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Meta’s AI researchers are teaching robots to navigate physical worlds without maps or training

By Mike Wheatley Jun 16, 2022

Meta Platforms Inc.’s artificial intelligence unit said today it has made rapid progress in its efforts to teach AI models to navigate through the physical world more easily and with less training data. The…

Cloud

Finout launches with $14M in funding to help companies clean up cloud expenditure

By Mike Wheatley Jun 16, 2022

FinOps startup Finout Ltd. stepped into the limelight today, announcing it has just closed a $14 million early-stage funding round that brings its total amount raised to date to $18.5 million. Finout said today’s…

Big Data

Palantir’s Foundry big-data service now available on Google Cloud

By Mike Wheatley Jun 16, 2022

Palantir Technologies Inc. said today it has made its big-data-crunching platform Foundry available on Google Cloud Platform and the Google Cloud Marketplace, giving more companies the opportunity to synthesize information for business operations. The…

Big Data

Ahana rolls out “forever free” managed Presto service and takes $7.2M in additional funding

By Paul Gillin Jun 16, 2022

Ahana Cloud Inc., which offers managed and commercial versions of the Presto open-source distributed query engine, today announced an additional investment of $7.2 million from Liberty Global Ventures BV with participation from existing investor GV…

Security

Previously unknown form of Android surveillanceware linked to Italian companies

By Duncan Riley Jun 16, 2022

Researchers at cybersecurity company Lookout Inc. today detailed a previously unknown form of enterprise-grade Android surveillanceware that is being used by the government of Kazakhstan. The surveillanceware, dubbed “Hermit,” is believed to have been developed by Italian…

Security

24 billion stolen and breached usernames and passwords found on dark web

By Duncan Riley Jun 15, 2022

A new report from threat intelligence startup Digital Shadows Ltd. has found that 24 billion stolen and breached usernames and passwords are available on the dark web, the shady corner of the internet where illicit goods…

Apps

Meta is planning some big changes so it might better compete with TikTok

By James Farrell Jun 15, 2022

For some time now, Meta Platforms Inc. has been caught in a battle with the immensely popular TikTok app, and today Meta essentially provided confirmation. A leaked memo from April, sent by executives at…

Security

Microsoft to acquire cybersecurity threat analysis company Miburo

By Duncan Riley Jun 15, 2022

Microsoft Corp. has entered into an agreement to acquire cybersecurity threat analysis company Miburo for an undisclosed price. Founded in 20011, Miburo offers cyberthreat analysis and research specializing in the detection and response to…

Apps

Microsoft will finally bury Internet Explorer for good in the coming months

By Mike Wheatley Jun 15, 2022

Microsoft Corp. is finally retiring its ancient Internet Explorer browser, almost 27 years after it was first released. The company said today it’s withdrawing official support for IE 11, the most recent version of…

Big Data

DataStax raises $115M to grow its super-scalable, real-time Astra DB database

By Mike Wheatley Jun 15, 2022

DataStax Inc., one of the biggest and best-known privately owned database companies, got a little bit richer today, closing on a $115 million round of funding that brings its valuation to $1.6 billion. Today’s…

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Meta’s AI researchers are teaching robots to navigate physical worlds without maps or training

Palantir’s Foundry big-data service now available on Google Cloud

Ahana rolls out “forever free” managed Presto service and takes $7.2M in additional funding

Previously unknown form of Android surveillanceware linked to Italian companies

24 billion stolen and breached usernames and passwords found on dark web

Meta is planning some big changes so it might better compete with TikTok

Microsoft to acquire cybersecurity threat analysis company Miburo

Microsoft will finally bury Internet Explorer for good in the coming months

DataStax raises $115M to grow its super-scalable, real-time Astra DB database

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