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Amazon executive Dave Clark to join logistics startup Flexport as CEO
Dave Clark, chief executive officer of Amazon.com Inc.’s Worldwide Consumer business, will join logistics startup Flexport Inc. in the same role. The news was reported by Forbes today and confirmed by Flexport. It comes a few days after Amazon announced that Clark will resign from his role as CEO of its Worldwide Consumer business on ...
Pure Storage debuts FlashBlade//S appliances and new AI reference architecture
Pure Storage Inc. today introduced a new lineup of flash storage systems called FlashBlade//S and a reference architecture focused on artificial intelligence use cases. NYSE-listed Pure Storage is a major supplier of flash storage equipment for data centers. The company also provides software products that help customers back up business records, optimize their cloud environments ...
EU to require that mobile devices include USB-C charging port
European Union lawmakers today agreed on new rules that will require smartphone makers to ship their devices with USB-C support starting in autumn 2024. The rules will also apply to other types of electronics. All tablets, e-readers, earbuds, digital cameras, headphones and headsets, handheld video game consoles and portable speakers that can be charged via ...
MongoDB debuts new encryption tool and analytics features at MongoDB World
MongoDB Inc. today introduced new features that will enable enterprises to query their data without decrypting it and carry out large-scale analytics projects more easily. The features were announced at the company’s annual MongoDB World conference. Publicly traded MongoDB provides an open-source NoSQL database that is widely used among developers. The database has been downloaded ...
Snowflake introduces new cybersecurity workload for its cloud data platform
Snowflake Inc. today introduced a new cybersecurity workload to help organizations more effectively protect their technology environments from cyberattacks. Snowflake provides a popular cloud data platform, the Snowflake Data Cloud, that enables customers to store and process large amounts of information. The platform supports a variety of workloads ranging from marketing analytics to data science. ...
Skyhigh Security rolls out new features for securing enterprise applications
Skyhigh Security is refreshing its flagship cybersecurity platform with new features that will help enterprises more effectively protect their cloud applications and data from cyberattacks. The company announced the new features today at the RSA Conference. Skyhigh Security, officially Musarubra US LLC, emerged from a 2021 deal in which McAfee Corp. sold its enterprise business ...
Perimeter 81 raises $100M for its secure service edge platform
Fast-growing cybersecurity startup Perimeter 81 Ltd. today announced that it has closed a $100 million funding round led by B Capital at a $1 billion valuation. With the Series C funding, Perimeter 81 is now reportedly worth five times more than after its previous funding round in August 2020. During the same time frame, the startup’s ...
Elon Musk says Twitter in ‘clear material breach’ of acquisition agreement
Elon Musk today accused Twitter Inc. of breaching the terms of the agreement he inked with the company in April to acquire it for $44 billion. Musk purchased a 9.2% stake in Twitter earlier this year and later offered to buy the entire company for $43 billion. In late April, the company accepted Musk’s offer ...
Corporate learning startup Go1 raises $100M+ at $2B valuation
Go1 Pty. Ltd., a startup that helps organizations provide training for their workers, has raised more than $100 million in fresh funding to support growth initiatives. Go1 announced the funding round today. The Australia-based startup said that the investment included the participation of AirTree Ventures, Blue Cloud Ventures, Five Sigma, Madrona Venture Group, Salesforce Ventures ...
Lawmakers propose new consumer privacy bill
A group of U.S. lawmakers today proposed a privacy bill that would limit companies’ ability to collect and process user data. The Washington Post reported that the bill was introduced by Senator Roger Wicker and Representatives Frank Pallone Jr. and Cathy McMorris Rodgers. According to the Post, the development marks the first time that proposed ...