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WordPress.com parent Automattic acquires all-in-one messaging app Texts.com for $50M
Automattic Inc., the parent company of the blogging platform WordPress.com, is making a foray in a new direction with the acquisition of all-in-one messaging app Texts.com, which the company is buying for $50 million. Texts.com acts as a universal app that links all messaging apps into one inbox including iMessage, WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Messenger, Twitter, ...
OpsCanvas debuts platform to help businesses visually deploy cloud infrastructure
OpsCanvas Inc. today debuted a new “draw and deploy” platform that helps small and medium-sized businesses with the daunting task of configuring and deploying cloud infrastructure, automating infrastructure-as-code configurations. The OpsCanvas platform provides engineering and DevOps teams the ability to visually diagram their application architecture and from that it can create IaC, which can greatly reduce ...
Amazon opens passkey support to users for passwordless login
Amazon.com Inc. said today that users will now be able to use passkeys to log in on web browsers and mobile apps, which will make them more secure when accessing their accounts. Passkeys are a new technology that allows users to sign into applications and services without the need for a password. A passkey identifies ...
Databricks acquires enterprise data replication startup Arcion for $100M
Enterprise data company Databricks Inc. announced today that it has agreed to acquire Arcion Labs Inc., a provider of enterprise data replication and ingestion technology, in a transaction valued at more than $100 million. Databricks provides a big-data engineering platform that allows enterprise customers to process and transform large volumes of information, which has become ...
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Developers are embracing AI-enabled tools. Here’s how that’s changing the way they code
Ever since generative artificial intelligence tools such as OpenAI LP’s ChatGPT and Google LLC’s Bard jumped into the limelight, the entire world has become enamored with the ability of AI’s capability to hold conversations and do impressive work — and one of the most prominent early uses is helping software developers write code. Since the ...
SEC drops lawsuit against Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse and Chairman Chris Larsen
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has dismissed all charges against Ripple Labs Inc. Chief Executive Brad Garlinghouse and Executive Chairman Chris Larsen claiming the pair aided and abetted the company in violating U.S. securities laws. The SEC filed its dismissal in an Oct. 19 document with the U.S. District Court of New York, in ...
Universal Music Group sues AI startup Anthropic over song lyric copyright infringement
Universal Music Group filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against artificial intelligence startup Anthropic on Wednesday citing widespread scraping of its clients’ song lyrics being used to train its ChatGPT rival chatbot Claude. This marks the first major lawsuit by the music industry against an AI developer and UMG is seeking $75 million in damages. Other ...
Amazon plans to expand drone deliveries into UK and Italy in late 2024
Amazon.com Inc. announced Wednesday that it plans to expand its Prime Air drone delivery network into the United Kingdom and Italy by the end of 2024, and said it’s adding a third city unnamed in the United States, in addition to Lockeford, California, and College Station, Texas. The company didn’t reveal any specific details about ...
Netlify launches Composable Web Platform to simplify modern enterprise web architecture
Netlify Inc., the maker of a cloud-based platform that simplifies the development of web-based applications and webpages, today announced the launch of its Composable Web Platform for the enterprise that will allow customers to quickly build their own web applications with any components. As more enterprise businesses look to build web-based applications, developers often find ...
Amazon Pharmacy lifts off with first drone deliveries in College Station, Texas
Amazon.com Inc. has launched its first drone delivery service for Amazon Pharmacy customers in College Station, Texas to get their medications dropped off at their door within 60 minutes. The new service, announced today, will provide customers access to more than 500 different medications that can treat common ailments, including flu, asthma, acne, allergies, pneumonia ...