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AWS open-sources snapshot fuzzing and policy authorization tools
Amazon Web Services Inc. said today that it’s open-sourcing two new projects, including a new fuzzing tool for finding vulnerabilities in software and an authorization policy language for controlling application access. The new tools were announced at the Linux Foundation’s annual Open Source Summit and they both have a security focus. In the case of SnapChange, ...
OpenAI is using GPT-4 to explain the behavior of large language models
ChatGPT creator OpenAI LP is working on the development of a tool that it says will eventually help it understand which parts of a large language model are responsible for its behavior. The tool is far from a finished article, but the company has open-sourced the code and made it available on GitHub for others ...
Rackspace beats expectations after restructuring its business
Cloud services provider Rackspace Technology Inc. delivered to expectations as it posted its first-quarter financial results today, but lower guidance sent its stock down 2% in after-hours trading. The results were notable because it was the first time Rackspace has reported since undergoing a business unit realignment, prompted by a pedestrian level of growth that ...
Nutanix consolidates application management across environments and announces vision for true portability
Data center infrastructure supplier Nutanix Inc. today announced that it’s giving administrators an easier way to consolidate infrastructure management across public clouds, on-premises data centers, hosted and edge environments. It’s doing so through a new, cloud-delivered interface called Nutanix Central, which it says will dramatically simplify the process of managing applications, infrastructure and data from ...
HCM software firm UKG to integrate Google Cloud’s generative AI
Human capital management software provider Ultimate Kronos Group Inc. said today it’s tapping into Google Cloud’s generative artificial intelligence offerings to transform the decision-making process for business leaders. UKG sells a cloud-based human capital management software platform that offers payroll, talent management, learning and onboarding, workforce management, workforce planning and analytics capabilities. The company explained ...
UVeye, creator of an AI-powered vehicle inspection system, raises $100M in funding
Automated vehicle inspection systems startup UVeye Inc. said today it has closed on a $100 million funding round led by Hanaco VC. The Series D round, which also saw participation from existing investors GM Ventures, CarMax, W.R. Berkley Corporation, F.I.T. Ventures L.P. and various Israeli institutional investors, brings the company’s total amount raised to date ...
Flexible e-commerce funding platform 8fig raises $140M
8fig Ltd., a startup that offers continuous funding and management services to e-commerce businesses, said today it has just closed on a hefty amount of money of its own, raising $140 million in a new financing round. Today’s Series B round, which involves combined equity and debt, was led by Koch Disruptive Technologies and included ...
LightSolver debuts ‘laser processing unit’ as alternative to quantum computing and supercomputers
High-performance computing startup LightSolver Ltd. today announced what it says is the world’s first pure “laser-based processing unit,” providing businesses with an alternative to expensive supercomputers and unstable quantum computing platforms. The LightSolver LPU is designed to solve business challenges that involve multiple variables. Defined as “NP-hard optimization problems,” they traditionally require specific mathematical models ...
Western Digital beats expectations but its losses mount
Western Digital Corp. posted financial results that surpassed Wall Street’s expectations today, only to follow up with weak guidance for the current quarter in a sign that demand for memory chips will likely take longer than expected to recover. The company’s stock initially slumped in extended trading but recovered and ended the day up more ...
Google confirms the Pixel Fold will launch next week
Google LLC has finally confirmed long-running rumors that it will introduce its first foldable smartphone. Today, the company unveiled its upcoming Pixel Fold device, which will be launched at next week’s Google I/O 2023 event. For now, the company is offering a brief teaser of what we can expect, posting a video that shows what ...