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Interview with BlackMatter, a new ransomware group that only targets companies with $100M+ revenue and says it will avoid certain industries like healthcare (Dmitry Smilyanets/The Record)

Interview with BlackMatter, a new ransomware group that only targets c...

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Nykaa, an Indian e-commerce startup for beauty products, files for an IPO, and seeks to raise as much as $70.6M at a valuation of $4B (Saritha Rai/Bloomberg)

Nykaa, an Indian e-commerce startup for beauty products, files for an ...

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Australian court rules AI can be considered an inventor on patent filings, days after South Africa granted a patent in which the AI was designated an inventor (Simon Sharwood/The Register)

Australian court rules AI can be considered an inventor on patent fili...

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A look at Fuck You Pay Me, a Glassdoor-like service where creators can review brands they have worked with and share ad rates (Taylor Lorenz/New York Times)

A look at Fuck You Pay Me, a Glassdoor-like service where creators can...

13 hours ago 1

Facebook to require all US on-campus staff to wear masks starting on Aug. 4, regardless of vaccination status, citing rising COVID cases and local regulations (Salvador Rodriguez/CNBC)

Facebook to require all US on-campus staff to wear masks starting on A...

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Microsoft's desktop-as-a-service Windows 365 Cloud PC is generally available and costs between $20 to $162 per user per month, based on cores, RAM, and storage (Mary Jo Foley/ZDNet)

Microsoft's desktop-as-a-service Windows 365 Cloud PC is generally ava...

14 hours ago 2

Finite State, a supply chain security startup that helps uncover security flaws in device firmware, lands $30M Series B led by Energize Ventures (Carly Page/TechCrunch)

Finite State, a supply chain security startup that helps uncover secur...

15 hours ago 2

An in-depth look at the political motivations behind China's tech crackdown, as Xi pursues progressive authoritarianism at the expense of international capital (Bloomberg)

An in-depth look at the political motivations behind China's tech crac...

16 hours ago 2

Google's Rick Osterloh demos Pixel 6's Tensor SoC, which enables real-time object detection and HDR in videos as well as real-time translation and live captions (Sam Rutherford/Gizmodo)

Google's Rick Osterloh demos Pixel 6's Tensor SoC, which enables real-...

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Google unveils Pixel 6, with 6.4" FHD+ 90Hz display, and Pixel 6 Pro, with 6.7" QHD+ 120Hz display and 4x optical zoom, featuring a Google-designed Tensor SoC (Dieter Bohn/The Verge)

Google unveils Pixel 6, with 6.4" FHD+ 90Hz display, and Pixel 6 Pro, ...

18 hours ago 2

Tire maker Bridgestone acquires Azuga, a San Jose-based company that offers vehicle fleet tracking, including GPS and dual-facing dashcam setups, for $391M (Kyle Wiggers/VentureBeat)

Tire maker Bridgestone acquires Azuga, a San Jose-based company that o...

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Investigation: in the last five years, six EU academic institutes received tens of millions of pounds in funding from Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft (New Statesman)

Investigation: in the last five years, six EU academic institutes rece...

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Following the UK's CMA, European Commission is launching an investigation into Facebook's acquisition of Kustomer with a deadline of December 22 for a ruling (Aoife White/Bloomberg)

Following the UK's CMA, European Commission is launching an investigat...

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Sources: FTC's lead economics expert in its antitrust case against Facebook, Carl Shapiro, has parted ways with the agency as it prepares to refile its case (Leah Nylen/Politico)

Sources: FTC's lead economics expert in its antitrust case against Fac...

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Italy's Lazio region, which surrounds Rome, says hackers have shut down its IT systems used to manage COVID-19 vaccinations (Stephen Jewkes/Reuters)

Italy's Lazio region, which surrounds Rome, says hackers have shut dow...

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Researchers say a collection of nine vulnerabilities impact pneumatic tube systems installed in ~80% of all major US hospitals (Catalin Cimpanu/The Record)

Researchers say a collection of nine vulnerabilities impact pneumatic ...

