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NSA open-sources Ghidra, a tool for reverse-engineering malware
The annual RSA Conference in San Francisco draws thousands of cybersecurity experts from around the world, along with numerous corporate exhibitors that use the opportunity to spotlight their newest products. This year’s event, which kicked off on Wednesday, saw the National Security Agency join the chorus by open-sourcing an internal software analysis tool called Ghidra. ...
Scooter unicorn Bird aims to speed global expansion with partner platform
Bird Rides Inc., the scooter-sharing unicorn reportedly valued at $2 billion, wants to build a global partner ecosystem to accelerate its expansion roadmap. The startup today launched Bird Platform, a partner program that will enable other companies to build their own scooter networks using its technology. It’s initially becoming available in Canada, Latin America and New Zealand. ...
Waymo starts selling its homegrown LiDAR technology to other companies
Waymo LLC, the self-driving car subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., has started selling one of the core technologies underpinning its autonomous vehicles to other companies. The Laser Bear Honeycomb is a short-range sensor that the group’s driverless taxis use to detect objects in their immediate vicinity. In the blog post announcing the commercialization effort today, Waymo ...
Google launches TensorFlow 2.0 with tools for building privacy-conscious AI
Google LLC today launched a new iteration of TensorFlow, its popular artificial intelligence framework, and a pair of complementary modules aimed at enabling algorithms to process user data more responsibly. TensorFlow 2.0 focuses primarily on improving usability. The release brings a streamlined application programming interface based on Keras, an open-source tool designed to make AI ...
Report: Samsung developing two new foldable devices to follow Galaxy Fold
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. hasn’t started shipping the Galaxy Fold yet, but it’s already said to be developing two more foldable handsets. According to a Bloomberg report published in the early-morning hours, the company will introduce the devices one after one another beginning as soon as this year. The first handset, which the publication’s sources expect to be ...
In first acquisition since IPO, SurveyMonkey to buy Usabilla for $80M
SurveyMonkey Inc. is making its first acquisition since hitting the stock market in September. The company, which provides cloud-based tools that help organizations perform user and employee studies, today announced that it’s buying fellow online polling specialist Usabilla BV. The deal is worth approximately $80 million, making it one of SurveyMonkey’s most significant to date. ...
Expanding its cybersecurity portfolio, VMware launches a firewall
Adding to the flurry of product announcements coming out of the RSA Conference this week in San Francisco, VMware Inc. today introduced a firewall offering designed to provide an added layer of security for enterprise applications. The new Service-defined Firewall builds on two of the company’s existing products. One is the NSX network management and ...
Juniper to buy AI-powered networking startup Mist Systems for $405M
Juniper Networks Inc. is making a big bet on artificial intelligence. The network equipment maker today announced that it has inked a $405 million deal to buy Mist Systems Inc., a heavily funded startup using AI to automate companies’ Wi-Fi infrastructure. Juniper said that it will pay for the acquisition in combination of cash and ...
Scytale raises $5M to simplify authentication for cloud and container apps
Before an enterprise can bring a new cloud or software container-based application online, it must implement mechanisms to ensure that the service will run securely, which takes a great deal of time and effort. San Francisco-based Scytale Inc. is working to streamline the task. The startup today announced that it has closed a $5 million funding ...
IoT security provider Mocana picks up $15M round led by Uber investor
Mocana Corp., a major provider of security software for connected devices, today announced that it has raised $15 million in funding to boost its expansion and product development efforts. San Francisco-based venture capital firm Sway Ventures led the round. The fund, which also counts Uber Technologies Inc. among its investments, was joined by Shasta Ventures ...