BlackRock makes huge bet with $12.5B deal for Global Infrastructure Partners

BlackRock on Friday announced a $12.5 billion acquisition of Global Infrastructure Partners in a major bet on alternative assets and announced a management shakeup. The deal includes $3 billion in cash and 12 million BlackRock shares, and will put the asset management giant at the center of investments in port, power and digital infrastructure projects […]
A.I. Rises, Infrastructure in Peril, Hackers Learn to ‘Live Off the Land’

National Security Agency (NSA) released The 2023 Cybersecurity Report, released on December 19, found that China and Russia remain exposed to huge cyber threats, the promise and dangers of artificial intelligence (AI) increase, and cyber threats to critical infrastructure become more prevalent. We look back on a year in which the situation was alarming. The […]