21 hours ago 2

SPACs are being forced to fund deals with more expensive financing, like issuing convertible bonds, due to cash from institutional investors drying up (Financial Times)

SPACs are being forced to fund deals with more expensive financing, li...

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Filings: Larry Page and Sergey Brin have sold a combined $1B+ in Google stock since May 2021, the most since 2017; Google's share price has since tripled (Jennifer Elias/CNBC)

Filings: Larry Page and Sergey Brin have sold a combined $1B+ in Googl...

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Nozomi Networks, which aims to shield critical infrastructure from cyberattacks, raises $100M Series D led by Triangle Peak Partners as it prepares for an IPO (Carly Page/TechCrunch)

Nozomi Networks, which aims to shield critical infrastructure from cyb...

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Square reports Q2 revenue of $4.88B, up 143% YoY, while its Cash App service's bitcoin yearly revenue was $2.72B, up 200% (Greg Ahlstrand/CoinDesk)

Square reports Q2 revenue of $4.88B, up 143% YoY, while its Cash App s...

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Bangalore-based online learning startup Unacademy raises $440M round led by Temasek at a $3.44B valuation (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

Bangalore-based online learning startup Unacademy raises $440M round l...

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Filings: Starlink has secured a license to build a satellite ground station on the Isle of Man, aiming to provide "blanket coverage" across Great Britain (Francis Agustin/Insider)

Filings: Starlink has secured a license to build a satellite ground st...

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Report: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok failed to act on 84% of posts spreading anti-Semitism reported via their own complaint systems (Maya Wolfe-Robinson/The Guardian)

Report: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok failed to ac...

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Square says it's buying Australia-based buy now, pay later service Afterpay for $29B in an all-stock deal, paying a 30% premium on Afterpay's last closing (Reuters)

Square says it's buying Australia-based buy now, pay later service Aft...

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Some K-pop stars are bypassing Twitter and Facebook to create platforms for fans, like Universe, which features AI-generated voice calls with the idols (Stitch/The Verge)

Some K-pop stars are bypassing Twitter and Facebook to create platform...

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Profile of Bored Ape Yacht Club, an NFT collection that sold for $2M+ ...

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After a decade of online identities coming under increasingly centralized control, online anonymity is starting to look like a threatened privilege than a right (John Herrman/New York Times)

After a decade of online identities coming under increasingly centrali...

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Qualtrics to acquire Virginia-based Clarabridge, which offers AI-powered customer experience management tools, for $1.125B in stock (Stephen Nellis/Reuters)

Qualtrics to acquire Virginia-based Clarabridge, which offers AI-power...

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Replicated, which sells tools that help software makers create and deploy on-premises versions of their applications, raises $50M Series C led by Owl Rock (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)

Replicated, which sells tools that help software makers create and dep...

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Cyolo, which is developing zero trust security tech to enable users to securely access their organization's apps, servers, and files, raises $21M Series A (Kyle Wiggers/VentureBeat)

Cyolo, which is developing zero trust security tech to enable users to...

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Medical imaging startup Exo, which aims to commercialize its AI-powered point-of-care workflow software and handheld ultrasound device, raises $220M Series C (Christine Hall/TechCrunch)

Medical imaging startup Exo, which aims to commercialize its AI-powere...

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Many viewers are experiencing the Olympics primarily through TikTok, with some of the most-watched videos coming not from NBC but from athletes themselves (Tatum Hunter/Washington Post)

Many viewers are experiencing the Olympics primarily through TikTok, w...

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How Apple became an "antifragile" company, by building a diverse portfolio of products and performing even stronger during the pandemic than it did before (Josh Centers/TidBITS)

How Apple became an "antifragile" company, by building a diverse portf...

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UK's CMA launches an inquiry into Facebook's acquisition of Kustomer, investigating whether the deal violates the UK's Enterprise Act 2002 (Jaime Llinares Taboada/MarketWatch)

UK's CMA launches an inquiry into Facebook's acquisition of Kustomer, ...

