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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, …
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. …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
Google Cloud and VMware expand partnership with focus on cloud migrations
Google LLC’s cloud business and VMware Inc. today announced that they’re expanding their partnership to help enterprises more easily move on-premises applications to the cloud. At the center of the expanded partnership is Google Cloud’s VMware Engine service. The search giant said …
Observability startup Coralogix launches Snowbit cybersecurity venture
Coralogix Ltd. today announced the launch of a new venture, Snowbit, that will focus on helping companies protect their public cloud environments from cyberattacks. Coralogix is a venture-backed startup that provides an observability platform of the same name. The startup’s platform helps …