Twitter Inc. suffered downtime earlier today after introducing the ability for Twitter Blue subscribers in the U.S. to post tweets of up to 4,000 characters. The additional feature was announced at 3 p.m. EST in an extended post on Twitter. Outside the ability to post up to 4,000 characters, normal Twitter restrictions apply. Twitter Blue ...

Shares in Rapid7 Inc. fell in late trading after the company predicted lower-than-expected revenue in its latest earnings report. For its fourth quarter that ended Dec. 31, Rapid7 reported earnings before costs such as stock compensation of 35 cents a share, up from a loss of 17 cents a share in the same quarter of ...

Cybersecurity management platform company Skybox Security Inc. today announced that it has raised $50 million in new funding and has appointed season security expert Mordecai (Mo) Rosen as new chief executive officer. Including the new round, the company has raised $343.4 million to date, according to data from Crunchbase. It last raised funding in 2017. Founded in 2002, ...

Canada’s Digital Governance Council and Data Collaboration Alliance today announced that they have succeeded in getting a new national Zero-Copy Integration standard approved by Standards Canada. Zero-Copy Integration defines a framework for the accelerated delivery of new digital solutions without eroding data access. Projects covered by the standard include applications, automation, artificial intelligence and machine learning, ...

Toyota Motor Co. has been hacked again, but fortunately for the Japanese car giant, this time the hacker was a security researcher with no ill intent. Security researcher Eaton Zveare said Monday that he gained access to Toyota’s Global Supplier Preparation Information Management System in October. The system is a web app used by Toyota employees ...

Shares in cybersecurity companies Fortinet Inc. and Tenable Holdings Inc. rose in after-hours trading after both delivered strong earnings reports. For its fourth quarter that ended Dec. 31, Fortinet reported earnings before costs such as stock compensation of 44 cents a share, up 76% compared to the same quarter last year. Revenue rose 33%, to ...

Software supply chain management startup Lineaje said today it has raised $7 million in new funding to accelerate its go-to-market strategy, invest in continued research and development and expand its headcount. Tenable Inc. led the seed round with Dreamit Ventures, Veear Capital, Belltower Fund Group and several cybersecurity executives also participating. Founded in 2021, Lineaje, incorporated as VeeDNA ...

Nix environment management startup FloxDev Inc. said today it has raised $16.5 million in new funding and has launched its new open-source flox platform to expand on Nix’s unique approach to package management and system configuration. Nix is a cross-platform package manager that employs a functional deployment model where software is installed in unique directories. The ...

Data storage company NetApp Inc. today announced a new portfolio of storage programs and a line of flash storage for modern data centers. The new portfolio of storage programs, NetApp Advance, has been designed to help customers cost-effectively future-proof on-premises environments. The service is said to evolve the storage lifecycle by allowing organizations to avoid complex, costly ...

Cybersecurity firm Fortinet Inc. today announced FortiSP5, new application-specific integrated circuit technology that promises to accelerate the convergence of networking and security across every network edge. Built on more than 20 years of ASIC investment and innovation from Fortinet, FortiSP5 is said to deliver secure computing power advantages over traditional central processing units and network ASICs. The new ...