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IBM names Martin Schroeter as CEO of $19B NewCo services spinoff

By Maria Deutscher Jan 7, 2021

IBM Corp. has appointed Martin Schroeter, a former senior executive who left the company last year, to lead the $19 billion “NewCo” managed infrastructure services business it’s planning to spin off. Schroeter will become…

Security

Cloud security provider Lacework raises massive $525M growth round

By Mike Wheatley Jan 7, 2021

Cloud cybersecurity startup Lacework Inc. has lofty ambitions after landing a massive $525 million growth round of funding today that takes its valuation to more than $1 billion. Sutter Hill and Altimeter Capital led…

Policy

After US Capitol violence, Twitter and Facebook slap bans on Trump’s accounts

By James Farrell Jan 6, 2021

Updated: Following chaos on Capitol Hill today and President Donald Trump’s repeated violations of policy, both Twitter Inc. and Facebook Inc. temporarily banned his accounts. Twitter was the first to take action. “As a…

AI

Rock star chip designer Jim Keller joins Tenstorrent

By Mike Wheatley Jan 6, 2021

Toronto startup Tenstorrent Inc. scored a major coup today with the news that legendary computer chip designer Jim Keller has signed on as its new president and chief technology officer. Keller (pictured) is widely…

AI

Intel adds facial recognition tech to its RealSense portfolio

By Mike Wheatley Jan 6, 2021

Intel Corp. today announced new facial recognition hardware and software that can be used in retail stores to facilitate payments or other settings to provide access to restricted areas. Introduced in 2014, Intel’s RealSense…

Policy

UK to probe Nvidia’s proposed $40B Arm acquisition

By Maria Deutscher Jan 6, 2021

The U.K.’s antitrust watchdog today said it will investigate Nvidia Corp.’s proposed $40 billion acquisition of British chip designer Arm Ltd. Nvidia is the leading maker of graphics processing units for data centers and…

Big Data

Starburst Data raises $100M to give enterprise analytics projects a speed boost

By Maria Deutscher Jan 6, 2021

Analytics startup Starburst Data Inc. today said that it has nabbed $100 million in funding from noted tech investors Andreessen Horowitz, Index Partners and Coatue as well as Salesforce.com Inc.’s venture capital arm. Boston-based…

AI

OpenAI’s newest AI models draw and recognize objects more efficiently

By Maria Deutscher Jan 6, 2021

Researchers at OpenAI have developed two neural networks that can draw objects based on natural-language user prompts and describe images with a high degree of accuracy. The projects, detailed Tuesday, expand the range of…

Apps

Microsoft’s ‘Minecraft Earth’ AR game will shut down in June

By Kyt Dotson Jan 6, 2021

Microsoft Corp. announced Tuesday that its augmented reality game “Minecraft Earth,” a game based on the popular building-block game by Mojang Studios, will shut down in June. According to the company, the decision was…

Big Data

Unicorn sighting: Data analytics startup Dremio raises $135M in new funding

By Mike Wheatley Jan 6, 2021

Self-service data analytics startup Dremio Corp. said today it has closed on a $135 million late-stage round of funding that values it at more than $1 billion. Sapphire Ventures led the Series D round,…

the latest

After US Capitol violence, Twitter and Facebook slap bans on Trump’s accounts

Rock star chip designer Jim Keller joins Tenstorrent

Intel adds facial recognition tech to its RealSense portfolio

UK to probe Nvidia’s proposed $40B Arm acquisition

Starburst Data raises $100M to give enterprise analytics projects a speed boost

OpenAI’s newest AI models draw and recognize objects more efficiently

Microsoft’s ‘Minecraft Earth’ AR game will shut down in June

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