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Data protection unicorn Rubrik Inc. today expanded its product portfolio with a new cloud-based platform designed to help organizations better manage the information scattered throughout their networks. Dubbed Polaris, the offering is pitched as a “single system of record across all business …
6 River Systems raises $25M for its collaborative warehouse robot
In the era of Amazon.com Inc. and same-day delivery, traditional retailers must adopt new technologies to provide the level of service that shoppers have come to expect. This competitive necessity is creating new opportunities for players such as robotics startup 6 River …
Intel will sell its Wind River software business to private equity firm TPG
Intel Corp. is slimming down in an effort to free up resources for its core focus areas. A press release sent out today revealed that the chipmaker has inked a deal to sell Wind River Systems, a subsidiary focused on developing software …
Mozilla debuts Firefox Reality for VR and AR web browsing
The Mozilla Foundation is hoping to take on a central role in how virtual and augmented reality users consume web content. The nonprofit this morning introduced a new release of Firefox specifically designed to work with headsets such as the HTC Vive …
Intel unveils a powerful six-core Core i9 processor for high-end laptops
Intel Corp. pulled back the curtains today on a host of new processors for high-end laptops that are based on its latest-generation Coffee Lake chip architecture. Headlining the lineup at an event in Beijing today is the Core i9-8950HK. Intel said the chip, which …
After taking 10.3% stake in Commvault, activist hedge fund Elliott proposes sweeping changes
Shares of Commvault Systems Inc. jumped 10 percent today following a disclosure by Elliott Management Corp. that it has taken a 10.3 percent stake in the data protection giant. In conjunction with the announcement, the activist hedge fund released a public letter …
Textio aims to improve recruiting with new AI offer writing optimizer
Textio Inc. wants artificial intelligence to play a bigger role in how companies find new employees. To that end, the Bloomberg LP-backed startup today introduced a service called Textio Hire that uses AI to fine-tune the text of the job offers that …
Google extends TensorFlow AI software with new developer features and use cases
Google LLC today introduced several major improvements to TensorFlow that significantly extend the machine learning development framework’s capabilities. The first pair of enhancements aim to grow the number of areas where the platform can be applied. Google has added a library for processing genomics file …
LinkedIn steps up advertising efforts with new native video ads
LinkedIn members have had the ability to post native video content on the social network for quite some time now, but the same option wasn’t available to advertisers. Now, the Microsoft Corp. subsidiary is moving to change that in a bid to …
Cloud ascendant: Microsoft launches major reorg as Windows head departs
If Microsoft Corp.’s employees didn’t already realize cloud computing and artificial intelligence will drive their company’s future much more than its venerable Windows software, they sure know it now. Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella today announced a series of major organizational …