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Supreme Court returns Texas and Florida social media laws to lower courts
The Supreme Court today avoided making a decision in two closely watched social media moderation cases and instead sent them back to the lower courts for review. The justices issued the decision unanimously. There were four separate concurrences, opinions written by justices who agree with the majority view but for different reasons. The two cases ...
Vaire raises $4M to develop ‘reversible computing’ chips
Vaire Computing Ltd., a startup developing chips based on a nascent processing paradigm known as reversible computing, has raised $4 million in funding. The company announced the investment today. 7percent Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on emerging technologies, and internet entrepreneur Jude Gomila led the raise. They were joined by Seedcamp, Clim8 and multiple ...
EU probe tentatively finds that Meta breached DMA with ad-free subscription
European Union officials have tentatively determined that Meta Platforms Inc. breached the bloc’s Digital Markets Act regulation with a subscription offering it launched last year. The European Commission, the EU’s executive branch, published its findings today. A final decision will be made in the probe by March 25, 2025. Meta could face steep fines if ...
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman describes content on the open web as ‘freeware’
A prominent Microsoft Corp. executive said that content on the open web is “freeware” in a recent discussion on whether artificial intelligence models may use such material. Mustafa Suleyman, chief executive officer of Microsoft AI, made the remarks during a Tuesday interview at the Aspen Ideas Festival. Windows Central reported the discussion today. Following a ...
Microsoft’s OpenAI partnership could face EU antitrust probe
Microsoft Corp.’s partnership with OpenAI could face an antitrust probe in the European Union, the bloc’s top competition official has revealed. European Commission Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager detailed the potential investigation in a speech today. She disclosed that officials had sent Microsoft and OpenAI a set of questions about “certain exclusivity clauses” in their ...
Remote access provider TeamViewer discloses breach attributed to Russian hackers
TeamViewer SE, the developer of a widely-used application for remotely accessing computers, has experienced a network breach. The company disclosed the incident on Thursday. In a follow-up update published today, TeamViewer attributed the cyberattack to APT29, a Russian state-backed hacking group. The group was responsible for the 2020 hacking campaign that targeted SolarWinds Corp. customers through malicious software ...
Progress Software discloses critical vulnerability in MOVEit file transfer service
Progress Software Corp. has disclosed a critical vulnerability in its MOVEit service, which organizations use to share files with one another. The company detailed the flaw on Tuesday. It also disclosed an exploit in MOVEit Gateway, a cybersecurity product that some organizations use together with the file transfer service. The day after Progress made the ...
Odaseva nabs $54M for its Salesforce data protection platform
Odaseva Technologies SAS, a startup with a platform that helps enterprises encrypt and back up the data they keep in Salesforce, has closed a $54 million funding round. The company detailed in its announcement of the raise today that Silver Lake Waterman was the lead investor. F-Prime, Eight Roads, Serena Capital, Eurazeo and Crescent Cove ...
Vulnerability detection provider PortSwigger raises $112M
PortSwigger Ltd., the company behind one of the industry’s most popular cybersecurity testing tools, today disclosed that it has raised $112 million in funding. The capital was provided by private equity firm Brighton Park Capital. It marks the first time that U.K.-based PortSwigger has raised funding since launch. The company was founded in 2008 by ...
Dappier raises $2M in seed funding for its AI data marketplace
Dappier Inc., a startup helping publishers license their content to artificial intelligence developers, today announced that it has raised $2 million in seed funding. Early-stage venture capital firm Silverton Partners led the investment. Austin-based Dappier operates a marketplace through which publishers can make their content available to developers for use in AI projects. According to ...