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AccessFintech Ltd., a startup that helps financial institutions share data about transactions with one another, has closed a $60 million funding round. The company announced the Series C round on Thursday. The investment was led by WestCap, a growth equity firm that previously …
Google’s Mandiant finds evidence of Russia coordinating with hackers
Google LLC’s Mandiant subsidiary has found evidence indicating that Russia’s military intelligence agency, the GRU, is coordinating with three pro-Russian hacktivist groups. The Wall Street Journal reported the discovery today. Mandiant became part of Google through a $5.4 billion acquisition that closed …
Google expands its cloud platform’s analytics and security capabilities
Google LLC’s cloud business today announced the general availability of several features that will help customers more easily analyze their data and protect it from cyberattacks. Most of the features will be available as part of existing services in Google Cloud. Google …
Immunefi raises $24M for its Web3 bug bounty platform
Web3 cybersecurity startup Immunefi today announced that it has closed a $24 million funding round. The Series A round was led by Framework Ventures with participation from more than a half-dozen other investors, including Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.’s Next venture capital arm. …
DeepMind advances AI safety with new Sparrow chatbot
Alphabet Inc.’s DeepMind unit today debuted Sparrow, an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot described as a milestone in the industry effort to develop safer machine learning systems. According to DeepMind, Sparrow can produce plausible answers to user questions more frequently than earlier neural networks. …
Microsoft to debut new Surface devices on Oct. 12
Microsoft Corp. will hold a product event next month where executives are expected to introduce two new additions to the company’s Surface line of Windows devices. Microsoft distributed press invitations to the event today. It will take place on Oct. 12, the …
Lenovo expands data center portfolio with dozens of new systems
Lenovo Group Ltd. today debuted dozens of new servers, storage systems and hyperconverged infrastructure appliances, as well as a cloud-based hardware management service. The products are rolling as part of what the company describes as the largest-ever update to its data center …
Cybersecurity provider Malwarebytes receives $100M in new funding
Malwarebytes Inc., a major provider of cybersecurity software for the consumer and enterprise markets, today announced that it has received a $100 million investment from Vector Capital. The investment is expected to close by year’s end pending customary closing conditions. Malwarebytes has raised …
Jitx raises $12M for its programmatic circuit board design platform
Circuit board design startup Jitx Inc. today launched from stealth mode and disclosed that it has secured a $12 million funding round led by Sequoia Capital. The Series A round also included the participation of Y Combinator, Funders Club and Liquid 2. …
FTC launches investigation into Amazon’s proposed $1.7B iRobot acquisition
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has launched an investigation into Amazon.com Inc.’s proposed acquisition of iRobot Corp. for $1.7 billion. The investigation was disclosed by iRobot in a regulatory filing that became public today. Nasdaq-listed iRobot develops the popular Roomba line of …