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Immerok raises $17M to build out its serverless Apache Flink real-time data processing platform
Serverless Apache Flink startup Immerok GmbH is hoping to make real-time data stream processing a reality for more companies today after closing on a $17 million seed funding round. Today’s round was led by CUSP Capital, 468 Capital, Cortical VC and Essence VC, with participation from a number of angel inventors, including the co-creator of ...
EU mulls liability laws for AI systems, paving the way for compensation claims
The European Union’s executive commission has proposed new legislation that would make it easier for European citizens to sue companies in the event of harm caused to them by artificial intelligence technology. The AI Liability Directive proposed Wednesday has several aims, the main one being to update product liability laws to cover machine learning systems. ...
Atlassian debuts unified administrative controls to combat SaaS application sprawl
Collaboration and application development software provider Atlassian Corp. Plc. announced a series of key updates today, including new unified administration controls, new smart links and a subscription service for its products, including Trello, Confluence and Jira Work Management. In addition, Atlassian said Atlas, a new teamwork directory service announced in April, will become generally available ...
Micron to slash spending on new chipmaking gear by 50% to counter ‘unprecedented’ oversupply
Reporting its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings today,Micron Technology Inc. warned investors that it’s planning to take drastic measures by scaling back on plans to build out production capacity amid what it called an “unprecedented” market downturn. In a press release the company reported a net profit for the fourth quarter of $1.49 billion, with earnings before certain ...
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 ...