Mistral raises 3 billion, Samsung leads round
In a Series D funding round, Mistral has raised 3 billion euros. The company is now valued at 21 billion euro...
Applications
Everyone uses applications on a daily basis. Building, integrating and running them requires quite a bit from people and systems. Application development has recently undergone a huge metamorphosis. In particular, the emergence of cloud-native application development has caused fundamental changes. AI, especially GenAI, has also caused a major shift. Finally, the world’s largest OS, Microsoft Windows, also makes regular appearances on this page. You will stay up to date on all relevant application developments here.
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New Chrome features boost productivity and lower memory usage
Enhancements offer users a "productivity boost" during the pandemic, according to Google. Last week Google...
Firefox and WordPress turn their backs on Google’s advertisement AI
Two big names in the internet world have spoken out against Google's FLoC system. Both Mozilla, the developer...
Syntax acquires Linke for SAP-on-AWS capabilities
Syntax announced that it has acquired Linke, a European provider of services used in migrating SAP environmen...
Mozilla will disable FTP in Firefox 88 and remove it in Firefox 90
FTP links will no longer be handled by Mozilla Firefox. The browser is planning to rip out its FTP implementa...
Canonical optimizes mini-Kubernetes for Raspberry Pi
Canonical has made MicroK8s, its simplified version of Kubernetes, suitable for the Raspberry Pi and Nvidia J...
Microsoft is quietly killing Timeline
The most recent Windows 10 release reveals a dark and limited future for the Timeline feature. Windows 10 ...
Docker releases development tools for Apple M1 computers
Docker has made its development toolset Docker Desktop suitable for running natively on the M1 chip. This mak...
Twitter will examine its algorithms for potentially causing harm
The social network's platform may be unintentionally foregrounding white people over those of colour. This...
New version of Parallels Desktop lets Windows run on Apple M1
Parallels has released version 16.5 of Parallels Desktop. With the latest version, virtualisation now runs na...
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Google is heading towards a monopoly in online ads
Tracking cookies have been a hot topic for debate for years. Ever since advertising companies first used them...