Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Inc. has started preparing for an initial public offering later this year or early next year, according to a report today from Reuters. Quoting three people familiar with the matter, Reuters claims that the plans are still subject to change and that the company has not yet registered with the U.S. Securities and ...

Barely a day passes without new reports of sites and services being hacked or companies exposing customer data through unsecured databases, but how many account credentials have been stolen in total is a mystery. Although it doesn’t answer how many account credentials have been stolen, a new study out today from Digital Shadows Ltd. puts a figure ...

Slack Technologies Inc. today said it has acquired business directory startup Rimeto Inc. for an undisclosed price. Founded in 2016, Rimeto offers a business directory service that automatically integrates information across a company to deliver rich profiles of every employee. Pitched as “reinventing the corporate directory,” the service is said to give people the understanding ...

Google LLC today released Android 11 Beta 2, the latest test version of its mobile operating system, rolling out a number of new design tweaks and changes. The release is notable because it has achieved what Google describes as “platform stability.” That means the apps, application programming interfaces and other main features should not change between ...

Microsoft Corp.’s Teams today announced a range of new features as use continues to surge thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing workplace restrictions. Leading the list is what Microsoft calls “Together mode,” a new experience in Teams that reimagines how users engage virtually via video. Using artificial intelligence segmentation technology, the feature places participants in a ...

EDP Renewables North America LLC has confirmed that it was targeted in a ransomware attack, with the company advising that those behind the attack gained unauthorized access to some information stored on its information systems. The attack was first reported in April and is believed to have involved the use of Ragnar Locker ransomware. Ragnar Locker is a ...

Salesforce.com cloud backup startup OwnBackup Ltd., a cloud backup firm centered on Salesforce.com Inc.’s platform, said today it has raised $50 million in new funding to accelerate product development and sales efforts. The Series D round was led by Insight Partners and included Salesforce Ventures, Vertex Ventures and Innovation Endeavors. Founded in 2012, OwnBackup offers cloud-to-cloud ...

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. today announced it will hold its annual Unpacked event Aug. 5, and unsurprisingly in the age of COVID-19, it will be an exclusively online affair. At the annual event, one of two Samsung holds each year, the South Korean smartphone giant is expected to debut the Galaxy Note 20 alongside an ...

Joining a slew of recent and upcoming initial public offerings of stock by tech firms, data analytics firm Palantir Technologies Inc. is finally going public. Today the Palo Alto, California-based company disclosed that it has confidentially submitted its S-1 registration form with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Reportedly still losing money on reported revenue of $750 ...

Information relating to millions of users of data sites have been found exposed online in yet another case of misconfigured cloud storage. Discovered late last week by security researchers at WizCase, the exposed records span up to 11 different dating services, with five identified: Catholic Singles, SPYKX, TESTIKI, the Blurry dating app and Charincharin/Kyuun-Kyuun. Data found on the ...