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A look at the debate over Spotify's Discovery Mode, whereby artists are prioritized for reduced royalties, a key way for Spotify to improve margins (Anna Nicolaou/Financial Times)

A look at the debate over Spotify's Discovery Mode, whereby artists ar...

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Analysis: since August 2020, 100+ warships from 16+ countries have had GPS-based location data faked to make it look like they crossed into disputed territory (Mark Harris/Wired)

Analysis: since August 2020, 100+ warships from 16+ countries have had...

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Metaverse, as Zuckerberg and others imagine, is an odd vision built from a compendium of juvenile fantasies, perceived market opportunities, and overt dystopias (Brian Merchant/VICE)

Metaverse, as Zuckerberg and others imagine, is an odd vision built fr...

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Riskified, an Israeli e-commerce fraud protection company, began trading on the NYSE on Thursday after raising $363M in its IPO, at a valuation of $3.3B (Shiri Habib-Valdhorn/Globes Online)

Riskified, an Israeli e-commerce fraud protection company, began tradi...

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Digital bank Monzo reveals a loss of £130M on £66M revenue for the year ended Feb. and says UK FCA is investigating it over potential money laundering breaches (Nicholas Megaw/Financial Times)

Digital bank Monzo reveals a loss of £130M on £66M revenue...

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Vietnam-based VNLife, the parent company of VNPay, which helps banks provide mobile payment apps and other digital services, raises $250M at a valuation of $1B+ (Nikkei Asia)

Vietnam-based VNLife, the parent company of VNPay, which helps banks p...

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Educational publisher Pearson says it is switching to a subscription model for all of its 1,500 titles, available for $14.99/month through its new Pearson+ app (Financial Times)

Educational publisher Pearson says it is switching to a subscription m...

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The Justice Department says 27 US Attorney offices had at least one employee's Microsoft email account breached by Russian hackers from May 7 to Dec. 27, 2020 (Associated Press)

The Justice Department says 27 US Attorney offices had at least one em...

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Google contract workers in Pittsburgh have ratified a three-year deal with their employer HCL, for higher wages and more, nearly two years after unionizing (Brian Heater/TechCrunch)

Google contract workers in Pittsburgh have ratified a three-year deal ...

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A look at Intel's dismal 2020, which saw the delay of its 7nm architecture, Apple's switch to Arm-based chips, and the departure of Jim Keller and other execs (Chaim Gartenberg/The Verge)

A look at Intel's dismal 2020, which saw the delay of its 7nm architec...

3 days ago 2

Telegram's latest update adds group video calls of up to 1,000 users with 30 simultaneous broadcasts, video messages, screen sharing during video calls, more (Telegram)

Telegram's latest update adds group video calls of up to 1,000 users w...

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Modern Animal, a pet care service offering 24/7 telemedicine and a more "intelligent" labor model for veterinarians, raises $40M Series B led by Founders Fund (Igor Bosilkovski/Forbes)

Modern Animal, a pet care service offering 24/7 telemedicine and a mor...

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How US sanctions forced Chinese companies to develop key tech themselves, aligning the companies' incentives with China's goal of economic self-sufficiency (Dan Wang/Foreign Affairs)

How US sanctions forced Chinese companies to develop key tech themselv...

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Safari's extremely slow pace in adopting popular features and fixing showstopping bugs, and refusal to engage with contentious API proposals, is harming the web (Tim Perry/HTTP Toolkit)

Safari's extremely slow pace in adopting popular features and fixing s...

3 days ago 2

Twitter offers bug bounty of up to $3,500 to spot bias in its photo cr...

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China's crackdown on its tech giants could backfire, leaving Beijing with a seriously damaged consumer sector and slow-growing chip and robotics companies (Nathaniel Taplin/Wall Street Journal)

China's crackdown on its tech giants could backfire, leaving Beijing w...

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