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Red 6 raises $70M

Red 6, an Augmented Reality (AR) technology firm working on synthetic air combat training and augmented reality applications for the entertainment industry, has raised $70 million in Series B funding.

Coupa acquires LLamasoft for $1.5B

Coupa Software has acquired AI-powered supply chain design and planning company LLamasoft, for $1.5 billion.

Boeing 747s still use floppy disks to get critical software updates — Gizmodo

The antiquated tech still plays a critical role in delivering software updates to Boeing’s 747-400 planes, writes Victoria Song. Here is the link: https://gizmodo.com/boeing-747s-still-use-floppy-disks-to-get-critical-soft-1844683811

Synopsys awarded DARPA contract for Automatic Implementation of Secure Silicon program

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected Synopsys as a prime contractor for the Automatic Implementation of Secure Silicon (AISS) program, the company said in a statement.

Blue Origin announces a blue-chip team to return humans to the Moon — Ars Technica

On Tuesday, Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos announced that his company has a plan for NASA to return to the Moon by 2024, writes...