Category: Enterprise
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Lavish parties and moral dilemmas: 4 days with Silicon Valley’s MAGA elite at the RNC
All week at the RNC, I saw an event defined by Silicon Valley. But I also saw the tech elite experience flashes of discordance. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. It was an eventful week for the Silicon Valley moguls who have vowed to support Donald Trump in his bid…
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Strava’s next chapter: New CEO talks AI, inclusivity, and why ‘dark mode’ took so long
TechCrunch sat down with Strava’s new CEO in London for a wide-ranging interview, delving into what the company is prioritizing, and what we can expect in the future as the company embarks on its “next chapter.” © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. There comes a time in every startup’s life…
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Some Black startup founders feel betrayed by Ben Horowitz’s support for Trump
Trump is an advocate for a number of policies that could be harmful to people of color. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Some of the richest, most influential investors in Silicon Valley are publicly supporting Donald Trump’s campaign. They run powerful firms that every founder wants as backers. But…
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Microsoft says 8.5M Windows devices were affected by CrowdStrike outage
Around 8.5 million devices — less than 1 percent Windows machines globally — were affected by the recent CrowdStrike outage, according to a Microsoft blog post by David Weston, the company’s vice president of enterprise and OS security. These are the first real numbers released by either Microsoft or CrowdStrike around the scale of yesterday’s…
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The CrowdStrike outage is a plot point in a rom-com
There’s a man in Florida right now who wants to propose to his girlfriend while they’re on a beach vacation. He couldn’t get the engagement ring before he flew down from New England, but it didn’t seem like that big of an issue — his girlfriend’s daughter Nicole was planning to join them in Florida…
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CrowdStrike chaos leads to grounded aircraft — and maybe an unusual weather effect
The IT outage may have an unexpected effect on the climate: clearer skies and maybe lower temperatures this evening © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Air traffic for many airlines ground to a halt after a buggy update from CrowdStrike took down Windows computers around the world. At the time…
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CrowdStrike’s rivals stand to benefit from its update fail debacle
CrowdStrike competes with a number of vendors, including SentinelOne and Palo Alto Networks but also Microsoft, Trellix, Trend Micro and Sophos, in the endpoint security market. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. The CrowdStrike debacle — a bug in the company’s Windows software that had the disastrous effect of rendering…
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M&A activity heats up with Wiz, Graphcore, etc.
This week, Google is in discussions to pay $23 billion for cloud security startup Wiz, SoftBank acquires Graphcore, and more. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Shortly after Google parent Alphabet reportedly…
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Twitch reinstates Trump’s account ahead of the 2024 presidential election
Prior to the ban, Trump’s team used his channel to broadcast some of his campaigns. With the ban now lifted, his channel can resume doing so. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Twitch is reinstating former president Donald Trump’s account ahead of the 2024 presidential election after “indefinitely” banning it…
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These startups are trying to prevent another CrowdStrike-like outage, according to VCs
The global outage is a perfect reminder how much of the world relies on technological infrastructure. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Windows users around the globe woke up on Friday morning to “blue screens of death” (BSOD) thanks to a faulty software update from CrowdStrike. The bug caused outages…