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Information services startup Capella Space raises $60M to expand imaging capacity
Information services startup Capella Space Corp. today revealed it has raised $60 million in new funding to expand its imaging capacity and develop new data products for customers demanding frequent, timely and high-quality synthetic-aperture radar imagery. The new funding came via growth equity financing from the U.S. Innovative Technology Fund. Including the new round, Capella Space has raised ...
Here’s what to expect at Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event Feb. 1
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. will hold a “Galaxy Unpacked” event on Feb. 1 where its flagship S range of phones will be unveiled. Samsung holds the event in January or February every year and, along with its flagship phone range, often announces some surprises as well. The new Galaxy S23 series is described in the ...
Thousands reportedly laid off at Cloud Software Group, the parent company of Citrix
Cloud Software Group Inc., the parent company of Citrix Systems, NetScaler and Tibco Software, has reportedly laid off thousands of employees in the latest case of tech companies laying off staff. CRN broke the news and although there has been no official confirmation of the layoffs from Citrix or Cloud Software Group yet, Citrix employees ...
Intel 4th Gen Xeon series offers a leap in data center performance and efficiency
Intel Corp. today unveiled its 4th Gen Intel Xeon scalable processors, the Intel Xeon CPU Max Series and the Intel Data Center GPU Max Series, that promise a leap in data center performance and efficiency. The processors offer enhanced security and new capabilities for artificial intelligence, the cloud, the network and edge, and the world’s ...
FCC rule would require telcos to notify consumers and agencies of data breaches immediately
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has proposed a new rule for data breach reporting that would require telecommunications providers to notify consumers and agencies of any data breach immediately. Under the proposed rule change issued Friday, the existing seven business day rule to inform customers of a breach would be abolished. The new rule will require ...
Conversational AI startup NLX raises $4.6M to fuel expansion and product development
Conversation artificial intelligence startup NLX Inc. said today it has raised $4.6 million in additional funding to continue fueling its marketplace expansion and improve its product. IAG Capital Partners led the round, with previous investors JetBlue Ventures and Flying Fish Ventures also participating. Including the new funding, the company has raised $9.6 million to date. Founded in 2018, NLX ...
Identity thieves exploit security flaw to steal credit reports from Experian
Credit reporting company Experian plc is in the news for the wrong reasons again, with a report claiming that identity thieves exploited a security weakness on its website to obtain credit reports. KrebsOnSecurity reported today that identity thieves are successfully exploiting the Experian website to obtain credit reports by using a person’s name, address, birthday and ...
Hackers target cryptocurrency customers by impersonating well-known employee
Researchers at Division Seven, SafeGuard Inc.’s threat intelligence team today detailed how customers at a cryptocurrency firm they work with were targeted by a threat actor using a social engineering attack with a twist: The hackers were pretending to be a well-known employee. The investigation was launched following a report by Microsoft Security in December into targeted ...
Facebook users targeted with fake copyright notices in credential stealing campaign
Hackers and those in cybercrime can never be accused of not being creative and a new credential theft campaign highlights the fact: It uses Facebook copyright notices to obtain user credentials. Detailed today by researchers at Avanan, a Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. company, hackers are leveraging Facebook copyright infringement notices to steal credentials. The attack ...
Apple’s mixed reality headset could reportedly launch in spring
Apple Inc.’s long-awaited mixed reality headset could finally debut later this year, with a new report suggesting that the device may be launched in the northern spring ahead of Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference. Mark Gurman at Bloomberg today reported that the device has already been shared with a few high-profile developers for testing and software development, ...