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After bringing its flagship Falcon endpoint protection platform to Amazon Web Services last year, CrowdStrike Inc. is adding better support for Microsoft Corp.’s Azure and Google Cloud to court enterprises with heterogeneous cloud environments. The company unveiled the update today at the …
Report: SpaceX is looking to raise $250M at a $36B valuation
SpaceX Corp. is planning a funding round for next month with the goal of raising about $250 million at a $36 billion valuation, according to a new report. CNBC today cited insiders as saying that Elon Musk’s rocket company is aiming to …
Volocopter raises $40M more for its autonomous flying taxis
Volocopter GmbH, a German startup developing giant drones for ferrying passengers and cargo, today announced that it has secured 37 million euros ($40 million) in fresh funding to pursue its vision of autonomous air transportation. The raise comes as an extension to …
Amid antitrust pressure, Apple reportedly weighs letting users change default apps
Apple Inc. is reportedly weighing a plan to let users change some default apps on iPhones and iPads, a move that, if implemented, would represent a major reversal in the company’s “walled garden” strategy for iOS. The news comes by way of …
Kronos and Ultimate Software to merge into $22B cloud HR behemoth
Kronos Inc. and The Ultimate Software Group Inc., two of the industry’s biggest providers of human resources software, today said they plan to merge into a single company that will be valued at $22 billion including debt. The deal is an all-stock transaction …
ZeroFox raises $74M to combat deepfakes and other cybersecurity threats beyond hacking
Malware and network breaches aren’t the only cybersecurity threats enterprises have to worry about these days. There are numerous other risks online, from spear-phishing emails to deepfakes, that can potentially pose just as big a problem for a company as a hacked …
Google launches Android 11 preview with stronger privacy, virtual driver’s license support and more
Google LLC today rolled out the first preview version of Android 11, the next major iteration of its mobile operating system, in a launch that’s about a month earlier than previous years. The main audience the Android 11 Preview targets are developers who …
Microsoft brings Word, Excel and PowerPoint together in new unified Office app
Microsoft Corp. today launched a new mobile version of its Office 365 productivity suite that brings Word, Excel and PowerPoint together in a unified interface with several handset-specific features. The unified Office app first made its debut at the company’s Ignite conference …
Google acquires mainframe application specialist Cornerstone
Google LLC today announced that it has acquired Cornerstone Technology B.V., a Netherlands-based provider of software and consulting services for modernizing mainframe applications. One of the company’s main focus areas is helping enterprises move mainframe applications to cloud platforms such as Google …
SentinelOne raises $200M from VCs in latest big cybersecurity round
Less than a year after landing $120 million in funding from a consortium led by Insight Partners, SentinelOne Inc. today announced that it has closed an additional $200 million funding round also led by Insight. Other existing SentinelOne backers participated as well, including …