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Policy

Canada accuses Facebook of breaking privacy laws as Irish regulators open probe

By Maria Deutscher Apr 25, 2019

Adding to the pressure on Facebook Inc., Canada’s federal privacy watchdog said today that it plans to take the social network to court over the 2018 Cambridge Analytica scandal. Cambridge Analytica, a now-defunct political…

Blockchain

Hyundai taps the blockchain to track used cars, with help from Blocko

By Kyt Dotson Apr 25, 2019

Automotive manufacturer Hyundai Motor Group’s internet and communications technology division Hyundai AutoEver announced a partnership with blockchain distributed ledger platform provider Blocko Inc. on Wednesday to design a system to track used cars. Together,…

Emerging Tech

Alphabet’s Loon raises $125M from SoftBank subsidiary

By Maria Deutscher Apr 25, 2019

Alphabet Inc.’s Loon LLC unit announced on Wednesday night that it has raised $125 million from SoftBank Group Corp. to support its plans for a stratospheric internet network. The Japanese carrier is making the…

Apps

SalesLoft raises $70M to help agents better engage with their clients

By Mike Wheatley Apr 25, 2019

SalesLoft Inc. reckons its latest $70 million late-stage funding round announced today proves that companies are always looking for ways to better engage with their customers. Insight Venture Partners led the Series D round,…

Big Data

Okera ups its game in data lake governance

By Paul Gillin Apr 25, 2019

Data governance startup Okera Inc. today is adding attribute-based access control and automated business metadata tagging to the policy enforcement capabilities of its software for managing, securing and governing data access on data lakes…

AI

Amazon updates SageMaker Ground Truth to simplify dataset labeling

By Mike Wheatley Apr 24, 2019

Amazon Web Services Inc. made machine learning training tasks a little easier Wednesday with an update to its Amazon SageMaker Ground Truth technology launched late last year. The technology is a set of tools designed to…

Blockchain

Report: Samsung is developing custom blockchain based on Ethereum

By Duncan Riley Apr 24, 2019

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is developing its own custom blockchain based on the Ethereum blockchain, according to source quoted by CoinDesk. Exactly what Samsung intends to use its blockchain for is not clear. “Currently,…

AI

Alexa team can see where customers live, but Amazon plays it down

By James Farrell Apr 24, 2019

Amazon.com Inc. just became the latest company to unsettle consumers over the fact their data might not be as hidden as they thought. According to Bloomberg, which spoke with a number of employees at…

Apps

Report: Slack could reveal stock prospectus before week’s end

By Duncan Riley Apr 24, 2019

Messaging platform startup Slack Technologies Inc. is about to go public. That’s according to a report published Wednesday that the company may make it official before the end of the week. The Wall Street Journal,…

Cloud

ServiceNow smashes profit expectations once again

By Mike Wheatley Apr 24, 2019

Enterprise software company ServiceNow Inc. continued its run of successive strong quarterly financial performances today with another set of results that blew past expectations. Earnings before certain costs such as stock compensation came to…

all stories

Canada accuses Facebook of breaking privacy laws as Irish regulators open probe

Hyundai taps the blockchain to track used cars, with help from Blocko

Alphabet’s Loon raises $125M from SoftBank subsidiary

SalesLoft raises $70M to help agents better engage with their clients

Okera ups its game in data lake governance

Report: Samsung is developing custom blockchain based on Ethereum

Alexa team can see where customers live, but Amazon plays it down

ServiceNow smashes profit expectations once again

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