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Big Data

Yugabyte raises $30M for its cloud-native distributed SQL database

By Mike Wheatley Jun 9, 2020

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…

Policy

Facebook outsourcing moderation is hurting the public, states new report

By James Farrell Jun 8, 2020

A new report from the New York University Stern Center for Business and Human Rights accuses Facebook Inc. and other social media giants of skimping on moderation by outsourcing it to other companies. The…

Security

CallStranger vulnerability in UPnP devices opens the door to data theft

By Duncan Riley Jun 8, 2020

A vulnerability found in billions of Universal Plug and Play devices allows attackers to steal data, scan networks and potentially cause a network to participate in the distributed denial-of-service attack. Dubbed CallStranger, the vulnerability was discovered…

Blockchain

ConsenSys launches compliance service for Ethereum blockchain tokens

By Duncan Riley Jun 8, 2020

Blockchain startup ConsenSys AG today launched a new compliance service designed to help exchanges and decentralized finance projects analyze trading activities of tokens issued on the Ethereum blockchain. Called Codefi Compliance, the automated service scans…

Policy

IBM to stop selling facial recognition technology

By Mike Wheatley Jun 8, 2020

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…

Policy

Amazon sues to limit former AWS marketing VP Brian Hall’s new job at Google Cloud

By Mike Wheatley Jun 8, 2020

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…

AI

AI-powered insurance unicorn Lemonade files to go public

By Maria Deutscher Jun 8, 2020

Lemonade Inc., the startup behind a popular artificial intelligence-powered homeowners’ and renters’ insurance service, today filed to go public on the New York Stock Exchange. New York-based Lemonade was valued at more than $2…

AI

Uber’s new Neuropod interface abstracts multiframework AI development

By Maria Deutscher Jun 8, 2020

Uber Technologies Inc.’s autonomous driving group today open-sourced Neuropod, a technology designed to reduce the amount of coding enterprise developers have to do to build and deploy artificial intelligence models. The problem Neuropod seeks to…

Infra

Tech companies simplify infrastructure as code to eliminate DevOps blockages

By Betsy Amy-Vogt Jun 8, 2020

It’s hard to quantify which companies merit the label of “tech” right now. A glance across the Fortune 500 shows obvious tech giants, such as Apple and Intel. But across the board, technology has taken over…

Apps

Airbnb may go ahead with IPO this year as post-lockdown bookings surge

By Duncan Riley Jun 7, 2020

Airbnb Inc. may go ahead with its initial public offering this year after the company reported a remarkable turnaround in its business starting in mid-May as coronavirus pandemic restrictions started to lift. Airbnb, one…

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Facebook outsourcing moderation is hurting the public, states new report

CallStranger vulnerability in UPnP devices opens the door to data theft

IBM to stop selling facial recognition technology

Amazon sues to limit former AWS marketing VP Brian Hall’s new job at Google Cloud

AI-powered insurance unicorn Lemonade files to go public

Uber’s new Neuropod interface abstracts multiframework AI development

Airbnb may go ahead with IPO this year as post-lockdown bookings surge

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