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Amazon to launch first two Project Kuiper internet satellites in early 2023
Amazon.com Inc. today revealed that the first two satellites developed as part of its Project Kuiper initiative will be launched into orbit next year. Project Kuiper is an initiative through which Amazon is seeking to deploy a constellation of internet satellites in low Earth orbit. In 2020, the company announced plans to invest more than $10 ...
Cybersecurity training provider KnowBe4 to be acquired for $4.6B
KnowBe4 Inc., a provider of cybersecurity training software, has agreed to be acquired by private equity firm Vista Equity Partners for $4.6 billion. KnowBe4 announced the deal today, about a month after it first disclosed that it had received a buyout offer from Vista. The $4.6 billion that the private equity firm is offering for ...
Google Cloud debuts new cloud instances with custom infrastructure processing unit
Google LLC’s cloud business today introduced a new series of cloud instances powered by a custom chip known as an infrastructure processing unit. The new instance series, dubbed the C3 series, is currently in public preview. It’s an improved iteration of Google Cloud’s existing C2 instances, which are designed to run high-performance workloads such as ...
Thoma Bravo to acquire identity management provider ForgeRock for $2.3B
ForgeRock Inc. today announced that it will be acquired by private equity firm Thoma Bravo in a $2.3 billion all-cash transaction. The deal values ForgeRock at $23.25 per share, which is 53% higher than the Monday closing price of the company’s stock. Thoma Bravo expects to complete the acquisition in the first half of 2023. ...
Google Cloud inks cloud and payments partnership with Coinbase
Google LLC’s cloud business today announced that it has signed a strategic partnership with Coinbase Global Inc., the operator of the most popular cryptocurrency exchange in the U.S. The partnership includes multiple components. Coinbase will move several of its internal applications to Google Cloud’s infrastructure. Google Cloud, in turn, will use Coinbase technology to let ...
Google debuts Chromebooks optimized for cloud-based game streaming services
Google LLC today debuted three new Chromebooks optimized to be used with cloud-based video game streaming services. Chromebooks are laptops that run on Google’s ChromeOS operating system. Initially released in 2011, the operating system is based on Linux and shares many interface elements with the search giant’s Chrome browser. According to research from International Data ...
Amazon will invest €1B+ to deploy more electric delivery vehicles in Europe
Amazon.com Inc. today announced that it will spend more than 1 billion euros, or about $1 billion, over the next five years to expand its use of electric delivery vehicles in Europe. The investment is part of an effort by the company to achieve net-zero carbon emissions across its business by 2040. Amazon is also ...
IDC: Personal computer shipments declined 15% in the third quarter
Worldwide sales of personal computers declined 15% year-over-year in the third quarter, research firm International Data Corp. has found. IDC detailed its findings in the latest edition of its Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker, a quarterly market research report. Preliminary results from the report were published today. PC makers shipped 74.25 million computers in ...
US places new restrictions on chip technology sales to China
The U.S. today introduced new rules that will restrict the sale of chips and chip production equipment to China. Some of the rules will go into effect today, Protocol reported. Others will be rolled out over the coming weeks. The first set of rules announced today focuses on limiting chip exports to China. A new ...
Biden signs executive order to implement EU-US data privacy agreement
President Joe Biden today signed an executive order that directs the U.S. government to implement a data privacy agreement signed with the European Union earlier this year. Many tech companies store the information of EU users in U.S.-based data centers. Until a few years ago, the practice of moving EU users’ information to stateside data ...