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Democrats move to ban ‘surveillance advertising’
Democrats today introduced new legislation aimed at banning nearly all forms of what its authors label “surveillance advertising.” The “Banning Surveillance Advertising Act,” introduced by Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-California), Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Illinois), and Sen. Cory Booker (D-New Jersey), would prohibit advertising platforms such as Google LLC and Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of ...
Google’s latest AI tool helps retailers accurately forecast demand in real time
Google LLC says retailers can leverage its newest artificial intelligence service to get a better handle on inventory management, streamline their logistics operations, boost business planning and improve overall customer satisfaction. Announced today, Vertex AI Forecast is a new service that helps retailers get closer to real-time forecasting by accurately predicting demand for the various ...
Zero-trust network access firm Banyan Security raises $30M
Zero-trust network access security firm Banyan Security Inc. secured $30 million in a new funding round today. The Series B round was led by Third Point Ventures. New investors SIG and Alter Ventures, plus existing investors Shasta Ventures and Unusual Ventures, also joined the round, which brings Banyan’s total amount raised to $47 million. Banyan ...
ServiceNow is using AI to accelerate customer’s digital transformation efforts
ServiceNow Inc. said today it’s combining artificial intelligence-powered recommendations with expert guidance and support to help customers get a return on their investments in digital transformation much faster than they would do so otherwise. The company believes there will be big demand for the help it can offer, pointing to growing discontent in the enterprise ...
Google calls on U.S. government to do more to secure critical open-source software
After meeting with White House officials today, Google LLC called for the U.S. government to take on a more proactive role in identifying and securing the world’s most critical open-source software projects. The call came from Kent Walker, Google’s president of global affairs and chief legal officer, who said in a blog post that tighter ...
Cloud video surveillance firm Cloudastructure buys smart parking startup Visionful
Artificial intelligence-powered cloud video surveillance firm Cloudastructure Inc. announced today it has agreed a deal to acquire the smart parking startup Visionful Inc. for an undisclosed fee. The acquisition, expected to close by the end of the month, will add license plate recognition and more analytics capabilities to the company’s platform. Cloudastructure sells a cloud-based ...
Despite supply chain constraints, PC shipments surged in 2021
Personal computers were some of the best-selling technology products in 2021, with total shipments for the year rising 15% to 341 million globally, pouring scorn on the suggestion that the pandemic-inspired boom is starting to fizzle out. The data from analyst firm Canalys today includes fourth-quarter PC sales of 92 million units and revenue of $70 ...
VA adopts Google Cloud’s Apigee to help veterans access benefits more easily
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs revealed today that it’s joining with Google Cloud to develop new applications that will help improve veteran’s access to VA services and data. The VA is currently the largest healthcare provider in the U.S., serving more than 19 million American veterans and their families. It has a network of ...
Report: Google lobbies furiously to influence impact of Europe’s coming Digital Markets Act
Google LLC is reportedly stepping up its lobbying efforts in the European Union as it makes a “last-ditch effort” to limit the impact of the proposed Digital Markets Act that’s expected to become law later this year. Google, along with other big tech firms such as Apple Inc., was invited to participate in talks with ...
AWS debuts flexible instances for high-performance computing workloads
Amazon Web Services Inc. Monday announced the availability of a new series of high-performance computing workloads on its cloud that provide what it claims is far superior price performance. The “purpose-built” Hpc6a instances, powered by 3rd Gen EPYC central processing units developed by Advanced Micro Devices Inc., make it possible to process HPC workloads with up ...