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Outage takes multiple Apple services and internal systems offline
A technical issue in Apple Inc.’s information technology infrastructure took many of its services offline today and reportedly affected multiple internal systems as well. The outage was resolved after about four hours. According to Protocol, data from outage detection service Downdetector indicates that the incident began around 11:20 a.m. ET. Within an hour, Apple users ...
CommerceIQ raises $115M to streamline brands’ e-commerce operations
E-commerce software startup CommerceIQ Inc. today announced that it has closed a $115 million funding round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 at a valuation exceeding $1 billion. All the startup’s existing institutional investors participated as well. The group included Insight Partners, Trinity Ventures, Shasta Ventures and Madrona Venture Group. For consumer brands, selling a ...
Spend management startup Ramp valued at $8.1B after raising $750M
Ramp Business Corp., a startup that helps companies issue corporate payment cards to workers and manage spending, is now valued at $8.1 billion after raising $750 million in new financing. Ramp announced the financing today. The startup closed its previous funding round, a $300 million Series C investment, less than a year ago. Of the ...
Open-source developer adds pro-Ukraine ‘protestware’ to JavaScript tool
The developer of a popular open-source tool added pro-Ukraine “protestware” to the software, prominent cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs reported on Thursday. The open-source tool in question is known as node-ipc. It’s written in the JavaScript programming language and is used for networking tasks. Cybersecurity startup Snyk Ltd. provided a technical analysis of the incident in a ...
CISA and FBI warn of possible threats to satellite communications networks
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are warning of possible threats to satellite communication networks. The agencies “are aware of possible threats to U.S. and international satellite communication (SATCOM) networks,” CISA and FBI officials stated in a joint cybersecurity advisory Thursday. “Successful intrusions into SATCOM networks could create risk in ...
Meta details its approach to detecting data errors in IT infrastructure
Meta Platforms Inc. today detailed its approach to detecting so-called silent data corruptions, or SDCs, subtle errors that often emerge in information technology infrastructure and are highly difficult to troubleshoot. Outages and other technical issues are a frequent phenomenon in data centers. As a result, companies use a variety of methods to ensure that important ...
Amazon closes its $8.45B acquisition of MGM
Amazon.com Inc. has closed its $8.45 billion acquisition of storied film studio MGM, the company announced today. The milestone comes nearly a year after Amazon announced plans to acquire MGM last March. Founded nearly a century ago, MGM has created more than 4,000 film titles and 17,000 TV episodes, winning 180 Academy Awards and 100 Emmy ...
AWS to invest $2.3B+ in UK data centers over the next two years
Amazon Web Services Inc. on Wednesday announced that it will spend more than £1.8 billion, or about $2.37 billion, to build and operate data centers in the U.K. The investment will be made over the next two years, AWS said. According to the company, the move will double the total value of the investments it ...
TruEra raises $25M for its AI reliability technology
Artificial intelligence startup TruEra Inc. has raised a $25 million funding round led by Menlo Ventures after growing revenue more than fivefold over the past year. The Series B round, which was announced this morning, also included the participation of Forgepoint Capital, B Capital Group’s Ascent Fund and several returning TruEra backers. It comes less ...
No-code website development startup Webflow raises $120M at $4B valuation
Startup Webflow Inc., which provides a popular no-code website development platform of the same name, today announced that it has closed a $120 million funding round at a $4 billion valuation. Y Combinator’s Continuity fund led the Series C round. The storied startup accelerator was joined by Alphabet Inc.’s CapitalG investment arm, Accel, Silversmith and ...