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EU clears Broadcom’s VMware acquisition after receiving antitrust commitments
The European Commission, the European Union’s executive branch, today signed off on Broadcom Inc.’s proposed acquisition of VMware Inc. for $61 billion. The development brings the transaction one step closer to completion. Before it can close the deal, Broadcom will also have to win regulatory approval in the U.S. and U.K. Broadcom inked a $61 ...
Google technical infrastructure head Urs Holzle is stepping down amid cloud shakeup
Updated: Urs Holzle, Google LLC’s senior vice president of technical infrastructure, is stepping down. CNBC reported the development this morning, citing internal company memos. The memos, which were penned by Holzle and Google Cloud Chief Executive Officer Thomas Kurian, also detailed two other changes to the search giant’s technical leadership team. The company confirmed the ...
Vendict reels in $9.5M to automate cybersecurity questionnaires for tech companies
Vendict Ltd., a startup helping tech firms demonstrate their products’ security to potential customers, launched today after two years in stealth mode. The Israel-based startup disclosed on the occasion that it has raised $9.5 million in venture funding. The investment was led by NFX, Disruptive AI and Cardumen Capital. NewFund Capital, Tuesday Capital, Cyber Club ...
Savvy nabs $30M to secure enterprises‘ software-as-a-service applications
Cloud security startup Savvy exited stealth mode today and disclosed on the occasion that it has raised $30 million in funding. The Series A round was led by Canaan Partners. According to Savvy, returning backers Cyberstarts and Lightspeed Venture Partners participated as well. The latter two firms previously led a $10 million seed round for ...
Court denies FTC request to block Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard acquisition
Microsoft Corp.’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc. moved closer to completion today after a judge denied a preliminary injunction request from the Federal Trade Commission. The injunction, which the FTC requested last month, would have blocked Microsoft from completing the proposed deal. The FTC can still proceed with a lawsuit it’s pursuing to scrap the ...
HCA Healthcare breach compromises 11M patients’ personal data
Hospital operator HCA Healthcare Inc. has experienced a data breach that compromised 11 million patients’ personal information. The company disclosed the hack on Monday. The disclosure comes a few days after reports emerged that hackers had posted a portion of the stolen data on a known cybercrime forum. According to TechCrunch, the data was put ...
Teradata brings its VantageCloud Lake analytics platform to Azure
Teradata Corp. today made its VantageCloud Lake analytics platform available on Microsoft Corp.’s Azure cloud computing platform. NYSE-listed Teradata sells software that companies use to analyze their business information for useful insights. VantageCloud Lake, the platform that became available on Azure today, is a cloud-focused version of the company’s software. The platform originally debuted last August ...
Meta’s Threads app passes 100M signups five days after launch
Meta Platforms Inc. disclosed today that its new Threads social networking app now has more than 100 million users. Instagram head Adam Mosseri, who is also responsible for Threads, announced the symbolic milestone in a post on the app. The development three days after the service reached 70 million signups and five days after its launch. ...
UiPath co-founder Daniel Dines to step down from co-CEO role next year
UiPath Inc. announced today that co-founder Daniel Dines will resign from his role as co-chief executive officer on Jan. 31, 2024. UiPath’s other co-CEO, Rob Enslin, will become sole chief executive after the leadership change. Dines (pictured), in turn, will move to the role of chief innovation officer. In that capacity, he will oversee the ...
Meta’s new Threads social network reaches 70M users
Meta Platforms Inc.’s freshly launched Threads social network has passed 70 million signups, Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg divulged today. “70 million sign ups on Threads as of this morning. Way beyond our expectations,” Zuckerberg wrote in a post, or thread, on the new platform. The milestone comes about a day after Threads reached 30 ...