Fresh from voting in favor of compelling manufacturers to use USB-C charging in electronic devices in October, the European Union has set Dec. 27, 2024, as the deadline for companies such as Apple Inc. to comply. Proposals to force a common standard for charging date back nearly a decade, but the most recent proposal emerged ...

Google LLC today released a report that explores the challenges in defending the software supply chain on the second anniversary of the now infamous hack of SolarWinds Worldwide LLC. Since SolarWinds, governments and industry have made important strides in addressing issues, but the report finds that there has been a sharp increase in software supply ...

Secure data analytics startup Opaque Systems Inc. today launched a new platform that includes what it says are the latest advancements in confidential artificial intelligence and analytics. The Opaque platform has been built to unlock use cases in confidential computing to enable data scientists to secure and perform collaborative analytics directly on this encrypted data. The platform ...

Passwordless multifactor authentication startup Beyond Identity Inc.  today introduced new integration offerings with cloud cybersecurity company Zscaler Inc. to strengthen zero-trust architecture and reduce attack surfaces. The integration provides enterprises with continuous identity and device inspection and verification, enabling the real-time exchange of risk signals. The risk signals are incorporated before initial user authentication and monitored continuously, ...

Microsoft Corp. wants a slice of a market currently dominated by Facebook and Discord Inc., announcing today a new Microsoft Teams feature focused on supporting community groups. Named communities in Microsoft Teams, the service is pitched at groups such as recreational sports teams, event planning committees, parent-teacher associations and even small businesses that want to ...

Apple Inc. is reported to have scaled back its plans for a self-driving electric vehicle and postponed the launch date to 2026. Mark Gurman at Bloomberg reported today that the project, known internally as Titan, has been in limbo for several months as Apple executives have grappled with the reality that its vision for a fully ...

An outage that has affected Hosted Exchange customers of Rackspace Technologies Inc. has been confirmed by the company to be the result of a ransomware attack. In a statement today, Rackspace said that the ransomware attack was isolated to its Hosted Exchange business and that its other products and services are fully operational, including its email ...

Shares of cloud subscription services company Zuora Inc. dropped in late trading following a weaker-than-expected outlook in its latest earnings report and an announcement that it would lay off 11% of its staff because of macroeconomic conditions. For its third quarter ended Oct. 31, Zuora reported a  loss before costs such as stock compensation of $2.9 million, ...

Shares in SentinelOne Inc. stayed flat in after-hours trading after the cybersecurity company delivered a mixed earnings report. For its third quarter ended Oct. 31, SentinelOne reported a loss before costs such as stock compensation of 16 cents per share, just over a loss of 15 cents in the same quarter of last year. Revenue ...

Global payments company Network Merchants Inc. today revealed that it has acquired the payments solution arm of underwriting and onboarding software solutions provider Agreement Express Inc. to expand its commerce offering. Founded in 2001, Agreement Express offers a software-as-a-service platform that automates client onboarding processes for financial services firms. The company’s product is said to reduce ...