Database management system provider MariaDB plc has received an unsolicited offer from a venture capital firm to acquire the company. First reported by the Register, the disclosure was made in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. In the filing, MariaDB says that pursuant to the Irish Takeover Panel Act 1997 and Takeover ...

Cleaning products maker Clorox Co. is warning of shortages following a cyberattack that struck the company on Aug. 14. The type of attack was not disclosed, with Clorox only describing it as “unauthorized activity” on some of its information technology systems in an Aug. 14 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The filing rattles ...

Machine identity protection firm Venafi Inc. today unveiled a new generative artificial intelligence service that’s designed to make machine identity management easier and faster for security and platform teams.  Called Venafi Athena, the service combines machine learning, large language models and Venafi’s data capabilities to power three core solutions. The first solution, Venafi Athena for Security Teams, ...

Data observability company Acceldata Inc. today announced that it has acquired artificial intelligence startup Bewgle Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2017, Bewgle offers an AI engine that analyzes large amounts of unstructured data to provide product, category and competitive insights. Designed for online retailers and app developers to analyze natural language reviews written by customers, ...

Data management startup Alcion Inc. today announced that it has raised $21 million in new funding to support the general availability and global go-to-market expansion of the company’s artificial intelligence-driven backup-as-a-service platform for Microsoft 365. Founded in 2022, Alcion provides Microsoft 365 administrators with a platform to protect against ransomware, malware, corruption and accidental data loss. The company’s ...

Security intelligence firm LogRhythm Inc. today announced an expanded partnership with cybersecurity company Novacoast Inc. to strengthen security operations and ensure comprehensive protection. The partnership sees Novacoast become the first LogRhythm Axon service provider to provide level one and level two analyst services — entry-level to intermediate-level technical support services — and custom content for the cloud-native ...

Updated with market reaction: Grocery delivery company Instacart today saw its shares soar 40% in their debut in the public market, a day after it raised $660 million in its initial public offering. The offering price of $30 a share topped an original guidance for $26 to $28 a share, but the shares opened trading ...

Google LLC and the U.S. Department of Defense are reportedly working on an artificial intelligence-enabled microscope project designed to help pathologists streamline their workflow without interrupting their established processes. Called the Augmented Reality Microscope, the microscope brings real-time machine learning into an optical microscope for applications in cancer diagnostics and other areas that rely on bright-field ...

Google LLC today announced an update to its Google Cloud Chronicle security service that includes the unified Chronicle Security Operations platform, a new service that delivers advanced capabilities around threat intelligence. The Chronicle Security Operations platform unifies security orchestration, automation and response, or SOAR for short, as well security information and event management, known as ...

Industrial control system cybersecurity startup Dragos Inc. today announced that it has raised an additional $74 million in funding to bolster its ability to make ICS and operational-technology cybersecurity more accessible worldwide. Founded in 2016, Dragos offers an industrial threat detection and response platform that provides ICS cybersecurity teams with components required to detect and respond to ...