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Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon arrested in Montenegro
Police in Montenegro have apprehended Do Kwon, the co-founder and former Chief Executive Officer of cryptocurrency company Terraform Labs Pte Ltd. Montenegro’s interior ministry announced the arrest today in a statement obtained by Bloomberg. According to the statement, Kwon was arrested at an airport in the capital of Podgorica while attempting to board a flight ...
Secureworks shares climb on better-than-expected quarterly results
Shares of Secureworks Inc. climbed more than 4% today after the company reported that its Taegis cybersecurity platform experienced strong revenue growth in the fourth quarter. Atlanta-based Secureworks is a major provider of cybersecurity software and services. Its flagship offering is the Taegis platform, which includes two software tools for detecting breach attempts and vulnerabilities. ...
UK raises antitrust concerns over Broadcom’s proposed VMware acquisition
The U.K.’s antitrust regulator is concerned that Broadcom Inc.’s proposed $61 billion acquisition of VMware Inc. could raise server prices. The Competition and Markets Authority, or CMA, publicized its position today. The development follows the conclusion of an inquiry into the deal that the CMA launched last November. “We are concerned this deal could allow ...
ServiceNow extends its Now platform with new AI and cybersecurity features
ServiceNow Inc. is rolling out a new version of its Now platform that features several artificial intelligence and cybersecurity enhancements. The new version, known as the Utah release, made its debut today. ServiceNow’s Now platform helps information technology teams process technical support requests from employees. Over the years, ServiceNow has added features that ease other ...
GitHub debuts AI-powered Copilot X coding assistant
Microsoft Corp.’s GitHub unit today debuted Copilot X, an artificial intelligence tool powered partly by GPT-4 that can help developers write code faster. The tool is an enhanced version of the Copilot coding assistant that GitHub debuted in mid-2021. It offers an array of new features not included in the original. Copilot X will be embedded ...
Adobe expands cloud portfolio with new product analytics service
Adobe Inc. today introduced a new cloud service that can help companies find opportunities to improve their applications and websites. The service, Adobe Product Analytics, joins the software maker’s Experience Cloud portfolio of marketing applications. It will complement the existing analytics tools already included in the portfolio. The service made its debut at the annual ...
Google starts opening access to its Bard chatbot in the US and UK
Google LLC will start making its Bard artificial intelligence chatbot available for users in the U.S. and U.K, the company announced today. Users can sign up for a waitlist to access Bard on a new dedicated webpage the search giant has created. According to The Verge, Google expects that the process of rolling out the ...
DragonflyDB reels in $21M for its speedy in-memory database
DragonflyDB Inc., a startup with an in-memory database designed to speed up enterprise applications, today announced that it has secured $21 million in funding. The startup raised the capital over two rounds. The first round, a seed investment led by Redpoint Ventures, was followed by a Series A investment in which Quiet Capital was the ...
Runway debuts AI model that can generate videos from text
Startup Runway AI Inc. today debuted Gen-2, an artificial intelligence model that can generate brief video clips based on text prompts. New York-based Runway develops AI models that ease image and video editing tasks for creative professionals. Last year, the startup helped co-create the popular Stable Diffusion generative AI model. In December, it raised $50 ...
Continuing acquisition spree, HPE buys infrastructure monitoring startup OpsRamp
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. is acquiring OpsRamp Inc., a startup with a platform that helps companies detect and fix malfunctions in their infrastructure. The OpsRamp acquisition price, while not disclosed, is a strategic investment for HPE in enhancing its infrastructure capabilities. HPE announced the deal today. It marks the fourth acquisition the company has made ...