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Amazon’s drone delivery program wins key FAA approval
Amazon.com Inc.’s delivery drones can start dropping off packages on consumers’ lawns now that the company has received an important initial regulatory approval from the U.S Federal Aviation Administration. Amazon said today that its Prime Air unit, which manages its drone delivery efforts, has been designated an “air carrier” by the FAA. That means the unit ...
Qualcomm touts performance improvements with new mobile chip, 5G tech
Qualcomm Inc. today debuted a new processor for mobile devices and announced a technical milestone in its efforts to develop more powerful 5G networking technology. Qualcomm’s efforts in the mobile processor and 5G segments are closely interlinked. The company’s technology can be found both in the handsets with which consumers connect to mobile networks, as well ...
Apple blocks Facebook app update amid scrutiny of App Store policies
Facebook Inc. is the latest company locking horns with Apple Inc. over its App Store policies around in-app payments, which have also drawn scrutiny from other software makers and regulators. Facebook’s dispute with Apple revolves around a feature the social network launched this month to let businesses host paid online events on its platform. Facebook had asked ...
Led by Mellanox cofounders, ProteanTecs raises $45M to help optimize chip design
Analytics startup ProteanTecs Ltd. on Thursday raised $45 million in funding for its “deep data” platform, which uses specialized circuits and machine learning to help semiconductor makers design better processors. ProteanTecs was launched in 2017 by a group of chip industry veterans. Chief Executive Officer Shai Cohen and two other members of the founding team ...
Reports: Oracle in the lead to buy TikTok as Microsoft eyes app’s e-commerce potential
The bidding war for TikTok has reached a pivotal point, according to reports published today, and Oracle Corp. may have the strongest chance to emerge as the buyer. The U.S. version of TikTok is being sold off by owner ByteDance Ltd. as a result of an executive order issued this month. The app, which has about 100 ...
In big cybersecurity push, Fastly to acquire Signal Sciences for $775M
Publicly traded content delivery provider Fastly Inc. today said that it has signed a $775 million deal to acquire Signal Sciences Inc., which makes security software for protecting web services from hackers. The acquisition is a cash-and-stock transaction. Fastly will pay about $575 million in shares and $200 million in cash, as well as set ...
Facebook comes under scrutiny over handling of Kenosha Guard page
Facebook Inc. has come under scrutiny over its handling of a page associated with the self-declared militia group Kenosha Guard, which had created an event post calling on people to “take up arms” shortly before the fatal shooting of two people in the city of Kenosha, Wisconsin. Protesters took to the streets in Kenosha this week ...
SugarCRM acquires AI sales startup Node to help it challenge Salesforce
SugarCRM Inc., a Salesforce.com competitor with more than 2 million users worldwide, has acquired an artificial intelligence startup called Node Inc. to build more automation features into its platform. The deal was announced Monday. Node’s technology could help SugarCRM better match the AI automation features offered by larger rival Salesforce, whose stock jumped more than ...
US launches $1B+ push to advance quantum information sciences and AI
U.S. officials today announced a broad research initiative to invest more than $1 billion over five years in new breakthroughs in quantum information sciences and artificial intelligence. As part of the effort, 12 specialized research centers will be set up nationwide. The bulk of the program’s budget, $625 million, will go towards quantum information sciences. That ...
Google launches alpha release of Jetpack Compose to speed Android coding
Google LLC today launched the alpha release of Jetpack Compose, a development tool it has built to speed up the creation of Android apps. The search giant debuted an early preview version of Jetpack Compose last October. It’s aimed at speeding up Android development by streamlining the process of creating an app’s user interface, a ...