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Italy’s competition regulator has issued €20 million in fines to Google LLC and Apple Inc. over the way the two tech giants collect consumers’ data through their respective services. Each company was ordered to pay €10 million, or about $11.32 million. The …
Google proposes Privacy Sandbox commitments to address UK regulator’s concerns
Google LLC has offered to take steps to address concerns by the U.K.’s antitrust regulator about its Privacy Sandbox initiative. The Privacy Sandbox initiative is an effort by Google to increase online privacy for users of its Chrome browser. Google and the …
Check Point Software finds four vulnerabilities in MediaTek smartphone chips
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., a publicly traded cybersecurity provider, has discovered four vulnerabilities in smartphone chips from MediaTek Inc. that could enable hackers to install malware on affected devices. Check Point Software’s cybersecurity research unit detailed the vulnerabilities on Wednesday. MediaTek …
Space startup Astroscale raises $109M to clear orbital debris
Astroscale Holdings Inc. has secured a $109 million funding round that will support the Tokyo-based startup’s efforts to develop technology for removing debris in Earth’s orbit. The investment, led by Japan’s THE FUND, was announced today. Astroscale has raised $300 million in funding …
Apache Kafka startup Conduktor nabs $20M investment led by Accel
Conduktor Inc., a startup that specializes in making the popular Apache Kafka data streaming platform easier to use, on Monday announced that it has closed a $20 million investment led by Accel. Frontline Ventures and Aglaé Ventures participated as well. Kafka is …
Report: Apple partners with TSMC for four-nanometer modem chips
Apple Inc. is reportedly partnering with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. to produce iPhone modems using the chipmaker’s four-nanometer manufacturing process. Nikkei Asia today reported that the modem chips are expected to enter mass production in 2023. The timing suggests that the chips …
SimPRO raises $350M+ to boost its field service management platform
Field service management startup simPRO Software Pty Ltd. today announced that it has raised more than $350 million through a funding round led by K1 Investment Management. In conjunction, the startup said that it has acquired two fellow software companies to expand …
AI transcription startup Verbit closes $250M funding round
Startup Verbit Inc. today announced that it has secured a $250 million funding round at a $2 billion valuation to develop more features for its namesake transcription and captioning platform. The feature development effort is part of a broader growth plan that …
High-performance computing startup Rescale closes $105M round
Rescale Inc., a startup that helps companies run high-performance computing applications such as physics simulations in the cloud, has closed an expanded $105 million Series C round to support business growth. The round was originally worth $50 million when Rescale first announced …
Render raises $20M in funding for its ‘zero DevOps’ cloud platform
Render Services Inc., a startup working to reduce the amount of manual work involved in setting up and managing cloud workloads, today disclosed that it has secured a $20 million funding round. San Francisco-based Render plans to triple its 35-person workforce over …