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Ox Security debuts with $34M in funding to reinvent software supply chain security
Developer security operations startup Ox Appsec Security Ltd. exited stealth mode today armed with a hefty $34 million in seed funding. The round was led by Evolution Equity Partners, Team8 and Microsoft Corp’s venture capital fund M12, with participation from Rain Capital. Ox Security, as it likes to be called, is developing an entirely new ...
Google Maps’ updates to provide more realistic, immersive experiences for users
Google LLC is hopeful that a coming series of updates to Google Maps will inspire more people to use the application to plan their daily travels, as it announced today that no less than four new features coming soon to make Maps “look and feel more like the real world.” The new updates include the long-awaited ...
Chipmakers ramp up spending on new fabs even as demand for silicon cools
The semiconductor shortage may have eased with the global economic slowdown this year, but chipmakers are not letting up in their efforts to boost manufacturing capacity. A report Monday from SEMI is forecasting investment in chip fab equipment to increase by 9% to a record high of $99 billion this year. SEMI’s latest quarterly World Fab ...
Intel accelerates open programming standards as it innovates in AI, security and quantum
Intel Corp. dedicated day two of its Intel Innovation conference today to the efforts it has been making to foster an open ecosystem across its silicon and software offerings, with the goal of catalyzing innovation among the developer community. In a keynote address, Intel Chief Technology Officer Greg Lavender explained that the company’s efforts are ...
Istio is now an incubating project under the Cloud Native Computing Foundation
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation announced today that it has voted to accept the popular open-source service mesh Istio as an incubating project. The move brings Istio under the same umbrella as related cloud-native projects, such as Kubernetes. The decision is likely to appease many of Istio’s users and contributors, who have long pushed for ...
DataRobot debuts fully managed AI Cloud platform for building machine learning models
Artificial intelligence startup DataRobot Inc. today announced a fully managed version of its AI Cloud platform that helps enterprises create machine learning software and applications quickly and without coding skills. DataRobot’s AI Cloud made its debut one year ago. At the time, the company said it can function as the central hub for customer’s AI ...
Data transformation startup Coalesce gets $26M in early-stage funding
Startup Coalesce Automation Inc. said today it has closed on a $26 million early-stage round of funding led by Emergence Capital, with participation from existing backers 11.2 Capital and GreatPoint Ventures. Today’s Series A round validates the emergence of Coalesce as a promising player within the data transformation market, coming in the wake of a ...
Dell partners with Wind River on modular cloud-native telecommunications infrastructure
Dell Technologies Inc. today announced a new telecom cloud infrastructure platform that’s designed to help communications service providers deploy cloud-native networks faster and with less hassle. The new platform has been co-engineered with the open networking provider Wind River Systems Inc. and is based on a modular approach to building cloud-native networks. Dell says that ...
AI-powered student engagement platform provider Ocelot raises $117M in funding
Educational technology communications and student engagement platform Ocelot said today it has raised $117 million in funding from the software-focused investment firm K1 Investment Management. The round is notable because it’s the first time the company has secured outside funding, having previously been bootstrapped. Ocelot, a service of CareerAmerica LLC, has created a unified engagement ...
Intel debuts next-generation desktop CPUs, promising a big boost for gaming and multitasking performance
Intel Corp. today lifted the lid off of its latest generation of central processing units for desktop computers. Announced today by Intel Chief Executive Pat Gelsinger (below) at the chipmaking giant’s two-day Intel Innovation event, the new generation of CPUs is known as the 13th Gen Intel Core family. Code-named Raptor Lake, it includes what the ...