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Menlo Security debuts new tools for blocking advanced browser-based threats
Menlo Security Inc., a well-funded cybersecurity startup, today debuted two new tools designed to help companies block so-called HEAT attacks. HEAT stands for highly evasive adaptive threat. The term describes web-borne malware that targets victims’ browsers and uses advanced obfuscation techniques to avoid detection. According to Menlo Security, its two newly announced tools each address ...
Cyble nabs $24M for its AI-powered threat intelligence platform
Cyble Inc., a startup that supplies organizations with data on hacker activity, has raised $24 million in new funding. Atlanta-based Cyble announced the Series B funding round this morning. The startup says Blackbird Ventures and King River Capital were the lead investors. Several other institutional backers contributed as well. “This investment is a testament to ...
Apple announces App Store policy changes to combat device fingerprinting
Apple Inc. will change the App Store’s developer terms of service to combat device fingerprinting, a technique used by some apps to track users’ activity. The iPhone maker announced the move on Thursday. It first disclosed plans to more actively address device fingerprinting at its WWDC 2023 developer event in June. Earlier, Apple added a ...
AMD to establish $400M chip design center in India
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. today announced that it will spend about $400 million to open a new chip research and engineering hub in India. The facility is set be located in the city of Bangalore, a major tech hub. It will be AMD’s largest chip design center with about 3,000 engineers, 500,000 square feet of space ...
Senators propose creating new agency for regulating big tech
Senators Elizabeth Warren and Lindsey Graham are sponsoring a bill that would establish a new agency for regulating big tech companies. The bill, which is known as the Digital Consumer Protection Commission Act of 2023, was detailed today. If passed, it would establish an agency called the Digital Consumer Protection Commission. The agency would be tasked ...
Mobileye tops second-quarter expectations despite increased chip costs
Chipmaker Mobileye Global Inc. today reported better-than-expected financial results for the second quarter and raised its full-year guidance. Mobileye, a former Intel Corp. subsidiary, makes advanced driver assistance systems and chips for powering them. The company says its silicon has been installed in more than 100 million vehicles to date. Mobileye is currently pursuing a long-term ...
EU launches antitrust investigation into Microsoft Teams after Slack complaint
The European Commission today disclosed that it’s investigating Microsoft Corp. over the way it distributes Teams to customers. Microsoft ships Teams with Microsoft 365, a product bundle that includes the Office productivity suite. The videoconferencing and messaging service was previously a part of Office 365, a predecessor to Microsoft 365 that included many of the ...
Box debuts Microsoft 365 Copilot plugin to help users access business data faster
Box Inc. is rolling out a plugin for Microsoft 365 Copilot, an artificial intelligent assistant that Microsoft Corp. introduced earlier this year. The plugin debuted this morning alongside a number of other new features. Those features will make documents stored in Box more easily accessible from Microsoft’s Teams collaboration application and the desktop version of ...
AWS introduces generative AI service for creating clinical documentation
Amazon Web Services Inc. is rolling out a new generative artificial intelligence service, AWS HealthScribe, that can help medical professionals create clinical notes faster. The service made its debut today at AWS Summit New York. It’s currently available in preview. As part of their day-to-day work, healthcare practitioners write clinical notes that summarize a patient’s ...
AWS debuts new AI-powered data management and analysis tools
Amazon Web Services Inc. today announced the general availability of AWS Entity Resolution, a service designed to help companies organize their data into a form that is easier to process. The service made its debut at the cloud giant’s AWS Summit New York event. Onstage, executives also introduced new features for a number of existing ...