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Security researcher breaches Apple, Microsoft and others by exploiting open-source repositories
A security researcher has uncovered a security vulnerability that allowed him to run code on internal systems belonging to major companies, including Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Netflix Inc., PayPal Holdings Inc., Tesla Inc. and others by exploiting open-source repositories. The supply chain attack was detailed late Tuesday by researcher and ethical hacker Alex Birsan and involved ...
AWS to provide National Hockey League cloud, AI and machine learning services
Amazon Web Services Inc. announced today it has signed a deal with the National Hockey League to become the official cloud, artificial intelligence and machine learning infrastructure provider of the largest ice hockey league in North America. Under the deal, AWS will enable the NHL to automate video processing and content delivery in the cloud and ...
Autonomous truck startup Plus raises $200M to accelerate global commercialization
Autonomous truck startup Plus announced today it has raised $200 million in new funding to accelerate the global commercialization and deployment of its automated trucking system. That will include the development of a sales and support network to help fleets integrate its automated trucking system and scale up deployments in the U.S. and China. The Series B ...
Uber shares slide on weaker-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings
Shares in Uber Technologies Inc. dropped in after-hours trading today after the ride-hailing giant missed analysts’ predictions for its fourth-quarter earnings. For the quarter ended Dec. 31, Uber reported gross bookings of $17.2 billion, down 5% year-over-year on revenue of $3.17 billion. Analysts had predicted a figure of $3.58 billion. Uber booked a loss of ...
‘Cyberpunk 2077’ maker CD Projekt struck by ransomware attack
Video game developer CD Projekt S.A., the maker of “Cyberpunk 2077,” has been struck by a ransomware attack that resulted in data stolen. The company said in a tweeted statement today it detected a cyberattack that compromised some of its internal systems Feb. 8. An unidentified actor is described as collecting certain data belonging to the CD ...
Lyft shares rise to 17-month high on stronger-than-expected earnings
Shares in Lyft Inc. rose to a 17-month high in after-hours trading after the ride-hailing company beat analysts’ predictions in its fourth-quarter earnings report. For the quarter ended Dec. 31, Lyft reported revenue fell 44%, to $569.9 million, from a year ago because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but it rose 14% from the third quarter. ...
Twitter shares rise on stronger quarterly earnings
Shares in Twitter Inc. rose slightly in after-hours trading after the microblogging service beat analysts’ predictions for its fourth-quarter earnings but warned of increasing expenses in the year ahead. For the quarter ended Dec. 31, Twitter reported a profit of $222 million, or 38 cents a share on revenue of $1.29 billion, up 28% from a ...
Bitcoin hits record high as Tesla discloses investment, Apple may be interested
The price of bitcoin smashed through $40,000 today to hit new record highs amid reports that Apple Inc. could be interested in the cryptocurrency and Tesla Inc. had purchased $1.5 billion in bitcoin. Although bitcoin first broke through the $40,000 mark in January, its price had varied since from just below $30,000 through to nearly ...
Hacker targets Florida treatment plant in attempt to poison water supply
Sadly in 2021 not a day passes without news of a company, government or organization being targeted by hackers, but usually cyberattacks don’t try to poison thousands of people. That’s exactly what nearly happened last week in Pinellas County, Florida. An unknown attacker remotely accessed a water treatment plant in Oldsmar, Florida, on Friday, Feb. ...
Hyundai and Kia deny they’re in talks with Apple to produce a car
Apparently there will be no Apple Car coming out of South Korean companies. Both Hyundai Motor Co. and its subsidiary Kia Corp. today denied reports that they’re in talks with Apple Inc. to develop an electric autonomous vehicle. Apple’s efforts to build a car go back to 2015, although it was reported in 2016 that the Apple car ...









