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  • Daily Crunch: Rackspace is going public again

    We look at Rackspace’s finances, a Facebook code change causes numerous app issues and electric vehicle company Rivian raises $2.5 billion. Here’s your Daily Crunch for July 10, 2020.The big story: Rackspace is going public againThe cloud computing company first went public in 2008, before accepting a $4.3 billion More

    Daily Crunch: Rackspace is going public again
  • Docker partners with AWS to improve container workflows

    Docker and AWS today announced a new collaboration that introduces a deep integration between Docker’s Compose and Desktop developer tools and AWS’s Elastic Container Service (ECS) and ECS on AWS Fargate. Previously, the two companies note, the workflow to take Compose files and run them on ECS was often More

    Docker partners with AWS to improve container workflows
  • Nvidia’s Ampere GPUs come to Google Cloud

    Nvidia today announced that its new Ampere-based data center GPUs, the A100 Tensor Core GPUs, are now available in alpha on Google Cloud. As the name implies, these GPUs were designed for AI workloads, as well as data analytics and high-performance computing solutions.The A100 promises a significant performance improvement over More

    Nvidias Ampere GPUs come to Google Cloud
  • Tech shares set fresh records despite uncertain economy

    Earnings should help determine whether the latest rally is real Alex Wilhelm 8 hours Despite record-setting COVID-19 infections, American equities rose today. All major indices gained ground during regular trading, while tech stocks did even better.The Nasdaq Composite set new 52-week and all-time highs, touching 10,462.0 points before closing at 10,433.65, up 2.21% More

    Tech shares set fresh records despite uncertain economy
  • Minneapolis-based VC shop Bread & Butter focuses on its own

    While many investors say sheltering in place has broadened their appetite for funding companies located outside major hubs, one firm is doubling down on backing startups in America’s heartland.Launched in 2016 by Brett Bohl, The Syndicate Fund rebranded to Bread & Butter Ventures earlier this month (a reference to one More

    Minneapolis-based VC shop Bread & Butter focuses on its own backyard
  • SEC filing indicates big data provider Palantir is raising $961M,

    Palantir, the sometimes controversial, but always secretive, big data and analytics provider that works with governments and other public and private organizations to power national security, health and a variety of other services, has reportedly been eyeing up a public listing this autumn. But in the meantime it’s also continuing More

    SEC filing indicates big data provider Palantir is raising $961M, $550M of it already secured