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Researchers detail Foreshadow, a speculative execution flaw in secure enclaves on Intel processors, mitigated by May/June microcode fixes, patches coming today — IN CYBERSECURITY CIRCLES, this has been the year of Spectre and Meltdown, not only because the chip vulnerabilities …
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Tinder co-founders, 8 former and current execs sue parent firm IAC, alleging Tinder's valuation had been depressed and seeking $2B+ in damages for money owed — Co-founders of Tinder and eight other former and current executives of the popular dating app are suing the service's current owners …
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| Julie Bort / Business Insider: |
In lawsuit against IAC, Tinder's co-founders and execs allege sexual misconduct by former Tinder CEO and a coverup by the company; IAC says suit is “meritless” — - Included in a jaw-dropping lawsuit brought by Tinder's founders against its parent company, IAC, are allegations of sexual misconduct against its former CEO.
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| Erin Griffith / New York Times: |
A look at the proliferation of startup fundraising “mega-rounds” of $100M+, of which there were a record 273 last year and even more projected for this year — Start-ups raising $100 million or more from investors used to be a rarity. Now, this scale of fund raising is commonplace.| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Quiz game HQ Trivia debuts an Apple TV app as it hopes to return to growth; its mobile apps' store rankings and concurrent viewers have slid in recent months — HQ Trivia's app store ranking has continued to sink the past three months, but it's hoping a new version on your television could revitalize growth.
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| Karissa Bell / Mashable: |
Hundreds of Instagram users have reported their accounts hacked and their emails and phone numbers tied to accounts changed, preventing account recovery — Krista, an Instagram user with more than 4,500 followers on her fitness account, noticed something strange on Saturday evening: she had been logged out of her account.
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| Nicholas Thompson / Wired: |
Q&A with Oscar CEO Mario Schlosser on how health care data can transform the industry as Alphabet invests $375M in the provider, following Capital G and Verily — IN THE LATE 1990s, two graduate students named in Stanford's computer science department set out to organize the world's information.
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| Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian / The Daily Beast: |
A look at how China is compiling a global registry of Uighurs to better surveil those who live outside the country, including in the US — A major human rights crisis is unfolding in northwestern China, according to the United Nations, which said last week that there were credible reports … | Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Instagram Stories are as good, if not better, than Snapchat's, but that may present a short-term problem for Facebook as users spend less time on News Feeds — This is hardly the first Stratechery article about Facebook to start with Snapchat. The “camera company” née social network … | Wolfie Zhao / CoinDesk: |
Square announces it now lets customers buy and sell Bitcoin via its Cash App in all 50 US states — Mobile payments firm Square now lets customers buy and sell bitcoins via its Cash App in all 50 U.S. states. — The company - which was co-founded by Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey …
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| Nicholas Confessore / New York Times: |
How a few activists, concerned by the lack of regulation of US internet firms' data collection practices, led an effort that resulted in CA's new privacy bill — Facebook and Google made billions mining personal data, and fought off anyone who threatened to stop them. Then came a challenge in their own backyard.| Kate Conger / New York Times: |
Uber appoints Matt Olsen, former general counsel for the NSA, as its CSO, replacing Joe Sullivan, who left last year amid controversial handling of data breach — Last November, Uber's new chief executive, Dara Khosrowshahi, penned an apologetic note to riders and drivers explaining … | Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Cybersecurity startup Exabeam, which uses machine learning and big data to mitigate threats, raises $50M Series D led by Lightspeed Venture Partners — Exabeam, a cybersecurity startup that leverages big data, machine learning, and analytics to detect and respond to cyber threats …
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| Harry McCracken / Fast Company: |
As it refreshes its brand, a look at the past, present, and future of Evernote, which started in 2002 and has 225M registered users worldwide — “Why the hell are we here today?” — Chris O'Neill, Evernote's CEO, is addressing an audience made up of the company's employees in a tent pitched … Thanks:@mariedomingo
| Daniel Palmer / CoinDesk: |
Enterprise-focused blockchain startup Axoni raises $32M Series B led by Goldman Sachs and Nyca Partners with a16z, Citi, JP Morgan, and YC among investors — Enterprise-focused blockchain startup Axoni has completed a $32 million Series B funding round led by Goldman Sachs and Nyca Partners.
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