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Microsoft Corp. has struck a broad cloud computing deal with Volkswagen AG to build a joint software platform on Azure that will eventually power all the automaker’s connected car services. Volkswagen detailed the collaboration in an announcement today. The company, which holds the …
Slack reportedly planning early 2019 IPO at valuation ‘well in excess’ of $7B
Slack Technologies Inc. could file for an initial public offering in as little as a few months’ time. That’s according to report published in the Wall Street Journal this morning, which cited anonymous sources saying the team chat juggernaut is “actively preparing” for a stock …
Alphabet’s Chronicle launches a malware hunting service for enterprises
Chronicle Inc., the cybersecurity outfit that Alphabet Inc. spun off in January, today introduced a new platform for tracking down malware inside corporate networks. Dubbed VirusTotal Enterprise, the offering is based on the search giant’s widely used threat scanning tool of the …
SoftBank leads $800M in funding for real-estate unicorns Compass and Opendoor
SoftBank Group Corp. is spending $800 million to buy a slice of the rapidly growing real-estate technology market. The Japanese tech giant today was named as the lead backer of two separate $400 million funding rounds into startups Compass Inc. and Open …
Uber settles states’ investigation of 2016 data breach and coverup for $148M
Uber Technologies Inc. today disclosed that it has settled a multistate probe into a 2016 data breach that compromised 57 million of its users. The company has agreed to pay $148 million as part of a deal encompassing all 50 states and Washington D.C., a fine …
Arm introduces new 7-nanometer chip series for autonomous vehicles
Arm Ltd. claims that chips based on its designs power 85 percent of vehicle infotainment units and 65 percent of driver-assistance systems. Today, the company is moving to grow its presence in the auto market even further with an eye to self-driving …
Google and Microsoft team up with Cloudflare to slash network costs in the cloud
Cloudflare Inc. is joining forces with Google LLC, Microsoft Corp. and other technology companies to reduce the cost of network resources in the public cloud. The firms will pursue the effort under the banner of a group named the Bandwidth Alliance that …
Application monitoring startup Instana raises $30M round backed by Meritech, Accel
Two prominent venture capital firms are betting that Instana Inc., a rising player in the application monitoring market, can get ahead of the competition. The startup today announced that it has secured a $30 million funding round led by early Facebook Inc. …
Data.world reels in $12M round to add collaboration to data science
Enterprise analytics projects usually involve multiple users with varying levels of technical expertise, often from different parts of the company. Data.world Inc. offers a platform where those workers can collaborate on the information repositories that sit at the core of a project. …
Salesforce and AWS connect their clouds with new data integrations
Salesforce.com Inc. is teaming up with Amazon Web Services Inc. to launch new features that will make it easier to use their cloud platforms together, primarily by simplifying the task of moving data between them. The alliance was announced this morning, barely …