Microsoft Corp. today announced a new range of features for its popular Teams service that are designed to provide an enhanced user experience. Topping the list is support for 21 new Teams apps for meetings that integrate third-party support for external services and existing Microsoft services. The 21 new Teams apps for meetings include support for Asana Inc., ...

Shares in Palo Alto Networks Inc. hit a record high today after the company beat first-quarter earnings estimates. For the quarter ended Oct. 31, Palo Alto Networks reported revenue rose 23%, to $946 million, from a year ago. Adjusted earnings excluding share-based compensation expenses and other items came in at $1.62 a share versus $1.05 a share a year ...

Airbnb Inc. today finally released details for its initial public offering a year after it first said that it was planning to go public in 2020 and three months after it confidentially filed for the listing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. With no surprise given the months of speculation, Airbnb reported that it had been hit hard ...

Data relating to some 27.7 million Texas drivers has been exposed online and stolen from an unsecured database belonging to insurance company Vertafore Inc. The databases were left online between March 11 and Aug. 1 and included names, dates of birth, addresses and vehicle registration histories. According to the company last week, the data was exposed when ...

Some 46 million records stolen from children’s gaming service Animal Jam have found its way onto the dark web following a hack of the company in October. Animal Jam is a popular online virtual world created by WildWorks Inc. with more than 130 million users catering to children between the ages of four and eight. ...

A recent ransomware attack targeting furniture maker Steelcase Inc. caused the company to shut down operations for two weeks, according to information the company submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. In the SEC filing today, Steelcase said it detected a cyberattack on its information technology systems Oct. 22. The company said it implemented a series ...

December is shaping up to be a busy month for tech-related initial public offerings, with Airbnb Inc. likely to be joined by DoorDash Inc., Roblox, Wish and Affirm according to reports today. Airbnb was reported to be releasing its IPO details for a December listing this week according to a report Nov. 5. Speculation around when the ...

PayPal Holdings Inc. is now offering cryptocurrency services to all eligible account holders in the U.S. after announcing a soft launch of the service Oct. 21. The service allows users to buy, hold and sell for bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin within their existing PayPal accounts. Using the service is as simple as account ...

Some 5.8 million customer records stolen from Singapore-based hotel company RedDoorz have been found for sale on the dark web following the company being hacked in September. RedDoorz, formally named Commeasure Pte. Ltd., which offers hotels across Southeast Asia, disclosed the hack Sept. 28. It said at the time only that it was aware that one of its information ...

Source code allegedly belonging to commercial penetration testing software Cobalt Strike has been published on GitHub, potentially providing a new path for hackers to attack companies. Penetration testing, usually abbreviated as pen testing, has legitimate uses as a security tool to test security but can also be used by bad actors to attack a company. ...