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Despite a series of high-profile missteps, Uber Technologies Inc. is rapidly growing its global ride-hailing empire, but at the expense of multibillion-dollar losses. That’s the main highlight of the company’s first public financial disclosure, which was shared with Bloomberg Friday. Under generally accepted …
Apple receives license to test self-driving cars in California
If there was any remaining doubt about whether Apple Inc. is truly looking to enter the auto market, it was all but dispelled last week. Word came out on Friday that the technology giant has received regulatory permission to test self-driving vehicles …
Baidu buys computer vision startup founded by Magic Leap veterans
Like Google Inc., Chinese search giant Baidu Inc. is investing heavily in building out its artificial intelligence capabilities. The company announced on Thursday that it has acquired a U.S.-based startup called xPerception Technology Inc. as part of the effort. Founded by two …
Armed with $36M, LiDAR startup Luminar takes on the self-driving car market
Competition in the emerging self-driving car segment focuses in large part on the sensory equipment that allows vehicles to understand their surroundings. One of the newest contenders is Luminar Technologies Inc., a startup led by 22-year-old physicist Austin Russell that has raised …
GoTenna raises $7.5M for its off-grid communications devices
Carriers are constantly working to improve the range and quality of their wireless coverage, but many areas still lack reliable network access. In such locations, there’s a need for alternative communications options that a Brooklyn-based startup called goTenna Inc. is working to address. …
Mark Shuttleworth to retake the helm at Canonical amid reported layoffs
Seven years after stepping down as chief executive of Canonical Ltd., founder Mark Shuttleworth is returning to the helm. He’s taking over the reins from Jane Silber, who has been with the Linux software distributor through practically its entire its 13-year history …
Microsoft debuts tools aimed at luring companies to its public cloud
Amazon.com Inc. isn’t the only cloud provider that is working on making it easier for companies to switch from competing products to its platform. Microsoft Corp., the firm’s top rival in the base-level infrastructure-as-a-service segment of cloud computing, today introduced new resources …
VMware buys Sequoia-backed monitoring startup Wavefront
Less than a year after acquiring a partner called Arkin Net Inc. to bolster its network monitoring capabilities, VMware Inc. has made another strategic purchase in infrastructure tracking. The virtualization giant today announced that it’s buying Wavefront Inc., a four-year-old startup that …
Qualtrics reels in $180M to help companies gather better feedback
Companies have access to a variety of analytics tools that can help them better understand their target audiences, but often the best means of finding out what’s on a user’s mind is simply to ask them. Qualtrics Inc. has spent the last …
Databricks makes Spark projects easier to manage
Analytics professionals are increasingly relying on the cloud as part of their work. Databricks Inc. is stepping up its efforts to capitalize on this trend today by launching a new edition of its data processing service that aims to reduce the amount …