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Microsoft is said to be buying cybersecurity company RiskIQ. Microsoft Corp. has agreed to acquire RiskIQ, a security software maker, as the tech giant tries to expand its products and better protect customers amid a rising tide of global cyberattacks, according to people familiar with the matter. (Katie Roof via Bloomberg)
Amazon has a big sale on kid-focused Echo devices and Fire tablets. Amazon has managed to develop a pretty wide range of Fire HD tablets, Echo Show devices, Kindles and Echo Glow lights for kids. Now, it has launched a big sale for all of those products with discounts as high as 40 percent on its Fire 7 Kids Pro tablets, with the latter product now available at just $60 instead of $100. (Steve Dent via Engadget)
Virgin Galactic live updates: Watch the spaceflight carrying founder Richard Branson. Branson, in remarks from his Virgin Galactic flight on Sunday, said the spaceflight was the “complete experience of a lifetime” shortly after the spacecraft successfully took off over New Mexico. (Michael Sheetz via CNBC)
Cuban Protests Demand Freedom, Food, Covid-19 Vaccines. Hundreds of Cubans took to the streets in a wave of demonstrations in Havana and at least six other cities throughout the Communist island, demanding an end to the 62-year dictatorship and protesting the lack of food and Covid-19 vaccines. (José de Córdoba via Wall Street Journal)
Kaseya issues patch for on-premise customers, SaaS rollout underway. Kaseya has released its promised patch to resolve security flaws responsible for a ransomware attack. The software solutions provider, which counts managed service providers (MSPs) among its client base, was the subject of a ransomware outbreak on… (Charlie Osborne via ZDNet)
Exclusive TED chats are coming to Clubhouse. Clubhouse has another partnership, and this time, it's with one of the most popular podcast networks. The company announced today that it's partnering with TED to bring exclusive chats to the social audio platform throughout the summer and beyond. (Ashley Carman via The Verge)
Flipkart valued at $37.6 billion in new $3.6 billion fundraise. Flipkart said on Monday it has raised $3.6 billion at $37.6 billion valuation in what is considered as the pre-IPO round for the Indian e-commerce conglomerate as it works to explore the public markets. (Manish Singh via TechCrunch)
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