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Amazon Web Services Inc. has inked a deal to build data centers in Australia for the country’s defense and intelligence agencies. Officials announced the project today at a press conference in Canberra. The initiative is expected to cost 2 billion Australian dollars, …
Law enforcement task force disrupts infrastructure used for Cobalt Strike cyberattacks
An international task force has taken down hundreds of IP addresses and domain names that were used by hackers to launch cyberattacks. The task force, which was coordinated by Europol, disclosed the development on Wednesday. The U.K.’s National Crime Agency led the …
Amazon ends its Astro for Business security robot program
Amazon.com Inc. is discontinuing Astro for Business, a program that enabled businesses to monitor their facilities using the company’s Astro home robot. TechCrunch reported the development today, citing an email to customers. The move comes less than a year after Astro for …
Cloudflare rolls out feature for blocking AI companies’ web scrapers
Cloudflare Inc. today debuted a new no-code feature for preventing artificial intelligence developers from scraping website content. The capability is available as part of the company’s flagship CDN, or content delivery network. The platform is used by a sizable percentage of the world’s …
Legal AI startup Harvey reportedly seeking $100M in funding at $1.5B valuation
Harvey, a startup that provides artificial intelligence tools for lawyers, is reportedly seeking to raise $100 million in funding. The Information today cited sources as saying that Alphabet Inc.’s GV fund is expected to lead the round. The investment is reportedly set …
Google’s emissions grew 13% in 2023 amid increasing AI energy demand
Google LLC produced 13% more emissions in 2023 than a year earlier, the search giant disclosed today. The Alphabet Inc. unit attributed the increase primarily to its supply chain and higher data center energy consumption. According to the company, the higher energy …
Rapid7 acquires rival Noetic Cyber to help enterprises fix vulnerabilities faster
Rapid7 Inc. has acquired Noetic Cyber Inc., a startup with a platform for detecting vulnerabilities in enterprise networks. The companies announced the deal on Monday. The acquisition comes amid reports that an activist investor is pushing Rapid7 to explore a sale. The …
Biden administration awards $504M to 12 regional technology hubs
The Biden administration has awarded $504 million to 12 regional technology hubs that will support research initiatives in areas such as quantum computing, chip production and autonomous driving. The White House announced the move today. The research centers that are set to …
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 …
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 …