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Apple reportedly developing new MacBooks with three-nanometer M3 chip
Apple Inc. is reportedly preparing to launch three new MacBook laptops that feature a yet-unannounced processor known as the M3. Sources told 9to5Mac late Monday that the M3 will ship with new 13-inch and 15-inch versions of the MacBook Air, Apple’s entry-level laptop. The chip is also expected to become available with the 13-inch edition ...
Layoff update: Meta reportedly preparing for more reductions as Atlassian cuts headcount by 5%
Meta Platforms Inc. is reportedly preparing another round of layoffs that could affect thousands of employees. Bloomberg reported the development late Monday, the same day Atlassian Corp. announced plans to let go 5% of its workforce. The move affects about 500 employees. The reported restructuring being prepared by Meta and the job cuts at Atlassian ...
Edgeless Systems raises $5M for Kubernetes-powered confidential computing
Edgeless Systems GmbH, a startup using confidential computing technology to make Kubernetes clusters more secure, today announced that it has raised $5 million in funding. SquareOne led the seed funding round. It was joined by multiple angel investors, including the founders of Netlify Inc., a developer tooling startup valued at $2 billion in 2021. Many ...
Report: Arm planning $8B+ IPO this year at $50B+ valuation
Chip designer Arm Ltd. reportedly plans to go public this year with the goal of raising at least $8 billion from investors. Reuters reported Arm’s plans late Sunday, citing sources familiar with the matter. The sources believe that the company will begin preparations for its initial public offering in the coming days. Last month, Chief ...
Qualtrics receives $12.4B buyout offer backed by Silver Lake
Silver Lake and Canada’s largest pension fund have made a takeover offer for Qualtrics International Inc. that values the company at $12.4 billion. Qualtrics disclosed the bid in a regulatory filing this morning. The $12.4 billion that Silver Lake and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, or CPPIB, are offering amounts to $18.15 per share. ...
Report: AI startup Inflection in talks to raise up to $675M
Inflection, an artificial intelligence startup led by prominent tech executives, is reportedly in talks to raise up to $675 million from investors. The Financial Times reported the development today, citing people familiar with the matter. Inflection has not yet launched a product and offers little information about its plans on its one-page website. The startup ...
Amazon pauses construction on HQ2 office campus in Virginia
Amazon.com Inc. is pausing construction on the second phase of its HQ2 corporate campus in Arlington, Virginia. The news was first reported by Bloomberg today and later confirmed by Amazon. The first phase of HQ2, which is known as Met Park and includes two office towers, is on track to complete in the summer. The ...
IBM and Cohesity partner to launch new data protection offering
IBM Corp. and Cohesity Inc. are teaming up to launch a new data protection offering, Storage Defender, that combines features from four different products. The companies debuted the offering on Thursday. Storage Defender will allow companies to create backups of their data and recover it after events such ransomware attacks. The platform can recover records ...
Attio raises $23.5M for its customer relationship management platform
Attio Ltd., a London-based startup competing with Salesforce Inc. in the customer relationship management market, today announced that it has raised $23.5 million from investors. The Series A round was led by Redpoint Ventures. Existing investors Balderton Capital and Point Nine chipped in as well, bringing Attio’s total outside funding to $31.2 million. Companies use ...
Akamai acquires Kubernetes data storage startup Ondat
Akamai Technologies Inc. today announced that it’s buying Ondat, a venture-backed startup with a data storage platform for Kubernetes. Kubernetes makes it easier to deploy and maintain software container applications. But it offers limited features for managing those applications’ data. As a result, companies that use Kubernetes often deploy external storage tools such as Ondat’s ...