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Atos buys Syntel and strengthens its position in North America
French group Atos has officialized the acquisition of Syntel, the US application service specialist. The acquisition climbed to $3.4 billion. The synergy between the two, location-wise, enables Atos to continue its global expansion. Global partner of the Olympic Games, a European leader in cloud technology, cyber-security, supercomputing or online payment. The French group Atos […]
Mobile games: French Voodoo raises $200,000,000
Late May, the French mobile game specialist Voodoo changed dimension. The startup and its 60 employees raised $200,000 via the Goldman Sachs investment fund. Coming up: Offices in the US, to work closer to Apple and Google. Voodoo can boast a key spot in French Tech success stories. Founded in 2013, the startup […]
USA: Amazon’s facial recognition scandal
In the United States, a civil right organization worries about the use of Amazon’s facial recognition tool. Neither authorities nor Amazon have officially responded. It can tell faces and text from a video at considerable speed. It can identify, follow and analyze up to 100 individuals per image. It is the flagship of artificial […]
Net neutrality: US States vs Telecom lobbies
Net neutrality was abolished in the US on April 28th but the dispute endures. While legal proceedings to cancel the FCC ruling are still underway, several states took measures to reinstate net neutrality. The telecom lobby threatens to sue them. It is now a certainty: the FCC ruling was only a skirmish. April 23rd, […]
End of Net Neutrality: striking back
[Translation of December 27th, 2017 article] It didn’t come as a surprise that the FCC voted the end of the Internet Neutrality on December 14th. This was a warning shot to all that defend a free and open internet. But reactions were quick to come. Led by Bernie Sanders, the (ultra) democrat candidate at the […]