TikTok Chief Executive Shou Zi Chew met with the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce today and the five hours of questioning went as well as expected in that most, if not all, participants had already made their minds up on the future of the highly popular service. Chew faced a range of questions ...

Graphic design tool startup Canva Pty. Ltd. is enhancing its artificial intelligence capabilities with the launch of a new suite of brand management features and AI design tools. The new tools are built to help teams and organizations of all shapes and sizes to communicate visually and produce content at large scale. Founded in 2012, Canva’s customer base ...

Multinational agricultural giant Dole plc has disclosed that those behind a ransomware attack that shut down production facilities in the U.S. last month accessed employee information. First reported today by Bleeping Computer, the disclosure was made in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. Dole said in the filing that it was “the victim of a sophisticated ...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is cracking down hard on cryptocurrency companies, warning about pending action Coinbase Global Inc. and taking action against those behind several tokens and their celebrity endorsers. Coinbase, the biggest cryptocurrency exchange in the U.S., was issued with a Wells notice, a warning that the SEC had identified potential violations ...

LiquidStack Holding B.V., a startup providing liquid immersion cooling for data centers, today announced that it has received funding from Trane Technologies PLC to support the adoption of its solutions and significantly reduce data center carbon footprint, water consumption, electronic waste and environmental impact. Trane is a manufacturing company focused on sustainable heating, ventilation and air ...

Butlr Technologies Inc., which styles itself an “artificial intelligence of things” startup, today announced that it has raised additional funding from Qualcomm Ventures LLC and launched the next generation of its Heatic wireless sensors. Founded in 2019 as a spinoff from the MIT Media Lab, Butlr offers a people monitoring platform that uses body heat to detect occupancy, ...

Cybersecurity firm XM Cyber Inc., owned since November 2021 by Schwarz Group, today revealed that it has acquired attack interception cybersecurity firm Confluera Inc. for an undisclosed price. Founded in 2018, Confluera’s platform offers real-time attack interception and defense by deterministically identifying complex, multistage attacks. The platform tracks all activities within an enterprise’s infrastructure, malicious or benign, to ...

Italian vehicle manufacturer Ferrari S.p.A. has disclosed that it has suffered a “cyber incident” that involved a threat actor with a ransom demand related to certain client contact details. Upon receipt of the ransom demand, the company launched an investigation with an outside cybersecurity firm. Ferrari said Monday it has also contacted relevant authorities, saying ...

Cybersecurity firm Sophos Group plc today announced a partnership with cybersecurity insurance provider Cowbell Cyber Inc. to provide businesses with an easier way to access cyber insurance. The partnership will allow Sophos customers to directly share their security health information with Cowbell to facilitate optimal premium quotes and policies and gain access to Cowbell insurance through the Sophos Marketplace. ...

Adaptive and autonomous security access solutions startup Oleria today launched with $8 million in funding raised from Tapestry Venture Capital LLC and angel investors, including chief executive officers and chief information security officers of prominent tech and security companies. Founded by former Salesforce Inc. Chief Trust Officer Jim Alkove (pictured) and identity solutions product executive and ...