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Facebook content moderators describe the total depravity of their jobs

By James Farrell Jun 19, 2019

Moderating content for Facebook Inc. by all accounts is an extremely stressful job, according to a number of people interviewed by The Verge. In a damning investigative report released Wednesday, it was revealed that…

Apps

Slack to go public Thursday via a direct listing. Here’s what you need to know

By Duncan Riley Jun 19, 2019

Slack Technologies Inc. is set to list on the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, but in a twist to a traditional initial public offering, it’s going with a direct listing. The company has set…

Security

Google open-sources Private Join and Compute for comparing encrypted data sets

By Mike Wheatley Jun 19, 2019

Google LLC is stepping up its efforts to support user privacy and security with the open-source release today of a new “multiparty computation” tool called Private Join and Compute. It’s designed to help organizations…

Cloud

Oracle earnings outperform on cloud applications growth

By Mike Wheatley Jun 19, 2019

Updated: Database giant Oracle Corp. delivered relatively strong fourth-quarter earnings today, beating estimates thanks in part to rapid growth in its cloud applications business. The company reported earnings before certain costs such as stock compensation…

Cloud

Conversation has changed as AWS works with government customers to modernize IT

By Mark Albertson Jun 19, 2019

In 2010, the administration of then President Barack Obama issued a 25-point implementation plan to reform federal information-technology management. That plan was soon followed by a “cloud-first” strategy for the nation’s government agencies. As…

Cloud

Bringing the cloud down to earth: VMware Cloud on Dell EMC takes the public cloud model on-premises

By Betsy Amy-Vogt Jun 19, 2019

The simplicity of the public cloud comes from its service model. Everything is hands off and automated: Version updates? Security patches? Troubleshooting? No worries, mate. The cloud’s got you covered. It might appear to be…

AI

Process automation heavyweight Blue Prism to acquire Thoughtonomy in $100M deal

By Maria Deutscher Jun 19, 2019

Blue Prism Group plc., one of the bigger names in the fast-growing robotic process automation market, today announced that it’s acquiring Thoughtonomy Ltd. to strengthen its product capabilities. The cash and stock deal is worth up…

Apps

Y Combinator leads $50M round into open-source Slack rival Mattermost

By Maria Deutscher Jun 19, 2019

Team chat services such as Slack are experiencing rapid adoption in the enterprise, but some companies have been more hesitant to embrace the technology than others. Organizations with advanced data security needs, such as…

AI

Google makes it easier to build chattier chatbots in Hangouts Chat

By Mike Wheatley Jun 19, 2019

Google LLC is combining its Hangouts Chat communications tool today with its natural language understanding service Dialogflow to help developers build more conversational chatbots that can be integrated with outside applications. Google introduced Hangouts…

Apps

API development environment startup Postman raises $50M

By Mike Wheatley Jun 19, 2019

Postman Inc., creator of the popular application programming interface development environment of the same name, is looking to build up some steam after landing a $50 million funding round led by Charles River Ventures.…

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Slack to go public Thursday via a direct listing. Here’s what you need to know

Google open-sources Private Join and Compute for comparing encrypted data sets

Conversation has changed as AWS works with government customers to modernize IT

Bringing the cloud down to earth: VMware Cloud on Dell EMC takes the public cloud model on-premises

Process automation heavyweight Blue Prism to acquire Thoughtonomy in $100M deal

Y Combinator leads $50M round into open-source Slack rival Mattermost

API development environment startup Postman raises $50M

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