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Palo Alto Networks Inc. is shelling out $420 million to buy CloudGenix Inc., a maker of network management products that help enterprises provide faster access to business applications for employees. The deal, announced today, is on track to close in Palo Alto Networks’ …
New York AG raises concerns about Zoom’s security and privacy practices
New York Attorney General Letitia James is asking Zoom Video Communications Inc. to provide details on the security and privacy of its videoconferencing platform, which has exploded in popularity since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The New York Times reported Monday …
Chip startup Perceive exits stealth with Ergo, a tiny AI processor for edge devices
Chip startup Perceive Corp. today emerged from stealth mode to introduce Ergo, an artificial intelligence processor for edge devices that it says is 20 to 100 times more power-efficient than competing products in the category. San Jose, California-based Perceive was incubated for …
Axonius lands $58M to shed light on hidden IT assets and vulnerabilities
Cybersecurity startup Axonius Inc. today announced that it has raised a $58 million funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, a follow-up to a year in which it claims to have seen revenues soar more than 910%. New York-based Axonius provides a software …
Commvault sharpens cloud focus with latest platform release
Commvault Systems Inc. today introduced new features for its data protection platform that should put it in a better position to address the ongoing shift of enterprise workloads to the public cloud. Publicly-traded Commvault is an established player in the enterprise backup …
Office 365 will become Microsoft 365 and gain new AI features across key apps
Microsoft Corp. today announced plans to rebrand Office 365 to Microsoft 365 on April 21, a name change that will be accompanied by the addition of a raft of new artificial intelligence features across the suite’s core applications. Microsoft is also adding …
As pandemic hits startups, electric scooter unicorn Bird cuts staff by 30%
Bird Rides Inc., an electric scooter startup that raised $250 million in October, today laid off 30% of its workforce to help weather the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. “Due to the financial and operational impact of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, we …
Google pledges $800M in coronavirus aid as Apple launches screening app
Google LLC and Apple Inc. today stepped up their involvement in the global fight against the coronavirus, with the search giant announcing a $800 million aid program and the iPhone maker a COVID-19 screening tool for the public. Google also said it’s partnering …
Report: Apple readying ‘several’ Arm-powered Mac desktops and laptops for 2021
Apple Inc. plans to introduce “several” new Mac models with Arm Holdings PLC silicon under the hood in 2021, MacRumors reported Thursday evening. The information comes by way of a research note from KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who has a long track …
Internal AMD source files surface online after data breach
Source files for some of Advanced Micro Devices Inc.’s graphics processing units recently surfaced online after a data breach at the chipmaker. AMD disclosed the incident in a brief statement issued Wednesday. “In December 2019, we were contacted by someone who claimed …