Month: February 2020
ForgePoint raises a massive new $450M fund for early stage cybersecurity startups
ForgePoint Capital has formally announced its new $450 million fund, which it says is the largest fund dedicated to early stage cybersecurity and privacy startups. The fund, the firm’s second — which it aptly named Fund II — will invest in both early stage and a number of other growth-focused…
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To expose sexism at Uber, Susan Fowler blew up her life
Susan Fowler wrote her last real line of code at Uber. It’s not that she hasn’t tried since she left the company in 2016; there was a Coursera course she’d tried to take, just to learn something new. It’s just that she got so anxious she couldn’t even finish a…
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Microsoft is investigating claims that Surface Laptop 3 screens are cracking
Some Surface Laptop 3 owners are reporting that they are experiencing cracked displays with their notebooks, and Microsoft is investigating this issue. As highlighted by ZDNet, over the past couple of months, there have been allegations from Surface Laptop 3 users concerning their displays developing cracks of their own accord…
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Ransomware: the cyber threat that keeps on giving
When it comes to ransomware conventional wisdom says you should never pay. Often, however, the reality is not as simple as that. If the data cannot be retrieved from your backup solution or if the encrypted information is business critical the company may have little choice but to shell out.…
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Smart cars could be hijacked via AI hacking
Self-driving cars could be hijacked through outside forces able to change the Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems that power the vehicles, new research has claimed. A report from McAfee says that a vehicle’s AI system can be manipulated, possibly impacting the future and safety of autonomous vehicles. This process, which McAfee…
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Ordway lands $10M Series A to bridge gap between sales and finance
Ordway, a Washington, DC startup, is building a platform to deal with all of the stuff that happens after you make sale. It starts with the order and goes all the way to revenue, however that revenue manifests itself — as a one time payment or a recurring subscription. Today…
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