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VMware defines the ‘big pillar’ supporting its cloud strategy

By Bev Bellile Aug 30, 2018

After 11 years, the VMworld conference has become well-known for attracting movers and shakers across the whole of the technology industry. While VMware’s annual show still focuses on hands-on, technical practitioners and middle management, more upper management folks are…

Apps

Mozilla plans new privacy controls for Firefox to block web trackers

By Maria Deutscher Aug 30, 2018

The Mozilla Foundation today detailed plans to add a set of privacy controls to Firefox that will prevent websites and advertisers from tracking users’ online activity. Nick Nguyen, the browser maker’s vice president of…

Emerging Tech

Apple acquires AR hardware startup Akonia Holographics

By Maria Deutscher Aug 30, 2018

Apple Inc. has quietly acquired a hardware startup called Akonia Holographics LLC that focused on developing components for augmented reality headsets. The iPhone maker confirmed the deal after it came to light late Wednesday with the customary statement it…

Emerging Tech

Diffbot launches world’s largest Knowledge Graph with 500 times more data than Google

By Duncan Riley Aug 30, 2018

Palo Alto-based artificial intelligence startup Diffbot Inc. today launched what it claims is the world’s largest structured, enterprise-ready database of human knowledge ever created. According to the company, the Diffbot Knowledge Graph is 500 times…

Emerging Tech

Authenteq launches identity management blockchain Trollteq to combat trolls and harassment

By Kyt Dotson Aug 30, 2018

Iceland-based Authenteq Ltd., an identity verification and privacy startup that uses a blockchain distributed ledger platform, today launched an anti-harassment product named Trollteq to combat online “trolls” – a broad category of people who…

Cloud

Equinix delivers private connections to VMware Cloud on AWS

By Mike Wheatley Aug 29, 2018

Data center operator Equinix Inc. is teaming up with VMware Inc. to offer private connectivity through its global infrastructure to VMware Cloud on Amazon Web Services via AWS Direct Connect. With the offering, enterprises will be…

Emerging Tech

Terra raises $32M from leading Asian exchanges for its stablecoin platform

By Duncan Riley Aug 29, 2018

Singapore-based cryptocurrency startup Terra is the latest to attempt to establish a tradable “stablecoin,” raising $32 million today from a number of leading exchanges in an attempt to bring its white paper to reality. Leading…

Infra

Air Canada data breach includes passport numbers, personal information

By Duncan Riley Aug 29, 2018

Air Canada Inc. is advising customers of their mobile app to reset their passwords after the company said it detected a potential data breach. The airline said in a notice to customers Tuesday that it…

Cloud

Nvidia’s GPU cloud for deep learning can now be accessed via Microsoft Azure

By Mike Wheatley Aug 29, 2018

Microsoft Corp. today said it’s teaming up with Nvidia Corp. so that its Azure cloud customers can tap into the graphics chipmaker’s GPU Cloud in order to train deep learning models. Nvidia’s GPU Cloud offers…

Apps

Facebook Watch is now available worldwide, with incentives for video creators

By James Farrell Aug 29, 2018

Facebook Inc.’s Watch video platform is now global after launching in the U.S. in August last year. The service, which is touted as Facebook’s answer to YouTube, can now reach billions of people across…

explore news

Apple acquires AR hardware startup Akonia Holographics

Diffbot launches world’s largest Knowledge Graph with 500 times more data than Google

Terra raises $32M from leading Asian exchanges for its stablecoin platform

Air Canada data breach includes passport numbers, personal information

Nvidia’s GPU cloud for deep learning can now be accessed via Microsoft Azure

Facebook Watch is now available worldwide, with incentives for video creators

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