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China looks set to suffer another blow in its ongoing trade war with the U.S. amid reports that it will be slapped with further restrictions on the sale of computer chipmaking equipment. Reuters reported today that officials in the U.S. and in …
VMware partners with Samsung, AMD and RISC-V to accelerate confidential computing
VMware Inc. stepped up its efforts to accelerate the adoption of confidential computing today, announcing an alliance with chipmakers Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc., as well as the RISC-V Keystone community. Along with its new partners, VMware will …
Meta’s system cards show how AI powers content recommendations on Facebook and Instagram
Meta Platforms Inc. said today it’s releasing a series of “system cards” that describe how the various artificial intelligence-powered content recommendation systems used by Facebook and Instagram work. The move is designed to increase transparency about how AI surfaces content for individual …
IP Fabric raises $25M in new funding to improve network visibility and security
Automated network assurance startup IP Fabric Inc. received a big boost today as it closed on a $25 million round of funding. The Series B round was led by One Peak and saw the participation of Senovo and Presto Ventures. IP Fabric …
Micron’s stock rises as CEO says memory chip market has bottomed out
Shares of the computer memory chipmaker Micron Technology Inc. moved higher in extended trading today after its chief executive said the market appears to have bottomed out, following better-than-expected quarterly results. The company reported a third quarter loss of $1.9 billion, reversing …
Madrona expands core investor team with three new partners
The prominent venture capital firm Madrona Venture Group said today it has added three new partners to its core investor team. The new partners are Loren Alhadeff, Mark Nelson and Ted Kummert, and they’re tasked with helping Madrona in its mission to …
Ramon.Space raises $26M to build dedicated servers and storage for the space industry
Space computing infrastructure startup Ramon Space Inc. said today it has closed on a $26 million funding round. The money comes from the computer server maker Ingrasys Technology Inc., a subsidiary of Foxconn Technology Group, and the Strategic Development Fund of Abu …
Samsung Foundry confirms first two-nanometer chips to arrive in 2025
Semiconductor giant Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. said today it’s planning to begin manufacturing its first two-nanometer computer chips for smartphones and other mobile devices by 2025. The company’s Samsung Foundry business unit, which accounts for the bulk of its revenue, unveiled its …
AWS launches AppFabric, a generative AI tool that helps tame SaaS application sprawl
Amazon Web Services Inc. today announced a new, no-code service called AWS AppFabric that’s designed to tame the complexity of software-as-a-service application sprawl. With AWS AppFabric, companies can connect multiple SaaS applications into a single console to improve security, management and productivity. It was …
Cloudera expands Apache Iceberg support to private clouds
Data warehouse software provider Cloudera Inc. is expanding support for Apache Iceberg, making it available in the self-hosted, private cloud version of its flagship Cloudera Data Platform. Today’s move brings CDP-Private Cloud into line with Cloudera’s CDP-Public Cloud offering, which added support …