Israeli industrial control systems security startup CyberX Inc. today said it has raised $18 million in new funding. It plans to use the money to expand its global footprint and product development and improve on its industrial “internet of things” threat intelligence capabilities. The round was led by Qualcomm Ventures and Inven Capital and included Norwest Venture ...

Ahead of much-anticipated initial public offerings of stock, Lyft Inc. and Uber Technologies Inc. drivers in California are protesting a cut in their pay. In Los Angeles, both Lyft and Uber drivers joined a 25-hour strike running from midnight Monday morning to 1 a.m. Tuesday PDT after Uber cut its per-mile pay by 25 percent in Los ...

As many as 1 million users of computers made by AsusTek Computer Inc. may have been infected with malware after hackers infiltrated the company and planted it in an automatic security update. First detected and revealed today by security researchers at Kaspersky Lab, the hack — described as one of the biggest supply-chain incidents ever — ...

Fans of YouTuber PewDiePie have released two strains of ransomware in the latest attempt to get people to subscribe to the channel and beat rival T-Series for the most popular channel on the video streaming service. For those who have missed the pop-culture phenomenon, Felix “PewDiePie” Kjellberg (pictured) has long been the most popular YouTube ...

Uber Technologies Inc. will announce that it has acquired Middle Eastern ride-hailing startup Careem Networks FZ this week, according to a report published Sunday. Bloomberg, quoting sources, said Uber will pay $1.4 billion in cash and $1.7 billion in convertible notes for Careem. The notes will be convertible into Uber shares at a price equal to ...

An early-build copy of Microsoft Corp.’s new Chromium-based Edge browser has been leaked online, giving a first look at what the software giant has in store for its latest browser incarnation. Microsoft was first reported to be developing a new version of Edge based on Chromium, the open source code base used by Google Chrome, ...

The rumor mill is in overdrive ahead of Apple Inc.’s product event Monday at the Steve Jobs Theater at its Cupertino, California headquarters. The launch of new streaming services is a given, though hardware likely isn’t on the agenda after Apple launched new iPads and iMacs during the week. Here’s what to expect at the event, ...

Mobile workforce management startup Skedulo Holdings Inc. today said it has raised $28 million in new funding to more than double its headcount across its four offices, including adding 60 new employees to its Australian offices. The Series B round was led by M12 and includes existing investors Blackbird and Costanoa Ventures. As part of the ...

Fifteen months after launching support for bitcoin futures, Cboe Global Markets today announced that it’s dropping them when the last existing contracts expire in June. The Cboe was the first exchange to list bitcoin futures and did so with much fanfare in December 2017. The XBT contracts gave the holder the ability to buy or sell ...

Sprint Corp. customers are reporting that they can see information from other customers via their online accounts, a technical issue that’s exposing private personally identifiable information. The data exposed included first and last names, cell phone numbers and prior calls that users made. One person told TechCrunch Monday that she had seen the details of 22 ...