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Cloud

Cloud can’t save Amazon as pandemic boosts sales but costs sting profits

By Robert Hof Apr 30, 2020

Updated: With expectations for Amazon.com Inc.’s quarter in the stratosphere thanks to potential benefits from the coronavirus pandemic, the retail and cloud computing giant had a lot to live up to today. It couldn’t.…

Cloud

Interface design startup Figma lands $2B valuation after raising $50M

By Maria Deutscher Apr 30, 2020

Figma Inc., a startup whose interface design platform is used by the likes of Microsoft Corp. and Twitter Inc., today announced that it has picked up $50 million from an Andreessen Horowitz-led investor group.…

Cloud

Zoom retracts claim of 300M daily active users as rivals narrow the gap

By Maria Deutscher Apr 30, 2020

Zoom Video Communications Inc. has walked back a claim it made earlier this month about having 300 million daily active users, indicating that the number of people logging into its platform daily is lower.…

Infra

Intel’s new flagship desktop processor offers 5.3GHz peak speeds on thinner die

By Maria Deutscher Apr 30, 2020

Intel Corp. today introduced a line of 32 new processor chips for desktop personal computers headlined by the i9-10900K, a 10-core model with a 5.3-gigahertz top clock speed that is touted as the “world’s fastest”…

Security

Global interest in biosecurity on the rise, but many nations are racing to catch up

By Mark Albertson Apr 30, 2020

There is no “aftermath” yet in the COVID-19 pandemic as the virus rages on. Yet there is already a great deal of discussion around one particular topic — biosecurity — that will likely be…

Cloud

Helm Kubernetes package manager becomes the latest CNCF project to graduate

By Mike Wheatley Apr 30, 2020

The Helm application package manager for Kubernetes today became the latest Cloud Native Computing Foundation project to achieve graduation status. It’s an important milestone that demonstrates not only thriving adoption, but also a strong commitment…

Blockchain

Props Project distributed app platform secures $2M in token sale and moves to Algorand

By Kyt Dotson Apr 30, 2020

The blockchain-based distributed app network Props Project today announced the company raised approximately $2 million in token-sale strategic financing led by Union Square Ventures and Borderless Capital. Props also announced that it would move its…

Policy

Twitter makes it easier for researchers to see real-time COVID-19 tweets

By James Farrell Apr 29, 2020

In an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19 misinformation and help people and organizations trying to better understand the current crisis, Twitter Inc. announced today that it’s opening up the platform to approved…

Security

Employee data stolen in latest hack of edtech company Chegg

By Duncan Riley Apr 29, 2020

Education technology company Chegg Inc. has been hacked for the third time since 2018 with employee data stolen. The latest hack involved the theft of some 700 employee records and included names and Social…

Apps

Americans skeptical of COVID-19 tracking apps as researchers raise security concerns

By Duncan Riley Apr 29, 2020

A new poll has found that more than half of Americans are either unwilling or unable to use COVID-19 illness tracing applications as researchers warn that the apps present a security risk. A Washington…

the latest

Interface design startup Figma lands $2B valuation after raising $50M

Zoom retracts claim of 300M daily active users as rivals narrow the gap

Intel’s new flagship desktop processor offers 5.3GHz peak speeds on thinner die

Global interest in biosecurity on the rise, but many nations are racing to catch up

Props Project distributed app platform secures $2M in token sale and moves to Algorand

Twitter makes it easier for researchers to see real-time COVID-19 tweets

Employee data stolen in latest hack of edtech company Chegg

Americans skeptical of COVID-19 tracking apps as researchers raise security concerns

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