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Fortnite scams break records as the game continues to surge in popularity

By Duncan Riley Oct 29, 2018

The battle royale game Fortnite has continued to smash records in popularity, complete with a $1.25 billion investment for its parent company last week. Unfortunately, it’s also breaking records when it comes to scams and malware.…

Blockchain

Israeli blockchain ‘zero-knowledge proof’ authentication startup StarkWare raises $30M

By Duncan Riley Oct 29, 2018

Israeli blockchain startup StarkWare Technologies Inc. today said it has raised $30 million in new funding to assist it in developing an authentication method known as zero-knowledge proof. Zero-knowledge proof is the ability to prove that something…

Security

Google updates its reCAPTCHA tool to limit human interaction

By Mike Wheatley Oct 29, 2018

Google LLC today rolled out a revamped version of its reCAPTCHA verification tool that’s used to ensure website visitors are humans and not automated bots. With the new version, website visitors will be able…

AI

Google to fund AI ‘social good’ projects with $25M in grants

By Robert Hof Oct 29, 2018

At a time when fears of the impacts of artificial intelligence are on the rise, Google LLC said today that it will give away $25 million toward projects that use its artificial intelligence technologies…

Cloud

Is the $34B acquisition of Red Hat a game changer for IBM?

By Stuart Miniman Oct 29, 2018

Yesterday’s $34 billion deal for IBM Corp. to buy Red Hat Inc. was the largest software acquisition in history, even larger than Microsoft Corp.’s deals to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion or GitHub for…

Policy

Adding to mounting global pressure on tech giants, UK to levy ‘digital services tax’

By Maria Deutscher Oct 29, 2018

The U.K. government today announced plans to levy a “digital services tax” on major tech firms that could add up to hundreds of millions of dollars per year. The proposed scheme, which is set to…

Apps

After IBM buys Red Hat, will you trust Big Purple?

By Peter Burris Oct 29, 2018

Following IBM Corp.’s surprise acquisition of Red Hat Inc. announced Sunday, is “Big Purple” in your future? Well, that depends on what you think are the answers to these questions: By some estimates, the…

Apps

Following HipChat sale, Atlassian offloads its Jitsi video conferencing platform

By Maria Deutscher Oct 29, 2018

After selling its HipChat and Stride team collaboration services to Slack Technologies Inc. in June, Atlassian Corp. PLC is taking another big step back from the video communications market. The company today announced that it…

Cloud

With Red Hat, IBM expands its focus on cloud-native development for multiclouds

By James Kobielus Oct 29, 2018

For IBM Corp., the blockbuster acquisition of Red Hat Inc. is all about the cloud — many clouds, that is. IBM and Red Hat announced Sunday that the companies have reached a definitive agreement under…

Big Data

Data discovery firm Waterline Data grabs $14.5M funding round

By Mike Wheatley Oct 29, 2018

Data discovery software provider Waterline Data Inc. is setting its sights on “global expansion” after raising $14.5 million in a new round of funding today. The Series C round, led by Menlo Ventures, with participation…

all stories

Fortnite scams break records as the game continues to surge in popularity

Israeli blockchain ‘zero-knowledge proof’ authentication startup StarkWare raises $30M

Google updates its reCAPTCHA tool to limit human interaction

Adding to mounting global pressure on tech giants, UK to levy ‘digital services tax’

Following HipChat sale, Atlassian offloads its Jitsi video conferencing platform

Data discovery firm Waterline Data grabs $14.5M funding round

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