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Dragos raises $110M Series C as demand to secure industrial systems soars

TechCrunch

Dragos was founded in 2016 to detect and respond to threats facing industrial control systems (ICS), the devices critical to the continued operations of power plants, water and energy supplies, and other critical infrastructure. Based just outside Washington D.C., Lee said the U.K.’s

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UK regulator warns of Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure cloud dominance

TechSpot

Ofcom recently published a market study about the cloud computing industry in the United Kingdom, and is now proposing to refer what the organization found to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for an in-depth investigation about market practices by the two biggest players: Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure.

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Microsoft/Activision Blizzard deal faces in-depth watchdog investigation

TechSpot

Earlier this month, the United Kingdom's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) wrote that the Microsoft/Activision deal could lead to competition concerns within the video game industry. The regulator said that if Microsoft didn't submit a proposal to assuage these worries, the CMA will open an extended stage 2 phase of.

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Microsoft says UK watchdog investigating Activision deal is being influenced by Sony

TechSpot

Last month brought news that the United Kingdom's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) feared that Microsoft's purchase of Activision Blizzard could lead to competition concerns within the video game industry.

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UK police surprised to learn energy-intensive weed farm is actually a Bitcoin mine

The Verge

Police in the United Kingdom raided an industrial unit outside Birmingham under suspicion it was housing an indoor marijuana growing operation, CNBC reported. Image: West Midlands Police.

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Singapore-based digital business assistant Osome raises $3 million

TechCrunch

The startup currently has about 4,500 SME clients across Singapore, Hong Kong and the United Kingdom, founder and chief executive officer Victor Lysenko told TechCrunch. The startup started two years ago in Singapore, where it also offers incorporation services, before expanding to the United Kingdom and Hong Kong.

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Virgin Atlantic files for bankruptcy due to COVID-19

The Verge

Virgin Atlantic, which operates mostly in the United Kingdom, has administrative offices in Atlanta, Georgia and a team in New York as well. In particular, Virgin Atlantic is trying to renegotiate leases on most of its planes as well as loans it has taken in the past and can’t fully repay.

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