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WikiLeaks' CIA document cache, which focuses on compromising devices and not apps, underscores the strength of Signal's and WhatsApp's encryption — On Tuesday morning, WikiLeaks released an enormous cache of documents that it claimed detailed “C.I.A. hacking tools.”
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| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Google's new invisible reCAPTCHAs automatically distinguish humans from bots, don't need to use a checkbox — Google says it can separate man from machine without any tricky tests or checkboxes. — Google's reCAPTCHA is the leading CAPTCHA service (that's “Completely Automated Public Turing test …
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| Melissa Repko / Dallas Morning News: |
Oculus CTO John Carmack files lawsuit against former employer, ZeniMax Media, claiming it owes him a $22.5M+ final installment after id Software sale — A Dallas video-game developer whose company was bought by Facebook has filed a federal lawsuit against his former employer …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Streaming media software maker Plex opens Plex Cloud service to all Plex Pass subscribers — After a couple of stops and starts — and some concerns — media player software maker Plex is opening its online service known as Plex Cloud to all paying Plex users.| Andrew Webster / The Verge: |
Twitch rebrands Curse as Twitch Desktop App, adds social features from the main service, available in open beta on March 16 — The Curse app is being rebranded with some new features — Game streaming platform Twitch is getting a desktop app very soon. The new app is actually a rebrand …
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Pennsylvania sues IBM for failing to deliver on 2006 contract, claims contract ran $60M over budget and nearly four years behind schedule — HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf's administration sued International Business Machines Corp. on Thursday, saying the company failed …
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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
DraftKings raised new round; sources: DraftKings raised $100M, and FanDuel is raising too as companies wait for the merger approval — Fantasy sports site DraftKings yesterday announced that it has closed an undisclosed amount of Series E-1 funding led by Eldridge Industries, a group led by LA Dodgers part-owner Todd Boehly.
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| Alex Barinka / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Cloudera confidentially files for IPO, seeks $4.1B valuation, hires Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan, BofA, as underwriters — Big-data company said to have filed paperwork with U.S. SEC — Cloudera backed by Intel Corp., Google Inc.'s venture arm — Cloudera Inc., the big-data company backed … | Ben Fox Rubin / CNET: |
Amazon is rolling out Spanish option for Amazon.com in the US, the first time it has offered a non-English language on its flagship site since launch — The e-commerce giant's flagship site will offer a second language to appeal to Spanish speakers in the US.| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Luxembourg-based local job finder app, Job Today, says it signed a new media for equity deal worth $35M with RTL, others; plans to launch in Germany this year — Job finder app Job Today has inked a new media-for-equity deal worth $35 million. — The Luxembourg-based startup …
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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Viva Republica, fintech startup behind popular Korean P2P payments app Toss, raises $48M Series C from Goodwater Capital, PayPal, Bessemer, others — Viva Republica, the company behind Korean financial services app Toss, has closed a $48 million Series C funding round that includes a strategic investment from payment giant PayPal.
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| Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
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