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With $9M in funding, Mythic pitches a new kind of AI for connected devices
Several industry groups are dedicated to making the Internet of Things more secure, yet hardly a week seems to go by without a large-scale hacking attack involving connected devices. Mythic Inc. argues that a new approach is required to tackle the problem. The San Francisco-based startup today raised a $9 million funding round led by ...
New GitLab release promises better collaboration and visibility
In the fight over the hearts and minds of developers, code hosting providers must release new features on a regular basis if they want to keep up with the competition. GitLab Inc. upped the ante today by rolling out a major update to its namesake repository management platform that aims to streamline software projects. The ...
Rocket Lab raises $75M to start launching satellites into orbit
Low-mass satellites are taking over the aerospace industry by storm thanks to their relative affordability and the fact that they can be launched in large numbers. But the technology is held back by the infrequency of space launches, an obstacle that Rocket Lab Ltd. seeks to remove. The startup’s ambitious cause has attracted $75 million in funding, announced ...
Akamai adds new technology for speeding up video streaming, downloads
Alongside its efforts to expand into new areas such as security and access management, Akamai Technology Inc. is continuously improving its core content delivery services. The provider today launched a technology called Akamai Media Acceleration that is designed to speed up the transfer of large files over the web. As the name suggests, it’s geared ...
Samsung debuts its long-awaited Bixby voice assistant
The launch of the Galaxy S8 next week will mark much more than just a hardware refresh for Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.’s flagship smartphone series. Today, the mobile giant confirmed that the handset is set to ship with a homegrown artificial intelligence called Bixby, which has been the subject of intense speculation since company executives ...
LinkedIn releases the code for its internal Flashback testing tool
In today’s interconnected world, cloud applications often require the ability to interact with other services, which creates more work for developers. LinkedIn set out to ease the task today by open sourcing an internal tool that is designed to automate one of the most tedious chores involved in implementing application connectivity: testing how traffic is ...
Dell absorbs development startup ManyWho into its Boomi business
A few days after a top Silicon Valley venture fund backed Skuid Inc., a startup that lets companies develop custom software without any programming, the stakes in the code-free development segment are rising once again. It’s the result of Dell Technologies Inc. joining the fray on Thursday through the acquisition of four-year-old application specialist ManyWho ...
Amazon embeds Alexa voice assistant into shopping app on iPhone
Amazon.com Inc. is moving to target a much broader segment of potential users beyond its own popular Echo devices by embedding its Alexa voice assistant into its iPhone shopping app. The update started rolling out today and will provide access to all the key features that can be found in the Echo smart speakers with which ...
Telsa seeks to raise $1.15B as the Model 3 heads to production
Tesla Inc. is giving shareholders an opportunity to raise their bets ahead of its push to take on mainstream car makers with the $35,000 Model 3 sedan. On Wednesday, the company announced plans to put $250 million worth of common shares up for grabs on the stock market along with $750 million in convertible notes. ...
NodeSource’s newest tool aims to make the Node.js ecosystem more secure
NodeSource Inc. has taken it upon itself to help the thousands of organizations that use Node.js make their applications more secure. The startup, which was founded three years ago to commercialize the popular programming platform, is tackling the challenge a new tool that provides the ability to vet the third-party code packages used in a ...