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Amid automation efforts, Amazon pledges $700M to retrain 100,000 workers

By Maria Deutscher Jul 11, 2019

Amazon.com Inc. today committed $700 million to help 100,000 employees, or about a third of its U.S. workforce, move into high-growth fields such as data science and software development. The Upskilling 2025 initiative is launching…

Big Data

Cloudera relents, adopts pure open-source strategy

By Paul Gillin Jul 11, 2019

Who acquired whom? Although billed as a “merger of relative equals,” last fall’s combination of Cloudera Inc. and Hortonworks Inc. was by all accounts a Cloudera acquisition of its smaller big-data rival. But it…

Security

Virginia Cyber Range students take dead aim at solving cybersecurity skills gap

By Mark Albertson Jul 11, 2019

If the United States has any hope of strengthening its cybersecurity defenses, the solution begins and ends with trained talent. One cybersecurity training program in Virginia has just expanded nationally in an effort to…

Emerging Tech

Rigetti Computing buys quantum application developer QxBranch

By Mike Wheatley Jul 11, 2019

Quantum computing platform company Rigetti Computing Inc. is expanding into application territory with the acquisition of a startup called QxBranch Inc. Rigetti has built what it calls a “hybrid quantum-classical” computing platform that it claims…

Cloud

Alluxio’s data orchestration platform now spans multiple clouds

By Paul Gillin Jul 11, 2019

Alluxio Inc., developer of a virtual distributed file system aimed specifically at data science and analytics workloads, today released what it says is the most significant enhancement to its platform since its initial release…

Blockchain

Samsung releases blockchain software development kit for distributed smartphone apps

By Kyt Dotson Jul 11, 2019

Technology giant Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. announced Wednesday the release of a new software development kit supporting the creation of blockchain distributed apps, called dApps, for the company’s Galaxy S10 phone series. The blockchain…

Apps

IPO mania: Second quarter hits new record for startup exits

By Duncan Riley Jul 11, 2019

More companies went public or were acquired in the second quarter than in any single quarter in history. That’s according to data from the latest PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor quarterly venture capital ecosystem report announced…

Blockchain

Blockstack becomes first company to get SEC approval for an initial coin offering

By Duncan Riley Jul 10, 2019

Reports of dubious initial coin offerings targeted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission are a dime a dozen, but a New York City-based company seeking to raise money in a token sale is…

Security

New Android malware replaces code in legitimate apps to display malicious ads

By Duncan Riley Jul 10, 2019

A newly discovered form of Android malware that changes code in legitimate apps to display fraudulent ads has been found on more than 25 million devices, according to a report today from security researchers at Check…

Policy

Investigation into proposed French tech tax could spark a US-Europe trade war

By Duncan Riley Jul 10, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump today ordered an investigation into a proposal from France to impose a tax on large tech companies, a move that could possibly spark a trade war between the U.S. and…

explore news

Amid automation efforts, Amazon pledges $700M to retrain 100,000 workers

Virginia Cyber Range students take dead aim at solving cybersecurity skills gap

Rigetti Computing buys quantum application developer QxBranch

Samsung releases blockchain software development kit for distributed smartphone apps

IPO mania: Second quarter hits new record for startup exits

Blockstack becomes first company to get SEC approval for an initial coin offering

New Android malware replaces code in legitimate apps to display malicious ads

Investigation into proposed French tech tax could spark a US-Europe trade war

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