Home improvement app Thumbtack has received $70 million in new debt financing. The funding — from Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Hercules Capital — will help Thumbtack access new capital and liquidity, the company said in a Wednesday (July 30) news release. “We are one...
Delta Air Lines says a recent, and massive, IT outage will cost it $500 million. That’s according to a report Wednesday (July 31) from Bloomberg News, citing a statement from the airline that also says Delta has hired a law firm as it prepares to seek damages from...
Excitement over artificial intelligence (AI) helped drive Coursera shares (and results) significantly higher this past week, while earnings began to trickle in for the CE 100 Index — and the deluge of quarterly reports begins in earnest. Coursera shares leaped 49%, leading the...
Never let a crisis go to waste, as the adage goes. And when it comes to cybersecurity best practices and procedures, recent digital disruptions — from CrowdStrike’s Microsoft outage to AT&T and beyond — can teach enterprises a lot about fortifying their defenses and recovery plans. After...
Delta Air Lines is reportedly facing a half-billion dollar hit after last week’s IT outage. The air carrier on Wednesday (July 24) was still recovering from last week’s incident, in which a software glitch at cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike brought down millions of computers running Microsoft Windows. According to Bloomberg News,...
CrowdStrike says a glitch in test software led to last week’s massive IT outage. The cybersecurity company released a report Wednesday (July 24), five days after a crash affected 8.5 million Windows machines around the world, leading to chaos at banks, airports and hospitals. “CrowdStrike delivers security content configuration updates...
The U.S. Commerce Department plans to unveil proposed regulations next month concerning connected vehicles, with a specific focus on critical software components manufactured in China and other nations deemed as adversaries. Alan Estevez, the department’s export controls chief, announced last week that the rules will...
DraftKings says it plans to launch its online sportsbook in Washington, D.C. Assuming it gets the license and regulatory approval it needs, DraftKings would make the nation’s capital its 29th North American market, the company said in a Tuesday (July 23) press release. The launch is part of...
It wasn’t a hack, cyberattack or even a sophisticated scam. The chaos that hit everything from airlines to hospitals to banks on Friday (July 19) was caused by a faulty software update from security company CrowdStrike. However, security is at the top of the table...
