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Waymo’s fleet of self-driving taxis is about to get a lot bigger. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV revealed this morning that the Alphabet Inc. subsidiary has placed an order for “thousands” of hybrid minivans to bolster its upcoming autonomous shuttle service. The vehicles are …
Andrew Ng launches $175M AI Fund that will build startups from scratch
Andrew Ng, a prominent artificial intelligence researcher and onetime founder of Alphabet Inc.’s Google Brain project, has launched a $175 million fund to back AI startups. Ng shared the news in a Medium post today. The capital for the AI Fund comes courtesy of …
Google partners with Appthority to protect enterprises from unsafe Android apps
In the past few weeks, Google LLC has had to remove dozens of apps from Google Play after they were found to contain malware. The search giant’s latest partnership aims to address security concerns of this nature for companies whose employees use Android. Appthority Inc., a San Francisco-based …
Boundless tackles geospatial data with new cloud-based analytics platform
There’s more to business intelligence than just raw numbers for retailers and other enterprises that have a large physical footprint. Data such as sales performance have to be put in a geographic context to be meaningful, which is what Boundless Spatial Inc. …
BrowserStack reels in $50M from Accel to help debug the web
BrowserStack Inc. helps thousands of companies including Microsoft Corp. and Twitter Inc. ensure that their websites work well on different devices. Today, the startup announced that it has raised $50 million from Accel to bring its technology to yet more parts of the internet. …
In data-focused deal, Relx Group agrees to buy ThreatMetrix for $817M
Relx Group plc, a British analytics provider with annual revenues of about $10 billion, today announced plans to acquire California-based ThreatMetrix Inc. for £580 million ($817 million). The deal is the company’s biggest in a decade. The size of the transaction reflects the …
Report: Apple to launch at least 3 new Mac models with coprocessors for better security
A Bloomberg report published today claims that Apple Inc. will soon launch at least three new Mac personal computers with custom coprocessors designed to provide better security for users. The anonymous sources who spoke with the publication didn’t go into detail, but it’s a safe …
Google has quietly begun testing a new hyperlocal news platform called Bulletin
Google LLC’s latest social media experiment is a hyperlocal news service dubbed Bulletin that could pit the search giant against Facebook Inc., as well as many other smaller players. Word of the platform hit this morning after Slate picked up a YouTube …
Mirantis co-founder Adrian Ionel returns as CEO to lead new multicloud strategy
Mirantis Inc. today announced that co-founder Adrian Ionel, who served as its chief executive officer until 2015, has returned to the helm to lead a new strategy that will focus on emerging growth opportunities in the cloud market. The Sunnyvale, California-based company …
Apple is reportedly overhauling iBooks in a bid to go after Amazon
Apple Inc. Wednesday released a beta version of iOS 11.3 to developers with a rebranded version of the iBooks reading app named “Books,” but the simple name masks bigger things to come. According to a new Bloomberg report, sources familiar with the matter said …