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Amazon downsizes AWS in a fresh cost-cutting round

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In 2018, Amazon introduced cashier-less tech “Just Walk Out” at a Seattle store. The system tracks items shoppers take and charges them automatically. It involves human moderators who review transactions and label footage remotely. Just Walk Out was a pet project of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

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Vyrill, winner of the TC Early Stage Pitch-Off, helps brands discover and leverage user-generated video reviews

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Vyrill helps brands discover and leverage video reviews created by authentic customers and users. In addition, with Vyrill’s system, L’Oréal can dig down and identify user-generated content specific to a particular product. million pre-seed round in 2018. million pre-seed round in 2018. million already raised.

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Infogrid raises $90M for its AI-driven building monitoring tech

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.” De Gruchy — who has a fascinating history, having studied cage fighting and served as an army officer before pivoting to a quieter, white-collar career in due diligence analysis — founded Infogrid in 2018. The growing number of competitors coincides with an uptick in VC investments in IoT companies.

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IT to thank for most of Radisson Hotel Group’s business initiatives

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With stints at Procter & Gamble, HPE and DHL, Jaime González-Peralta landed at Radisson Hotel Group four years ago as CIO for EMEA and then became global CIO in April 2020 — a particularly complex moment due to the paralysis that the pandemic inflicted on the world of travel. This plan covers from 2018 to 2023.

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CVE-2018-13379, CVE-2019-5591, CVE-2020-12812: Fortinet Vulnerabilities Targeted by APT Actors

Tenable

In March 2021, the FBI and CISA observed APT actors scanning and enumerating publicly accessible Fortinet systems over ports 4443, 8443 and 10443. The agencies believe these APT actors are gathering a list of vulnerable systems in both the public and private sectors in preparation for future attacks. CVE-2018-13379.

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Accenture buys supply chain firm to expand Oracle business

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In May 2018, Accenture completed the acquisition of UK-based Certus solutions to boost its capabilities to help enterprises move to Oracle cloud, specifically in the health and public sectors. In October 2018, it acquired DAZ systems along with its 300 employees to bolster its Oracle Cloud ERP services business.

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Powering the future: How Gen AI and AI illuminate utility companies

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electricity grid is more than 25 years old, and that aging system is vulnerable to increasingly intense storms.” In many cases, the data storage systems that utilities have today are not the systems needed to enable AI. A recent report from CNBC 3 noted, “Most of the U.S. electric grid was built in the 1960s and 1970s.