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Google LLC’s Android team has just made the first developer preview of Android 12 available for developers to tinker with and provide feedback on its new features. The idea is to help software developers ensure their apps are compatible with the latest …
AWS joins PennyLane, an open-source framework that melds machine learning with quantum computing
Amazon Web Services Inc. will play a central role in advancing quantum computing after announcing today that it has joined the steering council of the open-source PennyLane project. PennyLane is a framework for what’s called “hybrid quantum computing,” which is an approach …
Google doubles down on education with updates to Classroom and Meet, plus new Chromebooks
Google LLC announced a raft of updates today that it says are intended to advance education, both online and offline, in the classroom and also in remote learning environments. The most important new update is the launch of Google Workspace for Education, …
Microsoft enhances data security in Power BI business intelligence apps
Microsoft Corp. is beefing up the security capabilities of its Power BI business intelligence tools with new network isolation and data protection features that help to ensure customer’s information will never be compromised. Data is, of course, at the core of Microsoft …
Project OWL updates its ClusterDuck Protocol for emergency internet connectivity
The open-source Project OWL initiative today announced a major update to its ClusterDuck Protocol that can be used to establish an internet connection during emergencies when normal connectivity has been disrupted. Project OWL, which stands for Organization, Whereabouts and Logistics, was the …
Spectral exits stealth with a lightning-fast code security scanner for DevSecOps
Israel-based Spectral Inc., maker of a developer-friendly code security scanner, is exiting stealth mode today armed with $6.2 million from a seed funding round led by Amiti and MizMaa. Spectral has built a DevSecOps tool that can be used to scan for …
Nasuni partners with Google on cloud-based file storage for enterprises
Cloud file storage provider Nasuni Corp. said today it’s partnering with Google LLC to offer a new enterprise-grade, cloud-based file storage service that it says is not only easy to use but reliable and affordable. Nasuni sells a unique file storage platform …
Grafana Labs bundles its enterprise IT observability tools into a single stack
Observability software startup Grafana Labs Inc. is bundling its monitoring, visualization and metric analytics tools into a single suite called Grafana Enterprise Stack that’s being made available today. Grafana Labs is the maker of Grafana, a popular open-source tool (pictured) that’s used to …
Palo Alto Networks buys Bridgecrew to boost its Prisma Cloud security platform
Network security firm Palo Alto Networks Inc. today announced it’s acquiring Israeli cloud security firm Bridgecrew for $156 million in cash. The acquisition, announced this morning, is the seventh by Palo Alto Networks of a company based in Israel, long a hotbed of …