Blockchain software technology startup ConsenSys Software Inc. today announced it has raised $65 million in new funding to accelerate the convergence of decentralized finance and Web3 applications on Ethereum with enterprise blockchain infrastructure. The round included funding from J.P. Morgan, Mastercard, UBS, Protocol Labs, the Maker Foundation, Fenbushi, The LAO, Alameda Research, CMT Digital, Greater Bay Area Homeland Development ...

Updated: Reflecting intensifying interest in cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, crypto exchange provider Coinbase Global Inc. today saw its shares soar in their market debut. Coinbase shares began trading at $381 a share, more than 50% higher than the $250 reference price set Tuesday and valuing the company at about $100 billion. Shares rose even further, ...

Microsoft Corp. today announced its latest range of laptops, and as expected all the devices now offer a choice between both Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Intel Corp. processors. The Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 comes in a 13.5-inch and 15-inch model shipping with either Intel’s latest 11th generation processors, paired with Intel Iris XE graphics or ...

Clubhouse has seemingly suffered another data breach, with details of 1.3 million users published on a hacking forum but the audio-based social app provider claims it wasn’t hacked and that the data was pulled through their application programming interface. The data, which ended up on Raid Forums, was advertised as offering user I.D., photo, username, ...

Intel Corp.’s Mobileye division today announced plans to launch driverless delivery trucks by 2023 in partnership with autonomous vehicle delivery company Udelv Inc. Under the partnership, Mobileye’s self-driving system, known as Mobileye Drive will provide the autonomous driving technology for Udelv’s next-generation electric self-driving delivery vehicle known as the “Transporter.” The first Transporters are expected ...

A newly discovered flaw in the Facebook Inc.-owned messaging app Whatsapp can allow an attacker to suspend an account using only a user’s phone number. The proof of concept, developed by researchers Luis Márquez Carpintero and Ernesto Canales Pereña and first reported April 10 by Forbes, involves a wannabe hacker installing WhatsApp on a new ...

Hackers are targeting other hackers once again. This time, the details of user data and more than 600,000 credit cards from the darknet payment card marketplace Swarmshop were stolen and then posted on a rival underground forum. First reported by Threat Intelligence Analyst Sergei Kokurin from threat Group-IB Group Pvt. Ltd. under the apt heading ...

Israeli digital forensics startup Cellebrite DI Ltd. is the latest company set to go public via a special-purpose acquisition company through a merger with TWC Tech Holdings II Corp. in a deal that values the company at about $2.4 billion. The deal involves Cellebrite obtaining $580 million, comprised of TWC Tech Holdings’ cash held in ...

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security today added seven Chinese supercomputing entities to its Entity List for conducting activities that are contrary to national security and foreign policy interests. The entities added to the list, which prevents them from obtaining advanced technologies developed in the U.S. without special permission, are Tianjin Phytium ...

Facebook Inc. and its services including Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram suffered a brief downtime around 5:30 p.m. EDT today. According to the downtime site Down Detector, the first reports of Instagram being down started at 5:13 p.m. EDT with a peak at 5:28 p.m. The last reports on the site were at 7:03 p.m., although ...