Google has acquired this Israeli cybersecurity startup for $500 million

The deal came after Google made a pledge to U.S. President Joe Biden last August to invest $10 billion in cybersecurity over the next five years, amid a significant rise in cyber attacks and data breaches. https://ift.tt/3EUukU3

Internal email: India's Udaan, which operates a B2B marketplace, raises a $200M convertible note and $50M debt, bringing its total raised to $1.4B (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

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Internal email: India's Udaan, which operates a B2B marketplace, raises a $200M convertible note and $50M debt, bringing its total raised to $1.4B  —  Indian commerce startup Udaan, which helps merchants secure inventory and working capital, has raised $250 million as it accelerates …

Oppo Enco M32 wireless neckband-style earphones launched in India

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Intel claims its 12th-gen 14-core Intel i9 outperforms Apple's M1 Max and is the fastest CPU ever, although the i9 uses significantly more power than M1 Max (Joe Rossignol/MacRumors)

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Intel claims its 12th-gen 14-core Intel i9 outperforms Apple's M1 Max and is the fastest CPU ever, although the i9 uses significantly more power than M1 Max  —  Intel today unveiled new 12th-generation Core processors suitable for laptops, and as part of the announcement …

A look at Wordle, a viral once-a-day word guessing game created by a Brooklyn-based engineer as a side project that has amassed 300,000 players in two months (Daniel Victor/New York Times)

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A look at Wordle, a viral once-a-day word guessing game created by a Brooklyn-based engineer as a side project that has amassed 300,000 players in two months  —  The word game has gone from dozens of players to hundreds of thousands in a few months.  It was created by a software engineer in Brooklyn for his partner.

Skilled labour shortages could be next big chip supply problem: Report

Amid a shortage of skilled labour, global chipmakers are currently fighting for talent to staff semiconductor production facilities and address chip constraints, media reports say. https://ift.tt/3zC0QJX