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Amazon claims First Amendment protection for Alexa digital assistant – even in a murder case

By James Farrell Feb 23, 2017

Amazon.com Inc. is asserting its right not to hand over a user’s data in an Arkansas murder trial, stating that the First Amendment protects an individual’s right to privacy. Amazon was first approached by…

Infra

Storj Labs launches crowdsourced storage based on blockchain

By Mike Wheatley Feb 23, 2017

A startup called Storj Labs Inc. has launched an open-source, distributed cloud object storage platform built on blockchain technology that encrypts files across a peer-to-peer network. The company is essentially crowdsourcing storage, enabling individuals…

Cloud

CafeX slaps Amazon Web Services with lawsuit over naming of its Chime product

By Mike Wheatley Feb 23, 2017

Workplace collaboration vendor CafeX Communications Inc. has slapped Amazon Web Services with a lawsuit over the name of AWS’s recently announced Amazon Chime videoconferencing product. CafeX has offered its own video collaboration product, also…

Big Data

Splunk issues weaker first-quarter outlook, pushing shares down

By Paul Gillin Feb 23, 2017

Splunk Inc. topped analyst expectations in both revenues and earnings per share in its fiscal fourth quarter financial results, but the stock dove 7 percent after hours on a weaker-than-expected first-quarter forecast. The developer of…

Emerging Tech

Alphabet’s Waymo says Uber stole key parts of its self-driving tech

By Eric David Feb 23, 2017

Waymo Inc., which began its life as Google Inc.’s self-driving car division, today filed a lawsuit against Uber Technologies Inc. claiming that the ride-hailing service stole some of its autonomous vehicle technology. Waymo released a…

Emerging Tech

Google’s Perspective uses AI to fight Internet trolls

By Eric David Feb 23, 2017

Internet trolls are notorious for saying some of the worst things imaginable online, things that no sane person would ever say in real life. But tracking and removing those comments manually could be a…

Infra

HPE investors unhappy as revenues and profit outlook fall

By Robert Hof Feb 23, 2017

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.’s long struggle to rev up new growth engines remains stuck in idle. The enterprise computing and services company reported a profit before certain costs such as stock compensation of 45…

Emerging Tech

Zappar raises $3.75M to make AR and VR content creation easy

By Eric David Feb 23, 2017

The success of “Pokemon Go” last year proved that augmented reality can be big business, but few companies can afford to build their own AR or virtual reality apps from scratch. Zappar Ltd. hopes…

Big Data

FOSSA raises $2.2M from Marc Benioff and others to simplify code licenses

By Maria Deutscher Feb 23, 2017

As the bitter software dispute between Oracle Corp. and Google nears its seventh year, developers need to be more mindful than ever about using code written by others in their projects. The problem is…

Emerging Tech

Microsoft leads $26M round in drone flight control startup AirMap

By Maria Deutscher Feb 23, 2017

If Silicon Valley has its way and delivery drones start roaming the skies en masse, the resulting increase in air traffic could become too much for civil aviation authorities to handle. A startup called AirMap…

explore news

Amazon claims First Amendment protection for Alexa digital assistant – even in a murder case

CafeX slaps Amazon Web Services with lawsuit over naming of its Chime product

Splunk issues weaker first-quarter outlook, pushing shares down

Alphabet’s Waymo says Uber stole key parts of its self-driving tech

Google’s Perspective uses AI to fight Internet trolls

HPE investors unhappy as revenues and profit outlook fall

Zappar raises $3.75M to make AR and VR content creation easy

FOSSA raises $2.2M from Marc Benioff and others to simplify code licenses

Microsoft leads $26M round in drone flight control startup AirMap

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