The Justice Department has arrested and charged a Russian national for his alleged role in multiple LockBit ransomware attacks against victims in the U.S. and around the world. According to a criminal complaint unsealed on Thursday, 20-year-old Ruslan Magomedovich Astamirov is accused of carrying out five cyberattacks between August 2020 and March 2023, four of […]
Feds catch another LockBit hacker, Justice Department announces by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch
The U.K.’s antitrust regulator has given the go-ahead to Amazon’s proposed billion-dollar iRobot acquisition, concluding that the deal “would not lead to competition concerns in the U.K.” Amazon first revealed plans to buy robot vacuum maker iRobot for $1.7 billion last August, though the megabucks deal was always likely to draw scrutiny from regulators. The […]
Amazon’s $1.7B iRobot acquisition greenlighted by UK antitrust regulator by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman is not backing down amid protests against API changes made by the platform. In interviews with The Verge, NBCNews, and NPR, Huffman defended business decisions made by the company to charge third-party apps saying API wasn’t designed to support these clients. The Reddit co-founder also talked about protesting moderators, changing site […]
Reddit CEO lashes out on protests, moderators and third-party apps by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
Hot on the heels of Elon Musk’s visit to China earlier this month, the country welcomes another American tech billionaire. Bill Gates is meeting President Xi Jinping on Friday in Beijing, China’s state media reported. The goal of the meeting hasn’t been announced publicly, but official media reports will likely follow. A reporter from China’s […]
Bill Gates meets with President Xi Jinping in Beijing by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch