Computing Platform News
From cloud hosting, PaaS and IaaS, through to Machine Learning and AI, this is our latest news and ongoing commentary on the cloud computing sector.
Changing Facebook’s name unlikely to deter lawmaker or regulatory scrutiny
Renaming Facebook Inc is unlikely to enable the tech giant to distance itself from regulatory and public scrutiny around the potential harms caused by its social media apps, market...
AI can see through you: CEOs’ language under machine microscope
Chief Executives and others in senior management are increasingly coming under the microscope as some investors use artificial intelligence to learn and analyse their language patt...
Finland’s Aiven raises $60 million at $2 billion valuation
Finland-based cloud software firm Aiven has raised $60 million from existing investors World Innovation Lab, IVP and Atomico, giving the firm a valuation of $2 billion, it has said...
Cloud storage provider Backblaze files for US IPO
Cloud storage provider Backblaze Inc filed for a US IPO, cashing in on growing demand for cloud computing from businesses expanding their digital offerings during the COVID-19 pand...
Apple worker says she was fired after leading movement against harassment
An Apple employee who led fellow workers in publicly sharing instances of what they called harassment and discrimination at the company said on Thursday that she had been fired.
Big Tech to face another bipartisan US antitrust bill
A bipartisan group of lawmakers, headed by Senators Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat, and Republican Chuck Grassley, plan to introduce a bill that would bar Big Tech platforms, like Amazo...
Computing firm OVHcloud IPO set to go ahead at low end of price range
French cloud computing services provider OVHcloud’s IPO is set to move ahead at a price of 18.5 euros per share, at the low end of the range, one of the banks in charge of th...
After G20 endorses tax deal, Italy says its digital levy could stay for two more years
G20 finance leaders have endorsed a global tax deal that calls for the elimination of unilateral digital services taxes, but Italy’s economy minister said it may take up to t...
Shopify enlists Microsoft, Oracle for business tools on app
Canadian e-commerce platform Shopify is teaming up with top cloud companies including Microsoft Corp and Oracle Corp to help merchants streamline their business operations.
Google Cloud unveils carbon footprint tracker, satellite imagery suite
Google will tell its cloud customers the carbon emissions of their cloud usage and open satellite imagery to them for the first time for environmental analysis, as part of a push t...
Amazon to take team-wise approach on remote work policy
Amazon.com Inc will let individual teams decide for how many days corporate employees would be expected to work from office in a week, Chief Executive Officer Andy Jassy said in a ...
California bars forced non-disclosure clauses in severance agreements
California will bar companies from requiring non-disclosure agreements in settlements with employees over workplace harassment claims under a bill signed into law in a win for tech...
EU mulls changes that could bring European companies under EU tech rules
European Union lawmakers may lower a threshold that determines which companies will be subject to new tech rules, a top EU lawmaker has said.
Thales partners with Google on secure cloud services
Defence company Thales and Google are partnering to offer state-vetted cloud computing services for the storage of some of France’s most sensitive data, the companies have sa...