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 ...

Apple Inc. announced today that its annual Worldwide Developers Conference will be online only this year and will be held from June 6 through to June 10. Although Apple did not mention COVID-19 as a reason for holding WWDC22 virtually, it has done so in previous years because of the pandemic. Officially, Apple is pitching ...

German police, in conjunction with U.S. law enforcement authorities, said today they’ve takedown Hydra Market, the world’s largest darknet marketplace. The seizure of Hydra also saw the capture of 543 bitcoins from the market, currently worth about $25 million. Founded in 2015, Hydra Market is claimed to have had a darknet market share of around ...

Connected operations cloud startup Samsara Inc. has today announced a new integration with John Deere to empower better agricultural operations. The deal between the two companies sees Samsara and John Deere expanding upon its existing JDLink integration to deliver new features that provide greater visibility into support vehicles to optimize farming operations. JDLink is a connection that ...

Financial advisory and management services startup Sydecar Inc. has raised $8.3 million in new funding to hire more people across engineering, customer experience, marketing and operations, with an aim to expand its product offerings. Deciens Capital led the seed round announced today, with Pipeline Capital Partners, Anthemis Group, Hustle Fund VC and various angel investors also participating. ...

Email marketing platform Mailchimp, owned by Intuit Inc. since last year, has been hacked as part of a scheme to target Trezor cryptocurrency wallet service users. Bleeping Computer reported today that the hack started with employees of Mailchimp falling for a social engineering attack that led to the theft of their credentials. “On March 26, our ...

Cybersecurity firm Fortinet Inc. today announced the release of FortiOS 7.2, the latest upgrade to its operating system and the foundation of the Fortinet Security Fabric. The latest release of FortiOS has more than 300 new features that enhance the ability to converge security at every network edge combined with the performance and scale, according to ...