2025-03-18
Tired: Google attempting to acquire Wiz in 2024 Wired: *checks notes* Google attempting to buy Wiz in 2025
The Verge
Alphabet acquires NYC-based cybersecurity startup Wiz for $32B cash, its largest acquisition yet, pending approval; antitrust fears stalled a $23B deal in 2024
The acquisition is Alphabet's biggest yet, after a $23 billion takeover attempt stalled last year.
2025-02-21
People assume security at big tech is easy because they can just roll their own services Amazon Chime is a fantastic example of what happens when big tech rolls their own services for internal use only Burn in hell for eternity, Amazon Chime, I'll be dancing on your grave
TechCrunch
Amazon plans to end support for its videoconferencing tool Chime on February 20, 2026; report: Amazon is adopting Zoom as its standard app for internal meetings
cc @quinnypig.com [embedded post] Emil Protalinski / @emilprotalinski : Amazon acquires Zoom in 3, 2, 1... [embedded post] Patrick / @itspatrickpl : Did not even know that this ex...
2024-08-28
How dare China allegedly hack into ISPs to spy on US citizens when any red-blooded American patriot knows all the same data of those US citizens is available for sale from the ISP, Google, or Facebook instead
Washington Post
Sources: China-linked hackers penetrated deep into two big US ISPs and several smaller ones in recent months, using a zero-day flaw in Versa Networks software
Joseph Menn / Washington Post :