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Defense technology startup Vannevar Labs raises $75M in funding
Defense technology startup Vannevar Labs Inc. has raised a $75 million funding round led by Felicis Ventures. The Series B round, which was announced late Wednesday, also included the participation of a half dozen other investors. The group included DFJ Growth and Aloft VC, as well as returning backers General Catalyst, Point72 Ventures, Costanoa Ventures ...
AccSense raises $5M for its Okta data protection platform
Startup AccSense has raised $5 million in funding to expand the adoption of its namesake software platform, which helps companies protect their Okta environments from cyberattacks. AccSense, officially Empyrean Technologies Ltd., announced the seed funding round today. Joule Ventures was the lead investor. Gefen Capital, Fusion and a number of angel investors participated as well. Many ...
Bitwarden acquires passwordless authentication startup Passwordless.dev
Cybersecurity provider Bitwarden Inc. has acquired Passwordless.dev, a startup that helps companies add passwordless login features to their applications, in a deal announced this morning. Santa Barbara, California-based Bitwarden provides one of the industry’s most popular password managers. The application is used by millions of consumers worldwide. Bitwarden also offers an enterprise version that includes additional ...
Microsoft announces plan to lay off 10,000 employees, 5% of workforce
Microsoft Corp. will let go 10,000 employees, or about 5% of its workforce, as part of an effort to reduce costs. Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella announced the move in an internal memo released this morning. The job cuts will be carried out through March 31, the end of the company’s fiscal third quarter. ...
Google’s Nest division reportedly developing location tracking tag
Google LLC’s Nest consumer hardware division is reportedly developing a new location tracking tag that will help users find misplaced items. The Verge reported the development initiative today, citing software engineer Kuba Wojciechowski. He discovered references to the location tracking tag in Google’s Fast Pair service. The service, which was launched in 2017, enables devices ...
Microsoft makes Azure OpenAI Service generally available
Microsoft Corp. Monday announced the general availability of its Azure OpenAI Service, which provides access to artificial intelligence models developed by OpenAI LLC. The service is one of several Microsoft offerings that incorporate OpenAI technology. In the future, more products are expected to join the list. Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella told the Wall ...
Billing management startup Amberflo raises $20M in funding
Startup Amberflo.io Inc., which helps tech firms add usage-based pricing tiers to their products, today announced that it has raised $20 million in funding. Amberflo raised the bulk of the capital through a $15 million Series A investment led by Norwest Venture Partners. Previously, it closed a $5 million seed round led by Homebrew. Many ...
Remote.It rolls out new zero-trust security capabilities
Startup Remote.It today introduced new zero-trust security features for its networking platform to help companies more effectively protect their infrastructure from hacking attempts. Remote.It, officially Remot3.It Inc., is backed by more than $14 million in funding from SoftBank Group Corp. and other investors. The startup provides a platform that makes it easier to establish network ...
Artists file copyright lawsuit against generative AI providers
Three artists have filed a lawsuit that accuses generative artificial intelligence providers Stability AI Ltd., DeviantArt Inc. and Midjourney Inc. of copyright infringement. The Verge reported the development today. The lawsuit, which was submitted to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, is structured as a class-action complaint. A generative AI model ...
Hackers reportedly breach thousands of Gen Digital customer accounts
Hackers have breached the accounts of about 6,450 Gen Digital Inc. customers, TechCrunch reported on Sunday. Gen Digital Inc. is a publicly traded maker of antivirus software for consumers. The company was formed last September through the merger of cybersecurity providers Norton LifeLock Inc. and Avast plc. Besides antivirus software, Gen Digital also sells other ...