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How Eric Schmidt is reinventing himself as the prime liaison between Silicon Valley and the US military — The former Google C.E.O. has reinvented himself as the prime liaison between Silicon Valley and the military-industrial complex. — In July 2016, Raymond Thomas …
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| Paul Karp / The Guardian: |
Australia's home affairs department data breach reveals personal details of 774,000 migrants and aspiring migrants, including the outcome of applications — Exclusive: Privacy experts say the breach in the SkillsSelect platform, which affects data going back to 2014, was ‘very serious’| Minghe Hu / South China Morning Post: |
Trustdata report: monthly active users of telecommuting and online education services in China were up 29% and 30.1% respectively in March from a year ago — Mobile data traffic volume for March jumped 39.3 per cent from the same period a year ago Monthly active users of telecommuting …
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researchers detail the increasingly prevalent LockBit ransomware, which may one day reach parity with other feared ransomware packages like Maze or Ryuk — You've probably never heard of LockBit, but that's likely to change. — Ransomware has emerged as one of the top threats facing large organizations …
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| Annie Musgrove / Tech.eu: |
Terra Quantum, a Switzerland-based startup developing algorithms for quantum computing, has raised a ~€10M round at a valuation of around €50M — Swiss quantum technology company Terra Quantum has raised about €10 million, with a company valuation at around €50 million.| William Gallagher / AppleInsider: |
How Apple relies on people like Mike Janicek, part of a vanishing breed of experts, for the manufacturing of products like Apple Watch and the unibody MacBook — Apple and all technology firms outsource work to around the globe, yet it's crucial that they keep key skills in America —and no one is training the new generation.
Tweets: @appleinsider
| Emily Birnbaum / Protocol: |
A look at TikTok's efforts to repair its reputation in DC, where Bytedance has spent $300K on lobbying in 2020 and has hired former Internet Association chief — For hundreds of millions of fans around the world, TikTok is the place to go for videos of dancing celebrities, cooking advice and teenage hormones on overdrive.
Tweets: @protocol, @birnbaum_e, and @issielapowsky
| Yujie Xue / South China Morning Post: |
Report: Huawei's HiSilicon overtakes Qualcomm as China's top smartphone processor supplier; Qualcomm's market share fell from ~38% YoY in Q4 to ~33% YoY in Q1 — Huawei's secretive chip unit shipped slightly more smartphone processor shipments in the latest quarter despite the coronavirus pandemic … | FinSMEs: |
Salt Lake City-based Vutiliti, whose data monitoring tech helps energy utilities reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase efficiency, raises ~$12M Series A — Vutiliti, a Salt Lake City, Utah-based smart utility monitoring company, raised $11.75m in Series A funding.
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| Miles Kruppa / Financial Times: |
Many Silicon Valley startups are announcing job cuts and spending freezes to prove they can be disciplined about costs to would-be investors amid the pandemic — Balance of power shifts back to investors as founders look to bolster balance sheets — As one of Silicon Valley's hottest start-ups …
Tweets: @rajit_h and @daveleeft
| John Koetsier / Forbes: |
According to a Startup Genome survey of 45 countries, nearly three-quarters of startups have laid off full-time employees due to the COVID-19 crisis — Three quarters of startups have laid off full-time employees due to COVID-19, according to a Startup Genome survey of 45 countries.
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| Christine Hall / Crunchbase News: |
Denver-based Josh.ai, whose hardware and AI-powered software helps people with large homes manage dozens of smart home devices, raises $11M Series A — Many houses today are connected to some kind of device, such as Amazon's Alexa or Google Home, but for bigger houses with dozens of rooms …
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