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Microsoft, IBM and others back Google in high-stakes Supreme Court copyright case

By Maria Deutscher Jan 14, 2020

A broad group of tech firms including Microsoft Corp. has thrown its support behind Google LLC in its high-stake copyright dispute with Oracle Corp., which will go before the U.S. Supreme Court this year. The list…

Apps

Google acquires e-commerce startup Pointy for a reported $163M

By Maria Deutscher Jan 14, 2020

Google LLC said today that it’s acquiring Pointy, a Dublin, Ireland-based startup that has carved out a unique niche for itself developing e-commerce hardware. The search giant didn’t disclose how much the deal is worth…

Cloud

AWS seeks temporary block of Pentagon’s $10B JEDI contract to Microsoft

By Maria Deutscher Jan 14, 2020

Amazon Web Services Inc. is requesting a court order to halt work temporarily on the U.S. Defense Department’s $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud computing contract, which was awarded to Microsoft Corp. last year…

Cloud

GitLab announces key executive hires ahead of public stock debut later this year

By Mike Wheatley Jan 14, 2020

DevOps company GitLab Inc. today announced a couple of key executive hires as it prepares the ground for a planned initial public offering later this year. The appointments were announced this morning at the…

Cloud

CNCF launches Kubernetes bug bounty program

By Mike Wheatley Jan 14, 2020

The Cloud Native Computing Foundation today announced the creation of a new bug bounty program for the open-source Kubernetes container orchestration tool. The goal of the program is to secure what is one of…

Big Data

MariaDB takes next step to erase line between transactions and analytics

By Paul Gillin Jan 14, 2020

MariaDB Corp., which develops and sells an enterprise version of the open source MariaDB database management system, is merging analytical processing features into its core platform transaction processing engine to enable developers to build…

Blockchain

Tunisian olive oil producer Cho looks to IBM Food Trust blockchain for food transparency

By Kyt Dotson Jan 14, 2020

Cho Group, one of the biggest olive oil producers in the southern Mediterranean, and IBM Corp. today announced that Cho will use the IBM Food Trust Network, a distributed ledger blockchain technology, to provide…

Emerging Tech

Venture capital investments and startup exits slow but remain near record highs

By Duncan Riley Jan 14, 2020

Venture capital investments in the U.S. may be slowing a bit, and so are startup “exits” such as initial public stock offerings and acquisitions, but both remain near record highs as investors keep betting…

Infra

US tells UK that using Huawei to build a 5G network would be ‘madness’

By James Farrell Jan 13, 2020

Security officials from the U.S. met with U.K. ministers on Monday and in no uncertain terms told them that Chinese tech behemoth Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. is not the right company to use to…

Security

$2.3M stolen in phishing campaign that targeted Texas school district

By Duncan Riley Jan 13, 2020

A Texas school district is out $2.3 million after a targeted phishing campaign led to money being transferred to accounts controlled by those behind the scam. Details are a little slim, but it’s believed that…

explore news

Microsoft, IBM and others back Google in high-stakes Supreme Court copyright case

Google acquires e-commerce startup Pointy for a reported $163M

AWS seeks temporary block of Pentagon’s $10B JEDI contract to Microsoft

GitLab announces key executive hires ahead of public stock debut later this year

MariaDB takes next step to erase line between transactions and analytics

Tunisian olive oil producer Cho looks to IBM Food Trust blockchain for food transparency

Venture capital investments and startup exits slow but remain near record highs

US tells UK that using Huawei to build a 5G network would be ‘madness’

$2.3M stolen in phishing campaign that targeted Texas school district

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