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Airbnb raises $1B to help it weather the COVID-19 storm

By Duncan Riley Apr 6, 2020

Airbnb Inc. today said it has raised $1 billion in new funding in a combination of debt and equity to help the accommodation booking provider weather the COVID-19 storm. The funding came from Silver…

Cloud

AWS launches its Windows Migration Acceleration Program

By Mike Wheatley Apr 6, 2020

Amazon Web Services Inc. today announced the general availability of its Migration Acceleration Program for Windows, which was released in preview at AWS re:Invent 2019 last December. AWS MAP for Windows is a service…

Apps

Foursquare merges with Factual to create a location data powerhouse

By Mike Wheatley Apr 6, 2020

Location intelligence company Foursquare Labs Inc. said today it’s merging with a data location provider called Factual Inc. The new company will have a combined revenue of about $150 million per year, but details…

Big Data

Rising dependence on collaboration tools signals renewed focus on digital business

By Mark Albertson Apr 6, 2020

As the world grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, certain segments of the tech world have suddenly become hot properties. One of these is the video conferencing space where usage of online collaboration platforms, such…

IoT

Google launches Local Home SDK to boost edge computing in the smart home

By Maria Deutscher Apr 6, 2020

Google LLC today announced the general availability of Local Home SDK, a development toolkit that will help connected-device makers improve the reliability and responsiveness of their products. Connected devices such as smart kitchen appliances…

Cloud

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna shakes up leadership team on first day at the helm

By Maria Deutscher Apr 6, 2020

IBM Corp. Chief Executive Officer Arvind Krishna, who officially took the helm today after being selected to succeed Ginni Rometty in January, has announced a series of major leadership changes at the company. The…

Emerging Tech

Microsoft joins $215M investment in photonic quantum computer startup PsiQuantum

By Maria Deutscher Apr 6, 2020

Microsoft Corp.’s M12 venture capital arm and a number of other prominent investors have bet $215 million on PsiQuantum Corp., a startup aiming to build a million-qubit photonic quantum computer within a few years. The…

Blockchain

ConsenSys Health announces COVID-19 virtual hackathon as blockchain devs tackle pandemic

By Kyt Dotson Apr 6, 2020

ConsenSys Health, a healthcare-related spinoff of the distributed ledger blockchain solutions company ConsenSys, announced today the “Stop COVID-19 Virtual Hackathon” to start April 13 and run until May 11. Sponsors for this hackathon include…

Cloud

More things Kubernetes: What else you missed at KubeCon last week

By Jason Bloomberg Apr 6, 2020

This is the second part of a two-part series. Click here for part 1. We’re looking forward to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s upcoming KubeCon conference in Europe in August and in Boston in…

Emerging Tech

UK calls for crackdown on 5G conspiracy theories as cell phone towers set on fire

By Duncan Riley Apr 5, 2020

The U.K. government is calling on social media and video sites, including Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc. and YouTube, to crack down on 5G conspiracy theories after cell towers were set on fire by people…

all stories

Airbnb raises $1B to help it weather the COVID-19 storm

AWS launches its Windows Migration Acceleration Program

Foursquare merges with Factual to create a location data powerhouse

Rising dependence on collaboration tools signals renewed focus on digital business

Google launches Local Home SDK to boost edge computing in the smart home

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna shakes up leadership team on first day at the helm

Microsoft joins $215M investment in photonic quantum computer startup PsiQuantum

ConsenSys Health announces COVID-19 virtual hackathon as blockchain devs tackle pandemic

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