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Blockchain

Meta-backed Diem cryptocurrency initiative is reportedly winding down

By Maria Deutscher Jan 27, 2022

The Diem Association, a consortium launched by Meta Platforms Inc. to develop a blockchain-based payment system, is reportedly winding down its operations. The Wall Street Journal reported late Wednesday that the Diem Association plans…

Infra

China conditionally approves AMD’s proposed $35B purchase of Xilinx

By Maria Deutscher Jan 27, 2022

China’s State Administration for Market Regulation has conditionally approved Advanced Micro Devices Inc.’s proposed $35 billion acquisition of Xilinx Inc., Reuters reported today. San Jose, California-based Xilinx is a leading provider of field-programmable gate…

Cloud

AWS Heroes Panel spotlights open-source community, security and funding

By Betsy Amy-Vogt Jan 27, 2022

There has been an evolutionary explosion in the size, shape and number of open-source projects over the past decade. In 2010, source code host site GitHub had 1 million repositories. By 2018, it had…

Cloud

APEX Data Storage Services now available in a Dell-managed Equinix colo

By Brian Njuguna Jan 27, 2022

With at least 45% of organizations using colocation services, the colo market is gaining steam. The primary benefits are enhanced bandwidth, minimized latency, and increased connectivity. The partnership between Dell Technologies Inc. and Equinix…

Cloud

SAP beats forecasts, but weaker margins beat down stock price

By Paul Gillin Jan 27, 2022

SAP SE today reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings and revenue that beat analysts’ expectations thanks to growing momentum in its cloud business. However, investors sent the stock down nearly 6% in early trading on forecasts…

Blockchain

Digital assets custody firm Fireblocks raises $550M at $8B in valuation

By Kyt Dotson Jan 27, 2022

Fireblocks Inc., a cryptocurrency custodial infrastructure firm, announced today that it has raised $500 million in new late-stage funding, valuing the company at $8 billion. The company boasted that this round makes it the…

Cloud

Google Cloud announces startup program with one year’s free access to its cloud

By Mike Wheatley Jan 27, 2022

Google Cloud is expanding its support to interesting tech-based startups looking to solve some of the world’s most difficult challenges, with the goal of helping them get off the ground, grow and ultimately scale…

Cloud

Xeneta acquires air freight data analytics company CLIVE Data Services

By Duncan Riley Jan 27, 2022

Ocean and airfreight benchmarking and market intelligence platform startup Xeneta AS announced today that it has acquired air freight data analysts company CLIVE Data Services for an undisclosed price. The deal comes seven months after Xeneta announced it was…

Cloud

Weaveworks acquires Magalix to deliver end-to-end Kubernetes security

By Duncan Riley Jan 26, 2022

GitOps company Weaveworks Inc. today revealed it has acquired cloud-native security startup Magalix Corp. for an undisclosed price. Founded in 2017, Magalix offers a security-as-code platform that it says allows users to embed security at…

Security

12-year-old vulnerability in Linux gives attackers root privileges

By Duncan Riley Jan 26, 2022

A newly discovered 12-year-old vulnerability in a Linux system tool can give attackers root privileges on machines running the operating system. Discovered and described Tuesday by researchers at Qualys Inc., the vulnerability, dubbed “PwnKit,” is…

the latest

Meta-backed Diem cryptocurrency initiative is reportedly winding down

China conditionally approves AMD’s proposed $35B purchase of Xilinx

SAP beats forecasts, but weaker margins beat down stock price

Digital assets custody firm Fireblocks raises $550M at $8B in valuation

Xeneta acquires air freight data analytics company CLIVE Data Services

12-year-old vulnerability in Linux gives attackers root privileges

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