Cisco announces $15 bln in share buybacks while raising its fiscal year earnings forecast
Cisco Systems raised its full-year earnings forecast on Wednesday, reporting that it expects benefits from the higher prices caused by the global chip shortage and the eventual decrease in logistics expenses as delays ease up.
In extended trading, the networking firm's shares jumped almost 5% af... Read more
Vulnerability in Apache Cassandra opens door for remote code execution
Security specialist JFrog warns of a bug in Apache Cassandra's Nashorn engine that allows remote code execution in affected systems.
Apache Cassandra is an open-source distributed NoSQL database management system for handling large amounts of data on standard servers. The system, originally deve... Read more
Google launches search chips, detailed query criteria for Google Drive
Google is bringing 'search chips' to Google Drive. Search chips allow search results to be narrowed down to locations, file types, processing dates, people, tasks and shared tags. Resultingly, queries are simplified.
The tech giant recently announced that 'search chips' has been extended to Goog... Read more
AWS expands into the EU with 32 new Local Zones in 26 countries
AWS is expanding its coverage with 32 new Local Zones in 26 countries. Most of the zones are located in EU regions that previously had no coverage.
AWS Local Zones bring the tech giant's infrastructure closer to users. Local Zone reduces the latency of services. This opens the doors for services... Read more
Google launches Privacy Sandbox on Android
The move represents a multiyear initiative to improve Android privacy
Google this week announced that it’s launching a multiyear initiative to improve privacy for users of its Android operating system. The initiative primarily targets mobile advertising. More than 90% of the apps on Goog... Read more
Europe’s proposed AI standard faces many hurdles
Complex debates over things like facial recognition will take time to sort out, lawmakers say.
Europe's effort to set a standard for artificial intelligence will likely take more than a year, according to a report in Reuters. Two key EU lawmakers said the debate will focus on whether facial rec... Read more
Google Workspace adds embedded maps and AI-generated text summaries to its roster
The new Google update now enables its users to navigate high volume texts faster and create highly sophisticated documents
The main highlight of the latest update for Google Docs is the all-new AI capability that completely changes the game for text summary generation.
This newly-added featur... Read more
The new Asana update incorporates applications in workflows
Team management software supplier Asana announced a new update that will integrate the third-party productivity tools with the Workflow Builder – a tool that will effectively help the users automate team processes.
This introduction of App Components will let direct integration of Jotform and ... Read more
F5 introduces cloud platform for web application and API security
F5 launches the F5 Distributed Cloud Services platform. The platform was designed for web app and API security management.
F5 Distributed Cloud Services combines acquired technology (Volterra and Shape Security) with new functionality. The platform allows organizations to deploy various security... Read more
Qualcomm joins the metaverse race, opening six new labs in the EU
After being in the headlines for a while now, the metaverse is expected to get more attention this year as more companies across different industries look deeper at the concept of a virtual world. The most recent is US chip giant Qualcomm Technologies.
The company has opened six new XR (Extended... Read more