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Blockchain

Digital assets startup Bakkt raises $300M in new funding

By Duncan Riley Mar 16, 2020

Digital asset startup Bakkt LLC, the brainchild of New York Stock Exchange owner Intercontinental Exchange Inc. said today it has raised $300 million in new funding at a time cryptocurrency markets are tanking on coronavirus…

AI

Tech firms publish massive CORD-19 dataset to help fight the coronavirus

By Mike Wheatley Mar 16, 2020

A consortium of America’s leading technology firms and organizations has come together to create a new artificial intelligence-enabled dataset on the coronavirus to help facilitate research into the disease. The COVID-19 Open Research Dataset,…

Apps

Windows 10 finally passes 1B active installations

By Duncan Riley Mar 16, 2020

Microsoft Corp.’s Windows 10 operating system has finally passed the 1 billion active devices mark four years and eight months after its launch. “Today we’re delighted to announce that over 1 billion people have chosen…

Policy

France slaps Apple with a record 1.1 billion euro fine for anticompetitive behavior

By Mike Wheatley Mar 16, 2020

France’s competition agency today slapped Apple Inc. with a 1.1 billion euro ($1.23 billion) fine for conspiring with its wholesalers in that country to fix prices and limit competition. Reuters said the verdict, from…

Cloud

Container management firm Rancher Labs raises $40M

By Mike Wheatley Mar 16, 2020

Container management software company Rancher Labs Inc. closed on a $40 million late-stage round of funding Monday, it said. The round was led by Telstra Ventures and Telstra Corp., and brings Rancher’s total funding…

Cloud

GitHub acquires npm to strengthen its open-source community presence

By Maria Deutscher Mar 16, 2020

Microsoft Corp.’s GitHub subsidiary today said that it has agreed to acquire npm Inc., a startup with a central role in the open-source software community and a user base of about 12 million developers.…

Security

Hackers target US Health and Human Services Department in cyberattack

By Maria Deutscher Mar 16, 2020

Hackers reportedly believed to be affiliated with a foreign actor launched a cyberattack against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services over the weekend. The incident, first reported by Bloomberg this morning, was…

Security

Cybersecurity startups team up to protect hospitals from coronavirus hacking surge

By Maria Deutscher Mar 16, 2020

A group of cybersecurity startups today formed an alliance under the banner of London-based investment firm C5 Capital to help healthcare organizations fend off hackers trying to exploit the coronavirus pandemic. The coalition, which…

Emerging Tech

InstaVR launches affordable remote teaching pricing during outbreak

By Kyt Dotson Mar 16, 2020

InstaVR Inc., a provider of web-based virtual reality authoring and publishing, today launched organizationwide academic pricing to give universities a more cost-effective way of using VR to provide remote learning and online classes during…

Emerging Tech

Intel’s Loihi neuromorphic chip can identify hazardous chemicals from their smell

By Mike Wheatley Mar 16, 2020

Researchers from Intel Labs and Cornell University have demonstrated the unique ability of Intel Corp.’s neuromorphic research chip Loihi to identify a range of hazardous chemicals based on their odor alone. Loihi could identify…

explore news

Digital assets startup Bakkt raises $300M in new funding

Tech firms publish massive CORD-19 dataset to help fight the coronavirus

Windows 10 finally passes 1B active installations

France slaps Apple with a record 1.1 billion euro fine for anticompetitive behavior

GitHub acquires npm to strengthen its open-source community presence

Hackers target US Health and Human Services Department in cyberattack

Cybersecurity startups team up to protect hospitals from coronavirus hacking surge

InstaVR launches affordable remote teaching pricing during outbreak

Intel’s Loihi neuromorphic chip can identify hazardous chemicals from their smell

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