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DarkSide, the group behind the pipeline attack, claims it wants to make money, not cause “problems for society”, and it'll add “moderation” to picking targets — - A hacker group called DarkSide is behind the cyberattack on Colonial Pipeline that shut down a major oil pipeline over the weekend.
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Colonial Pipeline, which carries 45% of fuel consumed on the US East Coast, says it halted operations due to a ransomware attack — Colonial Pipeline carries roughly 45% of gasoline and diesel fuel consumed on the East Coast — The main pipeline carrying gasoline and diesel fuel …
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| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Facebook says it's testing a prompt that encourages users to open unread articles before sharing them, about a year after Twitter debuted a similar prompt — The new pop-up is being tested starting today — Facebook has announced on Twitter that it will start testing a pop-up that asks users …
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| Ian Hamilton / UploadVR: |
Sources: Sony's next-gen VR headset for PlayStation 5 will have improved resolution of 2000×2040 per eye, inside-out tracking, foveated rendering, and more — Sony's next-generation VR headset for PlayStation 5 has significantly higher resolution, inside-out tracking, a vibration motor …
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| Issie Lapowsky / Protocol: |
AGs from 44 states urge Facebook to abandon plans to launch a version of Instagram for kids under 13, citing research about the harm social media can cause kids — In a letter sent to Mark Zuckerberg Monday, attorneys general from 44 states urged the Facebook CEO to abandon plans to launch a version of Instagram for kids under 13.
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| Ben Bergman / dot.LA: |
Docs show that Bird is preparing to go public via a SPAC merger at $2.3B valuation; Bird expects to trim adjusted EBITDA loss to $96M in 2021 vs. $183M in 2020 — Bird Rides, the Santa-Monica e-scooter company that was once a startup darling but saw ridership plunge during the pandemic …
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| The Verge: |
A county-by-county map of the broadband gap in the US shows how lack of fiber stifles economic activity in poor counties which in turn results in disinvestment — A county-by-county look at the broadband gap — If broadband access was a problem before 2020, the pandemic turned it into a crisis.
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| Joyce Lee / Reuters: |
South Korea's Kakao Entertainment acquires US-based online comic app Tapas for $510M and serialized fiction app Radish for $440M — SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's Kakao Entertainment Corp said on Tuesday it was acquiring U.S.-based online comic app Tapas and serialized fiction app Radish …
| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
Roblox reports Q1 revenue grew 140% YoY to $387M, DAUs rose 79% YoY to 42.1M, and users spent 9.7B hours on the platform, up 98% YoY; stock up 5%+ after hours — - In Q1, Roblox reported a loss per share of 46 cents, the company reported on Wednesday. — It also brought in $387 million of revenue.
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| Eric Lipton / New York Times: |
Overview of the major uptick in spending on lobbying in the US by crypto organizations like Coinbase, Ripple, and trade groups like the Blockchain Association — Companies behind digital currencies are rushing to hire well-connected lobbyists, lawyers and consultants as the battle over how to regulate them intensifies.
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| Ken Dilanian / NBC News: |
Officials say the DHS has started building a warning system to gather and analyze intelligence about domestic terrorism threats from public social media posts — WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security has begun implementing a strategy to gather and analyze intelligence … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Zencargo, which helps companies organize and track movements of items via its freight forwarding platform, raises $42M Series B led by Digital+ Partners — While consumers and businesses continue to use their purchasing power to spin the wheels of the globalized economy …
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| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
Cloud stocks plunge to six-month low, with Snowflake among the worst performers, closing at $193.82, down from about $314 in mid February — - An index of cloud software stocks dropped for the seventh day in eight days, reaching its lowest since November. — Investors have been moving … | Bloomberg: |
Ethos, whose platform allows customers to shop for and secure life insurance policies online, raises $200M led by General Catalyst at a $2B+ valuation — - $200 million round by General Catalyst, Sequoia, Accel, GV — Jay-Z, Will Smith, Robert Downey Jr. also invest in Ethos
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