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Microsoft’s Diagnostic Data Viewer lets Windows users see the data it collects on them
Microsoft Corp. has faced years of criticism over its practice of slurping data from Windows 10 users. Organizations such as the European Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation have complained, and France actually ordered the software giant to stop tracking its users. Microsoft responded to those concerns last year by revealing exactly what data Windows ...
The Linux Foundation creates new umbrella organization for open network projects
Finding itself close to being overwhelmed by the sheer number of open-source networking projects it manages, the Linux Foundation said Tuesday it has decided to create a single administrative structure to govern them all. Called the “LF Networking Fund,” the new initiative is a kind of umbrella organization for several networking projects, including the Open ...
Microsoft slims down Windows Server Core container operating system
Microsoft Corp. has managed to slim down the already slimmed down version of its operating system for virtualized and software container environments. Windows Server Core, as the operating system is known, does away with nonessential components such as a fancy user interface in order to use less system resources. This lightens the load on the ...
Cumulus Networks lands $43M funding as investors bet on shift to open networks
Open networking company Cumulus Networks Inc. has closed on a $43 million late-stage funding round as it bids to capitalize on an enterprise shift to more agile data center operations that can change quickly with shifting needs. The Series D financing round was led by Telstra Ventures, the venture capital arm of Australian telecommunications giant ...
AI research guru Yann LeCun shifts role at Facebook as new AI boss joins
Facebook Inc. is restructuring its artificial intelligence research teams, hiring a new leader to head up its research lab and Applied Machine Learning group, which implements AI tech into many of its products. Yann LeCun (pictured), a prominent AI expert who founded and led Facebook’s AI research lab, is stepping down to take on a ...
Facebook acquires online identity authentication startup Confirm
Facebook Inc. said today it has acquired Confirm Inc., a startup specializing in authenticating government-issued identity documents, for an undisclosed amount. The social media giant isn’t saying what it intends to do with the technology. But the acquisition comes amid broader efforts by Facebook to confirm the identities of its users to protect their accounts and ...
Rainforest QA lands $25M funding round to expand its human software testing platform
Software testing provider Rainforest QA Inc. is gearing up for expansion after landing a $25 million round of funding. The Series B round was led by SVB Capital, with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, Sutter Hill Capital, Rincon Ventures and Initialized Capital, bringing the firm’s total funding to $41.2 million to date. Rainforest QA is ...
Megadeals propel venture capital investments to record high in 2017
The amount of money invested into startups hit a new annual high in 2017 as venture capital firms made big bets on emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and automotive systems. KPMG Enterprise, a subsidiary of KPMG Services Pte. Ltd., said in its Q4 Venture Pulse report released today that $46 billion was invested in ...
Intel asks users to hold off patching Meltdown and Spectre security bugs
Intel Corp. has told its hardware and software partners to stop distributing a security patch intended to fix the Meltdown and Spectre bugs that affect the majority of computers using its processor chips. The chipmaker began rolling out the fix in December, even before news of the bugs was leaked. However, users have reported side ...
Portworx teams up with HPE to accelerate container workloads
Software container company Portworx Inc. is teaming up with Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Co. on a new approach to deploying and scaling containerized workloads faster. Portworx said in its pitch Thursday that the rise of on-demand applications such as ride-hailing apps is fueling a demand for cloud-native and container-based frameworks that can scale to meet growing performance requirements. Software ...