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Source: Eric Schmidt left his role as technical advisor to Alphabet in February, ending his 19-year tenure at Google — Schmidt exited as a technical advisor at Google parent company Alphabet in February. — Eric Schmidt, who drove Google's transformation from Silicon Valley start-up to global titan …
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ShinyHunters claims to have stolen 500GB+ of data from Microsoft's private GitHub repositories; Microsoft says it is investigating the claims — A hacker claims to have stolen over 500GB of data from Microsoft's private GitHub repositories, BleepingComputer has learned.
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Hacker group ShinyHunters claims it has breached ten companies, including dating app Zoosk, and is selling their 73M+ user records on a dark web marketplace — Hacker group “ShinyHunters” is selling the data of 10 companies on a dark web cybercrime marketplace.| Art Raymond / Deseret News: |
CEO of surveillance firm Banjo resigns after a report last month that he was once a neo-Nazi and was involved in the drive-by shooting of a synagogue — PARK CITY — Embattled event detection tech firm Banjo announced Friday that the company's current CEO and founder, Damien Patton … | Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Microsoft starts rolling out a new Reply All Storm Protection feature to Office 365 customers that lets IT staff detect and stop Reply-All email storms — Redmond adds protection against massive “Reply-All” email storms after suffering two internal incidents in 2019 and 2020.
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| Jon Caramanica / New York Times: |
Instagram Live has become the definitive medium of quarantine for rappers, producers, DJs, and other artists, with hip-hop stars leading the way — The pandemic halted in-person gatherings, but a new type of party was born on social media, with rap stars leading the charge.
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A number of cybersecurity companies form an alliance to offer free help to 87 hospitals and four national health services in Europe, with plans to expand to US — Cybersecurity companies and professionals are banding together to offer free digital defenses to hospitals that are being pummeled …
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| Annie Musgrove / Tech.eu: |
France-based Agicap, creator of a SaaS tool that helps companies manage and forecast their cash flows, raises €15M Series A led by Partech — French startup Agicap, creator of a SaaS tool for cash flow management, has raised €15 million in a round led by Partech …
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Treasury Prime, which is developing APIs to help banks automate and accelerate certain routine business processes, raises $9M Series A — Treasury Prime, a startup that built software tooling to help banks automate and accelerate routine tasks, announced today that it has closed a $9 million Series …
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| Yupu Li / Pandaily: |
China-based AI chipmaker Enflame raises $98.6M Series B led by Summitview Capital, with Tencent and others participating — China's cloud artificial intelligence-training platform Enflame Technology, backed by Tencent, raised RMB 700 million ($98.6 million) in Series B funding led …
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| Erin Brodwin / STAT: |
An overview of Amazon's efforts to fight COVID-19, from lending its staff expertise to funding research/clinical trials, and shipping at-home diagnostic tests — Shipping behemoth Amazon is increasingly throwing its weight into the pandemic response, sharing its staff's web and research design expertise … | Biz Carson / Protocol: |
Lime's new CEO Wayne Ting, who replaces co-founder Brad Bao, talks about Uber-led $170M investment, consolidating assets from Jump, and weathering the pandemic — Lime is receiving a much-need cash infusion from Uber and other investors as the scooter company attempts to reset its business amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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