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Fake Amazon cloud service AWS InfiniDash quickly goes viral
Twilio developer educator Joe Nash got more than he bargained for after posting about how a make-believe Amazon Web Services Inc. cloud service would likely go viral and be added as a skills requirement to numerous jobs listings if he posted about it. His tweet about AWS InfiniDash promptly prompted one company update its job ...
China-backed Nexperia bids to acquire U.K.’s largest semiconductor fab in cut-price deal
China is looking to get its hands on more semiconductor manufacturing technology through a cut-price deal that will see the Dutch chip maker Nexperia B.V. acquire U.K.-based Newport Wafer Fab. Nexperia, which is owned by the Chinese private equity firm Wingtech Technology Co. Ltd., is already the second-largest shareholder in NWF, CNBC reported. Nexperia Chief ...
OneWeb launches 36 satellites ahead of Internet service rollout later this year
British satellite constellation firm OneWeb Ltd. completed a successful launch today, sending 36 satellites into orbit that it said will pave the way for it to roll out a commercial internet service in parts of the northern hemisphere. OneWeb, which now has more than 200 satellites in orbit that will eventually be used to provide a ...
Putin orders foreign tech firms to set up offices inside Russia
Vladimir Putin is taking aim at foreign technology firms again. The Russian president (pictured) has just signed a law that obliges foreign social media and tech firms to establish physical offices within Russia and threatens punishments if they do not comply. The law will go into force on Jan. 1, 2022, requiring internet firms with a ...
Zebra Technologies buys warehouse robot maker Fetch Robotics
Enterprise technology giant Zebra Technologies Corp. is looking to bolster its presence in the industrial robot industry, announcing its intention today to acquire startup called Fetch Robotics Inc. for $290 million. The acquisition, which is still subject to customary closing conditions, is expected to close by the third quarter. Zebra is a massive enterprise technology ...
Google adds new checks to Scorecards, an automated tool that scans open-source software for security risks
Google LLC today announced a big update to the Scorecards project, which is an automated security tool that generates a “risk score” for open-source software projects. The Scorecards tool was launched in November 2020 by Google and the Open Source Security Foundation. The goal was to help companies decide if they should adopt a given ...
Micron says demand for memory chips will stay strong, but its stock falls anyway
Micron Technology Inc. hosted a lively earnings call today, saying it expects demand for flash memory chips to remain high for the rest of the year even as the supply of other kinds of computer chips begins to meet customers’ needs. It also announced the sale of a manufacturing plant in Lehi, Utah, where it ...
Facebook makes its Habitat virtual world AI training environment more interactive
Facebook Inc.’s artificial intelligence research department today announced a major update to its AI Habitat simulator, a virtual environment that’s used to teach robots how to interact with the physical world. The open-source Habitat simulator was first launched in 2019, giving AI researchers a better way to teach industrial robots how to interact safely and ...
Buoyant announces new cloud service for Linkerd service mesh users
Linkerd service mesh creator Buoyant Inc. is looking to make some money with the public beta launch of its Buoyant Cloud service today. Buoyant is trying to commercialize the open-source Linkerd service mesh platform, which was created in 2016 and is hosted by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation. That’s the same organization that also houses ...
Secure Access Service Edge startup Versa Networks nets $84M in late-stage round
Network security startup Versa Networks Inc. banked an $84 million late-stage round of funding today that brings its total amount raised to $196 million. Princeville Capital and RPS Ventures co-led the Series D round, which included the participation of several existing investors, including Sequoia Capital. Versa Networks is an emerging player in the Secure Access ...