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Check Point Software appoints Nadav Zafrir new CEO after earnings beat
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. today appointed venture capitalist Nadav Zafrir as its new chief executive officer. The cybersecurity provider announced the leadership change in conjunction with the release of its quarterly financial results. For the three months ended June 30, Check Point delivered revenue and adjusted earnings that both topped the consensus estimate. The ...
CrowdStrike reveals cause of faulty update that led to Windows crashes
CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. has shared new details about the faulty update that it rolled out to its Falcon cybersecurity platform last week. In a preliminary incident report released today, the company revealed that the update caused a type of error known as an out-of-bounds memory read. That error, in turn, crashed the Windows devices on ...
QA Wolf raises $36M in fresh funding to ease application reliability testing
QA Wolf Inc., a startup that helps enterprises find and fix flaws in their software, has raised $36 million from investors to support its growth efforts. The Seattle-based company announced the Series B round today. Scale Venture Partners led the raise, joined by Threshold Ventures, Ventureforgood, Inspired Capital and Notation Capital. Software teams test the ...
Legal software startups Clio and Harvey raise nine-figure funding rounds
Clio and Harvey, two fast-growing startups that sell software for legal professionals, have raised $1 billion in combined funding to expand their market presence. Clio disclosed this morning that it has closed a $900 million Series F round at a $3 billion valuation. In conjunction, Harvey announced that it has secured $100 million from an ...
Wiz reportedly ends $23B acquisition talks with Google
Wiz Inc. has reportedly ended discussions with Google LLC about an acquisition that could have valued the cybersecurity startup at $23 billion. The Wall Street Journal and CNBC reported the development today, citing an internal Wiz memo. Chief Executive Officer Assaf Rappaport (pictured, second from left) wrote in the note that “saying no to such ...
Code Metal launches with $16.5M to optimize enterprise software for edge devices
Startup Code Metal Inc. launched today with a software platform designed to help developers optimize their code for edge computing devices. The Boston-based startup has raised $16.5 million over two rounds to support its commercialization efforts. The bulk of the capital, $13.5 billion, came from a seed raise led by Shield Capital. The rest was ...
Google no longer plans to end support for third-party cookies in Chrome
Google LLC has scrapped its plans to phase out Chrome’s support for third-party cookies. The company disclosed the decision today. It detailed that some of the technologies built as part of Privacy Sandbox, the development initiative through which it planned to phase out third-party cookies, are still set to become available in Chrome. The change ...
EU finds that Meta’s ad-free tier may be in breach of consumer protection rules
The European Union has informed Meta Platforms Inc. that the ad-free version of Facebook and Instagram may breach the bloc’s consumer protection laws. The CPC Network, a group of EU-based consumer protection agencies, notified the company of the development in a letter sent today. The group also asked Meta to suggest ways of bringing its ...
Linx Security raises $33M for its identity security platform
Linx Security Inc., a startup that helps enterprises secure their employees’ application accounts, launched today with $33 million in funding. The Tel Aviv-based company raised the capital over two rounds. The initial $6 million raise was led by Cyberstarts, which later returned to co-lead a $27 million investment in Linx together with Index Ventures. Cerca ...
Magic Leap reportedly lays off its sales and marketing teams amid pivot to tech licensing
Magic Leap Inc., the heavily funded mixed reality startup, has reportedly laid off its sales and marketing teams. Bloomberg today cited sources as saying that the restructuring affected about 75 employees. It’s unclear if the job cuts were limited to the sales and marketing departments or also hit other units. According to the report, Magic ...