Cloud Foundry coalesces around Kubernetes
In a normal year, the Cloud Foundry project would be hosting its annual European Summit in Dublin this week. But this is 2020, so it’s a virtual event. This year, however, has been a bit of a transformative year for the open-source Platform-as-a-Service project — in more ways than one.
Synthetaic raises $3.5M to train AI with synthetic data
Synthetaic is a startup working to create data — specifically images — that can be used to train artificial intelligence.
Founder and CEO Corey Jaskolski's experience includes work with both National Geographic (where he was recently named Explorer of the Year) and a 3D media startup. In fa
Snap shares explode after blowing past earnings expectations
Snap shares were up nearly 20% in after-hours trading after the company showcased a massive earnings beat, besting analyst expectations on both revenue and earnings per share for Q3. The company was already hovering above an all-time-high, with Tuesday’s beat poised to send the share price fr
Here’s why Netflix shares are off after reporting earnings
Shares of consumer video service Netflix are down sharply after the bell today, following the company’s Q3 earnings report.
Why is Netflix suddenly worth about 5% less than before? A mixed earnings report, a disappointing new paying customer number and slightly slack guidance appear to be the
Netflix user growth slows as production ramps up again
After the COVID-19 pandemic drove impressive subscriber growth earlier this year, Netflix’s numbers have come back down to Earth.
The streaming service added 15.77 million net new subscribers in the first quarter of the year, followed by 10.09 million in Q2. It only projected 2.5 million for
Adobe brings its misinformation-fighting content attribution tool to the Photoshop beta
Adobe’s work on a chain of custody that could link online images back to their origins is inching closer to becoming a reality. The prototype, part of the Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI), will soon appear in the beta of Photoshop, Adobe’s ubiquitous image editing software.
Adobe s
7 investors discuss augmented reality and VR startup opportunities in 2020
For all of the investors preaching that augmented reality technology wl likely be the successor to the modern smartphone, today, most venture capitalists are stl ite wary to back AR plays.
The reasons are plentiful, but all tend to circle around the idea that it’s too early for software and t
Root targets $6B+ valuation in pending IPO, a boon for insurtech startups
This morning Root Insurance, a neoinsurance provider that has attracted ample private capital for its auto-insurance business, is targeting a valuation of as much as $6.34 billion in its pending IPO.
The former startup follows insurtech leader Lemonade to the public markets during a year in which I
Egnyte introduces new features to help deal with security/governance during pandemic
The pandemic has put stress on companies dealing with a workforce that is mostly — and sometimes suddenly — working from home. That has led to rising needs for security and governance tooling, something that Egnyte is looking to meet with new features aimed at helping companies cope wit
Amazon launches a program to pay consumers for their data on non-Amazon purchases
Amazon has launched a new program that directly pays consumers for information about what they’re purchasing outside of Amazon.com and for responding to short surveys. The program, Amazon Shopper Panel, asks users to send in 10 receipts per month for any purchases made at non-Amazon retailers
French TV networks team up to launch streaming service Salto
There's a new streaming service in France called Salto. The companies behind the new service have been around for a while though. Salto is a joint initiative between TF1, France Télévisions and M6 — three major TV networks.
Those companies already had their own apps with live TV and ad-supp
Investors appear to shrug at antitrust lawsuit aimed at Google
Investors do not seem concerned that the Department of Justice filed an antitrust suit against Google earlier today.
The suit, seen by some as a stunt near the election, is one of a multi-part push to change the face of the technology industry, which has seen its wealth and power expand in recent y
Meadow launches a powerful mobile marketing tool for cannabis dispensaries
Meadow was once called the Amazon of weed. Now it’s trying to be the Salesforce of weed, too.
Meadow, the maker of a popular point-of-sale system for cannabis dispensaries, is today launching new tools for its clients. Called the Meadow Platform, it includes two key tools for dispensaries: a
Google announces slew of Chrome OS features to help extend enterprise usage
As companies have moved to work from home this year, working on the internet has become the norm, and it turns out that Chrome OS was an operating system built for cloud-based applications. But most enterprise use cases are a bit more complex, and Google introduced some new features today to make i