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Business planning platform startup Pigment SAS today launched a new artificial intelligence-based offering designed to help business teams make faster, more informed decisions. Pigment AI, not surprisingly, brings AI to Pigment’s existing cloud-based business forecasting platform that handles business strategy in real time. The use of …
Global venture capital investments drop 56% in April
New data released today by Crunchbase Inc. finds that global venture capital funding continued to decline in April as broader macroeconomic issues, 40-year-high interest rates and the war in Ukraine continue to disrupt global markets. In April, total global venture capital investments …
Apple and Google propose standard to address unwanted AirTag tracking
Apple Inc. and Google LLC today announced a new initiative to address the issue of unwanted tracking using Bluetooth devices such as Apple’s AirTag. The initiative launches with a draft new industry standard that would add the ability to alert both iOS …
Europol-led operation leads to arrest of 288 dark web vendors
A joint operation coordinated by the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation, with support from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, has resulted in the arrest of 288 dark web vendors. The operation, code-named “SpecTor,” resulted from the previously unknown seizure of …
Customer growth helps Freshworks deliver its first adjusted operating profit
Customer service and support software firm Freshworks Inc. delivered its first-ever quarterly adjusted operating profit as a public company as it beat first-quarter earnings expectations. For the quarter that ended March 31, Freshworks reported net income before costs such as stock compensation of $3.9 …
Credential phishing volume increases 527% in the first quarter
A new report released today by phishing detection and response solutions company Cofense Inc. details a staggering rise in credential phishing volume in the first quarter and an overall increase in active threats. In the first quarter, Cofense detected a 527% increase in …
German IT services company Bitmarck knocked offline following cyberattack
German information technology services company Bitmarck Technik GmbH has been knocked offline after being hit by a cyberattack on Sunday. The company, a leading provider of IT services to the German healthcare industry, said on its temporary website that the attack had …
FBI cites risk of Chinese hackers in request for additional cybersecurity funding
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has requested a funding boost for its cybersecurity and related investigation services while highlighting that Chinese hackers outnumber FBI cyber staff by 50 to one. The request came at a congressional hearing late last week. FBI …
T-Mobile discloses second data breach of 2023 and its 8th since 2018
T-Mobile USA Inc. has disclosed yet-another data breach, its second disclosed breach in 2023, and although this one affected fewer than 1,000 customers versus the 37 million affected in the last breach, it’s the eighth data breach since 2018. The latest data …
Arm files paperwork for what will likely be the biggest public offering this year
Chip designer Arm Ltd. has filed its paperwork to go public, setting the scene for what is likely to be the biggest initial public offering this year. The company made the announcement on Saturday, saying in a press release that it had …