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The following post was written and/or published as a collaboration between Benzinga’s in-house sponsored content team and a financial partner of Benzinga. Learn how alternative data can be used for your business’ benefits Big data has been the backbone of the modern economy for a while...

Planet Labs Inc. is set to go public via special purpose acquisition company dMY Technology Group Inc IV (NYSE: DMYQ) in a deal that values Planet Labs at about $2.8 billion. Niccolo De Masi, CEO of dMY Technology Group, appeared on Benzinga's YouTube show "...

Snowflake Inc. (NYSE: SNOW) shares traded higher Friday after retail traders pushed it higher. Several technology stocks were also trading higher as markets recovered from yesterday’s sell-off over concerns that economic recovery is slowing as the COVID-19 Delta variant spreads....

Strong demand and competitive positioning have turned RBC Capital Markets analysts Bullish on shares of FactSet Research Systems, Inc. (NYSE: FDS). The FactSet Analyst: RBC's Ashish Sabadra initiated coverage of FactSet Research Systems, Inc. with an Outperform rating, setting a price...

Piper Sandler & Co. analyst Brent Bracelin released an industry note Wednesday, highlighting the firm’s top cloud application and analytics company stocks to own for the second half of 2021. Cloud Industry Overview: The cloud space was highly volatile in the first half of...

The following post was written and/or published as a collaboration between Benzinga’s in-house sponsored content team and a financial partner of Benzinga. Consumers and companies alike are concerned about data privacy. Last week, McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD) reported that customer and...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is being scrutinized by the U.K. anti-trust watchdog for overuse of data following a similar probe by EU regulators. What Happened: U.K.'s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is looking closely at how the retail giant uses the data it collects from...

Vodafone and Google plan to develop a system called "Dynamo" that will be able to extract and transport data across different countries.  What Happened: Vodafone Group PLC (NASDAQ: VOD) and the cloud division at Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) Google...

Update: We have received an email from the company clarifying that the data was obtained illegally from a third party supplier Paxful previously used. "We've completed the investigation. Our customers’ data has not been compromised in any way. There has been no data breach of...

Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: PLTR) shares were advancing Thursday after the data analytics software company announced a strategic partnership. What Happened: Palantir said it has entered into a six-year strategic partnership with French automotive supplier Faurecia to help the latter...

A group representing the United States technology giants is pushing back against India’s plans to regulate “non-personal” data, Reuters reported Sunday. The Proposal: An Indian government panel is proposing a data-sharing mechanism to boost a digital...

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) subsidiary Google LLC may be able to ward off an antitrust investigation by the European Union into its acquisition of Fitbit Inc (NYSE: FIT) by promising not to use the smartwatch maker’s health data to run...

Ambarella Inc (NASDAQ: AMBA) has solidified its status as the leader in video capture, compression and transmission processors and should now be considered a leader in computer vision, according to Rosenblatt Securities. The Ambarella Analyst: Kevin Cassidy initiated coverage of Ambarella with...

With three years' worth of anxiety over the deadline for installing electronic logging devices (ELDs) now having largely subsided, a new concern regarding these devices is taking hold in the carrier, driver and shipper community. As of Dec. 17, 2019, nearly all truck drivers operating on U.S....

Technology giants are bringing digital financial services to more people in the world than ever, but the authorities should be watchful for anti-competitive practices and unfair advantage over traditional systems, the Financial Stability Board said in a report on Sunday. The FSB is an...