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TigerGraph rolls out new features to its cloud-based graph database
TigerGraph Inc. is updating its cloud-based graph database, TigerGraph Cloud, with new features designed to help customers more easily collect and process information. The company detailed the update today. It also disclosed on the occasion that the number of companies using its software has increased significantly over the past year. It says the TigerGraph Cloud installed ...
Thoughtworks tops fourth-quarter estimates, but stock tumbles 17%+
Nasdaq-listed technology consultancy Thoughtworks Holding Inc. topped revenue and earnings per share estimates in the fourth quarter, but its shares nevertheless lost over 17% of their value during today’s trading session. The selloff may be connected to the company’s pessimistic first-quarter outlook. In its earnings report today, Thoughtworks projected a low single-digit revenue decline for ...
Microsoft updates Windows 11 with Bing chatbot and new enterprise features
Microsoft Corp. today debuted an update to Windows 11 that introduces an integration with Bing’s artificial intelligence chatbot and new features for business users. The update, which was detailed by Microsoft Chief Product Officer Panos Panay in a blog post, also brings a slew of other enhancements. Many of the enhancements are rolling for Windows ...
SlashNext debuts generative AI tool for detecting phishing emails
Venture-backed cybersecurity startup SlashNext Inc. today launched Generative HumanAI, a software tool that uses generative artificial intelligence to detect phishing emails. SlashNext claims the tool can detect phishing emails with 99.9% accuracy. Pleasanton, California-based SlashNext is backed by $40.5 million in funding. It sells a suite of products for protecting employee devices from hacking attempts. ...
Drone startup Skydio secures $230M investment
Drone startup Skydio Inc. today announced that it has closed a $230 million late-stage funding round. The Series E round, which values the startup at more than $2.2 billion, included contributions from more than a half-dozen investors. The participants included Linse Capital, the lead investor, as well as Nvidia Corp. and Andreessen Horowitz. It has ...
Fast-growing cybersecurity startup Wiz raises $300M in fresh funding
Wiz Inc., a cybersecurity startup that passed $100 million in annualized recurring revenue last year, has raised $300 million from investors to support its business momentum. Wiz announced the Series D funding round today. The round was jointly led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Greenoaks Capital Partners and Index Ventures. The company is now valued at ...
GSMA debuts open API toolkit as AWS and Microsoft roll out new carrier offerings
The GSMA Association, the influential telecommunications industry group, is rolling out a new toolkit for creating applications that integrate with multiple carrier networks. The technology is known as the GSMA Open Gateway and made its debut today at MWC Barcelona 2023. MWC, formerly known as the Mobile World Congress, is the telecommunications sector’s largest trade ...
Carrier equipment maker Ericsson lets go 8,500 employees
Ericsson, one of the world’s largest makers of telecommunications equipment, today announced plans to lay off 8,500 employees in a bid to reduce costs. Ericsson detailed the move in an internal memo. “The way headcount reductions will be managed will differ depending on local country practice,” Ericsson Chief Executive Officer Borje Ekholm (pictured) wrote in ...
Apple reportedly planning second-generation mixed reality headset for 2025
Apple Inc. is reportedly developing a second-generation mixed reality headset that could make its debut in 2025. Citing respected mobile industry analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, MacRumors reported today that the headset will be available in two editions. Kuo believes the more expensive version will be produced by manufacturer Luxcase-ICT. The lower-end version, in turn, is set ...
Report: Justice Department plans lawsuit to block Adobe’s $20B Figma acquisition
The U.S. Department of Justice plans to challenge Adobe Inc.’s proposed acquisition of Figma Inc. on antitrust grounds, according to a new report. Bloomberg on Thursday cited sources as saying that the Justice Department could sue to block the $20 billion deal as early as March. However, the sources noted that the lawsuit could also ...