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Wiz acquires cloud cybersecurity startup Gem Security for reported $350M
Well-funded cybersecurity provider Wiz Inc. has bought Gem Security Inc., the developer of a platform for protecting cloud environments from hacking. The companies didn’t disclose the acquisition price in their announcement of the deal today. Fortune reported that the transaction values Gem at $350 million, more than 10 times the $34 million it has raised ...
Data security startup Cyera reels in $300M more at $1.4B valuation
Cyera Ltd., a startup that helps organizations find and secure sensitive data in their cloud environments, has closed a $300 million funding round. The company’s announcement of the Series C raise today comes about two weeks after reports first emerged that it’s raising new capital. Coatue led the round at a $1.4 billion valuation with ...
Intel challenges Nvidia with new Gaudi 3 AI chip as AMD expands processor lineup
Intel Corp. today debuted a new artificial intelligence chip, the Gaudi 3, that it promises will provide up to four times the performance of the company’s previous-generation silicon. The chipmaker detailed the product at its annual Intel Vision 2024 conference, where it also shared an update about its AI strategy. Intel plans to work with ...
Google Cloud debuts Arm-based Axion cloud CPUs
Google LLC’s cloud unit today detailed Axion, an internally developed central processing unit based on a core design from Arm Holdings plc. The CPU made its debut at the company’s Cloud Next conference in Las Vegas during the keynote by Google Cloud Chief Executive Thomas Kurian (pictured). The event also saw the cloud unit announce the ...
Google’s GDC Hosted private cloud platform can now run more public sector workloads
Google LLC today detailed that GDC Hosted, its private cloud platform, is now authorized to run a broader range of sensitive public sector workloads. GDC Hosted launched into general availability last March. It enables organizations to deploy a miniature version of Google Cloud in their private data centers. According to the company, a GDC Hosted ...
Google integrates its Gemini Pro large language model into Android Studio
Google LLC today rolled out an upgrade to the coding assistant in Android Studio, its toolkit for building Android apps. Android Studio is a so-called IDE, or integrated development environment. It’s a kind of word processor in which developers can write the code for new apps. Android Studio also offers other features, including an emulator ...
TSMC wins $11.6B in federal grants and loans to build third US fab
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. has won $11.6 billion worth of federal financing to build a third chip fab in Phoenix, Arizona, the White House announced today. The funds will be provided through a preliminary agreement the company has inked with the U.S. Commerce Department. The first tranche of funding is expected to arrive in ...
Microsoft researchers detail two China-backed disinformation campaigns
Microsoft Corp. on Thursday detailed two China-backed disinformation campaigns that target voters in the U.S. and abroad via social media. The campaigns were uncovered by the tech giant’s MTAC unit, or Microsoft Threat Analysis Center. It’s a team of researchers focused on uncovering online threats such as state-backed cyberattacks. The first campaign that Microsoft detailed ...
Apple cuts 600+ jobs across electric car, microLED display teams
Apple Inc. is letting go 614 employees in California, according to regulatory filings spotted by the Wall Street Journal today. The layoffs reportedly affect teams that worked on two recently canceled engineering initiatives. The first initiative, which was known internally as Project Titan, focused on developing an electric car. The other was an effort on ...
Samsung forecasts 931% operating profit surge amid new Texas fab reports
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. today released preliminary financial results for the first quarter, revealing that its operating profit likely jumped nearly tenfold from a year earlier. The earnings surge comes amid rumors that the company is planning a major expansion of its chip production infrastructure. Three years ago, Samsung started building a new processor fab in ...