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A roundup of the coronavirus outbreak's impact on the tech sector, from closures of offices, stores, and factories in China to affecting MWC attendance — The outbreak shows that what impacts China impacts everything — The tech sector is currently feeling the impact of the coronavirus …
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Filing indicates that Facebook has acquired London-based Scape, which is working on computer vision-based location tech it says is far more accurate than GPS — Scape Technologies, the London-based computer vision startup working on location accuracy beyond the capabilities of GPS …
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Recurring revenue streams from SaaS startups may soon get securitized, ushering in various debt financing products that may upend the VC growth financing model — Ten years from now, what seismic change will we reflect back on and think, “well that was pretty obvious, in retrospect”?| Nirave Gondhia / Android Central: |
Motorola Razr review: front quick view display is useful but bumps can be felt while using the foldable screen, battery life is poor, and camera is lackluster — Too many compromises, for too much money. — Motorola RAZR: The review — Stunning design — Folding display — Average Battery
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| Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica: |
Some ransomware rings have started stealing data before they encrypt to use stolen data as leverage, ensuring that even victims with backups make the payment — Ransomware operators stealing data before they encrypt means backups are not enough. — Not every ransomware attack is an unmitigated disaster.| Peter Blumberg / Bloomberg: |
Facebook agrees to improve its security procedures to settle a class action lawsuit over the 2018 data breach that exposed personal data of 29M users — Facebook Inc. pledged to improve security protocols to resolve a lawsuit blaming the company for a 2018 data breach that exposed personal data of 29 million users.
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ClearMetal, which uses data analytics to optimize logistics and supply chain operations, raises a $15M round, bringing its total raised to more than $31M — San Francisco-based logistics data analytics startup ClearMetal announced it has raised $15 million in a fresh round of funding led …
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A group calling itself OurMine briefly compromised Facebook's Twitter and Instagram accounts, seemingly via a third-party service called Khoros — OurMine is taking credit for the hacks — Several of Facebook's Twitter and Instagram accounts were hijacked this evening …
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How predictive algorithms are increasingly being used to set police patrols, prison sentences, and probation rules in the US and Europe — Across the United States and Europe, software is making probation decisions and predicting whether teens will commit crime. Opponents want more human oversight.| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Automox raises $30M Series B for developing a platform to automate configuration, patching, management, and inventory of enterprise endpoints — The average cost of a data breach is nearly $4 million, and yet 74% of companies say they can't patch vulnerabilities quickly enough because they lack the necessary staff.
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Vineti, a company that makes software for cell and gene therapy firms, raises $35M Series C, led by Cardinal Health, with participation from Novartis and others — The company said it plans to expand into new supply chains for advanced therapeutics in addition to cell and gene therapies … | Patricia Nilsson / Financial Times: |
LexisNexis Risk Solutions, part of RELX, agrees to buy Arizona-based Emailage, which uses machine learning to help clients detect fraud; source says for ~$480M — Relx is to buy Arizona-based Emailage for about $480m, as the UK-listed information and analytic group deepens its push into the fraud prevention sector.
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