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Hackers say they breached Verkada, accessing feeds and archives of 150K surveillance cameras inside clinics, police precincts, jails, schools, Tesla facilities — - Hacker group says it wanted to show prevalence of surveillance — Video footage was captured from Sequoia-backed startup Verkada| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Dropbox announces plans to acquire secure document sharing startup DocSend for $165M; DocSend had raised $15.3M and has 17K customers — Dropbox announced today that it plans to acquire DocSend for $165 million The company helps customers share and track documents by sending a secure link instead of an attachment.
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| Drew FitzGerald / Wall Street Journal: |
In a privacy policy update, T-Mobile says it will automatically enroll all subscribers in an ad program informed by their online activity, starting on April 26 — Wireless carrier tells subscribers it could share their browsing, app data and other online activity with advertisers unless they opt out
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Google adds features to Chrome OS including Phone Hub, which lets Android users control aspects of their phones, like replying to texts, from their Chromebooks — Chrome OS is getting a bunch of new features to celebrate 10 years — Google is marking 10 years of Chromebooks by unveiling new features for Chrome OS today.
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with Kayvon Beykpour, Twitter's head of consumer product, on focusing on growth, deciding what to prioritize, paying for tweets, Clubhouse, and more — Twitter recently announced that it's going to be building a lot of new things into its product: there's Twitter Spaces …
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| Sidney Fussell / Wired: |
Current and former tech workers of color say companies' “diversity theater” and pledges of support provide cover for hypocritical actions by their superiors — Companies pledged money and support for people of color. But some say they still face a hostile work environment for speaking out or simply doing their jobs.
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| Noah Smith / Noahpinion: |
Q&A with Stripe's Patrick Collison on the future of technology, speeding up innovation, how research funding can be reformed, US-China competition, and more — In addition to being a friend and a Noahpinion subscriber, Patrick Collison is one of the world's most successful founder-CEOs.
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| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
In an interview, Mark Zuckerberg discusses AR/VR and says that by 2030, he expects people with smart glasses to “teleport” to locations for in-person meetings — - Mark Zuckerberg said on Monday that by 2030, people could use advanced smart glasses to “teleport” to other people's homes …
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| Politico: |
Sources: Biden plans to nominate Lina Khan, a legal scholar championed by anti-Big Tech activists who wrote “Amazon's Antitrust Paradox”, as an FTC commissioner — DRIVING THE DAY — FIRST IN PLAYBOOK — President JOE BIDEN has decided to nominate LINA KHAN …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google will make it free for hotels and travel companies to appear in hotel booking links on google.com/travel, after doing the same for Shopping and Flights — Last year, Google made a significant change to its Google Shopping destination by making it free for e-commerce retailers to sell on Google …
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| Chris O'Brien / Sifted: |
Leading French startup association files a privacy complaint against Apple alleging that the latest iOS is collecting users' data without their permission — The allegations would seem to contradict not just Apple's image as a privacy-friendly company, but also the widespread praise iOS 14 has received
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| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Google TV adds support for kids profiles with kid-friendly recommendations, screen-time limits, and parental controls, starting in the US this month — You get fun designs, kid-friendly recommendations, and screen-time limits. — It sure sounds like Google is recommitting to the TV space with Google TV …
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| Issie Lapowsky / Protocol: |
How Facebook, Twitter, Google, and other tech giants let their work on domestic terrorism threats, like QAnon, lag behind foreign threats, like ISIS — On a Friday in August 2017 — years before a mob of armed and very-online extremists took over the U.S. Capitol — a young Black woman … | Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sonos introduces Roam, a $169 portable speaker, now available for preorder; Sonos also sets a goal of $2.25B in annual revenue by FY 2024 — - CEO sees potential for company in car, headphone markets — Company introduces new Roam portable speaker at $169
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| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Pipe, which helps SaaS companies turn their monthly or quarterly subscriptions into upfront cash flow, raises $50M — A little over one year ago, Pipe raised a $6 million seed round led by Craft Ventures to help it pursue its mission of giving SaaS companies a funding alternative outside of equity or venture debt.| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
Investing app M1 Finance, which says it has surpassed $3.5B in assets under management, raises $75M Series D; CEO says they have yet to use money from Series C — Months after raising a Series C worth $45 million, Chicago-based M1 Finance announced a new round of capital today.
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Source: 800+ Amazon staffers are now working on its voice command-enabled home robot with multiple cameras, codenamed Vesta, that's the size of “two small cats” — - Over 800 people are now working on Amazon's secretive “Vesta” home robot project.
Tweets: @chillmage, @lexnfx, and @eugenekim222
| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
Dutch and Belgian police say they shut down Sky ECC, a messaging service allegedly popular with criminals, after infiltrating it in Feb, leading to 100+ arrests — Law enforcement agencies from the Netherlands and Belgium have shut down today Sky ECC, a company that provided … | Packy McCormick / Not Boring: |
A deep dive into the history of Excel, how it inspired early no-code practitioners of programming, its impact on B2B SaaS market and lessons from its resilience — The Spreadsheet That Launched A Million Companies … This week's Not Boring is brought to you by ... Michael Bolton
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Coinbase shares were privately traded at $350 last week, giving the company a ~$90B valuation — - Cryptocurrency exchange's shares privately traded at $350 each — Direct listing this month is set to be big first for Nasdaq — Coinbase Global Inc. shares changed hands …
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| Michael McSweeney / The Block: |
Ripple says its partnership with MoneyGram has ended; MoneyGram suspended its use of Ripple's platform in February amid SEC's lawsuit against Ripple — Distributed ledger company Ripple said Monday that its partnership with money transfer firm Moneygram is coming to an end.| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
SeekOut, which helps recruiters find diverse talent, raises $65M Series B, valuing it at ~$500M, says 6 of the 10 top US companies are among its ~500 customers — Most companies claim they want a diverse staff but at the same time, complain they don't know how to go about recruiting more diverse candidates.| James Cridland / Podnews podcasting news: |
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