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Apps

Google Maps for Android puts real-time information front and center

By Collen Kriel Feb 6, 2017

Google Inc.’s latest update for its Maps app for Android adds a new navigation bar to the bottom of the home screen, where users can explore the area around them. In this section, users…

Infra

Hacker trolls 150,000 unsecured printers to raise security awareness

By Duncan Riley Feb 6, 2017

A hacker has claimed to have dumped warning messages on over 150,000 unsecured Internet-connected printers in an alleged effort to raise awareness about printer security. The gray-hat hacker, going by the name of Stackoverflowin, targeted…

UPDATED: Silicon Valley’s vocal opposition to Trump is turning to action

By James Farrell Feb 6, 2017

It’s no secret that the relationship between technology leaders and newly elected President Donald J. Trump has been less than cordial. Now, it could get downright ugly. “Silicon Valley is stepping up,” Sam Altman,…

Emerging Tech

Flying Ubers? Ride-hailing giant hires NASA engineer to head aerial car initiative

By Duncan Riley Feb 6, 2017

Uber Technologies Inc.’s ambitions are heading to the sky, and the ride-hailing giant has hired a former U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration engineer to lead its push into developing flying cars. Uber has hired Mark…

Cloud

Stratoscale acquires Tesora to expand into databases as a service

By Duncan Riley Feb 6, 2017

Cloud infrastructure firm Stratoscale Inc. has acquired database-as-a-service startup Tesora Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2010, Tesora, previously known as ParElastic, aims to simplify the provision and management of databases by providing OpenStack administrators…

Emerging Tech

3D metal printing startup Desktop Metal raises $45M from Google, BMW

By Duncan Riley Feb 6, 2017

3D metal printing startup Desktop Metal Inc. has raised $45 million in a late-stage funding round led by the Google Inc. venture capital arm GV. The round was raised at a valuation of $305 million,…

Emerging Tech

Spotad raises $3.5M for its AI-powered mobile ad platform

By Eric David Feb 6, 2017

Spotad, a New York City-based mobile advertising startup with an artificial-intelligence twist, announced today that it has raised $3.5 million in a Series A funding led by VLTCM in Hong Kong. Plenty of advertising platforms…

Emerging Tech

Irish Funds, Deloitte build blockchain for investment returns reporting

By Kyt Dotson Feb 6, 2017

Dublin-based international investment community representative the Irish Funds Industry Association is working with financial consulting firm Deloitte LLP to develop a blockchain system for regulatory reporting of investment returns to the Central Bank of…

Women in Tech

Team science: Helping students and scientists make sense of data with new tools | #WiDS

By Tim Hawkins Feb 6, 2017

Computer and data science in the past has been largely dominated by men, but as time goes on more and more women are becoming part of the industry, according to Miriah Meyer (pictured), assistant professor…

Big Data

Far from dead, privacy is alive and well in the era of big data | #WomenInTech

By Gabriel Pesek Feb 6, 2017

Sun Microsystems Inc. Chief Executive Scott McNealy’s infamous statement in 1999, “You have zero privacy … Get over it,” has long been a go-to quote for those highlighting the dangers of technology’s potential to intrude on…

the latest

Google Maps for Android puts real-time information front and center

Hacker trolls 150,000 unsecured printers to raise security awareness

UPDATED: Silicon Valley’s vocal opposition to Trump is turning to action

Flying Ubers? Ride-hailing giant hires NASA engineer to head aerial car initiative

Stratoscale acquires Tesora to expand into databases as a service

3D metal printing startup Desktop Metal raises $45M from Google, BMW

Spotad raises $3.5M for its AI-powered mobile ad platform

Irish Funds, Deloitte build blockchain for investment returns reporting

Team science: Helping students and scientists make sense of data with new tools | #WiDS

Far from dead, privacy is alive and well in the era of big data | #WomenInTech

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