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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 ...
MongoDB’s new release helps unify distributed data sources
Document-oriented database company MongoDB Inc. today announced a raft of updates to its product portfolio today, including a new release of its namesake database software. The company is also adding more features to MongoDB Atlas, the cloud-specific version of its database, and launching a brand new product database synchronization platform for developers. MongoDB is an open-source, ...
Yugabyte raises $30M for its cloud-native distributed SQL database
Open-source relational database company Yugabyte Inc. is in the mood for expansion after landing a new $30 million funding round announced today. The oversubscribed Series B funding round was led by 8VC. Wipro Ventures and existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners and Dell Technologies Capital also participated in the round, which brings Yugabyte’s total amount raised ...
IBM to stop selling facial recognition technology
IBM Corp. Chief Executive Officer Arvind Krishna is withdrawing his company from the general-purpose facial recognition market over concerns that the technology is being used to promote discrimination and racial injustice. In a letter addressed to the U.S. Congress today, Krishna said that IBM “firmly opposes and will not condone uses of any technology, including ...
Amazon sues to limit former AWS marketing VP Brian Hall’s new job at Google Cloud
Amazon.com Inc. has filed a lawsuit against Brian Hall, a former vice president of product marketing at Amazon Web Services Inc., alleging that he has violated the terms of a noncompete agreement after taking up a new role at Google Cloud, one of the company’s main competitors. The lawsuit says the decision by Hall (pictured) ...
VMware buys Lastline to improve malware threat detection
Virtualization software giant VMware Inc. said today it has agreed to buy an anti-malware research startup called Lastline Inc. to help it better detect sophisticated network threats. VMware said the acquisition of Lastline, which is expected to close at the end of July, will boost the capabilities of its Carbon Black Threat Analysis Unit by ...