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Microsoft acquires Fungible, a maker of data processing units, to bolster Azure

TechCrunch

In December, reports suggested that Microsoft had acquired Fungible, a startup fabricating a type of data center hardware known as a data processing unit (DPU), for around $190 million. ” A DPU is a dedicated piece of hardware designed to handle certain data processing tasks, including security and network routing for data traffic. .

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Ultraleap’s mid-air haptics tempts Tencent to join its $82M Series D fundraising

TechCrunch

It was way back in 2017 that the company that became Ultraleap (Ultrahaptics, as was) demonstrated at TechCrunch Disrupt a technology that pioneered ultrasound to replicate the sense of touch. And as was hinted at back in 2017, automakers are looking to make the ‘in-cabin experience’ a real thing.

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Fermyon raises $20M to build tools for cloud app dev

TechCrunch

As engineers at Deis, and then DeisLabs once Microsoft acquired it in 2017, their team explored the container landscape and built the package manager Helm as well as Brigade and other tooling. Fermyon set out to build a suite of tools that enables developers to build, deploy, and then operate WebAssembly binaries in a cloud context.”

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China’s game engine Cocos raises $50M, goes beyond games

TechCrunch

Since launching on WeChat in 2017, HTML5 games, or what the Tencent-owned messenger calls “mini games,” have become a hit in China. The boom caught the eye of hardware makers like Vivo, which partnered up with Cocos to make its equivalent of mini games. The mini game renaissance.

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How to use your Android as a 2FA key

The Parallax

They are considered to be more secure than two-factor codes sent by SMS or generated by apps, but many consumers have balked at paying $20 to $50 for an additional piece of hardware they’d have to carry around. So far, separate hardware authentication keys are not known to be affected by malware. How to FBI-proof your Android.

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Formant is solving the robotic Tower of Babel with a unified platform

TechCrunch

“We founded this in 2017, when I left Google and brought my team with me. The insight was that the robotics hardware was incredible, with folks like Boston Dynamics , really pushing the envelope. There’s no unified operating system. I was working in the robotics group and I saw an opportunity.

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How to Prepare for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 End of Life

Kaseya

End of life for these operating systems is January 14, 2020. If not, it is crucial to start planning now for how your organization will handle the devices running this operating system (OS). In 2017, the infamous WannaCry ransomware attack infected 200,000 computers globally, causing a total of $4 billion in damages.

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