Google LLC today outlined a range of new compliance and security certifications for Google Cloud as part of a commitment to act as a “security transformation partner and to be the most trusted cloud.” The new certifications include the addition of Cloud DNS to Google Cloud’s list of Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program compliant ...

Global venture capital investments hit $125 billion in the first quarter, the first time the figure has surpassed $100 billion in a quarter, according to new data published today by Crunchbase. The $125 billion invested in the quarter was up 50% over the fourth quarter of 2020 and up 94% from the first quarter of 2020. ...

Twitter Inc. held acquisition talks with audio-based social app Clubhouse in a deal that would have valued the company at $4 billion, Bloomberg reported today. The talks are described as having taken place in recent months but are no longer ongoing. Why the talks didn’t progress further is unknown. Founded in March 2020, Clubhouse is an ...

Australian graphic design tool startup Canva Pty. Ltd. said today it has raised $71 million in new funding on a $15 billion valuation, making it the largest startup to come from the country since Atlassian Corp. plc. The round was led by T. Rowe Price and Dragoneer and included Blackbird Ventures and Skip Capital. Founded in 2012, Canva is a ...

Ahead of its scheduled public offering April 14, Coinbase Global Inc. today released its quarterly financial data — and the numbers are impressive. For the quarter ended Dec. 31, Coinbase reported a stunning trading volume of $335 billion. Moreover, the company said that as of the end of 2020 its platform had assets of $223 billion, ...

A threat group called “Golden Chickens” is targeting professionals on LinkedIn with fake job offers with the intent to infect respondents with malware. As detailed today by cybersecurity firm eSentire Inc., the campaign is “spear-phishing” victims with a sophisticated backdoor Trojan virus that, when installed, gives the hacking group remote control over the victim’s computer. That ...

SoftBank Group Corp. said today it has invested $2.8 billion to acquire a 40% stake in Norwegian warehouse automation company AutoStore AS. SoftBank, Japan’s largest telecommunications companies and one of the world’s largest venture capital firms, acquired shares in the company from funds affiliated with Thomas H. Lee Partners L.P. and EQT Private Equity, among ...

Delivery service startup Enjoy Technology Inc. is the latest company planning to go public via a merger with a special-purpose acquisition company in a $1.6 billion deal. Enjoy, the brainchild of former Apple Inc. executive and Apple Store founder Ron Johnson, is planning to merge with Marquee Raine Acquisition Corp., a Nasdaq-listed SPAC that was ...

Top Amazon Web Services Inc. executive Teresa Carlson early today joined big-data analytics company Splunk Inc. in the newly created role of president and chief growth officer. Carlson will report to Doug Merritt, Splunk’s chief executive officer, and will work closely with Splunk’s sales, customer success and marketing leaders to align and drive the company’s ...

Three universities in the U.S. have had data stolen and published online in the latest data breaches related to a vulnerability in software from Accellion Inc. The universities targeted were Stanford University, the University of Maryland, Baltimore, and the University of California at Berkeley, with one commonality among them: The stolen data was published by the ...