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Policy

After threat from Thai government, Facebook blocks access to large group

By James Farrell Aug 24, 2020

Facebook Inc. has banned access to a group in Thailand that discusses the Thai monarchy, it was revealed today. The group, “Royalist Marketplace,” was started earlier this year by self-exiled critic of the Thai…

Security

8.3M records of Freepik and Flaticon users stolen in SQL injection attack

By Duncan Riley Aug 24, 2020

Data relating to 8.3 million users of stock-image sites Freepik and Flaticon, both owned by Freepik Co. S.L., have been stolen through an SQL injection attack. The data stolen included the email addresses of…

Apps

TikTok files lawsuit against Trump administration ban

By Duncan Riley Aug 24, 2020

Chinese-owned social video app provider TikTok has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration’s ban of the service in the U.S. if it’s not sold off to a non-Chinese company. The lawsuit argues that the ban…

Security

Delivering strong earnings, Palo Alto Networks also snaps up Crypsis Group for $265M

By Duncan Riley Aug 24, 2020

Palo Alto Networks Inc.’s acquisition spree continued today as the company announced plans to acquire Crypsis Group for $265 million on a day it delivered a strong quarterly earnings report. Founded in 2015, Crypsis…

Cloud

IPO explosion: Snowflake leads a wave of filings to go public

By Mike Wheatley Aug 24, 2020

Fast-growing cloud computing company Snowflake Computing Inc. filed plans to go public today, joining five other Bay Area startups that have announced similar plans as well today. Snowflake said in its IPO filing that…

Security

Palo Alto Networks aims to scale up automation for the security team

By Zeus Kerravala Aug 24, 2020

It’s fair to say that the way enterprise security has been done in the past has not worked, is not working and will likely never work. Evidence of this is that it currently takes…

Big Data

IT analytics provider Sumo Logic files for IPO as it pursues $49.3B market

By Maria Deutscher Aug 24, 2020

Less than two years after becoming a unicorn, Sumo Logic Inc. today filed for an initial public offering, revealing rapid revenue growth and a recent increase in losses as well. Redwood City, California-based Sumo…

AI

AI development unicorn Dataiku picks up $100M in fresh funding

By Maria Deutscher Aug 24, 2020

Dataiku Inc., a startup that provides a software platform for building artificial intelligence models, has closed a $100 million investment led by the growth equity firm Stripes. Stripes was joined by Who’s Who of other…

Emerging Tech

Lidar startup Luminar is going public via unusual $3.4B reverse merger

By Maria Deutscher Aug 24, 2020

Luminar Technologies Inc., a heavily funded startup developing lidar sensors for autonomous vehicles, today said that it will hit the stock exchange through a $3.4 billion reverse merger with a so-called special purpose acquisition…

Big Data

Confluent adds ‘cluster linking’ to Apache Kafka to make event data globally accessible

By Mike Wheatley Aug 24, 2020

Confluent Inc. said today it’s introducing a new “cluster linking” feature to its event streaming platforms. The idea is to make event data globally available to businesses, no matter if it resides in multiple…

explore news

After threat from Thai government, Facebook blocks access to large group

8.3M records of Freepik and Flaticon users stolen in SQL injection attack

TikTok files lawsuit against Trump administration ban

Delivering strong earnings, Palo Alto Networks also snaps up Crypsis Group for $265M

IPO explosion: Snowflake leads a wave of filings to go public

Palo Alto Networks aims to scale up automation for the security team

IT analytics provider Sumo Logic files for IPO as it pursues $49.3B market

AI development unicorn Dataiku picks up $100M in fresh funding

Lidar startup Luminar is going public via unusual $3.4B reverse merger

Confluent adds ‘cluster linking’ to Apache Kafka to make event data globally accessible

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