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Google’s first VR Doodle celebrates film director Georges Melies – and its own VR chops

By Kyt Dotson May 3, 2018

Google Inc. today released its first virtual reality Google Doodle with an adorable short 360-degree video featuring scenes inspired by French film director and illusionist Georges Méliès. Google Doodles are a regular feature that…

Emerging Tech

SoundHound takes in $100M to challenge Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant

By Maria Deutscher May 3, 2018

A surprisingly large proportion of voice-activated devices out there don’t rely on Alexa, Google Assistant or Siri to power their conversational interfaces. Many hardware makers are instead opting to use technology from a startup…

Cloud

VMware, customer relations are gems for Dell, but data’s value could pose a challenge

By Mark Albertson May 3, 2018

After the ink was dry on the $67-billion Dell EMC merger in 2016, the remaining question was whether the combined companies would be able to maintain critical partner and customer relationships. Based on conversations…

Cloud

CloudPassage debuts new security and compliance features for cloud infrastructure

By Mike Wheatley May 3, 2018

Cloud infrastructure security company CloudPassage Inc. is updating its flagship Halo platform, which provides security controls across data centers, private and public clouds and virtual machines. The company said it’s making available a new…

Big Data

Cambridge Analytica shuts down, but probes of its Facebook data use continue

By James Farrell May 3, 2018

Cambridge Analytica, the company behind the data harvesting scandal that affected as many as 87 million Facebook users, Wednesday announced it will cease all operations in the U.K. and the U.S. The British political…

Infra

Notorious Russian hacking group targets LoJack anti-computer theft program

By Duncan Riley May 2, 2018

Notorious Russian hacking group Fancy Bear is believed to be behind an attack that hijacks a function within Absolute Software Corp.’s LoJack security tool to redirect data to malicious command-and-control servers. Discovered by researchers…

Emerging Tech

Goldman Sachs to launch bitcoin trading desk

By Duncan Riley May 2, 2018

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is set to become the first major merchant bank to embrace cryptocurrencies, announcing Wednesday that it’s planning to launch a bitcoin trading desk. First reported by The New York Times,…

Apps

Google working on a social gaming startup called Arcade

By Duncan Riley May 2, 2018

Google Inc. is working on a social gaming startup looking to debut its first game as early as summer, according to a report from Bloomberg. Called simply “Arcade,” the startup is being headed by 21-year-old…

Infra

Dell and VMware join with Microsoft to deliver IoT infrastructure at the edge

By Mike Wheatley May 2, 2018

Dell Technologies Inc. and VMware Inc. said on Wednesday they’re teaming up with Microsoft Corp. to offer a jointly designed “internet of things” product aimed at boosting IoT adoption in specific markets. The “joint…

Emerging Tech

Telegram cancels plan for public ICO after raising $1.7B in presales

By Duncan Riley May 2, 2018

Encrypted-messaging startup Telegram Messenger LLC has canceled its public initial coin offering after having raised $1.7 billion from some 200 private investors, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The Telegram ICO, first reported in January,…

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Google’s first VR Doodle celebrates film director Georges Melies – and its own VR chops

SoundHound takes in $100M to challenge Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant

VMware, customer relations are gems for Dell, but data’s value could pose a challenge

Cambridge Analytica shuts down, but probes of its Facebook data use continue

Notorious Russian hacking group targets LoJack anti-computer theft program

Goldman Sachs to launch bitcoin trading desk

Dell and VMware join with Microsoft to deliver IoT infrastructure at the edge

Telegram cancels plan for public ICO after raising $1.7B in presales

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