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Massive Marriott breach included 5M+ unencrypted passport numbers
A clearer picture is emerging of the massive data breach that Marriott International Inc. disclosed in November. The hotel chain today released findings from the ongoing investigation into the hack, which was initially thought to have affected the records of up to 500 million customers. All of the compromised information came from a guest database belonging ...
GM’s Cruise and DoorDash team up for autonomous food deliveries
GM Cruise LLC, General Motors Co.’s $14 billion autonomous vehicle unit, is joining with food delivery startup DoorDash Inc. to explore a new use case for its self-driving cars. The companies this morning announced plans to launch an autonomous food delivery service in San Francisco. The pilot will see Cruise’s self-driving Chevy Bolts (pictured) pick ...
In needed win, Facebook signs up Nestle for its Workplace team chat platform
Facebook Inc.’s efforts in the enterprise collaboration market received a high-profile boost today. The social network announced that it has signed up Nestle S.A, the world’s largest food and beverage brand, as a customer for its Workplace team chat platform. The deal encompasses hundreds of thousands of employees. Nestle rolled out the service to 210,000 ...
Google secretly acquires Q&A startup Superpod
Google LLC usually publicizes its acquisitions, but there are exceptions. The search giant has secretly bought a startup called Superpod Inc. that developed a crowdsourced question-and-answer app in the same vein as Quora. Axios broke the news this morning, citing an unnamed source, and a Google spokesperson confirmed the deal. The tipster told the publication that the ...
With new 128-laser sensor, Ouster ups the ante on LiDAR
San Francisco-based Ouster Inc. is one of the dozens of companies working to develop cost-effective LiDAR sensors for autonomous vehicles. Today, the startup introduced a new product that may position it as a front-runner in the race. LiDAR, short for light detection and ranging, is the primary means with which self-driving cars navigate. The technology is ...
Microsoft targets enterprises with new security-focused Microsoft 365 bundles
Microsoft Corp. is expanding the Microsoft 365 lineup, a major component of its go-to-market strategy, with two new offerings that place an emphasis on cybersecurity and regulatory compliance. Introduced in 2017, Microsoft 365 is a set of enterprise-focused bundles that combine Office 365, Windows 10 and other solutions into a single subscription. The idea is to simplify procurement for ...
Tesla’s stock drops as much as 10 percent after vehicle deliveries disappoint
Tesla Inc.’s new year is off to a rocky start, with its share price dropping as much as 10 percent today on the news that fourth-quarter vehicle deliveries missed expectations. The stock is down nearly 7 percent in midday trading. Wall Street’s concerns center on Tesla’s newest Model 3 sedan. The carmaker reported this morning that ...
Report: Amazon planning broad Whole Foods expansion to boost Prime
Amazon.com Inc. reportedly plans to expand its brick-and-mortar operation to more parts of the U.S. as part of an effort to boost its fast-growing Prime service. The push was detailed by the Wall Street Journal on Sunday. According to the sources who spoke with the publication, the expansion plan centers on Whole Foods, the high-end ...
Oracle’s Larry Ellison joins Tesla’s board of directors
Tesla Inc. has expanded its board by bringing on Larry Ellison and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. executive Kathleen Wilson-Thompson as independent directors. The appointments, announced today, fulfill one of the carmaker’s biggest obligations under its September settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission. That deal ended a lawsuit brought by the SEC over a now-infamous tweet ...
Five years after going private, Dell returns to the stock market
After many months of preparation and a public faceoff with activist investors, Dell Technologies Inc. today officially debuted on the New York Stock Exchange. The technology giant’s stock opened at $46 per share under the ticker symbol DELL, giving it a market capitalization of $16 billion, according to Reuters’ financial markets data firm Refinitiv. That’s rather a ...
