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How the mainframe became a surprising platform for innovation

By Jason Bloomberg Apr 9, 2021

Some people believe the mainframe is obsolete – an ancient relic of 1960s computing. For others, it serves an important role as long as it sticks to its knitting, handling core transaction processing for…

AI

Intel’s new hate speech-purging AI Bleep comes under criticism

By James Farrell Apr 8, 2021

Last month Intel Corp. announced that it was working on a solution to cut down on toxic speech that gamers hear when playing multiplayer games online, but already that solution is being called “absurd.”…

Cloud

Amazon launches Lookout for Equipment, its predictive maintenance service for factory machines

By Mike Wheatley Apr 8, 2021

Industrial machine operators might want to take a closer look at a new service from Amazon Web Services Inc. that uses machine learning to help them schedule maintenance work on their equipment. The Amazon…

Policy

Workers at Amazon’s Alabama warehouse vote against joining union

By Mike Wheatley Apr 8, 2021

Updated: Amazon.com Inc. appears to have won a historic union election vote at one of its biggest warehouse facilities. According to a Wall Street Journal count Friday morning, warehouse workers at Amazon’s fulfillment center in…

Security

User and credit card data stolen from darknet marketplace Swarmshop

By Duncan Riley Apr 8, 2021

Hackers are targeting other hackers once again. This time, the details of user data and more than 600,000 credit cards from the darknet payment card marketplace Swarmshop were stolen and then posted on a…

Security

Israeli digital forensics startup Cellebrite to go public via SPAC in $2.4B deal

By Duncan Riley Apr 8, 2021

Israeli digital forensics startup Cellebrite DI Ltd. is the latest company set to go public via a special-purpose acquisition company through a merger with TWC Tech Holdings II Corp. in a deal that values…

Policy

Commerce Department adds seven Chinese supercomputing firms to its Entity List

By Duncan Riley Apr 8, 2021

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security today added seven Chinese supercomputing entities to its Entity List for conducting activities that are contrary to national security and foreign policy interests. The…

Apps

Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp suffer brief downtime

By Duncan Riley Apr 8, 2021

Facebook Inc. and its services including Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram suffered a brief downtime around 5:30 p.m. EDT today. According to the downtime site Down Detector, the first reports of Instagram being down started…

Cloud

After shareholder pressure, Box announces $500M investment from KKR

By Maria Deutscher Apr 8, 2021

Box Inc. today revealed plans to raise $500 million from investment firm KKR & Co. Inc. and said it will use the funds to buy back shares. The news ignited a selloff that sent…

Cloud

Expanding vertical-specific capabilities, Google brings key industrial platform to its cloud

By Maria Deutscher Apr 8, 2021

Google LLC today announced a collaboration with OSIsoft LLC to help enterprises deploy the OSIsoft’s PI Core industrial operations platform on Google Cloud. San Leandro, California-based OSIsoft is a major provider of software for…

the latest

Intel’s new hate speech-purging AI Bleep comes under criticism

Workers at Amazon’s Alabama warehouse vote against joining union

User and credit card data stolen from darknet marketplace Swarmshop

Israeli digital forensics startup Cellebrite to go public via SPAC in $2.4B deal

Commerce Department adds seven Chinese supercomputing firms to its Entity List

Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp suffer brief downtime

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