Internet of Things security firm Mocana Corp. has raised $11 million in a new round that included Sway Ventures, Shasta Ventures, Trident Capital Fund and GE Ventures. Founded way back in 2004, Mocana offers an IoT security platform that provides mission-critical security solutions for industrial control systems and IoT providers. The platform allows devices to defend themselves once a hacker ...

Beleaguered Uber Technologies Inc. finally got a win of sorts. The ride-hailing giant won’t have to suspend its self-driving car project, according to a court judgment unsealed Monday. Waymo Inc., owned by Google Inc. parent Alphabet Inc., had previously lodged an application with the court arguing that Uber should be forced to cease ongoing development on ...

There may have been many losers due to the rapid spread of the WannaCry ransomware, but security companies aren’t on that list: Shares in companies that specialize in cybersecurity surged in trading Monday. According to reports, the market capitalization of the five biggest cybersecurity-related companies rose a collective $5.9 billion in early trading Monday, with shares in Symantec ...

Google Inc. today announced a new deal with Audi and Volvo Group that will see Android delivered to the two automakers’ cars. This will be a full version that operates various car functions, in contrast to Android Auto, Google’s current cut-down version of Android that primarily acts as an information service. The software, which will be ...

Apple Inc. has acquired Lattice Data Inc., a startup that uses artificial intelligence to mine “dark data,” a form of data that is collected but not normally used for broader purposes, for a reported $200 million. While not confirming the deal, Apple did say in a statement that “Apple buys smaller technology companies from time ...

Uber Technologies Inc. investors will not be sleeping well anytime soon, as news broke over the weekend that Waymo Inc., Google Inc. parent Alphabet Inc.’s self-driving car unit, has signed an agreement with Uber archrival Lyft Inc. The deal will see Waymo vehicles hitting the road in the near future in the service of Lyft. ...

Microsoft Corp. has taken the unprecedented action of issuing a patch against the headline-grabbing WannaCry ransomware for older, unsupported versions of their ubiquitous operating system, including Windows XP, Windows 8 and Windows Server 2003. The patch itself, which fixes a so-called SMBv1 flaw that Microsoft addressed in a security update for Windows 7 and 10 in March, ...

The ransomware that swept across the world Friday remains a huge threat after all, despite media reports over the weekend that claimed a security researcher had “accidentally” managed to put a stop to the widespread WannaCry ransomware. Indeed, according to many reports, the malware has continued to evolve and is expected to infect millions more ...

In a security failure of gargantuan proportions, laptops shipped by HP Inc. have been found to include a keylogger that captures all user keystrokes and records them to an unprotected file. First spotted by Swiss security firm modzero AG, the keylogger was included in a device driver developed by Conexant Systems Inc., the manufacturer of the audio chips ...

Artificially intelligent smart camera maker Lighthouse AI Inc. has come out of stealth with the launch of its first product. The three-year-0ld Palo Alto, California-based company also announced it has raised $17 million in a round led by Eclipse Ventures and including Playground Ventures, the accelerator headed by onetime Android co-founder and Google Inc. executive Andy ...