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Reports: Oracle in the lead to buy TikTok as Microsoft eyes app’s e-commerce potential

By Maria Deutscher Aug 27, 2020

The bidding war for TikTok has reached a pivotal point, according to reports published today, and Oracle Corp. may have the strongest chance to emerge as the buyer. The U.S. version of TikTok is…

Security

In big cybersecurity push, Fastly to acquire Signal Sciences for $775M

By Maria Deutscher Aug 27, 2020

Publicly traded content delivery provider Fastly Inc. today said that it has signed a $775 million deal to acquire Signal Sciences Inc., which makes security software for protecting web services from hackers. The acquisition…

Policy

Facebook comes under scrutiny over handling of Kenosha Guard page

By Maria Deutscher Aug 27, 2020

Facebook Inc. has come under scrutiny over its handling of a page associated with the self-declared militia group Kenosha Guard, which had created an event post calling on people to “take up arms” shortly before…

Blockchain

Binance and Oasis Labs form CryptoSafe Alliance to combat blockchain crypto fraud

By Kyt Dotson Aug 27, 2020

Binance, a global distributed ledger blockchain cryptocurrency exchange, is partnering with Oasis Labs, a data privacy software company, to launch the CryptoSafe Alliance to help combat cryptocurrency fraud. The CryptoSafe Program is a decentralized…

Emerging Tech

Ahead of initial public offering, Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi expands into Russia

By Duncan Riley Aug 26, 2020

Ahead of a likely initial public offering later this year, Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing Technology Co. is expanding its global operations with the launch of services in Russia. It’s the first time the company…

Apps

Global law enforcement operation brings down Sparks piracy group

By Duncan Riley Aug 26, 2020

A joint global law enforcement operation said today it has brought down a large online piracy group that distributed movies online before their official release. The operation, which involved law enforcement agencies in 18…

Cloud

NetApp’s stock jumps 10% as it tops earnings expectations

By Mike Wheatley Aug 26, 2020

Data storage hardware and services provider NetApp Inc. posted better-than-expected fiscal first-quarter results today, a day after it was reported to have laid off 5% of its workforce. The company, which sells data center…

Cloud

Organizational management startup ChartHop raises $14M to expand its platform

By Duncan Riley Aug 26, 2020

Organizational management platform startup ChartHop Inc. announced today it has raised $14 million in new funding to expand its platform built to eradicate manual human resources tasks and enable leaders to make data-driven decisions. The Series…

Security

DDoS attack forces New Zealand Stock Exchange to halt trading

By Duncan Riley Aug 26, 2020

New Zealand’s stock exchange was forced to halt trading for several hours Wednesday following a sustained cyberattack, the second in two days. In a statement, the exchange said it was targeted by a volumetric distributed-denial-of-service attack…

Big Data

Big-data company Splunk stumbles, missing quarterly revenue target

By Mike Wheatley Aug 26, 2020

Big-data analytics firm Splunk Inc. fell short of Wall Street’s expectations on its second-quarter financial results announced today. The company, which sells software to help enterprises search, correlate, analyze, monitor and report on data…

explore news

In big cybersecurity push, Fastly to acquire Signal Sciences for $775M

Binance and Oasis Labs form CryptoSafe Alliance to combat blockchain crypto fraud

Ahead of initial public offering, Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi expands into Russia

Global law enforcement operation brings down Sparks piracy group

DDoS attack forces New Zealand Stock Exchange to halt trading

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