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Apple and Google will build a coronavirus tracking system for health authorities
In a rare joint announcement, Apple Inc. and Google LLC today revealed plans to build a decentralized coronavirus tracking system that will enable health authorities to notify people if they come into contact with a COVID-19 patient. The system will use people’s iOS or Android devices to determine if they’ve been exposed. Anticipating the privacy ...
Dell launches SafeBIOS Events & IoA software to secure remote workers’ computers
Dell Technologies Inc. today introduced a new firmware scanning technology, along with a more accommodating licensing scheme for its encryption suite, to help enterprises protect the personal computers of employees who have switched to remote working. SafeBIOS Events & IoA is an upgrade to the SafeBIOS software that Dell ships with its business-grade PCs. As ...
Amazon is setting up an in-house coronavirus testing lab to screen workers
Amazon.com Inc. wants to start testing employees for the coronavirus at an in-house lab it’s currently in the process of setting up. The online retail giant detailed the project on Thursday, saying that it’s being led by a team of software engineers, program managers, procurement specialists and researchers who have been reassigned from their normal jobs. ...
Report: Microsoft calls off 2020 launch of dual-screen Windows 10X devices
Microsoft Corp. is pushing off the launch of dual-screen Windows devices it planned to release this year to 2021 at the earliest, according to a new report. The coronavirus pandemic has upended consumer buying habits and is leading at least some phonemakers to consider delaying product launches. By contrast, certain other segments such as the cloud communications market are ...
Zscaler snaps up cloud security startup Cloudneeti
Publicly traded cybersecurity provider Zscaler Inc. today said it’s acquiring Cloudneeti Corp., a Seattle startup that helps companies find configuration-related vulnerabilities in their cloud applications. The financial terms were not disclosed. Zscaler expects the transaction to complete by month’s end. Cloudneeti’s namesake product scans cloud applications for poorly defined security settings and other configuration issues ...
Cohesity raises $250M more to consolidate enterprise data management
Cohesity Inc., a startup that makes software for managing and backing up enterprise data, today announced that it has closed a $250 million funding round at a $2.5 billion valuation. The investment comes after Cohesity logged a 150% jump in recurring revenue during the first half of its 2020 fiscal year. In the same period, ...
Cisco researchers fool Samsung, Apple fingerprint sensors using a 3D printer
Researchers from Cisco Systems Inc.’s Talos cybersecurity unit today revealed that they’ve managed to unlock devices from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Apple Inc. and other consumer hardware makers using fake fingerprints created with a 3D printer. Handsets including the iPhone use a built-in fingerprint sensor to enable biometric authentication. So does the MacBook and other laptop ...
As it pushes deeper into the enterprise, Veeam upgrades service provider program
Data protection giant Veeam Software Inc. is marking the 10th anniversary of its service provider program today by launching new tools and pricing updates meant to boost partners’ business. Veeam earlier this year was acquired by investment firm Insight Partners in a $5 billion deal. The company, which logged revenues of more than $1 billion last year, sells a ...
Zoom forms advisory council to address security issues as rivals tout competing tools
Zoom Video Communications Inc. today formed a council of outside cybersecurity executives to help it address concerns about the way it handles user privacy. Zoom’s reputation took a hit recently after researchers flagged multiple security issues with its namesake video conferencing service. New York City’s education department, SpaceX Corp. and a number of other organizations ...
Facebook’s WhatsApp limits message forwarding to combat misinformation
Encrypted communications app WhatsApp announced today that it’s limiting how easily users can forward messages in a bid to combat the spread of misinformation amid the coronavirus pandemic. Last year, WhatsApp started displaying a double arrow icon next to messages forwarded more than five times as a way of distinguishing them in the app interface. ...