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Google LLC today detailed a new project aimed at harnessing crowdsourced sensor data from Android devices to warn users when an earthquake hits their area. There are more than 2.5 billion Android devices worldwide and most have a built-in accelerometer that measures …
Slack debuts new encryption and ‘information barrier’ features for enterprises
Slack Technologies Inc. today announced a set of new and upcoming security features to help enterprises protect data that employees share in chat channels. Slack’s main competitor in the enterprise market is Microsoft Corp’s Microsoft Teams. Today’s update will enable it to …
Security startup Perimeter 81 lands $40M round after quadrupling revenues
Cybersecurity startup Perimeter 81 Ltd. today said that it has closed a $40 million funding round led by Insight Partners, its third capital raise in eight months, after seeing recurring revenues quadruple year-over-year. The investment follows a Series A round in November …
K2View raises $28M for its secure ‘micro-database’ technology
K2View Ltd. today announced that it has raised $28 million in funding to widen the adoption of its “micro-database” platform, which the startup says can reduce the risk of business records being hacked and simplify data projects. Forestay Capital led the round …
Google gives Android TV’s developer tooling an upgrade
Google LLC today updated its developer tools to make it easier to build apps for smart TVs powered by Android TV, a platform with an increasingly big role in its consumer hardware strategy. Android TV is a version of Google’s mobile operating …
Facebook’s new open-source Pysa security tool detects hackable code
Facebook Inc. today launched Pysa, an open-source tool it has developed to catch vulnerable code snippets written by engineers before they make it into production. Pysa is designed exclusively to analyze code written in Python. That limits the scenarios where the tool can be …
‘Achilles’ chip flaws in Android devices let hackers plant unremovable malware
Newly disclosed chip vulnerabilities that may affect a large number of Android devices can be abused by hackers to plant unremovable malware on users’ handsets and steal their data. The flaws were discovered by publicly traded cybersecurity provider Check Point Software Technologies …
AWS rolls out its Wavelength edge computing in first US locations
Wavelength, an edge computing service that Amazon Web Services Inc. is delivering with help from wireless carriers, today became generally available in Boston and San Jose, California. Use cases for the service range from video streaming to medical image analysis and factory …
Telehealth giants Teladoc and Livongo ink $18.5B merger
Teladoc Health Inc. and Livongo Health Inc., two of the biggest names in the fast-growing telehealth market, said on Wednesday that they plan to merge in a transaction worth $18.5 billion. The deal is expected to close by year’s end. The combined …
Oracle launches cloudified VMware service to scoop up more on-premises workloads
Oracle Corp. today launched the Oracle Cloud VMware Solution, a VMware environment delivered as a service that the company says provides features not offered by any of the top infrastructure-as-a-service providers. The offering is available both on Oracle’s public cloud and its …