Splunk acquires cloud monitoring platform SignalFx for $1.05 billion
Intel, Google, Microsoft, and others launch Confidential Computing Consortium for data security
TapClicks raises $10 million to automate marketing campaigns
Box Shield launches in private beta to prevent data compromise
Capacity raises $13.2 million to index emails, files, and more with AI
Intel unveils its first AI chip Springhill
Gmail in G Suite now uses AI for inline spelling and grammar suggestions
Databricks launches AutoML Toolkit for model building and deployment
Reputation.com raises $30 million to help businesses manage their online presence
H2O raises $72.5 million to simplify enterprise AI deployment
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Microsoft acquires JClarity to bolster Java workloads on Azure
GitHub expands token scanning to Atlassian, Dropbox, Discord, and other formats
Spotify rolling out parental controls to match Apple Music
MIT CSAIL’s Minerva video protocol reduces buffering and pixelation
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Google for Education launches originality reports to curb student plagiarism
Mason raises $25 million to expedite enterprise hardware development
Mux raises $20 million to simplify video streaming and analytics
Weak consumer IoT security threatens enterprise systems
Alegion raises $12 million for data annotation
Verisim Life uses AI-powered biosimulations to replace animal drug testing
OpenSpace raises $14 million for AI platform that visually tracks construction projects
Clumio raises $51 million for cloud-hosted data backup and recovery tools
Google’s next antitrust headache could be its AI-driven job search
Kasten raises $14 million for app backup and recovery services
Uniphore raises $51 million to bring conversational AI to customer service
Reliance’s Azure cloud partnership poses threat to Amazon and Google in India
Google’s rivals opt out of search engine auction, calling it ‘unethical’ and ‘anti-competitive’
Google Accounts now let Android web users authenticate themselves with their fingerprint
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