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Intel loses ‘rock star’ chip designer Jim Keller
Intel Corp. has lost one of its most talented chip engineers. Jim Keller, who joined the company from Tesla Inc. two years ago, has resigned from the company citing “personal reasons,” the tech giant said today. Keller (pictured) joined Intel in 2018 and was tasked with leading an engineering group that aims to develop new, ...
Adobe stock rises despite mixed earnings report
Adobe Inc. saw its shares jump Thursday in after-hours trading despite reporting mixed second-quarter financial results, plus guidance for the next period that came in light. The maker of creative cloud software reported a profit before certain costs such as stock compensation of $2.45 per share on record revenue of $3.13 billion, up 14% from a year ...
Tessian debuts its Human Layer Security Intelligence platform
Security firm Tessian Ltd. is launching a new tool to help companies assess the risk posed to their computer systems and data from current and former employees. Tessian’s Human Layer Security Intelligence platform also helps reduce the risk of accidental data loss, data exfiltration and advanced impersonation phishing attacks, the company said. Further, it added, ...
Cloudera aims to fulfill its vision of an enterprise data cloud
Big data company Cloudera Inc. today launched a new version of its Cloudera Data Platform for private cloud users. The company said CDP Private Cloud is designed for hybrid cloud users, enabling enterprises to connect their on-premises environments with various public clouds while ensuring their data is consistent and secure. It’s positioned as a one-stop-shop cloud service ...
Domino Data raises $43M and debuts new AI model monitoring tool
Data science company Domino Data Lab Inc. announced today it has raised $43 million in funding and launched a new machine learning monitoring platform. Highland Capital Partners led the round, which Dell Technologies Capital also participated in, bringing its total amount raised to $128 million. Domino Data Lab’s central offering is its Data Science Platform, which ...
AWS bans police from using its facial recognition technology for a year
Updated with Microsoft news: Amazon Web Services Inc. today said it’s placing a one-year moratorium on police use of its already controversial facial recognition technology platform, Amazon Rekognition. The announcement comes just two days after Amazon’s cloud rival IBM Corp. said it would no longer develop or offer its own facial recognition technology to anyone. ...
Google releases first public beta of Android 11
Google LLC’s Android team today announced the long-awaited public beta release of Android 11, after postponing its launch several times. Android is the popular open-source mobile operating system developed by Google that powers more than 2.5 billion active devices. It’s based on the Linux kernel and is primarily designed for touchscreen mobile devices such as ...
Cloud compliance startup Concourse Labs exits stealth with $15.2M round
Automated cloud compliance startup Concourse Labs exited stealth mode today after securing a $15.2 million round of funding. The Series A round was led by ForgePoint Capital and also included 83North and Capri Ventures. Concourse Labs said it plans to use the money to expand its marketing and sales teams and accelerate product development. Concourse Labs sells a ...
DataRobot partners with Boston Consulting and buys its AI platform
Machine learning company DataRobot Inc. today made another acquisition, buying Boston Consulting Group’s artificial intelligence technology platform. The companies also announced they’re entering into a strategic partnership that will combine DataRobot’s intellectual property with Boston’s consulting services. DataRobot is a well-funded startup that has raised more than $400 million in venture capital to date, most recently ...
JSonar raises $50M to secure every kind of database
Database security startup jSonar today said it has gotten itself some serious backing: Goldman Sachs, which has just invested $50 million as part of the company’s first institutional round of funding. The Waltham, Massachusetts-based startup sells a security platform that helps to protect data and enforce compliance across more than 60 popular database platforms. Those include ...