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IBM’s new Hypertaste system is an AI-assisted, reprogrammable chemical sensor

By Maria Deutscher Jul 5, 2019

Researchers at IBM Corp.’s Zurich lab today unveiled their latest project: a chemical detection system called Hypertaste that uses artificial intelligence to classify liquids. Distinguishing different beverages and food items is usually a trivial…

Policy

UK watchdog freezes Amazon’s investment in food delivery unicorn Deliveroo

By Maria Deutscher Jul 5, 2019

Amazon.com Inc.’s recent moves in the food delivery market have drawn scrutiny from U.K. regulators. The Competition and Markets Authority, Britain’s antitrust watchdog, today announced that it has frozen the retail giant’s May investment…

Policy

US asks federal court to throw out Huawei ban lawsuit

By Duncan Riley Jul 4, 2019

U.S. government officials filed a motion Wednesday to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. over a ban against its equipment being used by government agencies. The ban in question, not to be confused with a…

Security

DHS warns state officials about 2020 election phishing threats

By Duncan Riley Jul 4, 2019

An official with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has warned a meeting of top state election officials to be cautious of hacking attempts targeting local and state election workers in the lead up to…

Apps

Robotic lawyer startup DoNotPay raises $4.6M

By Duncan Riley Jul 4, 2019

Robotic lawyer startup DoNotPay Ltd. today said it has raised $4.6 million in new funding to expand its service into new markets. The seed funding round was back by Andreessen Horowitz’s a16z, Greylock Ventures, Felicis Ventures,…

Apps

Samsung profits fall more than 50% on lower demand for memory chips

By Mike Wheatley Jul 4, 2019

Samsung Electronics Co. said late Thursday in its preliminary second-quarter earnings guidance that its operating profit fell by more than 50% from a year ago on weak demand for its memory chips and a slowdown in the…

Security

DerpTrolling hacker sentenced to 27 months behind bars

By Duncan Riley Jul 4, 2019

A 23-year-old man who was involved in multiple distributed denial-of-service attacks in December 2013 and January 2014 that targeted online gaming services has been sentenced to 27 months in prison. Austin Thompson, known online…

Big Data

MapR pins hopes on single investor as rescue deadline passes

By Paul Gillin Jul 4, 2019

MapR Technologies Inc. missed a self-imposed July 3 deadline to secure new funding or find a buyer, but said it’s continuing discussions with a potential funding source that could keep the big-data company in…

Cloud

Public cloud spending set to double in the next 4 years

By Mike Wheatley Jul 4, 2019

Global spending on public cloud infrastructure and services will almost double from $229 billion this year to around $500 billion by 2023, according to analyst firm International Data Corp.’s latest report. IDC, in its…

Cloud

Apple resolves widespread iCloud outage that hit services across the U.S.

By Mike Wheatley Jul 4, 2019

Most of Apple Inc.’s iCloud services were offline for almost an hour Thursday as the company suffered a widespread systems outage affecting users across the U.S. Users reported being unable to access their iCloud accounts, as…

all stories

UK watchdog freezes Amazon’s investment in food delivery unicorn Deliveroo

US asks federal court to throw out Huawei ban lawsuit

DHS warns state officials about 2020 election phishing threats

Robotic lawyer startup DoNotPay raises $4.6M

Samsung profits fall more than 50% on lower demand for memory chips

DerpTrolling hacker sentenced to 27 months behind bars

Apple resolves widespread iCloud outage that hit services across the U.S.

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