The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is reportedly preparing to launch an investigation into claims that Microsoft Corp. uses anticompetitive practices in its cloud business. The Financial Times, referencing unnamed “people with direct knowledge of the matter,” reported that the FTC is examining allegations that Microsoft is abusing its market power by imposing punitive licensing terms to ...

Passwordless authentication company Descope Inc. today announced a range of new capabilities that are designed to help e-commerce and online retail companies provide secure, personalized and omnichannel authentication experiences to their customers. The capabilities include support for Google One Tap, a comprehensive WordPress plugin, passkey support and user journey A/B testing that allows retail stores of all sizes ...

Amazon Web Services Inc. announced today that it has joined the Sheltered Harbor Alliance program, a nonprofit industry consortium dedicated to enhancing cyber resiliency in financial services. As part of joining the alliance, AWS is aiming to simplify the process of building cyber vault capabilities for AWS. The collaboration aims to bolster protection against ransomware ...

Managed cloud service provider Mission Cloud Services Inc. today launched Mission Cloud Secure, a fully managed cloud detection and response service powered by CrowdStrike Holdings Inc.’s Falcon cybersecurity platform. The new offering has been designed to provide Amazon Web Services Inc. customers with comprehensive managed security to stop cloud breaches. Mission Cloud Secure seeks to take on ...

Generative artificial intelligence governance startup SurePath AI Inc. announced today that it has raised $5.2 million in funding to accelerate growth and enhance its platform for securely governing generative AI adoption in enterprises. Founded in 2023, SurePath AI offers a generative AI governance platform designed to assist organizations in adopting and governing generative AI usage ...

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted an early-morning raid on the residence of Polymarket Labs Inc. Chief Executive Office Shayne Coplan today, seizing his phone and electronic devices as part of an investigation into claims that the betting platform accepted trades from users based in the U.S. Founded in 2020, Polymarket operates as a decentralized ...

Web 3 and blockchain company Zero Gravity Labs Inc., also known as 0G Labs, revealed today that it has raised $40 million in additional seed funding to accelerate the development of its decentralized AI Operating System and also received a $250 million liquid line token purchase commitment. Founded in 2023, 0G Labs is developing a ...

Cloud-observability platform provider New Relic Inc. today announced one-step observability for Kubernetes, a new solution to solve the challenges developers face when monitoring dynamic Kubernetes environments. The new feature automatically instruments application performance management with Kubernetes deployments and, in doing so, eliminates the need for additional configurations. The service also offers artificial intelligence-powered insights, dashboards and ...

Cloud security company Zscaler Inc. today announced Zero Trust Segmentation, a solution that offers more secure, agile and cost-effective means to connect users, devices and workloads across distributed locations. Core to the new offering is the ability to eliminate the need for traditional firewalls, software-defined wide-area networks and site-to-site virtual private networks by turning branches, factories and ...

Artificial intelligence-driven cybersecurity startup DeepTempo launched today with the release of Tempo, a deep learning-based Snowflake Inc.-native app that improves the detection of potential cyberattacks. Making its debut at Snowflake’s annual Build developer conference and built as part of the Snowflake Native App Accelerator program, Tempo allows organizations to leverage AI-powered security capabilities directly within ...