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Google parent Alphabet cancels Loon project to deliver internet by hot air balloon
Google LLC’s parent company Alphabet Inc. said today that it’s giving up on the idea of using high-altitude hot air balloons to deliver internet connectivity to the world’s remotest regions. Alphabet confirmed in a blog post that it’s winding down its nine-year-old Loon project and a two-and-a-half-year-old spinoff company because it can’t find a sustainable ...
Parler stays offline after judge blocks attempt to reinstate it on Amazon
Shunned social media site Parler Inc.’s demand to be reinstated on Amazon Web Services Inc.’s cloud hosting platform was thrown out today by a Washington judge. Judge Barbara Rothstein said today that after a hearing last week, she has declined to grant Parler a preliminary injunction in its lawsuit against Amazon, saying it had provided ...
As Intel delivers strong earnings, incoming CEO Pat Gelsinger says chip process on track
Intel Corp.’s incoming Chief Executive Pat Gelsinger told investors today that the company’s troubled seven-nanometer chip manufacturing technology is on track to start producing chips in 2023, but he said the company will likely outsource an increasing amount of its manufacturing to outside producers. Gelsinger (pictured) made his remarks as Intel reported strong fourth-quarter financial results ...
CloudHealth report shows public cloud adoption soared in 2020
Cloud management platform CloudHealth by VMware published a report today that looks at the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public cloud infrastructure spending as organizations across the globe raced to adapt to new restrictions on doing business face-to-face. Not surprisingly, CloudHealth found that total overall spending on public cloud infrastructure jumped at the onset ...
Cloud-native network security startup Valtix raises $12.5M
Cloud-native network security startup Valtix Inc. said today it has closed on a $12.5 million strategic funding round led by Cisco Investments, Northgate Capital and The Syndicate Group. The round brings Valtix’s total amount raised to more than $26.5 million, following an initial $14 million round in June 2019. Valtix offers a multicloud network security ...
BMG moves its digital media infrastructure to Google’s cloud
Google LLC announced its first major cloud customer win of the year today, saying that Bertelsmann Music Group has chosen to build a highly scalable global infrastructure atop of its Google Cloud Platform. One of the largest digital media companies in the world, BMG said in a release that its streaming services generate around 1,500 ...
Facebook’s AI for the visually impaired gets more accurate
Facebook Inc. announced Tuesday an improved version of its artificial intelligence technology that generates descriptions of photos posted on its site for visually impaired users. The Automatic Alternative Text AI was first introduced in 2016 as a way of improving the experience for visually impaired users. Before that, when a visually impaired user came across ...
Incident response startup StackPulse exits stealth with $28M in funding
Incident response provider StackPulse Ltd. emerged from stealth mode today backed by $28 million in funding. The investment includes a $20 million Series A round led by GGV, plus $8 million from a previously unannounced seed funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, which also participated in the Series A. StackPulse is emerging from stealth ...
Infrastructure automation startup Quali Systems raises $54M
Cloud and DevOps infrastructure automation startup Quali Systems Ltd. said today it has raised $54 million in a new round of funding. Greenfield Partners and JVP co-led the Series D round, which brings Quali’s total amount raised close to $100 million. Quali sells a software platform called CloudShell that helps companies optimize the cloud infrastructure ...
Google Cloud announces new AI tools for online retail
Google LLC is targeting retailers with its latest batch of artificial intelligence services that it says will help them deliver more personalized, real-time experiences in to consumers. The new services, announced today, have been branded as Google’s Product Discovery Solutions for Retail. They include a Recommendations AI engine that’s now generally available. According to Google, ...