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Google’s new AVA dataset aims to help AI better understand humans
A week after Facebook Inc. introduced two datasets aimed at helping developers train their computer vision models, Google LLC has upped the ante with a contribution of its own. The company on Thursday released AVA, a vast collection of video content that can be used to hone an artificial intelligence’s observation skills. Both Google and Facebook ...
Lyft picks up $1 billion funding round led by Alphabet’s CapitalG
Anonymous tipsters leaked word in September that Lyft Inc. may be looking to raise capital through an initial public offering scheduled for as early as 2018. Those plans have evidently been put on hold. Lyft today announced the completion of a hefty $1 billion funding round led by CapitalG, Alphabet Inc.’s late-stage startup fund. The investment values the ...
Dell EMC beefs up its Cloud for Azure Stack appliance
Dell EMC is giving its hyperconverged infrastructure portfolio a major boost. The data center equipment supplier, which operates under the Dell Technologies Inc. umbrella, today unveiled an upgraded version of the Dell EMC Cloud for Microsoft Azure Stack appliance. It combines server equipment, storage and networking gear in a chassis that comes installed with the ...
Snaps raises $6M to bring marketing into the chatbot era
For New York-based Snaps Media Inc., emojis are serious business. The startup helps Fortune 500 companies such as Marriott International Inc. and Nike Inc. extend marketing campaigns to the mobile messaging services in which consumers are spending a growing portion of their time. Today, it announced the completion of a $6 million financing round led ...
Duo Security, authentication provider to web giants, raises $70M
More than 10,000 organizations, including web giants such as Facebook Inc., rely on Duo Security Inc.’s technology to manage access to their infrastructure. Today, the startup announced that it has raised $70 million in funding to help it grow that number even more. The round was jointly led by Meritech Capital Partners and Lead Edge Capital. ...
Apple and GE join forces to build industrial apps for mobile devices
Apple Inc. and General Electric Co., two companies that have vastly different business priorities most of the time, are joining forces in the mobile market. With a new partnership announced this morning, the two companies will collaborate on targeting professionals in the industrial sector who use iOS devices for their work. The alliance revolves around Predix, ...
AppDynamics adds new analytics and IoT features to gain a monitoring edge
AppDynamics, the application monitoring provider that Cisco Systems Inc. acquired for $3.7 billion in January, argues there’s need for more of a business perspective in technology operations. The company is addressing the requirement with an analytics tool called Business iQ that comes as part of its flagship operational intelligence platform. Today, AppDynamics unveiled new features for ...
Feedzai raises $50M in funding to combat fraud with AI
Practically every company that handles financial transactions, whether it’s an online merchant or a bank, is a potential target for fraudsters. Feedzai Inc. today announced that it has raised $50 million in a late-stage funding round to help companies mitigate the threat. The San Mateo-based startup, which was originally founded in Portugal, offers a fraud prevention platform ...
Google Calendar gets a big redesign and new enterprise features
Starting today, managing schedules in Google Calendar will become a much smoother experience. Google LLC has released a new iteration of the service with a fresh design that borrows the color scheme and spacious layout of the mobile version. The view is automatically adjusted to fill the screen of the user’s device, while important elements such as ...
In competitive compromise, Docker adds support for Google’s Kubernetes
Docker Inc. is responsible for the technology that powers modern software containers and plays a lead role in driving their ever-widening adoption among developers. However, that doesn’t put the company beyond the reach of competitive forces. That became clear this morning after Docker announced support for the open-source Kubernetes framework. Originally released by Google LLC in ...