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Facebook buys cloud gaming company PlayGiga for $78M

By Duncan Riley Dec 18, 2019

Facebook Inc. today said it has acquired Spanish cloud gaming company PlayGiga for about €70 million ($78 million) as it looks to expand into the gaming market. Founded in 2013, PlayGiga offers a premium streaming game service…

Policy

Amazon hits back at claims it’s abusing open-source software

By Mike Wheatley Dec 18, 2019

Amazon Web Services Inc. has hit back at criticism that it’s taking advantage of open-source software projects by “strip mining” them and repackaging them as paid services. Andi Gutmans, vice president of AWS analytics…

Emerging Tech

Uber expands its Uber Works temporary labor hire service to Miami

By Duncan Riley Dec 18, 2019

Uber Technologies Inc. is expanding its Uber Works temporary labor hire service to Miami, Florida, after launching the service in Chicago in October. The on-demand labor hiring app matches people looking for shift work with…

Security

Google announces revamp of its Patch Rewards program for open-source security

By Mike Wheatley Dec 18, 2019

Google LLC said today it’s planning to revamp its six-year-old Patch Rewards program for open-source software developers beginning next year. Patch Rewards is one of Google’s oldest security programs. It began life in 2013…

Infra

Micron stock jumps on improved demand for memory chips

By Mike Wheatley Dec 18, 2019

Micron Technology Inc.’s stock jumped more than 4% in extended trading today after company executives predicted the chipmaker had hit the bottom of a rough period during which its sales have declined for four successive…

Big Data

ProdPerfect raises $13M to automate creation of software test suites

By Paul Gillin Dec 18, 2019

ProdPerfect Inc. said Tuesday it has raised $13 million in new funding to build its automated software testing business. The company, which was founded in 2017, had previously raised $2.7 million in a seed round. ProdPerfect…

Big Data

Inside Dataiku’s data-science, future-proof platform

By Kathryn Buford Dec 18, 2019

At the risk of becoming irrelevant, many legacy companies are making greater efforts to harness cloud-based technology. Dataiku is a data-science platform that provides a collaborative environment for data scientists and business analysts to…

Infra

Report: Broadcom hires a bank to help it sell its $2.2B RF chip business

By Maria Deutscher Dec 18, 2019

Broadcom Inc. has hired Credit Suisse Group AG to help it sell one of its chip businesses, according to a new report, and insiders apparently believe that a potential deal could be worth as…

Emerging Tech

IBM develops new battery technology that can be made from seawater

By Maria Deutscher Dec 18, 2019

IBM Corp.’s research arm today detailed its work on a new battery design that doesn’t require any heavy metals to build and could potentially be more efficient than today’s lithium-ion technology. Virtually all rechargeable…

IoT

Amazon, Apple and Google team up to build a network standard for the smart home

By Maria Deutscher Dec 18, 2019

It’s not every day that the world’s most prominent tech firms team up to launch an open-source project. Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc., Google LLC and the industry group Zigbee Alliance this morning announced a joint…

the latest

Uber expands its Uber Works temporary labor hire service to Miami

Google announces revamp of its Patch Rewards program for open-source security

Micron stock jumps on improved demand for memory chips

ProdPerfect raises $13M to automate creation of software test suites

Inside Dataiku’s data-science, future-proof platform

Report: Broadcom hires a bank to help it sell its $2.2B RF chip business

IBM develops new battery technology that can be made from seawater

Amazon, Apple and Google team up to build a network standard for the smart home

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