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Canonical debuts new Ubuntu with Active Directory integration, support for SQL Server and Flutter
Ubuntu developer Canonical Ltd. debuted an important new release of its flagship operating system today, adding key capabilities such as Microsoft Active Directory integration, use of the Wayland display protocol by default and a new software development kit for the Flutter framework. The Ubuntu distro is one of the most popular Linux operating systems. It ...
Google’s Document AI service reaches general availability with more human input
Google LLC announced today that its Document AI service, which helps extract information contained in digital and printed documents using machine learning, is now generally available on Google Cloud. Announced in preview in November, the DocAI platform is powered by underlying artificial intelligence technologies such as computer vision and natural language processing. It also leverages ...
Qualtrics’ stock jumps on strong earnings and full-year outlook
Experience management firm Qualtrics International Inc. today reported first-quarter revenue that beat analyst’s expectations, together with a surprise profit instead of an expected loss. That came as the company signaled that its immediate prospects are looking good too, posting a stronger-than-expected outlook for the next quarter and raising its full-year outlook. The company, which only ...
Dish uses Amazon’s cloud infrastructure to build its 5G Open Radio Access Network
Dish Network LLC said today it’s working with Amazon Web Services Inc. to create what it claims will be the world’s first entirely cloud-based 5G Open Radio Access Network, or O-RAN. Dish, which is best known for its satellite TV services, said it will use Amazon’s fully-managed AWS Outposts service together with AWS Local Zones ...
Android 12 gets new app launch experience, better haptic feedback in latest developer preview
Google LLC’s Android team is keeping developers busy with yet more updates to the world’s most popular mobile operating system, unveiled today in the third developer preview of Android 12. In a blog post, Android Vice President of Engineering Dave Burke explained that the company has taken a staggered approach to rolling out the new ...
Google Meet refreshes its user interface to help people stay focused
Google LLC said today it’s revamping its Google Meet video calling service as part of an effort to make online meetings more immersive and engaging. Introducing the new updates via a blog post, Dave Citron, Google Meet’s director of product management, noted that virtual meetings have over the last year played more than just a ...
Digital Asset lands $120M funding to advance Daml coding language for distributed apps
Distributed application platform startup Digital Asset Holdings LLC announced a big funding round today that almost doubles the amount of capital it has raised previously. The company said today it has been granted $120 million in a Series D round of funding led by 7RIDGE and Eldride, bring its total amount raised to just north ...
After raising $1.4B in IPO, UiPath sees shares jump 23%
Updated April 21 with start of trading: Shares of automation technology platform startup UiPath Inc. jumped 23% in trading Wednesday after the company’s initial public offering raised $1.4 billion. The company late Tuesday sold 23.9 million Class A shares at $56 per share, Reuters reported. That’s above an indicated price range of $52 to $54 per ...
Redis reinvents itself as a real-time data platform, with an AI kicker
Database management firm Redis Labs Inc. today outlined a long-term vision for a real-time data platform that can transform the way modern applications are built and run, with an aim to enabling its customers to reimagine the digital experiences they can deliver. The company detailed its vision at RedisConf 2021 running today and tomorrow, saying it’s adding ...
Pulumi updates its infrastructure-as-code cloud engineering platform
Infrastructure-as-code startup Pulumi Corp. has started pitching itself as the industry’s first cloud engineering platform provider that unites every aspect of deploying software applications to the cloud. Announcing the latest version of its platform today, Pulumi 3.0, the company said it offers a way for developers to build, deploy and launch their applications faster and ...