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Facebook to launch a dedicated gaming app to let users create and watch live game streams, available on Android on Monday and on iOS when Apple approves it — Video games are surging in popularity in the pandemic. So Facebook is rolling out an app designed for creating and watching live gameplay.
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Hackers steal ~$25M worth of cryptocurrency from Lendf.Me, a dForce-based decentralized lending platform, likely using a well-known exploit of an Ethereum token — DForce, a Chinese decentralized finance protocol, today lost $25 million worth of its customers' cryptocurrency due to a well-known exploit of an Ethereum token.
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| Nour Haydar / ABC: |
Australia orders the creation of a mandatory code of conduct requiring platforms like Google and Facebook to pay media businesses for news content — The Federal Government has ordered the competition watchdog to develop a mandatory code of conduct to govern commercial dealings between tech giants and news media companies.
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| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Cloudflare debuts Is BGP Safe Yet, a site that checks if your ISP has added security protections and filtering that make Border Gateway Protocol less vulnerable — “Is BGP Safe Yet” is a new site that names and shames internet service providers who don't tend to their routing.
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| Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch: |
UK government announces a £250M Future Fund, to provide up to £5M of funding to qualifying high-growth companies, so they can remain viable through the pandemic — After mounting pressure from the U.K. tech startup ecosystem, and much debate, the British government today unveiled plans for a new …
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| Mara Hvistendahl / Wired: |
As Amazon and eBay crack down on listings for masks and PPE, suppliers, brokers, and even scammers are reaching out to prospective buyers via LinkedIn — With face masks and other protective gear in short supply, speculators and popup brokers are finding customers on LinkedIn.
Tweets: @marahvistendahl, @ourobororoboruo, @wired, and @chinalawtransl8
| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Alan, a SaaS startup for the private health insurance market in France, raises €50M Series C led by Temasek, bringing its total raised to €125M — French startup Alan has raised a $54.4 million (€50 million) Series C funding round. Temasek is leading the round with existing investors …
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| Gené Teare / Crunchbase News: |
Venture capital invested in startups worldwide in Q1 2020 is projected to be $63.8B, down from the previous quarter by 17% and down 8% YoY — Chronologically, the first quarter of 2020 began just over three months ago. But psychologically, it feels like a lifetime ago.
Tweets: @crunchbase, @crunchbase, and @crunchbase
| Sophie Shulman / CTech: |
Amid the pandemic, some Israeli tech companies have cut salaries by up to 40% and many have turned to repricing stock options as a means of retaining talent — With Israeli tech companies having to cut employees' salaries by up to 40%, many have turned to repricing stock options as a means of maintaining their talent| Sarah White / Reuters: |
Amazon says its six French warehouses will remain closed until after April 21, the date of its appeal of a court order to limit deliveries to “essential goods” — PARIS (Reuters) - Amazon (AMZN.O) will keep its six warehouses in France closed until at least April 22 after a stand-off … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Instagram founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger launch Rt.live, an up-to-date tracker of how fast COVID-19 is spreading in each US state — Instagram founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger have teamed up to launch their first product together since leaving the Facebook mothership.
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Rt: Effective Reproduction Number, NBC News, BGR, TechSpot, 9to5Mac, Digital Trends, SiliconANGLE, Gizmodo, The Verge, Bloomberg, Daring Fireball, Engadget, Beebom, ClickItorNot, and New York Post
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| FinSMEs: |
Parsyl, which uses an IoT supply chain data service to offer cargo insurance for shippers of perishable goods, raises $15M Series A led by GLP and Ascot Group — Parsyl, Inc., a Denver, CO-based supply chain data platform, raised 15m in Series A funding. — The round was led by GLP and Ascot Group.Sponsor Posts
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