Google buys Crusoe's Wyoming data centre site to build it itself
Google has bought Crusoe's data centre site in southeast Wyoming and will build the project itself, Crusoe said Friday. The acquisition follows Google's announcement a day earlier that it would spend $17B on its first Wyoming data centre in Laramie County.
Fox closes $22 billion Roku acquisition
Fox closed its $22 billion acquisition of Roku on Friday, the companies announced, giving it control of a streaming platform reaching more than 100 million US households. Roku founder Anthony Wood now serves on Fox's board.
Leidos reports $5.5 billion in bookings and raises earnings outlook
Leidos reported $5.5 billion in third-quarter net bookings and a $49.6 billion backlog, including $11.1 billion in funded work. Revenue reached $4.63 billion, up 4% from the prior-year period.
Dragonpass acquires iCoupon to expand digital voucher network
Dragonpass announced its acquisition of digital voucher business iCoupon, combining its travel benefits platform with technology connecting 200 airlines, over 400 airports and 4,000 retail units across 56 countries.
Pwn.ai demonstrates Firecracker guest escape on a host running it as root
Pwn.ai says it escaped a Firecracker microVM and executed a chosen operation as root on the host while the virtual machine remained accessible over SSH.
Brightspeed seeks multibillion-dollar funding lifeline in creditor talks
Brightspeed is negotiating with creditors over a multibillion-dollar funding lifeline, Bloomberg reports. The broadband provider faces a heavy debt burden while carrying out a capital intensive fiber internet rollout.
