Google closes $5.4B Mandiant acquisition
Paul Sawers, TechCrunch
Google has announced that its proposed $5.4 billion bid to buy cybersecurity firm Mandiant is now complete.
SEC charges VMware with misleading investors by obscuring financial performance
Kanishka Singh, Reuters
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Monday it has charged cloud computing company VMware Inc. with misleading investors by obscuring its financial performance.
Oracle Sales Top Expectations as Cloud Businesses Thrive
Denny Jacob, The Wall Street Journal
Oracle Corp. sales topped expectations in the latest quarter, as its cloud businesses and integration of Cerner Corp. lifted results despite concerns about a slowdown among technology companies in response to economic uncertainty.
Extreme California heat knocks key Twitter data center offline
Donie O’Sullivan et al., CNN
Extreme heat in California has left Twitter without one of its key data centers, and a company executive warned in an internal memo obtained by CNN that another outage elsewhere could result in the service going dark for some of its users.
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Says Booster Rocket Failed During Uncrewed Mission
Micah Maidenberg, The Wall Street Journal
A rocket operated by Blue Origin LLC failed during a planned uncrewed space flight, ending the mission prematurely, the Jeff Bezos-backed space company said.
Former NSA Chief Keith Alexander Accused of Pump-and-Dump Investment Scheme
Lee Fang, The Intercept
Retired Gen. Keith Alexander, a highly connected former intelligence agency official who once oversaw mass surveillance programs, is the latest high-profile executive to be accused of taking advantage of the “meme stock” craze to defraud ordinary investors.
Bill Nelson: Everybody Poo-Pooed SpaceX. Look at Them Now
Ed Browne, Newsweek
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson has commended SpaceX on its rise within the space industry after years of being “poo-pooed” by critics. “I think the private space industry is extremely beneficial,” he told Newsweek. “Just look at what SpaceX has already accomplished.”
This Man Is Trying to Put Mirrors in Space to Generate Solar Power at Night
Thobey Campion, Motherboard
Ben Nowack and Tons of Mirrors is solving solar energy’s nighttime problem.