Hitachi Vantara acquires what's left of Containership: Frederic Lardinois
Hitachi Vantara, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Hitachi that focuses on building hardware and software to help companies manage their data, today announced that it has acquired the assets of Containership, one of the earlier players in the container ecosystem…
All the startups threatened by iOS 14's new features: Josh Constine
Fitness, wallpaper, and lost item-finding startups could have a big new competitor baked into everyone’s iPhones. Leaks of the code from iOS 14 that Apple is expected to reveal in June signal several new features and devices are on the way. Startups could be …
Matternet's new drone landing station looks like a sci-fi movie prop: Devin Coldewey
Drones making deliveries is of course the hot new hyperlocal tech play, but where are these futuristic aircraft supposed to land? On the lawn? Matternet has built a landing station for its cargo drones that looks less like a piece of infrastructure and more l…
Google expands work from home recommendation to all North American employees, establishes 'COVID-19 fund': Brian Heater
Last week, Google sent out a memo to staff recommending that Washington State-based employees work remotely, in order to mitigate the potential spread of COVID-19. Today, the suggestion has been dramatically expanded, in line with the spread of the virus. A n…
Turbulent trading leads to market gains as stocks recover, SaaS lags: Alex Wilhelm, Jonathan Shieber
Sometimes, it takes only the promise of a massive government bailout to put that rose-colored filter on the effluent sandwich of today’s economic realities. After yesterday’s terrifying sell-off, American equities recovered today, with the major domestic indi…
R&D Roundup: Smart chips, dream logic and crowdsourcing space: Devin Coldewey
I see far more research articles than I could possibly write up. This column collects the most interesting of those papers and advances, along with notes on why they may prove important in the world of tech and startups. This week: crowdsourcing in space, vis…
New York Auto Show delayed until August: Kirsten Korosec
Organizers of the 2020 New York International Auto Show have postponed the event until August due to concerns about the COVID-19 outbreak. The New York Auto Show, which is organized by the Greater New York Automobile Dealers Association, was scheduled to begi…
European startups applaud Commission plan to rethink stock options: Natasha Lomas
Startups have welcomed proposals from the European Commission aimed at cutting red tape and shrinking cross-border barriers for small businesses as part of a new EU industrial strategy plan with a twin focus on digital and green transitions unveiled today. Am…
Dell spent $67B buying EMC — more than 3 years later, was it worth the debt?: Alex Wilhelm, Ron Miller
Dell’s 2015 decision to buy EMC for $67 billion remains the largest pure tech deal in history, but a transaction of such magnitude created a mountain of debt for the Texas-based company and its primary backer, Silver Lake. Dell would eventually take on close …
Your VPN or ad-blocker app could be collecting your data: Sarah Perez
The underpinnings of how app store analytics platforms operate were exposed this week by BuzzFeed, which uncovered the network of mobile apps used by a popular analytics firm Sensor Tower to amass app data. The company had operated at least 20 apps, including…
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