Apple Inc.’s long-reported mixed reality headset is looking more likely to be coming sometime later this year after it was discovered that the iOS 16 beta code heavily references the device. Mark Gurman at Bloomberg wrote today that he believes that a full-blown introduction of the headset is unlikely at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in ...

Microsoft Corp. today said it has taken control of seven internet domains linked to a Russian state-sponsored hacking group that was actively targeting sites and companies in Ukraine. The takedown targeted the Russian hacking group Strontium, also known as APT28 and Fancy Bear. Microsoft had previously taken down domains linked to the group in 2018. ...

Records belonging to Fox News have been exposed online through a database unprotected by a password, according to a report today. Security researcher Jeremiah Flower and the Website Planet research team discovered that the exposed database included about 58 gigabytes of data in just short of 13 million records. The records included Fox News content, ...

Despite global venture capital funding cooling in the first quarter of this year, it was still the fourth-best quarter on record, according to the latest CB Insights State of Venture Capital funding report released today. The quarterly CB Insights report found that global venture capital funding dropped to $142.9 billion in the quarter, the lowest since ...

Mobile shopping rewards startup Fetch Rewards Inc. revealed today that it has raised $240 million in a new late-stage funding to fuel its growth as it continues to build its digital loyalty and marketing platform. Investment management firm Hamilton Lane led the Series E round. Also participating were Archer Venture Capital, NielsenIQ, TelevisaUnivision, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, ...

Cisco Systems Inc. today announced Secure Firewall 3100 Series, a midrange multipurpose firewall appliance with a new architecture designed expressly with hybrid work in mind. Secure Firewall 3100 Series offers high performance and flexibility to empower hybrid workers and also firewall administrators, who can now manage their cloud and hybrid firewalls from anywhere in the world. The ...

Google LLC has reportedly removed dozens of apps from the Google Play Store after researchers found they included software for collecting user data for a company with alleged ties to U.S. security agencies. The Wall Street Journal reported today that spy software found in the apps came from Panamanian company Measurement Systems S. de R.L. The ...

Turn/River Management LP announced today that it will acquire Israeli security policy management company Tufin Software Technologies Ltd. for $570 million. The all-cash deal means Tufin shareholders receive $13 per share, a premium of 44% over Tufin’s closing price on April 5 and a 54% premium over Tufin’s one-month volume-weighted closing price. Founded in 2004, ...

Strong headwinds and changing market conditions have slowed down initial public offerings, according to a first-look release from PitchBook-NVCA ahead of its quarterly Venture Monitor report next week. The release early Wednesday details, to no one’s surprise, that the first three months of 2022 have brought a change in the U.S. venture market. Changes — including ...

Intel Corp. announced late today that it’s suspending all business operations in Russia, joining various other tech firms that have done the same because of the country’s invasion of Ukraine. The decision comes after Intel had previously suspended shipments to Russia and Belarus in March. “Intel continues to join the global community in condemning Russia’s ...