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New noise-canceling Bose headphones get Google Assistant support

By Collen Kriel Sep 22, 2017

Bose Corp. has launched its latest wireless, noise-canceling headphones, which will give wearers access to more than just music thanks to the incorporation of Google Assistant. Google Inc. unveiled its digital assistant a year…

Cloud

Google adds new Nvidia cloud GPUs to accelerate machine learning

By Mike Wheatley Sep 22, 2017

Google Inc. is hoping to get more users to run their machine learning and artificial intelligence workloads in its cloud with the launch of new Nvidia Corp. graphics processing units in multiple regions. Specialized…

Infra

The rise of ransomware as a service fuels hackers looking for a quick buck

By Duncan Riley Sep 21, 2017

The rise of ransomware as a service is fueling attacks worldwide by hackers looking to make a quick buck, according to a new research report. The research, undertaken by the Carbon Black Inc. Threat Analysis…

Infra

Report: HPE to shed 5,000 jobs, or 10% of its staff, by year-end

By Mike Wheatley Sep 21, 2017

Enterprise information technology giant Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. is about to downsize once again, with reports emerging that it’s planning to shed about 10 percent of its workforce, or 5,000 people. Bloomberg, which first…

Emerging Tech

Renewable electricity startup Grid+ raises $40M in initial coin offering presale

By Duncan Riley Sep 21, 2017

Grid+, a project from Consensus Systems Inc. that’s looking to build an Ethereum blockchain-based peer-to-peer trading platform for renewable energy, has raised $40 million in a presale for its forthcoming initial coin offering. The…

Infra

Despite big losses and big competition, database firm MongoDB files for an IPO

By Mike Wheatley Sep 21, 2017

New York City-based database company MongoDB Inc. today formally announced its plans to launch an initial public offering. MongoDB, which develops open-source database software including its namesake MongoDB NoSQL database, submitted its IPO plans on…

Infra

Hacked CCleaner software targeted tech companies in possible state-sponsored attack

By Duncan Riley Sep 21, 2017

The compromise of popular free security tool CCleaner disclosed earlier this week has taken an interesting twist as security researchers have discovered that the attack targeted major tech companies and may have even been…

Infra

Hackers use stolen data from SEC for insider trading: Here’s what it means

By Duncan Riley Sep 21, 2017

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission disclosed Wednesday that its internal systems had been compromised, with hackers using the stolen data to partake in insider trading. The hack, which took place in 2016 but…

Infra

Facebook will give Congress copies of Russian-purchased political ads after all

By Eric David Sep 21, 2017

Facebook Inc. has decided to give Congress copies of more than 3,000 political ads that had been bought by Russian accounts during the 2016 U.S. presidential election, reversing its initial decision to withhold that information. Facebook…

Big Data

Actian adds Apache Spark support to vector database on Hadoop

By Paul Gillin Sep 21, 2017

Actian Corp. has added support for Apache Spark to its hybrid data management, analytics and integration platform. Actian Vector in Hadoop, known as VectorH, uses vector processing and multi-level in-memory acceleration to speed up…

the latest

New noise-canceling Bose headphones get Google Assistant support

The rise of ransomware as a service fuels hackers looking for a quick buck

Renewable electricity startup Grid+ raises $40M in initial coin offering presale

Despite big losses and big competition, database firm MongoDB files for an IPO

Hacked CCleaner software targeted tech companies in possible state-sponsored attack

Hackers use stolen data from SEC for insider trading: Here’s what it means

Facebook will give Congress copies of Russian-purchased political ads after all

Actian adds Apache Spark support to vector database on Hadoop

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