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Whole Foods workers demand Amazon break ties with ICE

By James Farrell Aug 13, 2019

A group of employees from Whole Foods signed a letter Monday asking that its parent company Amazon.com Inc. break all ties with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The letter by the grocery chain, which was acquired…

Blockchain

SEC delays ETF applications as bitcoin struggles to maintain recent gains

By Duncan Riley Aug 12, 2019

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today delayed a decision on applications for three bitcoin exchange-traded funds and related rule changes, even as the cryptocurrency struggles to maintain recent price gains. The delayed ETF applications…

Policy

Huawei kicks off an ‘iron army’ overhaul in response to US sanctions

By Duncan Riley Aug 12, 2019

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. is kicking off a three- to five-year overhaul to create an “iron army” that can help it survive its U.S. technology ban. The strategy was detailed in an internal memo written…

Security

Researcher shows it’s easy to infect a Canon DLSR with ransomware

By Duncan Riley Aug 12, 2019

Ransomware has long been a bane of computer networks, but a new report has demonstrated how ransomware can be used to target digital single-lens reflex cameras. Demonstrated by a security researcher from Check Point Software…

Apps

Verizon sells Tumblr to Automattic for a ‘nominal’ sum

By Duncan Riley Aug 12, 2019

Automattic Inc., the company behind WordPress.com, today acquired troubled old-school blogging site Tumblr from owner Verizon Communications Inc. months after it was rumored to be on the market. Officially the terms of the deal were…

Big Data

Activist investor Carl Icahn shakes up Cloudera

By Mike Wheatley Aug 12, 2019

The notorious activist investor and billionaire Carl Icahn (pictured) has claimed two seats on Cloudera Inc.’s board of directors just weeks after taking an 18.4% stake in the company. Icahn, who is perhaps best…

Security

AutoNation uses Zscaler’s visibility tools to drive network protection from outside threats

By Mark Albertson Aug 12, 2019

The first sign of cyber trouble for AutoNation Inc., a major automotive retailer, occurred when the firm encountered a small breach of a third-party company that was handling its customer information. That prompted the…

Emerging Tech

Holographic technology company Light Field Lab raises $28M in funding round

By Kyt Dotson Aug 12, 2019

Light Field Lab Inc., a company developing big-as-life holographic display technology, announced today the closure of a $28 million funding round that will be used to further the creation of holograms for entertainment and consumers…

Policy

Report: Facebook scrapped plans to acquire Houseparty over regulatory fears

By Maria Deutscher Aug 12, 2019

Facebook Inc.’s regulatory issues have gotten in the way of its expansion plans, the New York Times reported today. Two insiders told the paper that the social network had sought to buy popular video…

Security

Open Systems tackles challenges of secure SD-WAN on a global basis

By Mark Albertson Aug 12, 2019

When Open Systems AG was founded in 1990, the company provided managed security services. As its executives saw the rise of a software-defined approach to managing wide area networks play a bigger role in…

the latest

SEC delays ETF applications as bitcoin struggles to maintain recent gains

Huawei kicks off an ‘iron army’ overhaul in response to US sanctions

Researcher shows it’s easy to infect a Canon DLSR with ransomware

Verizon sells Tumblr to Automattic for a ‘nominal’ sum

Activist investor Carl Icahn shakes up Cloudera

Holographic technology company Light Field Lab raises $28M in funding round

Open Systems tackles challenges of secure SD-WAN on a global basis

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