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Apple may release iPhone Pros with hole-punch displays in 2022
Only a week after the launch of the iPhone 13 lineup, the rumor mill has already started on what might be ahead, and not surprisingly one prediction is that Apple Inc. will release a wide range of new models in 2022. The predictions come from famed Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who despite having a strong ...
‘OMIGOD’ Microsoft Azure vulnerabilities expose users to hacking
A range of recently revealed vulnerabilities in Microsoft Corp.’s Azure remain vulnerable to exploitation as customers may be required to apply the patch manually. Dramatically dubbed OMIGOD by researchers at Wiz Inc. in a notice Tuesday, the vulnerabilities relate to the Open Manage Infrastructure agent that’s deployed when Azure users set up a Linux virtual ...
IBM report finds two-thirds of cloud breaches traced to misconfigured APIs
A new report from IBM Security X-Force has found that two-thirds of cloud breaches can be traced to misconfigured application programming interfaces. The report, released today, is based on data for the 12 months to the end of June. The data sets are based on dark web analysis, IBM Security X-Force Red penetration testing data, ...
Shares in identity management firm ForgeRock surge on NYSE debut
Shares in digital identity management firm ForgeRock Inc. surged on their New York Stock Exchange debut today as tech initial public offerings continue to gain strong support from investors. ForgeRock’s shares debuted at $25 per share, ahead of an initial price guidance of $21 to $24, with the company raising $275 million on a valuation ...
Domo launches Sandbox development and testing environment
Business intelligence platform provider Domo Inc. today announced a new product called Sandbox that offers a development and testing environment built on the Domo platform. Domo Sandbox is designed to help customers more easily create and promote content into production across the enterprise. The company says Sandbox adds to its growing list of enterprise-strength capabilities that help ...
Endpoint security startup Kolide raises $17M to fuel growth
Endpoint security startup Kolide Inc. announced today it has raised $17 million in new funding, led by OpenView Partners along with participation from previous investor Matrix Partners. Founded in 2016, Kolide offers an endpoint security and mobile device management platform that integrates with Slack Inc. The software-as-service platform enlists the help of employees directly to fix serious ...
New Salesforce Einstein Automate products help nontechnical customers
Salesforce Inc. today rolled out three new products to its Einstein Automate cloud offering that are designed to assist customers regardless of technical background. Previewed in December, Einstein Automate is designed to enable users to create workflows for automating tasks such as processing customer requests with little to no coding. The new products add low-code tools ...
Amazon adds ability to scan Word and PDF documents to AWS Comprehend
Amazon Web Services Inc. today added new features on its Amazon Comprehend service that can extract custom details from documents in their native format. The new features include the ability to extract personally identifiable information, entity extraction, document classification and sentiment analysis. The added features are said to help users find insights within unconstructed documents ...
Privacy and data governance startup Relyance launches from stealth with $30M in funding
Privacy and data governance startup Relyance AI Inc. today launched out of stealth mode with $30 million in new funding. Unusual Ventures and Menlo Ventures led the Series A round, while John Vrionis, co-founder and managing partner of Unusual Ventures, led the company’s seed round. Relyance AI pitches itself as the first privacy and data ...
Cowbell Cyber launches risk exchange to improve access to cybersecurity insurance
Artificial intelligence-powered cybersecurity insurance provider Cowbell Cyber Inc. has launched a risk exchange marketplace called Cowbell Rx with an aim of making it easier for companies to obtain that insurance. In an age where cyberattacks continue to increase, the need for companies to have access to cyber insurance is an issue that has been discussed ...









