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Confirming rumors, Nvidia agrees to acquire Mellanox in landmark $6.9B deal
Confirming recent industry chatter about its acquisition plans, Nvidia Corp. today announced that it has inked a deal to buy data center networking specialist Mellanox Technologies Ltd. for $6.9 billion. The all-cash transaction is the chipmaker’s largest to date by a wide margin. Its $6.9 billion offer breaks down to $125 per Mellanox share, 14 ...
In new regulatory plan, Elizabeth Warren proposes to break up tech giants
Senator Elizabeth Warren is proposing to impose new regulations on the tech industry that would require major players such as Google LLC to split off key parts of their business. Warren, a 2020 Democratic presidential contender, outlined the plan in a Medium post today. Her proposed regulatory changes would classify tech firms that operate online ...
Report: Apple’s AR headset could enter production this year, will connect to iPhones
Apple Inc.’s long-rumored augmented reality headset may hit the market much sooner than previously believed. Influential mobile industry analyst Ming-Chi Kuo today projected that the device will enter mass production in the fourth quarter or by the second quarter of 2020 at the latest. Previously, Kuo had accurately predicted the details of several Apple product launches, ...
Airbnb acquires heavily funded hotel booking startup HotelTonight
Airbnb Inc. is expanding its accommodation booking platform with the acquisition of Hotel Tonight Inc., a major competitor that offers last-minute deals on hotel rooms. The financial terms of the transaction, which was announced today, weren’t disclosed. But it’s a fair bet that Airbnb is sinking a significant sum into the acquisition. San Francisco-based HotelTonight has ...
NSA open-sources Ghidra, a tool for reverse-engineering malware
The annual RSA Conference in San Francisco draws thousands of cybersecurity experts from around the world, along with numerous corporate exhibitors that use the opportunity to spotlight their newest products. This year’s event, which kicked off on Wednesday, saw the National Security Agency join the chorus by open-sourcing an internal software analysis tool called Ghidra. ...
Scooter unicorn Bird aims to speed global expansion with partner platform
Bird Rides Inc., the scooter-sharing unicorn reportedly valued at $2 billion, wants to build a global partner ecosystem to accelerate its expansion roadmap. The startup today launched Bird Platform, a partner program that will enable other companies to build their own scooter networks using its technology. It’s initially becoming available in Canada, Latin America and New Zealand. ...
Waymo starts selling its homegrown LiDAR technology to other companies
Waymo LLC, the self-driving car subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., has started selling one of the core technologies underpinning its autonomous vehicles to other companies. The Laser Bear Honeycomb is a short-range sensor that the group’s driverless taxis use to detect objects in their immediate vicinity. In the blog post announcing the commercialization effort today, Waymo ...
Google launches TensorFlow 2.0 with tools for building privacy-conscious AI
Google LLC today launched a new iteration of TensorFlow, its popular artificial intelligence framework, and a pair of complementary modules aimed at enabling algorithms to process user data more responsibly. TensorFlow 2.0 focuses primarily on improving usability. The release brings a streamlined application programming interface based on Keras, an open-source tool designed to make AI ...
Report: Samsung developing two new foldable devices to follow Galaxy Fold
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. hasn’t started shipping the Galaxy Fold yet, but it’s already said to be developing two more foldable handsets. According to a Bloomberg report published in the early-morning hours, the company will introduce the devices one after one another beginning as soon as this year. The first handset, which the publication’s sources expect to be ...
In first acquisition since IPO, SurveyMonkey to buy Usabilla for $80M
SurveyMonkey Inc. is making its first acquisition since hitting the stock market in September. The company, which provides cloud-based tools that help organizations perform user and employee studies, today announced that it’s buying fellow online polling specialist Usabilla BV. The deal is worth approximately $80 million, making it one of SurveyMonkey’s most significant to date. ...
