Source is ComputerWeekly.com
Symphony Technology Group (STG), the private equity firm that bought out McAfee Enterprise and FireEye in quick succession, is to bring the two companies together to form a new entity called Trellix, that supposedly will directly align to “imminent needs” to face the current threat landscape...
Source is New York Times
WASHINGTON — Top federal antitrust officials on Tuesday announced a review of how they approve mergers and acquisitions, in a broad effort to strengthen enforcement and clamp down on a surge of corporate consolidation, particularly in high tech.Lina Khan, chair of the Federal Trade...
Source is New York Times
Activision’s track record with some of its games also became spottier. In November, it delayed new versions of Diablo and Overwatch. That same month, the newly released Call of Duty: Vanguard was widely panned as being boring and full of glitches.Parris Lilly, a video...
Source is New York Times
Intentions aside, things go awry. There are bugs and hacks and there are kinks yet to be worked out.ConstitutionDAO, a group hastily created to bid on an original copy of the U.S. Constitution, raised about $47 million in November from thousands of investors. But...
Source is New York Times
Microsoft cited the metaverse as a reason for buying Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion. Let’s break down what that really means.
Source is New York Times
Source is New York Times
This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. Here is a collection of past columns.Microsoft is making a big bet on video games, and even if you’re like me and don’t really play them, it’s worth taking notice.Microsoft said on Tuesday that it...
Source is ComputerWeekly.com
Thank you for joining!
Access your Pro+ Content below.
18 January 2022
The race to quantum computing
Share this item with your network:
In this week’s Computer Weekly, researchers are racing to create the first commercially useful quantum computer – we look at one of the European candidates. Cyber security is...
Source is New York Times
The transaction may be seen as a victory for Bobby Kotick, Activision’s longtime chief executive, whom some critics had sought to oust over the controversy. Mr. Kotick negotiated a big premium for investors — Microsoft is paying $95 a share, roughly 45 percent above...
Source is ComputerWeekly.com
Nordic fintech Lunar is modernising its core systems through cloud-native software from UK fintech unicorn Thought Machine.
The software is the result of former Google executives applying their skills and experience to the challenge of core banking modernisation.
Denmark-headquartered Lunar, which also operates in Sweden and...
Source is ComputerWeekly.com
The government has indicated a widening of the compensation scheme it established for subpostmasters who have had criminal convictions overturned in the Horizon scandal by opening it to those who were prosecuted but not convicted.
Last week, Computer Weekly revealed the government had made about £1bn...
