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Policy

Facebook whistleblower says company prioritizes growth over safety

By James Farrell Oct 4, 2021

A former Facebook Inc. executive turned whistleblower just revealed her identity after sharing several controversial documents with the Wall Street Journal over the last few weeks. Frances Haugen (pictured), 37, was a product manager…

Cloud

NetApp buys CloudCheckr to expand its cloud cost control ambitions

By Mike Wheatley Oct 4, 2021

Storage software giant NetApp Inc. hopes to expand its Financial Operations, or FinOps, business after acquiring cloud optimization software firm CloudCheckr Inc. today for an undisclosed price. NetApp plans to integrate CloudCheckr with its Spot…

Security

Misconfigured older Apache Airflow installations found leaking credentials

By Duncan Riley Oct 4, 2021

Security researchers at cybersecurity firm Intezer Labs Ltd. have uncovered misconfigurations in older versions of Apache Airflow that expose sensitive information across major companies. The researchers said today they found that the unsecured instances expose sensitive…

Security

Prolific ransomware gang operators arrested in Ukraine

By Duncan Riley Oct 4, 2021

Police in Ukraine have arrested two members of a “prolific” ransomware gang as part of a joint operation among international law enforcement agencies. The arrested occurred on Sept. 28 following a joint investigation involving…

Infra

Chipmaker GlobalFoundries files to go public on US Nasdaq exchange

By Mike Wheatley Oct 4, 2021

Semiconductor maker GlobalFoundries Inc. today confirmed it’s heading for an initial public offering of stock. The company said in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it plans to list its shares…

Apps

Hours-long outage renders Facebook’s platforms inaccessible for users

By Maria Deutscher Oct 4, 2021

Updated: All of Facebook Inc.’s social media platforms became inaccessible for users starting about 11:45 a.m. EDT today as a result of a yet-unexplained outage. The hours-long outage affected Facebook’s namesake social network, as…

Cloud

Dell and VMware combine to release new NVMe/TCP protocol to speed infrastructure for modern apps

By Mark Albertson Oct 4, 2021

Enterprise servers and storage will now discover each other more efficiently as the result of a new offering jointly released by Dell Technologies Inc. and VMware Inc. The two firms announced a NVMe over…

Emerging Tech

Qualcomm and SSW Partners acquire smart car tech firm Veoneer for $4.5B

By Maria Deutscher Oct 4, 2021

Qualcomm Inc. has teamed up with investment firm SSW Partners to acquire Stockholm-based smart car technology supplier Veoneer Inc. in a deal worth $4.6 billion. The all-cash transaction, announced today, advances Qualcomm’s effort to…

Cloud

Linus Torvalds on 30 years of Linux, Rust and the open-source community

By Mark Albertson Oct 4, 2021

The operating system that powers more than 90% of the world’s top servers and cloud infrastructure as well as the internet, Android smartphones, supercomputers, connected cars and the International Space Station was almost named “Freax.” “I…

Security

One Identity acquires OneLogin to expand its cybersecurity portfolio

By Maria Deutscher Oct 4, 2021

One Identity LLC today announced that it has acquired OneLogin Inc., a provider of identity and access management software backed by more than $175 million in funding. The deal’s financial terms were not disclosed.…

the latest

Facebook whistleblower says company prioritizes growth over safety

Misconfigured older Apache Airflow installations found leaking credentials

Prolific ransomware gang operators arrested in Ukraine

Chipmaker GlobalFoundries files to go public on US Nasdaq exchange

Hours-long outage renders Facebook’s platforms inaccessible for users

Dell and VMware combine to release new NVMe/TCP protocol to speed infrastructure for modern apps

Qualcomm and SSW Partners acquire smart car tech firm Veoneer for $4.5B

Linus Torvalds on 30 years of Linux, Rust and the open-source community

One Identity acquires OneLogin to expand its cybersecurity portfolio

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