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Blockchain

Payment firm JCB partners with Keychain for blockchain business funds processing

By Kyt Dotson Dec 30, 2019

Japanese business to business payments processor JCB Co., Ltd. announced Friday a partnership with Singapore-based Keychain, a distributed ledger blockchain technology provider, to build out a payment processing network. JCB intends to use Keychain’s…

Cloud

VMware closes $2.7B Pivotal deal as it sets course for a Kubernetes-powered future

By Maria Deutscher Dec 30, 2019

With less than 48 hours to go until the new year, VMware Inc. today finalized its acquisition of Pivotal Software Inc. and announced the group will be merged into a new business unit under…

Security

Ring sued by man claiming the company failed to deliver on security

By Duncan Riley Dec 29, 2019

Connected internet device maker Ring LLC has been sued by a man claiming that his internet-connected camera was hacked and used to harass his children. The litigant, John Baker Orange, filed in the United…

Emerging Tech

Uber obtains approval from Egypt to proceed with Careem acquisition

By Duncan Riley Dec 29, 2019

Uber Technologies Inc. has been given approval by Egypt’s Competition Authority to acquire Middle Eastern ride-hailing startup Careem Networks FZ some nine months after the deal was announced. Careem operates in 120 cities across North Africa,…

Security

Wyze exposes 2.4M customer records via unsecured Elasticsearch database

By Duncan Riley Dec 29, 2019

Internet-connected device maker Wyze Labs Inc. has suffered a data breach, though the company claims there’s no evidence the data was accessed by any nefarious third parties. The data breach, first detailed by 12 Security…

Emerging Tech

Predictions 2020: Cloud, Kubernetes and cybersecurity will rule

By Dave Vellante with Mike Wheatley Dec 28, 2019

As we enter 2020, most large enterprises are beginning to moderate their spending on information technology. But at the same time, they’re doubling down on the emerging technologies they believe will have the most…

Apps

Facebook stops allowing Messenger sign-ups without a Facebook account

By Maria Deutscher Dec 27, 2019

Rolling back a feature it introduced in 2015, Facebook Inc. has quietly removed the ability to sign up for its Messenger chat service without a Facebook account. VentureBeat was first to report the change…

Apps

As streaming wars heat up, Comcast reportedly eyeing acquisition of Xumo TV

By Maria Deutscher Dec 27, 2019

Comcast Corp. is reportedly in talks with streaming app provider Xumo TV LLC about an acquisition that, if it comes to fruition, could intensify the competition over viewers among established media companies, Netflix Inc.…

Blockchain

YouTube purges thousands of cryptocurrency videos before claiming deletions were ‘in error’

By Duncan Riley Dec 26, 2019

Google LLC’s YouTube has deleted thousands of bitcoin and cryptocurrency-related videos in an apparent purge but in a backflip is now claiming that the deletions were “in error.” The purge started just before Christmas and primarily…

Policy

Huawei slams report that China’s government subsidized its global rise

By Mike Wheatley Dec 26, 2019

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. has gone on the defensive again, lashing out at a report this week that claims it received billions of dollars in financial aid from the Chinese government to secure its…

explore news

Payment firm JCB partners with Keychain for blockchain business funds processing

VMware closes $2.7B Pivotal deal as it sets course for a Kubernetes-powered future

Ring sued by man claiming the company failed to deliver on security

Uber obtains approval from Egypt to proceed with Careem acquisition

Wyze exposes 2.4M customer records via unsecured Elasticsearch database

Predictions 2020: Cloud, Kubernetes and cybersecurity will rule

Facebook stops allowing Messenger sign-ups without a Facebook account

As streaming wars heat up, Comcast reportedly eyeing acquisition of Xumo TV

YouTube purges thousands of cryptocurrency videos before claiming deletions were ‘in error’

Huawei slams report that China’s government subsidized its global rise

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