After it was reported last month that Apple Inc. is working on a hardware subscription plan that included iPhones, noted Apple analyst Mark Gurman at Bloomberg now has more details — and when Android users call Apple users sheep, they may not be far wrong. The issue for Apple is that, unlike in the earlier days of ...

Two committees of the European Union parliament have voted in favor of draft legislation that would ban anonymous crypto-asset transactions. The proposed rules would require all crypto-asset transfers to be traced and identified to prevent their use in money laundering, terrorist financing and other crimes. The aim is to ensure crypto-assets such as bitcoin and ...

A newly discovered form of data wiper malware has been linked to an attack that caused widespread outages on the Viasat satellite internet service last month. The Viasat KA-SAT network was partially disrupted on Feb. 24, days after Russia invaded Ukraine. The attack affected several thousand customers in Ukraine and tens of thousands of customers ...

Apple Inc. today released software updates for its products that address security issues and a battery-draining issue on iPhones and iPads. Both iOS 15.4.1 and iPadOS 15.41.1 address a security issue in iPhones and various iPads. The vulnerability resides in AppleAVD, Apple’s audio and video decoding framework, and is described by Apple as an application may be ...

Shares in BlackBerry Ltd. dropped in after-hours trading today after the company reported mixed quarterly results. The company, which currently sells security software as well as software systems to automakers and other “internet of things” providers, reported a profit before costs such as stock compensation of a penny a share on revenue of $185 million ...

Cryptocurrency firm Blockchain.com Inc. is reported to have raised new funding at a valuation of $14 billion. Bloomberg reported today that the round was led by Lightspeed Ventures with Baillie Gifford & Co, also participating. Neither Blockchain.com or the investors has yet confirmed the round publicly. Founded in 2011, Blockchain.com is best known for providing cryptocurrency ...

A newly discovered vulnerability in the Spring Cloud Function could have the potential of being the next Log4shell, according to security researchers today. The vulnerability, dubbed “Spring4Shell,” is found in Spring Cloud Function versions 3.16, 3.22 and older. Spring is an open-source lightweight Java platform development framework. Millions use the service, hence the possibility that it ...

Omnichain interoperability protocol startup LayerZero Labs Inc. announced today that it has raised $135 million in new funding to accelerate the development of cross-chain decentralized applications. Sequoia Capital, FTX Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz led the Series A round. Coinbase Ventures, PayPal Ventures, Tiger Global and Uniswap Labs also participated. Marc Andreessen helped create the original Mosaic web ...

Network security specialist Palo Alto Networks Inc. today announced a new partnership with Amazon Web Services Inc. to provide a next-generation firewall service for securing AWS deployments. Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFW for AWS, exclusively available on AWS, delivers Palo Alto Networks’ security to organizations in a few clicks. Pitched as enabling organizations to speed their pace ...

Decentralized wireless communication startup Helium Inc. today announced a change of name to Nova Labs Inc. and confirmed it has raised $200 million in new late-stage funding. The round, which is only official today, was first partially leaked in February. Tiger Global and Andreessen Horowitz led the Series D round with Seven Seven Six, Goodyear Ventures, Google ...