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White Ops, a fraud detection platform that protects enterprises and online platforms from automated attacks, announced it has been acquired by Goldman Sachs’ merchant banking division, in partnership with ClearSky Security and NightDragon. This news follows an investment the trio made in White Ops in May. Founded in 2012, New York-based White Ops uses threat

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Transform 2021 Join us for the world’s leading event about accelerating enterprise transformation with AI and Data, for enterprise technology decision-makers, presented by the #1 publisher in AI and Data Learn More Bloomberg today announced that it has acquired data analytics platform Second Measure, a San Mateo-based startup that leverages big data to glean insights

The older I get, the more I wish I could stop time so I could read more books. Books that earn my time and attention are those that promise to enrich me as a person and deepen my understanding of AI for the work I do as senior AI staff writer at VentureBeat. This year,

“I really believe in the laziness of the human species — given a chance, we will optimize for the shortest path from A to B,” Lightspeed Venture’s Hemant Mohapatra told VentureBeat in an interview. He was responding to a question about how the pandemic has shaped expectations of what is possible with virtual events and whether

(Reuters) — Alphabet’s Google this year moved to tighten control over its scientists’ papers by launching a “sensitive topics” review, and in at least three cases requested that authors refrain from casting its technology in a negative light, according to internal communications and interviews with researchers involved in the work. Google’s new review procedure asks

Honeywell announced yesterday it will acquire Sparta Systems for $1.3 billion to gain control of quality management software (QMS) that the company is promising to augment with machine learning algorithms and other AI capabilities. Employed within the life sciences sector, Honeywell is also pledging to integrate the TrackWise Digital QMS software from Sparta with Internet

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Dubber Corporation Ltd., a provider of unified call recording and analytics software based in Australia, revealed that it’s acquiring Speik, a U.K.-based maker of call recording software that complies with Payment Card Industry (PCI) security mandates. Valued at $38 million, the deal is part of Dubber’s effort to create a widely available cloud-based voice recording

Kenshoo, a provider of a platform for managing marketing campaigns, yesterday announced its intent to acquire Signals Analytics, which provides a service for collecting unstructured consumer data that allows marketers to model campaigns using AI technologies. Signals Analytics counts organizations including Procter & Gamble, Nestle, Johnson & Johnson, Bayer, Roche, and Mars as its customers.

VergeSense, a company that develops hardware and software to capture key data from across the physical workplace, has raised $12 million in a series B round of funding. The raise comes as a slew of smart building sensor platforms capitalize on businesses seeking to bring employees back to the office, after having been forced to

With dual acquisitions from IBM and Cognizant announced today, there have now been well over 100 such deals this year involving IT services providers. IBM is acquiring Nordcloud, a provider of cloud computing services expertise, while Cognizant is acquiring Inawisdom, a privately held IT services provider that specializes in AI and data analytics. IBM’s acquisition of

Google has announced three new cloud regions, including its second in the Middle East, as competition among the “big three” public cloud companies heats up. The company confirmed that it will create a second region in Germany, adding to its existing location in Frankfurt, in addition to its first region in Chile (Santiago), which represents

The checkout platform Bolt — not to be confused with the blockchain startup Bolt Labs, the hardware investor Bolt, or the ride-sharing firm formerly known as Taxify — today announced that it recently closed a $75 million funding round. The infusion comes after a year during which Bolt processed over $1 billion in retail transactions,

CoachHub, a “talent development” platform that pairs employees with business coaches, has raised $30 million in a series B round of funding led by Draper Esprit. Founded in 2018, Berlin-based CoachHub is a digital coaching platform that leverages an AI-based matching system to recommend the three best coaches for each individual. The coach and employee

(Reuters) — Microsoft said on Thursday it found malicious software in its systems related to a massive hacking campaign disclosed by U.S. officials this week, adding a top technology target to a growing list of attacked government agencies. The Redmond, Washington company is a user of Orion, the widely deployed networking management software from SolarWinds

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The message about whether workers should return to the office has been confusing during the pandemic, with shifting government advice forcing many companies to send newly returned employees home. In September, a COVID-19 outbreak caused JPMorgan to send workers home less than a week after enticing them back to the office. But as companies bounce staff

Nvidia today announced it is making 21 tools for building applications on its graphical processor units (GPUs) available on the Amazon Marketplace. This is part of a larger effort to streamline the process of embedding AI capabilities into apps. The relationship between Nvidia and AWS is becoming more complicated. In addition to agreeing to make rival

Docker containers are all the rage among developers these days, but they may be too large to be effectively employed on a wide range of edge computing platforms. Nubix this week picked up an additional $2.75 million in seed funding to drive development of a tiny namesake container platform designed for embedded systems that are

In recent years, enterprises have increasingly adopted bring your own device policies, allowing employees to use self-selected computers and smartphones rather than ones issued by IT departments — a change that enabled many companies to rapidly shift people to  working from home, and is expected to continue growing for the next five years. But as

Datakin is announcing OpenLineage, its initiative to define industry standards for data lineage, at the Open Core Summit today. OpenLineage’s end-to-end management intends to make data operations more efficient and trustworthy for enterprises. Datakin is developing OpenLineage in collaboration with contributors to other open source projects, including Admunsen, DataHub, Pandas, and Spark. Data lineage is

It’s a cliché of the modern internet data economy to say that if you are not paying for something online, you are the product being sold. Companies like Amazon, Google, and Facebook have built massive data-driven businesses by turning their customers into the suppliers of their most important product — data. Despite attempts to recalibrate

Anomalo, a provider of data validation and documentation services for developers, today announced that it raised $5.95 million in venture capital. First Round Capital and Foundation Capital participated in the seed funding round, which is Anomalo’s first since its founding in 2018. Data validation is a top concern for businesses reliant on big data analysis

Cargo.One, a real-time booking engine for the air cargo industry, today announced it has raised $42 million. The Berlin-based company says the funds will be put toward product R&D as it looks to expand internationally, particularly in North America and Asia, and triples its headcount to 70 employees. This funding is especially timely as the

Deloitte Consulting published a report today that suggests a golden age of AI is in the offing, assuming organizations can implement and maintain a consistent approach to machine learning operations (MLOps). Citing market research conducted by AI-focused Cognilytica, the MLOps: Industrialized AI report from Deloitte notes that the market for MLOps platforms is forecast to

Advances in machine learning have given rise to a range of robotics capabilities including grasping, pushing, pulling, and other object manipulation skills. However, general-purpose algorithms to date have been extremely sample-inefficient, limiting their applicability to the real world. Spurred on by this, researchers at the University of California, Berkely developed a framework — Framework for

Microsoft hasn’t been shy about expanding its role in 5G networks, as it has worked for the last two years to expand Azure’s footprint to 5G carriers and enterprises alike. Today, its networking subsidiary Affirmed Networks announced a significant win in the growing private 5G space, as the companies are now supplying technology solutions manufacturer

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The cutting-edge computer architecture that’s changing the AI game Learn about the next-gen architecture needed to unlock the true capabilities of AI and machine learning. Register here (Reuters) — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and thousands of businesses scrambled Monday to investigate and respond to a sweeping hacking campaign that officials suspect was directed