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Enzzo, a PSL spinout led by Seattle startup vet, raises $3M to use AI for hardware development

GeekWire

Enzzo Photo) Building hardware is hard. That’s what a group of longtime investors are betting on with a $3 million seed investment in Enzzo , a new Seattle startup that spun out of Pioneer Square Labs and aims to accelerate hardware development. Enzzo team, from left: Ricardo Ma, Patrick Fiori, Zheng Liu, and Ford Davidson.

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The HP-Autonomy lawsuit: Timeline of an M&A disaster

CIO Business Intelligence

It went on an acquisition spree in the early 2000s, driving up its revenue, before being swallowed itself by Hewlett-Packard in 2011, in a deal that valued it at over $10 billion. Rather than selling software to customers, HP said, Autonomy had been selling them hardware at a loss, then booking the sales as software licensing revenue.

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Tech Moves: Microsoft CMO joins 3D printing startup board; Omeros names medical chief

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Founded in 2011, Formlabs sells hardware, software and materials for 3D printing. -based 3D printer company Formlabs appointed Microsoft Chief Marketing Officer Chris Capossela to its board of directors. Capossela has spent more than 30 years at the Redmond, Wash.-based based tech giant, working in various leadership roles.

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The Oculus Go’s operating system is being unlocked, John Carmack announces

The Verge

Root access will be achieved by sideloading a future software update, opening the door for anyone to modify and improve Oculus’ original standalone all-in-one VR headset. This open-sourcing tradition continued up until the Doom 3 engine, whose source code was released in 2011. The Go was officially discontinued in 2020.

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We have separation: Stratolaunch reaches milestone with release of test payload

GeekWire

He said the “hardware and data collection systems performed as anticipated, and we now stand at the precipice of achieving hypersonic flight.” When Allen founded the company in 2011, he envisioned using Roc to send payloads and people into low Earth orbit.

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Ray Ozzie’s cellular IoT startup Blues Wireless raises $22M from Bill Gates and others

GeekWire

He joined Microsoft after the Groove deal, ultimately succeeding Gates as the company’s chief software architect, and helping to lead the launch of Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing platform. It’s a cellular IoT device that can be embedded into almost any hardware and connect to the internet without relying on WiFi.

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Enhance Your Security Posture: Doing Four Things Can Reduce Unauthorized Penetrations by 85%

CTOvision

Inventory of Authorized and Unauthorized Software. href="[link] Control 2: Inventory of Authorized and Unauthorized Software. Secure Configurations for Hardware and Software on Mobile Devices, Laptops, Workstations, and Servers. Application Software Security. href="[link] Control 6: Application Software Security.

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