Following the Colonial Pipeline incident in 2021, Jon Miller and Ryan Smith wondered why, with the widespread adoption of security tools, ransomware was still growing exponentially. It’s an odd dichotomy. Seventy-eight percent of companies responding to a recent survey said that they plan to increase their investments in cybersecurity in the next 12 months. But […]
Halcyon lands large investment to defend against ransomware by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
Microsoft has kickstarted settlement discussions with European not-for-profit trade association Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE), some six months after CISPE filed an antitrust complaint alleging that Microsoft was using its dominance in business software to tether customers to its Azure cloud platform. The news comes less than a month after news emerged that Microsoft […]
Microsoft kickstarts settlement discussions with European cloud trade body over antitrust complaints by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch
Autonomous trucking startup Kodiak Robotics is partnering with truckload carrier C.R. England to autonomously ship Tyson Foods products between Dallas and San Antonio, Texas. A human safety operator will be present in the one dedicated truck Kodiak is allocating to this pilot. Deliveries will begin this month, according to the company. The pilot program is […]
Kodiak Robotics will haul freight autonomously for Tyson Foods by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
Capita, the British outsourcing company that provides critical services for the U.K. government, says hackers may have accessed customer data during a cyberattack last month. The London-based outsourcing giant, whose customers include the NHS, the U.K. military, and the Department for Work and Pensions, said in a statement on Thursday that its investigation into the […]
Outsourcing giant Capita fears customer data stolen during ransomware attack by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch
SpaceX is launching its Starship rocket from its Starbase facility in southern Texas today – the first time it’s trying to fly the fully-stacked version of the launch vehicle, which means Starship itself is set atop the Super Heavy booster that it requires to reach orbit. SpaceX has flown the Starship prototype before, but only […]
Watch SpaceX try to launch Starship to orbit for the first time… again by Darrell Etherington originally published on TechCrunch
Image hosting platform Imgur is set to ban explicit images on its platform from May 15. The company updated its terms of service and said that the company will focus on removing “nudity, pornography, & sexually explicit content” from the site later this month. The Medialab-owned company said that explicit content formed a risk to […]
Imgur will ban explicit images on its platform this month by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
Uber is expanding its partnership with sidewalk delivery robot startup Cartken to Fairfax, Virginia. Starting Thursday, UberEats customers around the Mosaic District can choose to have food from select merchants delivered via one of Cartken’s small, six-wheeled, autonomous bots. This is the second city where Uber and Cartken are partnering for commercial deliveries. The companies […]
Uber and Cartken are bringing sidewalk delivery robots to Virginia by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
Proton, the Geneva, Switzerland-based company behind the end-to-end encrypted email service Proton Mail, as well as Proton VPN, Proton Drive and Proton Calendar, is announcing a brand new product today. And it’s a password manager called Proton Pass. Like other Proton products, the company is insisting on the privacy and security features of this new […]
Proton announces Proton Pass, a password manager by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch