GitLab raises $100 million in funding
GitLab has raised $100 million from a financing round led by Iconiq Capital, the value of the company is now estimated at $1.1 billion. Iconiq Capital is a start-up fund with investors like Mark Zuckerberg. Other investors were Khosla Ventures and GV.
CEO Sid Sijbrandij states that the vast majority...
Artificial intelligence makes the workplace more humane
Companies that invest in process automation through artificial intelligence and robots make their workplace more humane. This is due to a number of factors, including the removal of boring and automated work. In addition, it would make employees feel more involved with their company.
This is the con...
“Artificial intelligence is the most important weapon against cybercrime.
IT teams are increasingly using Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a weapon in the fight against cybercrime. This is the result of research carried out by the Ponemon Institute on behalf of Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company.
The survey was conducted among 4,000 security and IT professionals i...
Windows file may contain all your documents, emails and passwords
If you have a Windows computer with a touch screen, there's a good chance that your device has been collecting sensitive data in recent months or even years. These include passwords and even complete e-mails.
That's what Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) security researcher Barnaby Ske...
Number of apps in the Windows Store fell by 87 percent in two years’ time.
Microsoft spent years trying to get Windows users to use new, modern apps. But that experiment failed. According to MS Poweruser, the number of apps in the Windows Store fell extremely sharply between 2014 and 2016.
The figures come from Microsoft documents that were part of a court case with dismi...
“Companies will have spent more than $1.3 trillion on cloud computing in 2022.
According to new research by Gartner, more than 1.3 trillion dollars will be spent on cloud computing in 2022. Currently, approximately 19 percent of the most important IT expenditure goes to the cloud.
By 2022, however, that number should rise to 28%, says Silicon Angle. The main reason is that ent...
Google Work Insights helps companies understand how they work
Google has launched a new service called Work Insights. This will give companies more insight into how their employees use the G Suite products and how teams work together with these tools.
When a company starts using new tools, there is always a transition period. Moreover, not all employees use th...
Microsoft releases new Insider Preview-build for Windows 10 19H1
Microsoft today released a new Insider Preview Build for Windows 10. It concerns Build 18242 (19H1) for Skip Ahead users. The build does not bring any new features, but it does bring a lot of improvements, fixes and small changes.
Windows 10 19H1 is the major Windows release which should follow the ...
Google closes big deal with car manufacturer and brings Android to cars
By 2021, millions of cars worldwide will have media displays powered by Google's Android OS. To this end, the technology company has partnered with the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance, which sells more cars than any other car manufacturer's collective.
Within the cooperation it has been agreed th...
Apple has repaid full 14 billion euros to Ireland
In August 2016, the European Commission decided that Apple had received unjustified tax benefits from the Irish government. For that reason, the Irish government had to claim 14 billion euros in overdue taxes from the American technology giant. Both Apple and the Irish Government are appealing again...
NetApp acquires StackPointCloud for easier management of Kubernetes platforms
NetApp announced today that it is taking over StackPointCloud. That's a Seattle startup, which makes the use of Kubernetes easier. Kubernets are the main framework for managing clusters of software containers.
Kubernets have proven to be an essential part of modern cloud environments, especially as...
IBM launches toolkit that can detect bias artificial intelligence
IBM has launched a number of tools that should help companies avoid the artificial intelligence they use is biased. Part of the code is made open-source, which is used by more developers. According to IBM, the technology can help promote the major rollout of AI.
IBM informs ZDNet that it is releasin...