Smartsheet officially goes private, completes acquisition by Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners
Smartsheet CEO Mark Mader. (Smartsheet Photo) Smartsheet is a private company again. The Bellevue, Wash.-based…
Microsoft launches $5M grant program for AI projects in WA state as part of 50th anniversary
Microsoft will mark its 50th anniversary in April 2025. (GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop)…
Google unveils classroom and accessibility ChromeOS features, including rolling out a tool to let users control a device with their head and facial expressions (Antonio G. Di Benedetto/The Verge)
Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge: Google unveils classroom and accessibility ChromeOS features, including…
Memo: ByteDance asks Chinese staff in Singapore to pay tax to China or risk losing their ability to cash out on stock options, as China steps up tax enforcement (Financial Times)
Financial Times: Memo: ByteDance asks Chinese staff in Singapore to pay tax to China or…
Crypto exchange Deribit reports total trading volume, including options, futures, and more, rose 95% YoY to $1.19T in 2024; options volume rose 99% YoY to $743B (Omkar Godbole/CoinDesk)
Omkar Godbole / CoinDesk: Crypto exchange Deribit reports total trading volume, including options, futures, and…
In 2024, Cloudflare's autonomous DDoS defense systems blocked 21.3M DDoS attacks, up 53% YoY, and 420 DDoS attacks in Q4 2024 exceeded 1 Tbps, up 1,885% QoQ (The Cloudflare Blog)
The Cloudflare Blog: In 2024, Cloudflare's autonomous DDoS defense systems blocked 21.3M DDoS attacks, up…
The Trump administration removed all advisory committee members within the DHS, including those in CISA and CSRB, which was investigating Salt Typhoon (Becky Bracken/Dark Reading)
Becky Bracken / Dark Reading: The Trump administration removed all advisory committee members within the…
Sources: Google is investing over $1B more in Anthropic, which is also nearing a further $2B funding round from Lightspeed and other VCs at a ~$60B valuation (Financial Times)
Financial Times: Sources: Google is investing over $1B more in Anthropic, which is also nearing…
Microsoft and OpenAI tweak the terms of their cloud deal, enabling $500B Stargate AI project
The OpenAI logo at the company’s 2023 developer conference. (GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop)…
UW study of how AI models portray teens finds strong negative associations
To compare AI outputs to the lives of actual teens, researchers asked workshop participants to…