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Planet Computers hits the desktop with a line of touchscreen Linux computers
Planet Computers turned heads when it arrived on the scene almost exactly five years ago. The London-based hardware startup was banking on a bit of nostalgia for the days of tactile mobile keyboards,
A new Linux variant of Clop ransomware has major flaws, researchers say
Security researchers have observed the prolific Clop ransomware operation targeting Linux systems for the first time. The good news is that the flawed encryption used by the new variant means it’
Google Cloud launches its first Arm-based VMs
It’s been a long time coming, but Google Cloud today announced its first Arm-based VMs, following AWS, with its Graviton instances, and Azure, which also recently launched Arm VMs. But while AWS
Pitch Deck Teardown: Lumigo’s $29M Series A deck
We tear down the deck Lumigo used to land a $29 million Series A round led by Redline Capital last year.
Google Cloud launches new software supply chain and zero trust security services
Google Cloud is holding its annual Security Summit this week and unsurprisingly, the company used the event to launch a few new security features. This year, the announcements focus on software supply
Cloud Foundry Foundation launches Korifi to simplify the Kubernetes developer experience
The Cloud Foundry Foundation today announced the launch of Korifi, a new developer experience that will offer a Cloud Foundry-compatible application platform on top of Kubernetes. Since its initial re
Tech giants pledge $30M to boost open source software security
Tech giants including Amazon, Google and Microsoft have pledged millions of dollars to bolster the security of open source software. The pledge was made during a meeting in Washington, DC last week, w
Google’s Flutter 3 adds support for macOS and Linux desktop apps
At its I/O developer conference, Google today announced the launch of Flutter 3, the latest version of its open source, multiplatform UI development framework for building natively compiled applicatio
Ukraine disrupts attempt by Russian hackers to take down energy provider
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has disrupted an attempt by Sandworm, a hacking group known to work for Russia’s military intelligence, to take down a Ukrainian energy
Open source data integration platform Airbyte launches its cloud service
Airbyte, an open source data integration platform for building ELT data pipelines, today announced the general availability of its cloud service. The company is also detailing its new compensation pla
Warp raises $23M to build a better terminal
The terminal often feels like an afterthought, and there hasn’t been a lot of innovation in this space for a very long time. Warp, which is launching its public beta today and announcing $23 mil
Study: 30% of Log4Shell instances remain unpatched
Considering recent APT41 attacks, organizations that continue to leave the Log4Shell flaw unaddressed are hitting the snooze button when it comes to the wake-up calls from attackers.
Samsung confirms data breach after hackers leak internal source code
Samsung has confirmed a security breach after hackers obtained and leaked almost 200 gigabytes of confidential data, including source code for various technologies and algorithms for biometric unlock
Thousands of Nvidia employee passwords leak online as hackers’ ransom deadline looms
The hacking group that claims to have taken a terabyte of data from chipmaking giant Nvidia is threatening to release the company’s “most closely-guarded secrets” today unless it meets the gang&
Finland’s Jolla, maker of Sailfish OS, is trying to cut ties with Russia
Jolla, a Finnish startup that develops a mobile Linux-based alternative to Google’s Android which has had some take-up by the Russian government in the past, is looking to restructure its business t
Google wants to bring Chrome OS to your PC or Mac
Google today announced Chrome OS Flex, an early preview of a new initiative that aims to bring Chrome OS to virtually any PC (and older Intel-based Macs). Built on top of CloudReady, which Google acqu
This USB ‘kill cord’ can instantly wipe your laptop if snatched or stolen
Journalists, activists and human rights defenders face a constant battle to keep files safe from a growing set of digital threats and surveillance. But physical attacks can be challenging to defend ag
TechCrunch+ roundup: Deep tech predictions, HashiCorp’s IPO, enterprisewide AI
If you believe you have a good idea for a startup, go for it. When venture capitalists say this is a good time to be a founder, you know they absolutely mean it.
Haven’t switched from CentOS 8 yet? Here are your options
Red Hat promised that it would continue to support each CentOS release for about a decade. However, the company changed its mind and suddenly cut support for the latest CentOS release.
GitHub gets a new CEO
GitHub CEO Nat Friedman is stepping down from his role on November 15 to become the Chairman Emeritus of the Microsoft-owned service. Thomas Dohmke, who only recently became GitHub’s chief produ