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Alphabet Acquires Cloud Security Company Wiz for $32 Billion - DTNSB 4978

Daily Tech News Show

Tom Merritt

Technology, News

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Tom ordered the newly announced Core Devices wearable running PebbleOS, and Dr. Niki discusses Colossal's pathway to resurrecting the mammoth.


Starring Jason Howell and Tom Merritt.


Links for the stories covered in this episode can be found here.

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0:00.0

The weather. Tomorrow, expect a biting cold front. Hmm, how naughty. I wonder what I'll be

0:06.8

wearing or taking off. The night will be wild and untamed. Expect heavy, lashing rain

0:13.0

that'll soak you to the skin. By Monday, temperatures will rise slowly but surely reaching

0:18.7

their peak in the afternoon.

0:23.0

Not in the mood for miserable weather?

0:25.6

Fly cheaply to Turkey with Sun Express.

0:28.7

Sun Express, non-stop sunshine.

0:41.4

This is the Daily Tech News for Tuesday, March 18th, 2025.

0:43.2

We tell you what you need to know.

0:46.6

Follow up on the context of those stories and help each other understand.

0:51.1

Ah, today Dr. Nikki is back telling us about the woolly mouse.

0:52.9

And then we've got a really good email.

0:54.6

I was thinking maybe it was moose for like your hair. I'm Jason Howell. I'm, I have woolly hair. I'm Tom.

1:01.1

Let's start with what you need to know with the big story. All right. Big M and A News Alphabet has

1:09.4

confirmed the largest acquisition in its history with the purchase of cloud security startup WIS for $32 billion.

1:17.9

It's an all-cash deal.

1:20.3

Google is paying an additional $1 billion as a retention bonus.

1:26.2

That's to keep all 1,700-ish current WIS staffers in place

1:31.7

after the acquisition is completed. If it completes, we'll talk about that. WIS will retain

1:37.5

its autonomy leading up to and beyond the actual closing of the deal. So leading up to the

1:42.9

closing, they're just going to operate

1:44.6

as they always have in all the different directions. And it sounds like also after the deal,

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