Month: November 2021

A previously undocumented initial access broker has been unmasked as providing entry points to three different threat actors for mounting intrusions that range from financially motivated ransomware attacks to phishing campaigns. BlackBerry’s research and intelligence team dubbed the entity “Zebra2104,” with the group responsible for offering a means of a digital approach to ransomware syndicates
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NASA’s four-member SpaceX Crew-2 mission is targeting a return to Earth on Monday, November 8. The splashdown is expected to be off the coast of Florida, USA. The Crew Dragon spacecraft, named Endeavour, was earlier scheduled to undock from the International Space Station (ISS) on November 7. However, mission teams delayed the return due to
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Rivian Automotive Inc., the electric truck maker backed by Amazon.com Inc., plans to raise as much as $8.4 billion in an initial public offering that could give it a value of as much as $53 billion. Ed Ludlow reports on “Bloomberg The Open.” ——– Like this video? Subscribe to Bloomberg Technology on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrM7B7SL_g1edFOnmj-SDKg Watch the latest
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Symbl.ai, the Seattle-based company that provides APIs to developers to build apps capable of understanding natural human conversations, has raised a $17 million series A funding. Symbl.ai says its APIs unlock machine learning algorithms from a variety of industry partners and sources. The company helps developers ingest conversation data from voice, email, chat, and social,
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In what’s yet another instance of supply chain attack targeting open-source software repositories, two popular NPM packages with cumulative weekly downloads of nearly 22 million were found to be compromised with malicious code by gaining unauthorized access to the respective developer’s accounts. The two libraries in question are “coa,” a parser for command-line options, and
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Dr. Kamal Ranadive, known for her research in cancer, has her birth anniversary on November 8, and Google is celebrating Indian cell biologist with a doodle on the occasion. Ranadive was a founder member of the Indian Women Scientists’ Association, and is noted for her devotion to creating a more equitable society through science and
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Amazon.com is seeking approval from US communications regulators to deploy more than 4,500 additional satellites as part of the company’s effort to deliver broadband Internet to areas around the world that lack high-speed service. Amazon had said previously it planned to spend at least $10 billion (roughly Rs. 74,200 crores) to build 3,236 such satellites
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Xiaomi on Friday, November 5 announced a new technology called the Loop LiquidCool that is says will ensure efficient cooling of smartphone processors. The heat dissipation method introduced by the Chinese smartphone giant is claimed to separate hot air and cooling liquid circulations that lower heat convention issues on mobile phones. Inspired by cooling systems
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Sam Altman, co-founder and chief executive officer of OpenAI Inc., speaks during TechCrunch Disrupt 2019 in San Francisco, California, on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Nuclear fusion is the ephemeral holy grail of climate technology. It would provide nearly limitless amounts of clean energy without the byproduct of
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SolarWinds investors have sued the software company’s directors, alleging they knew about and failed to monitor cybersecurity risks to the company ahead of a breach that created a vulnerability in thousands of its customers’ systems. The lawsuit filed in Delaware on Thursday appears to be the first based on records shareholders demanded from the company
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Airbnb Inc. Chief Executive Officer Brian Chesky discusses the company’s outlook and strategy. The vacation-rental giant reported record sales and earnings that beat analysts’ estimates, proving its resilience even as the delta variant of Covid-19 prompted new travel concerns and restrictions. Chesky speaks with Emily Chang on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia.” ——– Like this video? Subscribe to Bloomberg
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US knowledge-sharing website Quora has kicked off preparations for an initial public offering (IPO) in early 2022, according to people familiar with the matter. Quora has in recent days held talks to hire investment bankers and lawyers for a stock market debut in New York, the sources said. The Mountain View, California-based company was valued
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According to a new report by Cyara, despite the disparity in perceived digital transformation success, 94% of respondents overall believe digital transformation will have a positive impact on customer experience, yet only 7% of respondents say they have sufficient resources and budgets to meet implementation deadlines. Furthermore, IT decision-makers believe they are 4.71 months behind
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