Atlassian brings new DevOps metrics to Jira
Atlassian is launching an update to its ubiquitous Jira issue and project tracking service today — and specifically the Jira Software Cloud version — that brings a number of new features for visualizing and measuring how code moves through the development pipeline. With this, project ma
Google shutting down Poly 3D content platform
Google is almost running out of AR/VR projects to kill off.
The company announced today in an email to Poly users that they will be shutting down the 3D-object creation and library platform “forever” next year. The service will shut down on June 30, 2021 and users won’t be able to
Okay nabs funding from Sequoia to build performance dashboards for engineering managers
Amid the pandemic, workplace cultures have been turned on their heads. Meanwhile investment and growth haven’t slowed for many tech companies, requiring them to still onboard new engineering managers even while best practices for remote management are far from codified.
Because of remote work
Dear Sophie: Hacks for the March 2021 H-1B lottery?
Here’s another edition of “Dear Sophie,” the advice column that answers immigration-related questions about working at technology companies.
“Your questions are vital to the spread of knowledge that allows people all over the world to rise above borders and pursue their dreams,” says
Florida-based logistics provider ShipMonk raises $290 million on the back of rising eCommerce demand
Jan Bednar started ShipMonk with $70,000 in winnings from a string of student business plan competitions and launched the business that just closed on $290 million in new funding from a small warehouse with no air conditioning in the middle of Florida.
While Bednar’s new offices are still ins
Bizzabo raises $138M for a platform that helps you build and run virtual conferences
Conferences have — for better or worse (and if you’ve ever been trapped in a cavernous CES exhibition hall, you might say worse) — become a significant cornerstone of how industries engage with their audiences, whether they are comics superfans, or iOS developers, or insurance bro
Apple’s MagSafe Duo charger is now available
Back in October Apple announced the MagSafe Duo, a folding travel charger capable of charging both the iPhone and either an Apple Watch or AirPods simultaneously/wirelessly. In an unusual move, the company didn’t specify exactly when it’d start shipping — or even when it’d go up
Elon Musk says SpaceX will attempt uncrewed Mars flight in two years, human landing in four to six
SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk was given an award from media giant Axel Springer on Tuesday, and he sat down to provide a wide-ranging interview that covered topics including space, Tesla, AI and even underpopulation. Musk addressed SpaceX’s Mars ambitions first, providing current timelines
AWS announces Panorama, a device that adds machine learning technology to any camera
AWS has launched a new hardware device, the AWS Panorama Appliance, which, alongside the AWS Panorama SDK, will transform existing on-premises cameras into computer vision-enabled super-powered surveillance devices.
Pitching the hardware as a new way for customers to inspect parts on manufacturing
Gift Guide: Camping and backpacking gear that the outdoors lover in your life really wants
Welcome to technewss’s 2020 Holiday Gift Guide! Need help with gift ideas? We’re here to help! We’ll be rolling out gift guides from now through the end of December. You can find our other guides right here.
Like plenty of others, I dug much deeper into the great outdoors and cam
AWS launches SageMaker Data Wrangler, a new data preparation service for machine learning
AWS launched a new service today, Amazon SageMaker Data Wrangler, that makes it easier for data scientists to prepare their data for machine learning training. In addition, the company is also launching SageMaker Feature Store, available in the SageMaker Studio, a new service that makes it easier t
AWS launches Glue Elastic Views to make it easier to move data from one purpose-built data store to another
AWS has launched Glue Elastic Views, a new tool to let developers move data from one store to another.
At the AWS re:Invent keynote, CEO Andy Jassy announced Glue Elastic Views, a service that lets programmers move data across multiple data stores more seamlessly.
The new service ca
Lucid Motors completes $700M factory to produce its first electric vehicles
Electric automaker Lucid Motors has completed the initial phase of its $700 million factory, a milestone required to begin production of its first luxury all-electric Air sedan this spring.
The factory, which is located about halfway between Tucson and Phoenix off Interstate 10, has the capacity to
BlackBerry shares rocket upwards on AWS deal to integrate sensor data in vehicles
BlackBerry shares shot up in early trading on news that the company will partner with Amazon Web Services to jointly develop and market its vehicle data integration and monitoring platform, IVY.
BlackBerry stock was up 35%, or $2.11, at the opening bell on the New York Stock Exchange. It’s a