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Amazon embeds Alexa voice assistant into shopping app on iPhone
Amazon.com Inc. is moving to target a much broader segment of potential users beyond its own popular Echo devices by embedding its Alexa voice assistant into its iPhone shopping app. The update started rolling out today and will provide access to all the key features that can be found in the Echo smart speakers with which ...
Telsa seeks to raise $1.15B as the Model 3 heads to production
Tesla Inc. is giving shareholders an opportunity to raise their bets ahead of its push to take on mainstream car makers with the $35,000 Model 3 sedan. On Wednesday, the company announced plans to put $250 million worth of common shares up for grabs on the stock market along with $750 million in convertible notes. ...
NodeSource’s newest tool aims to make the Node.js ecosystem more secure
NodeSource Inc. has taken it upon itself to help the thousands of organizations that use Node.js make their applications more secure. The startup, which was founded three years ago to commercialize the popular programming platform, is tackling the challenge a new tool that provides the ability to vet the third-party code packages used in a ...
Nvidia teams up with Bosch to develop AI system for self-driving cars
For chip makers working to capitalize on the autonomous vehicle revolution, cultivating alliances in the auto industry is just big a priority as developing processor technology that can stand out from the pack. Nvidia Corp. marked a major victory on this front today by striking a partnership with Robert Bosch GmbH. With annual revenues exceeding ...
Controversial Zenefits founder launches new HR startup with $7M in funding
A year after giving up the reins at Zenefits Inc. amid concerns over his conduct as chief executive officer, Conrad Parker is taking another shot at disrupting human resources software. The entrepreneur, who helped establish his previous company as one of the top players in this market, on Tuesday launched a new startup that aims to ...
Taking on Slack, Microsoft Teams launches with 100+ new features
The millions of workers who rely on Microsoft Corp.’s Office 365 suite will have an important new update available for download the next time they log in. The release brings with it Microsoft Teams, the company’s long-awaited answer to Slack, which hit general availability today after a four-month pilot. More than 50,000 organizations signed ...
Meet Workbot, one of the first AI assistants for MIcrosoft Teams
With a recent Spiceworks Inc. survey claiming that Microsoft Teams is poised to surpass Slack within two years, it’s no wonder third-party developers are eager to jump on the bandwagon early. Workato Inc. became one of the first to do so with the service’s launch into general availability today by introducing a chatbot designed to help ...
Nginx gives its popular web server a reliability boost in new release
The past few years have seen Groupon Inc., Buzzfeed and many other of the large website operators that rely on Nginx Inc.’s web server switch to its commercial edition. It’s the result of an aggressive monetization campaign that the company is stepping up today by launching a new release with a bevy of feature enhancements. ...
Encryption startup Dyadic raises $12M from Eric Schmidt’s venture fund, others
The rise of encryption-breaking quantum computers could pose a major danger to data safety, but until the technology becomes a reality, security professionals have other threats to worry about. One of them is the prospect of a hacker stealing the cryptographic keys that a company uses to scramble and unscramble its information, a risk that ...
Zuckerberg-backed fund leads $25M funding of code-free development startup Skuid
Large organizations often struggle to find readymade software that fully meets their needs, so they have to invest time and effort into building custom applications. It’s a major hassle that a Chattanooga, Tennessee-based startup called Skuid Inc. has spent the past three years trying to reduce. The company entered the spotlight today after securing a ...
