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ThoughtSpot Inc. has closed a late-stage $100 million investment at a $4.2 billion valuation, more than double what the analytics startup was worth after its previous funding round two years ago. ThoughtSpot announced the Series F investment on Monday. The startup said …
Qualcomm aims to challenge Apple’s Mac processors with upcoming system-on-chip
Qualcomm Inc. plans to develop a system-on-chip for Windows computers that will be capable of matching the performance offered by Apple Inc.’s Mac processors. The company detailed the initiative during its 2021 Investor Day event today, The Verge reported. Qualcomm Chief Technology …
Palo Alto Networks doubles down on cloud security with latest product updates
Palo Alto Networks Inc. is refreshing its cybersecurity product portfolio with an array of new capabilities for protecting enterprise public cloud environments from hacking attempts. The company detailed the enhancements at its Ignite 2021 event today. Publicly traded Palo Alto Networks is …
AWS becomes Qualtrics’ preferred cloud provider
Business software maker Qualtrics International Inc., whose technology is used by many of the world’s largest enterprises to measure employee and customer sentiment, today named Amazon Web Services Inc. its preferred cloud provider. Qualtrics went public earlier this year in a listing …
Splunk announces departure of CEO Doug Merritt, stock falls
Splunk Inc. today announced that Chief Executive Officer Doug Merritt has stepped down after leading the publicly traded data analytics giant for six years. Graham Smith, the chair of Splunk’s board, has been appointed interim CEO. Merritt (pictured) will stay on in …
IBM debuts new quantum processor with 127 qubits
IBM Corp. today debuted its newest and most sophisticated quantum processor, which features 127 qubits as well as several major architectural improvements over earlier chips. The processor, dubbed Eagle, marks a new milestone in IBM’s efforts to develop large-scale quantum computers. Eagle …
Forte raises $725M in funding for its blockchain gaming platform
Months after raising $185 million at a $1 billion valuation, blockchain startup Forte Labs Inc. today announced that it has closed an additional $725 million funding round to accelerate its growth roadmap. The newly announced round was led by Sea Capital and …
Google discovers ‘watering hole’ hacking campaign that used zero-day macOS flaw
Google LLC’s Threat Analysis Group revealed on Thursday that hackers have used a zero-day flaw in Apple Inc.’s macOS operating system to launch cyberattacks. “In late August 2021, TAG discovered watering hole attacks targeting visitors to Hong Kong websites for a media …
US joins the Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace
Vice President Kamala Harris announced on Wednesday following a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron that the U.S. has joined the Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace, an international cybersecurity partnership that the Trump administration ignored. The Paris Call was launched in …
Applied Intuition raises $175M for its autonomous vehicle development tools
Startup Applied Intuition Inc. today said that it has closed a $175 million funding round to expand the feature set and adoption of its software tools, which help automakers build autonomous driving systems. The round, raised at a $3.6 billion valuation, brings …