Enterprise resource planning software company Workday Inc. today announced that it plans to acquire Pipedream Inc., a startup that offers an integreation platform for artificial intelligence agents, for an undisclosed price. Founded in 2019, Pipedream provides a low-code, event-driven environment where developers can write small amounts of production code, such as in Node.js or Python,…
Jeff Bezos has launched an artificial intelligence startup called Project Prometheus, the New York Times reported today. The company is reportedly backed by $6.2 billion in funding from Bezos and other investors. It’s unclear whom those other investors are, when Project Prometheus was founded or where it’s headquartered. However, the Times’ sources did divulge certain…
Google LLC today announced the launch of Cameyo by Google, a virtual app delivery solution that allows enterprise teams to access legacy client-based applications in web-based environments such as Chrome and ChromeOS. Cameyo is a modern alternative to virtual desktop infrastructure, which streams only necessary applications, such as Windows and Linux apps, to any device….
“Fortnite” video game maker Epic Games Inc. has reached a “comprehensive settlement” with Google LLC that ends a five-year-old legal battle and will lead to reforms to Android and the Google Play Store. In 2020, Epic filed lawsuits against both Google and Apple Inc., claiming that the 15% to 30% commission fee to download apps…
Microsoft Corp. is expanding its agentic artificial intelligence offerings with the launch of new agents for building applications and workflows. The App Builder and Workflows agents, available to Microsoft 365 Copilot subscribers in the company’s Frontier Program, can perform tasks autonomously based on simple natural language prompts. In a blog post, Charles Lamanna, Microsoft’s president…
Apple Inc. is currently taking on flak for its decision to remove two apps from the App Store that tracked the activity of people being arrested by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE. Last week, ICEBlock became the first ICE-related app removed from the App Store after pressure from the Trump administration. The…
Google LLC has released technical data about the environment footprint of its Gemini artificial intelligence apps. The company shared the information in a paper published today. According to Google, the median text prompt to a Gemini app uses 0.24Wh, or 0.24 watt-hours, of energy. That’s enough to power a highly efficient lightbulb for more than a…
Google LLC has released technical data about the environment footprint of its Gemini artificial intelligence apps. The company shared the information in a paper published today. According to Google, the median text prompt to a Gemini app uses 0.24Wh, or 0.24 watt-hours, of energy. That’s enough to power a highly efficient lightbulb for more than…
The app development landscape is undergoing sweeping changes, with platform-as-a-service solutions, such as Heroku, playing a central role. By prioritizing developers and eliminating friction between concept and deployment, the platform continues to reduce cognitive overhead for developers, allowing DevOps to spend more time coding and less time on infrastructure. But as app development evolves, how does…
Google LLC has introduced an artificial intelligence tool that enables users to build simple applications without writing any code. The tool, which is known as Opal, made its debut on Thursday. The launch comes a couple of weeks after Amazon Web Services Inc. introduced an IDE, or integrated development environment, called Kiro that uses AI to…