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Flexera Acquires RightScale – The Multi-Cloud Management Platform Company

Flexera, an IL-based software asset management (SAM) firm announced that it has acquired RightScale, one of the first multi-cloud management and cost optimization companies. Cloud IaaSSOURCE: GRAPHICSTOCK RightScale was founded in 2007 – much before cloud computing became mainstream – to deliver vendor-agnostic cloud management capabilities. It was built as a platform to abstract provider-specific services, features, and tools that could bring multiple IaaS environments into a common control plane.… Read more

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Google Chrome’s latest feature? A nasty dark pattern

The browser is such a ubiquitous part of your daily life that it’s nearly invisible. That means you might not realize that the most popular browser, Google Chrome, is encroaching on your privacy rights. Because Chrome is run by Google, its privacy settings default to collecting data to send back to Google, continuing to fuel the company’s advertising-based business model.… Read more

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GitLab raises $100 million from Iconiq, GV, and Khosla, at $1.1 billion valuation

Code collaboration and DevOps platform GitLab has raised $100 million in a series D round of funding led by Iconiq Capital, with participation from existing investors GV and Khosla Ventures. The latest round of funding comes nearly a year after GitLab announced its $20 million series C round, at which point the San Francisco-based company revealed its valuation had more than doubled since its series B round a year earlier — but it didn’t give a precise dollar valuation at the time.… Read more

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Amazon picks New York and Northern Virginia for HQ2

After running a year-long competition that drew interest from hundreds of cities and a number of states, Amazon has reportedly chosen New York City and Northern Virginia to split duty as its second headquarters.The Wall Street Journal reported late Monday that Amazon (AMZN) has picked New York’s Long Island City and Arlington County’s Crystal City neighborhoods, citing people familiar with the matter.Amazon declined to comment to CNN.… Read more

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Amazon’s cloud-computing business is looking to space

Amazon’s public cloud could be bound for space. The cloud-computing division, Amazon Web Services, has been looking to hire people for an initiative involving space and satellite systems, though the company has never publicly discussed such a project. On Tuesday the website This Just In, which covers Amazon, published a report after spotting two job postings for the space program.… Read more