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Security

Amazon blames ‘technical issue’ for exposing customer names and email addresses

By Duncan Riley Nov 21, 2018

Amazon.com Inc. has exposed customer names and email addresses in a data breach they are describing as a “technical error.” The e-commerce giant started emailing customers affected on Tuesday, saying only that the issue…

Big Data

Sigma Computing marries spreadsheets, SQL for cloud data warehouse access

By Paul Gillin Nov 21, 2018

More than 750 million people worldwide use spreadsheets, and that’s why Sigma Computing Inc. thinks the familiar row-and-column metaphor is a good way to work with data warehouses as well. The company recently introduced an analytics…

Cloud

AWS boosts SageMaker with new AI algorithms, more automation

By Maria Deutscher Nov 21, 2018

Amazon Web Services Inc. today augmented its SageMaker artificial intelligence service with new features that will enable developers to automate core aspects of their work. The cloud giant launched SageMaker last year to reduce the amount of…

Emerging Tech

Cisco alum John Chambers aims to clone Silicon Valley everywhere

By R. Danes Nov 21, 2018

What is in the air in Silicon Valley that makes it America’s tech innovation greenhouse? Did an unpredictable swirl of gasses create the universe of Google, Facebook, Apple, et al.? Surely, Saint Paul, Minnesota,…

AI

Report: Apple has quietly acquired on-device AI startup Silk Labs

By Maria Deutscher Nov 21, 2018

Much of the information that reaches the public about Apple Inc.’s startup acquisitions comes from leaks rather than the company itself, which usually stays mum about such deals. A new leak late Tuesday indicates…

Emerging Tech

Chinese warehouse robotics automation outfit Geek+ rolls in $150M funding

By Kyt Dotson Nov 21, 2018

You might not have heard of the warehouse logistics robotics company Beijing Geekplus Technology Co. Ltd., but investors have: Today the Chinese company announced it has closed on a $150 million funding round. Geek+,…

Apps

Child pornography is the reason Tumblr was removed from Apple’s App Store

By James Farrell Nov 20, 2018

It’s now known that the reason social blogging site Tumblr mysteriously went missing from Apple Inc.’s App Store was because it had allowed some users to post images of child pornography. The app disappeared…

Blockchain

Bitcoin dives again as the Justice Department is reported to be probing Tether

By Duncan Riley Nov 20, 2018

The price of bitcoin continues to fall as a report claimed that the U.S. Department of Justice has launched a criminal probe into Tether, the so-called “stablecoin” from cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex that’s primarily used to buy and…

Apps

Flogging a dead horse, Snap plans another version of its camera glasses

By Duncan Riley Nov 20, 2018

Despite previous attempts ending in failure, Snap Inc. apparently is once again launching a new version of its Spectacles camera glasses. According to Cheddar, the third incarnation — or fourth or fifth given that…

Cloud

Autodesk acquires construction productivity cloud software startup PlanGrid for $875 million

By Duncan Riley Nov 20, 2018

Design software company Autodesk Inc. today said it plans to acquire San Francisco-based construction productivity cloud software startup PlanGrid for $875 million. Founded in 2011, PlanGrid provides cloud-based project management software that helps contractors,…

the latest

Cisco alum John Chambers aims to clone Silicon Valley everywhere

Report: Apple has quietly acquired on-device AI startup Silk Labs

Child pornography is the reason Tumblr was removed from Apple’s App Store

Bitcoin dives again as the Justice Department is reported to be probing Tether

Flogging a dead horse, Snap plans another version of its camera glasses

Autodesk acquires construction productivity cloud software startup PlanGrid for $875 million

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