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TikTok fixes vulnerabilities that made it possible to steal personal data, expose private videos
For the better part of 2019, TikTok contained vulnerabilities that could have enabled hackers to access users’ personal information, payment details and private videos. The flaws were detailed today by a group of researchers from cybersecurity provider Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. The company previously reported the issue to TikTok’s creator, China-based ByteDance Ltd., in ...
AvePoint raises $200M to ease IT governance in the Microsoft ecosystem
Application governance provider AvePoint Inc. has raised $200 million in funding from a group of investors headlined by TPG Sixth Street Partners and Goldman Sachs. The round, announced this morning, marks the company’s third infusion of outside capital to date. AvePoint has raised a total of $294 million so far. AvePoint makes tools for managing deployments of ...
Broadcom sells Symantec’s managed security business to Accenture
Broadcom Inc. is selling Symantec’s Cyber Security Services unit to consultancy Accenture plc in a deal announced today. Broadcom is a major supplier of data center chips that in 2018 launched a push into the software market. As part of the initiative, the company this past August inked a deal to acquire Symantec Corp.’s enterprise ...
Sonos sues Google for patent infringement and seeks ban on Home products
Smart speaker maker Sonos Inc. today filed a lawsuit against Google LLC that accuses the search giant of stealing its technology and seeks a sales ban on its consumer devices in the U.S. Santa Barbara, California-based Sonos makes high-end sound systems for homes that users can control with their voice. The firm is best known for ...
Cloudflare scoops up S2 Systems, an endpoint security startup with Microsoft roots
Marking its first acquisition since going public, Cloudflare Inc. today said it has bought S2 Systems Corp., a startup that protects companies against web-borne threats by isolating workers’ browsers from the internet. Financial terms were not disclosed. S2 Systems’ office in Kirkland, Washington, which has about 10 workers, will turn into a Cloudflare engineering hub. S2 Systems is ...
Samsung unveils $1,000 Galaxy Chromebook as portable computing market heats up
The two entry-level Galaxy phones Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. unveiled last week aren’t the only new devices the company is showing off at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week. Samsung today pulled back the covers on the Galaxy Chromebook, a high-end laptop running on Google LLC’s Chrome OS that will start at $999. The ...
Xerox secures $24B from banks to pursue HP acquisition
Xerox Holdings Corp. said today that it has secured $24 billion in “binding financing commitments” from a trio of banks to carry out its proposed acquisition of HP Inc. Norwalk, Connecticut-based Xerox is currently attempting a hostile takeover of HP for $33.5 billion. The printer and copier maker has argued that joining forces would put ...
At CES, Amazon targets auto market with new Alexa features, industry partnerships
Now that Alexa is firmly established as a fixture of the smart home appliance market, Amazon.com Inc. is trying to bring its voice assistant to other parts of consumers’ lives. That includes, among others, their cars, which the company made the center focus of its announcements today at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. ...
Snap acquires computer vision startup AI Factory for a reported $166M
Snap Inc. has acquired AI Factory Inc., a two-year-old startup that makes computer vision and video analysis software, for a reported $166 million. The acquisition became public this morning via media reports that were later confirmed by a Snap spokesperson. The company didn’t comment on the reported $166 million price tag, but the figure is ...
Samsung intros new ‘Lite’ versions of Galaxy S10, Galaxy Note10 flagships
With the annual Consumer Electronics Show coming up next week, some hardware makers have already started announcing their new products. The latest big name to join the fray is Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., which today debuted two new versions of its Galaxy S10 and Galaxy Note10 flagship phones that will ship under the Lite brand. ...