A trade association of cloud service providers (CSPs) filed an antitrust complaint today with the European Union’s European Commission (EC) over Broadcom’s shuttering of VMware’s CSP partner program this year. Since Broadcom bought VMware, it has drastically cut the number of channel partners VMware works with, a shift that began with the elimination of VMware’s...
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(BPRW) Omidyar Network Appoints Michele L. Jawando as Chief Executive Officer
(Black PR Wire) SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Omidyar Network today announced that Michele L. Jawando has been appointed Chief Executive Officer, succeeding Mike Kubzansky, who has served in the role for more than eight years. The pla…
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Silicon Valley Bet on War. The Bets Are Paying Off.
After years of criticism and financial risk, Palantir, Anthropic and small start-ups are generating rewards from their investments in defense tech.
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U.S. Says Anthropic Is an ‘Unacceptable’ National Security Risk
In a legal filing, the government said it questioned whether the A.I. start-up could be a “trusted partner” in wartime, which led it to label the company a supply chain risk.
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Turing Award Goes to Inventors of Quantum Cryptography
In the 1980s, Charles Bennett and Gilles Brassard created a new kind of encryption that would be impregnable.
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Federal cyber experts called Microsoft’s cloud a “pile of shit,” approved it anyway
In late 2024, the federal government’s cybersecurity evaluators rendered a troubling verdict on one of Microsoft’s biggest cloud computing offerings. The tech giant’s “lack of proper detailed security documentation” left reviewers with a “lack of confidence in assessing the system’s overall security posture,” according to an internal government report reviewed by ProPublica. Or, as one...
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(BPRW) New PSA campaign launches during Black Maternal Health Week to help save Black mothers’ lives
(Black PR Wire) LOS ANGELES, CA — As Black Maternal Health Week approaches (April 11–17), a new public service announcement campaign is launching to address the alarming rates of Black maternal and infant mortality in Los Angeles County …
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China Ramps Up Scrutiny of Meta’s Acquisition of Manus
The country appears to be cracking down on people linked to the acquisition of Manus, a Singapore company with Chinese roots, as President Trump prepares to visit Beijing.
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Netanyahu Posts ‘Proof of Life’ Video as A.I. Sows Doubts About What’s Real
The unusual video is the latest demonstration that artificial intelligence is undermining trust — even in footage that is authentic.
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Arizona Files Criminal Charges Against Kalshi, the Prediction Site
The state accused Kalshi of operating an illegal gambling business, escalating the legal battle between states and prediction markets.