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Every day, 5 percent of Internet users visit at least one website powered by WP Engine Inc., a hosting provider that today announced that it has completed a $250 million funding round to capture an even bigger slice of the online landscape. The …
Gartner: Samsung overtakes Intel as the world’s top semiconductor maker
Intel Corp.’s more than two-decade streak as the largest semiconductor maker in the world has ended, according to a preliminary market estimate by Gartner Inc. released today. The research firm reports that Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. secured the top spot in 2017 by …
Report: Spotify quietly files paperwork for a direct public offering
Spotify Ltd. has taken a big step forward in its unusual, and potentially risky, journey to becoming a publicly traded company. That’s according to a new report today in Axios, which cited several sources as saying the music streaming giant had confidentially filed documents …
Microsoft to acquire hybrid cloud specialist Avere Systems
Microsoft Corp. this morning announced that it has inked an agreement to acquire Avere Systems Inc., a hybrid cloud provider focused on helping enterprises better use cloud infrastructure. Pittsburgh-based Avere sells software and appliances that enable companies to link their on-premises hardware …
Amazon and Salesforce are reportedly moving away from Oracle’s database – but it won’t be easy
Oracle Corp. may be about to lose two of its biggest customers. Salesforce.com Inc. and Amazon.com Inc., which rely on the provider’s flagship relational database to support their operations, are “actively working” to find alternatives, according to a report today in The Information. …
GE doubles down on Alexa, other voice assistants in new smart home push
The past year saw Amazon.com Inc. extend the reach of Alexa to a variety of new areas ranging from home security to the enterprise. In 2018, the voice assistant will take on an even bigger role if General Electric Co. has its way. The …
SoftBank succeeds in its push to buy 15 percent of Uber
SoftBank Group Corp.’s multibillion-dollar offer to buy a minority stake in Uber Technologies Inc. from existing investors has garnered enough support to go through. Sources familiar with the matter told the Wall Street Journal that stakeholders are tendering 20 percent of the equity in …
Researchers reveal many top websites fight ad blocking, but quietly
As a response to the rapid rise in ad blocker usage over recent years, website operators are deploying countermeasures to mitigate the impact on advertising revenue. A new study by researchers from the University of Iowa and UC Riverside suggests that the pervasiveness of such technology has been severely underestimated. According to …
Clew Medical’s newly launched AI promises early detection of patient risks
The tech industry is hard at work applying artificial intelligence to healthcare. Google LLC recently accepted four startups into an incubator program designed to foster new medical applications of machine learning, while Germany’s Ada Digital Health Ltd. raised $47 million in November …
Report: Uber to sell its troubled car leasing division to Fair.com
Uber Technologies Inc. is doing some end-of-year restructuring under its new chief operating officer. The Wall Street Journal reported today that the ride-hailing company has signed an agreement to sell its Xchange Leasing subsidiary to Fair.com, the startup behind the digital auto …