Adobe’s $20B Figma acquisition falls on UK antitrust radar

May 3, 2023

The U.K.’s competition authority is adding Adobe’s proposed $20 billion bid for digital design rival Figma to its ever-growing to-do list. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) confirmed today that it’s launching an initial “phase 1” merger inquiry, with the relevant stakeholders given a two-week period to provide comment. Adobe first confirmed it was tabling […]

Adobe’s $20B Figma acquisition falls on UK antitrust radar by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

Stripe, a longtime partner of Lyft, signs a big deal with Uber

May 3, 2023

Growth at $50 billion fintech Stripe has been slowing this year, but one of its key strategies to reverse that course got a decent push today: Stripe is announcing that it has inked a “strategic payments partnership” with Uber. The pair will work together initially on selected services in eight of Uber’s biggest markets, including […]

Stripe, a longtime partner of Lyft, signs a big deal with Uber by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

Google now lets you access your account with passkeys rather than passwords

May 3, 2023

Google announced today that passkeys are now rolling out to Google Account users globally. The news comes nearly a year to the day after Google, Apple, Microsoft, and the FIDO Alliance announced a partnership to make frictionless passwordless logins a reality across devices, operating systems, and browsers. While multi-factor authentication mechanisms and password managers offer […]

Google now lets you access your account with passkeys rather than passwords by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

The FinOps Foundation launches FOCUS, a new spec for sharing cloud cost data

May 3, 2023

The FinOps Foundation, a foundation under the auspices of the Linux Foundation, today announced the launch of FOCUS, the FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification, a new project that aims to build and maintain a common spec for cloud cost, usage and billing data. This spec, the group argues, will provide a consistent structure for […]

The FinOps Foundation launches FOCUS, a new spec for sharing cloud cost data by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch