The U.K’s privacy watchdog today hit Facebook Inc. with a 500,000-pound fine over its handling of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, upholding a July decision that the social network unsuccessfully tried to contest. The sum, which amounts…

AI

Google brings its Lens AI recognition service into image searches

By Maria Deutscher Oct 25, 2018

Google LLC wants to make image search results more useful through a newly launched integration with Lens, its artificial intelligence-powered image recognition service. The company has been steadily adding new ways for consumers to…

Maria Deutscher

Starship launches ‘world’s first’ commercial delivery service powered by robots

Uber rolls out monthly subscription service in bid to boost growth, counter Lyft

Apple debuts redesigned, faster iPad Pro, new MacBook Air and Mac Mini

Adding to mounting global pressure on tech giants, UK to levy ‘digital services tax’

Following HipChat sale, Atlassian offloads its Jitsi video conferencing platform

Sales AI provider Conversica lands $31M in new funding

Report: Samsung planning 5G-capable Galaxy S10, new foldable handset

Google brings its Lens AI recognition service into image searches

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