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Beating bigger rival Uber Technologies Inc. to the punch, Lyft Inc. today released the prospectus for its upcoming initial public offering, giving the industry the first detailed look at its finances and stock market roadmap. The ride-hailing provider plans to debut on …
Red Hat partners with cloud giants to launch a hub for Kubernetes Operators
Red Hat Inc. has teamed up with the three biggest names in the cloud market on a new initiative to lower the entry barrier to Kubernetes. The company, in collaboration with Amazon Web Services Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Google LLC, on Thursday …
Facebook’s WhatsApp cryptocurrency could reportedly launch this year
New details have emerged about Facebook Inc.’s rumored effort to develop a cryptocurrency for WhatsApp. The New York Times today reported that the social networking giant is hoping to launch the digital coin in the first half of 2019. The sources who …
Study: Microsoft’s Azure gaining on AWS as enterprise cloud spending grows
Most enterprises now spend over $1 million a year on cloud computing services and the average company splits its budget between at least three providers, according to a new study. The RightScale State of the Cloud Report, released Wednesday, is an annual survey …
With Azure Sentinel, Microsoft seeks bigger slice of cybersecurity market
Microsoft Corp. today expanded its presence in the cybersecurity market with the introduction of Azure Sentinel, a cloud-based threat detection service for enterprises. Azure Sentinel is what’s known as a security information and event management platform, or SIEM for short. SIEM products …
Veriflow brings its formal verification technology to public cloud networks
Veriflow Systems Inc., a startup harnessing techniques from the industrial engineering world to improve the reliability of enterprise networks, is launching its first software-as-a-service offering to push into the cloud market. Unveiled today, CloudPredict is aimed at facilitating what Veriflow calls “intent-based …
Intel’s new SGX Card expands access to its secure enclave technology
Intel Corp. today introduced a new data center product aimed at expanding access to SGX, a technology for protecting sensitive workloads that’s currently available only on a limited subset of its chips. SGX stands for Secure Guard Extensions. It’s a set of …
FTC forms antitrust task force to monitor the tech industry
Amid a clamor in some quarters that technology giants are getting too big and powerful, the U.S. government is stepping up its efforts to regulate tech companies. On Tuesday, the Federal Trade Commission announced the creation of a new task force that will be dedicated …
New Cloudborne vulnerability exposes cloud servers to potential hacking
A newly disclosed security vulnerability may enable hackers to exploit a common component of server motherboards to compromise data companies store in the cloud. The vulnerability, dubbed Cloudborne, was detailed today by Andreessen Horowitz-backed security startup Eclypsium Inc. It affects the so-called baseboard …
Report: VW preparing to invest $1.7B in Ford’s autonomous vehicle unit
Ford Motor Co.’s Argo AI autonomous vehicle unit could soon receive a major outside boost. The Wall Street Journal reported today that Volkswagen AG plans to invest $1.7 billion in the business to lay the foundation for future collaboration. According to the publication’s …