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Google’s latest Flutter release adds iOS 14 support, Android usability upgrades
Google LLC today rolled out a new stable release of its Flutter development tool that adds support for iOS 14, the latest version of Apple Inc.’s smartphone operating system, and includes several Android-focused upgrades as well. Flutter is a popular open-source framework for building user interfaces. More than 100,000 apps use it in the Android ...
Edge computing startup Macrometa raises $7M for its ‘global data network’
Macrometa Inc., a Palo Alto, California-based edge computing startup, today announced that it has closed a $7 million seed round led by DNX Ventures with participation from existing investors. Macrometa operates a cloud platform on which companies can build geographically distributed applications. A geographically distributed application can be, for example, a package tracking system that ...
GitHub launches automated code scanning feature for developers
GitHub enhanced its platform today with the launch of a capability called GitHub code scanning that can automatically find security issues in developers’ software projects. The addition will not only make GitHub’s feature set more competitive but potentially also improve the security of the open-source ecosystem as a whole. The Microsoft Corp.-owned code hosting platform is home ...
Facebook links Instagram and Messenger with new cross-app messaging support
Facebook Inc. this morning announced plans to roll out an integration that will enable users to send messages from Instagram to Messenger and vice versa. The integration is part of a broader update that includes additional features such as self-deleting direct messages in Instagram. The enhancements advance a vision outlined by Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg ...
Anyscale’s open-source Ray framework for distributed AI projects hits 1.0 release
Startup Anyscale Inc. today introduced the first round-number release of its open-source Ray framework, which is used by engineers at Amazon.com Inc. and other tech giants to build artificial intelligence models. Anyscale exited stealth mode late last year with more than $20 million in initial funding. Co-founders Robert Nishihara (pictured, left) and Philipp Moritz (right) ...
Coralogix reels in $25M for its AI-infused log analytics platform
Less than a year after closing a $10 million funding round, log analytics startup Coralogix Inc. today said it has raised another $25 million from a group of investors led by Red Dot Capital and O.G. Tech Partners. San Francisco-based Coralogix provides a cloud service that organizations use to find issues in their information technology ...
Amazon introduces palm-scanning payment system in its Go stores
Amazon.com Inc. today debuted Amazon One, a biometric payment system that allows shoppers to pay at a physical store by placing their palm above a contactless scanner. Amazon One is initially launching in two of the online retail giant’s Amazon Go stores in Seattle. The company plans to roll out the system to more Go ...
McAfee to go public after boosting revenue to $1.4B in first half of 2020
Cybersecurity giant McAfee Corp. has filed for an initial public offering that will return it to the stock market after a decade-long hiatus and allow it to pursue more strategic acquisitions. McAfee generated net revenue of $1.4 billion in the six months through June 27, according to the IPO filing that the company made public ...
VMware picks up infrastructure automation provider SaltStack
VMware Inc. is acquiring SaltStack Inc., the company behind a widely used infrastructure automation tool, to enhance its vRealize cloud management software suite. The deal was announced against the backdrop of VMware’s virtual VMworld event today, where the company debuted a number of new products. The terms of the acquisition aren’t being disclosed. SaltStack is ...
Arm rolls out new hardened chip designs for robots and smart cars
Arm Ltd. today introduced three new chip designs aimed at industrial robots and smart vehicles, including cars with fully or partially autonomous driving features. The products will put more wind behind the firm’s efforts to capture the growing market for so-called “internet of things” chips. Executives estimate that the auto and industrial automation segments alone ...