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Future of compute will be big, small, smart and way out on the edge

By Mark Albertson Feb 12, 2021

Predicting the future of compute is a little like forecasting an afternoon of high winds and rain on a calm, cloudless morning. It may not seem obvious, but change is coming. It always does.…

Policy

Report: Qualcomm told regulators it’s concerned about Nvidia’s $40B Arm bid

By Maria Deutscher Feb 12, 2021

Qualcomm Inc. believes Nvidia Corp.’s proposed $40 billion acquisition of Arm Ltd. could harm competition in the chip industry, according to a new report. Publicly traded Qualcomm is a major supplier of smartphone processors.…

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Microsoft thinks the US should embrace Australia’s proposed media code

By James Farrell Feb 11, 2021

The U.S and other countries should start making tech companies pay media outlets for the content they use, Microsoft Corp. President Brad Smith (pictured), wrote in a blog post today. In December last year,…

Security

Responsive Menu plugin exposes WordPress installs to site takeovers

By Duncan Riley Feb 11, 2021

Critical vulnerabilities in a popular WordPress plugin appear to have exposed more 100,000 websites to site takeovers. Detailed Wednesday by security researcher Chloe Chamberland at Wordfence, the vulnerabilities were found in Responsive Menu, a plugin…

Policy

Government agencies probe GameStop pump over potential illegal manipulation

By Duncan Riley Feb 11, 2021

U.S. government agencies have launched federal investigations into whether the social-media-driven activity around GameStop Corp.’s share price rise in January constituted illegal market manipulation. According to a report today in The Wall Street Journal, both the…

Security

Proofpoint sues Facebook over lookalike domain names used in security training

By Duncan Riley Feb 11, 2021

Cybersecurity firm Proofpoint Inc. has filed a lawsuit against Facebook Inc. to allow it to keep a number of domain names that imitate Facebook and Instagram used in security training programs. The drama began in…

Cloud

Datadog acquires Timber and Sqreen, reports lower-than-expected guidance

By Duncan Riley Feb 11, 2021

Shares in Datadog Inc. dropped in after-hours trading today after the data monitoring and analytics provider’s 2021 earnings guidance came in lower than expected and the company announced the acquisition of two startups. For the quarter ended…

AI

Labelbox raises $40M to automate data labeling in AI model development

By Paul Gillin Feb 11, 2021

Labelbox Inc., which makes software that speeds the labeling of training data in machine and deep learning applications, today said it closed a $40 million Series C funding round, bringing its total funding to…

Cloud

Apptio acquires Targetprocess to help enterprises plan IT investments

By Maria Deutscher Feb 11, 2021

Information technology cost optimization specialist Apptio Inc. today announced that it has acquired Targetprocess, the maker of a software platform that helps companies plan and carry out business investments using agile methodology. The deal’s financial…

Apps

Report: Microsoft recently sought to acquire Pinterest

By Maria Deutscher Feb 11, 2021

Microsoft Corp. at one point considered acquiring the social network Pinterest Inc., according to a report today in the Financial Times. Pinterest had a market capitalization of about $51 billion prior to the publication…

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Report: Qualcomm told regulators it’s concerned about Nvidia’s $40B Arm bid

Responsive Menu plugin exposes WordPress installs to site takeovers

Proofpoint sues Facebook over lookalike domain names used in security training

Datadog acquires Timber and Sqreen, reports lower-than-expected guidance

Labelbox raises $40M to automate data labeling in AI model development

Apptio acquires Targetprocess to help enterprises plan IT investments

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