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IoT device vendor Wyze says a server leak exposed data, including email addresses, camera user IDs, and WiFi SSIDs, of ~2.4M customers from Dec. 4 to Dec. 26 — Details for 2.4 million users were exposed online for 22 days. — Wyze, a company that sells smart devices like security cameras …
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| Abdel Latif Wahba / Bloomberg: |
Egypt approves Uber's $3.1B acquisition of Careem after setting price caps and other measures designed to keep the local market competitive — Egypt signed off on Uber Technologies Inc.'s acquisition of ride-hailing peer Careem Inc. after setting price caps and other measures designed to keep the local market competitive.
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| Eileen Yu / ZDNet: |
Grab partners with Singtel to apply for a Singapore digital banking license, with Grab owning a 60% share in the joint entity — Ride-sharing operator and telco plan to form a joint entity, with Grab owning a 60% share, and apply for a digital bank licence in Singapore, where they will look to target …
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| Uri Berkovitz / Globes Online: |
In 2019, nine Israeli startups became unicorns, bringing the total unicorns in the country to 20, and 16 startups completed a financing round of $100M or more — Israel now has 20 unicorns, privately-held tech companies worth more than $1 billion. Only the US, China and UK have more unicorns.
Tweets: @standwithus
| Peerzada Abrar / Business Standard: |
Report: Indian startups raised a record $14.5B in 2019, up from $10.5B in 2018 and $550M in 2010; Sequoia, Accel, and Tiger Global were the most active VCs — As the decade is coming to an end, it has seen an impressive 25x growth from a tiny $550 million in 2010 to $14.5 billion in 2019 …
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| Byuu / Medium: |
Chrome's overzealous approach to flagging downloads of newly created software as potential malware is stifling online distribution of indie and free software — Google has an undeniable monopoly on search, and a near-monopoly on web browsing software via Chrome and its forks.
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner talks about the company's evolution after acquisition by Microsoft, integration with Outlook and other Microsoft products, and more — - Microsoft closed its $26.2 billion LinkedIn acquisition three years ago this month. — LinkedIn has done some things … | Sam Dean / Los Angeles Times: |
An overview of the CCPA, set to go into effect Jan. 1, and the confusion surrounding it due to its technical complexity and rushed timeline — A sweeping new law that aims to rewrite the rules of the internet in California is set to go into effect on Jan. 1.
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| David Streitfeld / New York Times: |
How Amazon has shaped the economy of Campbellsville, KY, where it opened one of its first fulfillment centers and is now the town's largest private employer — In Campbellsville, Ky., the tech giant's influences abound. The profits, not so much. — CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. — In the late 1990s … | Marcia Sekhose / Hindustan Times: |
Snap is trying to expand Snapchat's presence in India by supporting more vernacular languages, rebuilding its Android app, and partnering with local companies — Back in 2017, Snapchat found itself at the center of a controversy after its CEO Evan Spiegel reportedly said the company …
Tweets: @turnernovak
| Reuters: |
France's top court rules that customs and tax authorities can review citizens' public social media posts for evidence of undeclared income or inconsistencies — PARIS (Reuters) - France's government can pursue plans to trawl social media to detect tax avoidance, its Constitutional Court ruled on Friday …
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| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
Facebook has quietly started removing some misleading ads about HIV prevention drugs after activists said they could have caused a public-health crisis — The ads, first reported by The Washington Post, threatened to create a public health crisis, LGBT groups had said.
Tweets: @gbbranstetter, @tonyromm, and @tonyromm
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