Orange’s merger with Masmovil being investigated by EU
Orange and Masmovil cannot yet guarantee their merger. The two companies need to address a list of competition concerns before European authorities can consider allowing the deal to go through.
Orange's $19 billion (€17.5 billion) bid to combine its Spanish operations with Masmovil Ibercom is ... Read more
Vimeo introduces end-to-end AI-powered video creation suite
Vimeo is introducing artificial intelligence to its video capabilities. The new AI tools will reduce the time it takes to produce and edit a video.
This week Vimeo announced the launch of an AI-powered video creation suite that it characterizes as the first of its kind. The company claims its ne... Read more
Meta unveils Voicebox, a “breakthrough” generative AI for speech
Researchers claim it is the first AI model that can synthesize speech-generation tasks completely on its own.
Meta's AI labs have introduced a first-of-its-kind artificial intelligence model. It is designed to do for speech what other AI services can do with text and images. According to the res... Read more
Microsoft issues detailed response to Layer 7 DDoS attacks
Microsoft is responding to recent DDoS attacks. The early June incidents caused some service outages, but Microsoft says no customer data was compromised.
Microsoft's Security Response Center (MSRC) has issued a detailed analysis of the cyberattacks that shut down their main online services earl... Read more
European Commission will ban contracts that use Huawei
Contracts involving Huawei's tech will not be allowed inside the European Union. The ban is part of the EC's strategic measures to enact "restrictions on high-risk suppliers".
This week the EU Member States, with the support of the European Commission and the EU Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA),... Read more
Intel and German authorities nearing deal on €9.9B subsidy
Intel and the German government are close to a deal on additional funding for the tech giant's local facility. The German newspaper Handelsblatt has reported that the final round of negotiations is underway.
After months of negotiations, the German federal government is about to increase state f... Read more
Informatica to acquire Privitar for data privacy and security
Informatica is going to acquire Privitar. The deal will add Privitar’s secure data access, data privacy and policy management capabilities to Informatica's Data Management Cloud platform.
This week Informatica announced its intent to acquire Privitar to leverage the company's advanced access c... Read more
NetSuite now offers automated account reconciliation
NetSuite is updating its capabilities with automated account reconciliation. The new solution aims to increase efficiency. However, it should still ensure the "completeness and accuracy" of a company's financial statements at the same time.
This week Oracle NetSuite announced the addition of Net... Read more
AMD unveils next-generation Instinct chips for generative AI
But analysts worry that no early adopter customers for the new chip have been announced.
At its “Data Center and AI Technology Premiere” this week, AMD announced their new Instinct MI300X accelerator. In addition, the company announced its supporting ROCm software ecosystem for data center a... Read more
AWS unveils new and expanded security offerings
Amazon is making several new security tools and services available to its cloud computing customers.
This week at the AWS re:Inforce event, Amazon introduced its latest offerings in the security arena. Speaking at the event's keynote, Becky Weiss, a Senior Principal Engineer at AWS, said the com... Read more