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| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Deep dive on the DarkSide ransomware gang, which pressures victims into paying via phone calls by affiliates, DDoS attacks, and threats of tipping short sellers — The FBI confirmed this week that a relatively new ransomware group known as DarkSide is responsible for an attack … | Bloomberg: |
US agrees to remove Xiaomi from blacklist which could have restricted American investment in the company, following Xiaomi's lawsuit earlier this year — - U.S. to vacate order designating company as military-linked — Xiaomi had sued U.S. government following the Trump order| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
Researcher discovers a series of vulnerabilities, known as Frag Attacks, impacting Wi-Fi devices from the past 24 years, even when WEP and WPA are activated — A Belgian security researcher has discovered a series of vulnerabilities that impact the WiFi standard, with some bugs dating …
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FragAttacks, 9to5Mac, Engadget, Mathy Vanhoef, PhD, GitHub, gHacks Technology News, SecurityWeek, Wi-Fi Alliance, ZDNet, and The Register
Tweets: @therecord_media, @freebsdhelp, and @vickerysec
| The Coinbase Blog: |
Coinbase to ban pay negotiations in hiring and will offer the same pay to new hires in the same position and location; top performers to still get “multipliers” — Coinbase is always evolving. In the last year, we've grown our headcount by 100%, hired in 6 new countries …
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Protocol, Insider, Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At, and Cryptonews
| Anna Cooban / Insider: |
WhatsApp details the experience for those who don't agree to its new privacy policy, including losing access to calls, messages, and notifications — - WhatsApp will eventually stop users sending and receiving messages if they refuse a new privacy policy. — If users do not agree to the policy …
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WhatsApp FAQ, ZDNet, TNW, techadvisor.com, MUO, WhatsApp FAQ, SiliconANGLE, Gizmodo, Social Media Today, The Indian Express, The Guardian, India Today, Moneycontrol, BGR India, Times of India, and 9to5Mac
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| Maya Gebeily / Reuters: |
Instagram and Twitter apologize for deleting pro-Palestine posts, blaming technical errors, but critics say their “discriminatory” algorithms are to blame — Instagram and Twitter have blamed technical errors for deleting posts mentioning the possible eviction of Palestinians …
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VICE, Access Now, ARTICLE 19, Insider, RT, Associated Press, and Gizmodo
| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Bird agrees to go public via a SPAC, at an implied value of around $2.3B; the deal includes a $160M investment led by Fidelity — The E-scooter company will ride its way to the New York Stock Exchange.
Tweets: @mylesudland
| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Apple says that ~1M new apps and ~1M app updates were rejected in 2020, 470,000+ developer accounts were terminated over fraud concerns, and more — - Apple said it rejected almost 1 million apps that were submitted to its App Store for the first time in 2020.
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Apple, CNET, TechRadar, MacRumors, ZDNet, phonearena.com, Neowin, Daring Fireball, Patently Apple, 9to5Mac, Digital Trends, iMore, AppleInsider, and Protocol
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
YouTube plans to pay $100M to top creators on YouTube Shorts, its TikTok competitor, through 2022, starting in the next few months in the US and India — YouTube is giving its TikTok competitor, YouTube Shorts, an injection of cash to help it better compete with rivals.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Cycode, which focuses on helping enterprises secure their DevOps pipelines, raises $20M Series A led by Insight Partners, bringing its total raised to $24.6M — Israeli security startup Cycode, which specializes in helping enterprises secure their DevOps pipelines and prevent code tampering …
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SiliconANGLE, SecurityWeek, VentureBeat, CTech, FinSMEs, and Business Wire
| Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal: |
Amazon wins appeal over $300M EU tax bill, as EU court annuls a 2017 decision, saying regulators had failed to prove that the company got an illegal advantage — Ruling deals a setback to EU competition chief who is seeking to rein in U.S. tech giants — Amazon. com Inc. struck a new blow …
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| MK Manoylov / The Block: |
eBay says it will allow NFTs to be sold on its platform and will add new “capabilities” for blockchain-driven collectibles in the coming months — The online sales platform eBay is now permitting the sale of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for digital collectibles.
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| Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
GitHub adds security key support for SSH Git operations, as it continues its plan to remove password support for Git operations later this year — Support has been added to bolster defense against account compromise. — GitHub has announced support for security keys to prevent account compromise in SSH Git operations.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Vinted, an online marketplace for used clothes and home goods, raises €250M Series F led by EQT Growth at a €3.5B valuation — The circular economy — where consumers themselves are both the suppliers and buyers of goods and services — has come into its own in the last year … | Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: |
Panaseer, whose platform helps companies correlate data from all available security tools to check assets, control gaps, and more, raises $26M Series B — Panaseer, which takes a data science approach to cybersecurity, has raised $26.5 million in a Series B funding led by AllegisCyber Capital.
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Unity reports Q1 revenue of $234.8M, up 41% YoY, and raised full year guidance by $50M, but maintained that Apple's IDFA would reduce 2021 revenue by $30M — Unity Technologies reported today that revenues for the first quarter ended March 31 hit $234.8 million, up 41% from the same quarter a year ago.
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AppleInsider, Unity Technologies, iMore, and PC Games Insider
Tweets: @bensun0 and @evergreen_cap
| Reuters: |
SoftBank reports Q4 Vision Fund profit of $37B and Group net profit of $45.88B, due to good stock performance of portfolio companies Coupang and Uber — SoftBank Group Corp (9984.T) on Wednesday reported a record 4.03 trillion yen ($37 billion) Vision Fund unit profit from a fourth-quarter gain on Coupang … | Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
Zigbee Alliance renames as Connectivity Standards Alliance and unveils Matter, an interoperable connectivity standard to ship in smart home devices this year — An industry alliance sponsored by Apple, Google, Amazon and other tech companies will begin certifying smart home devices later this year …
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MacRumors, iMore, Business Wire, Stacey on IoT, Engadget, Gizmodo, ZDNet, iThinkDifferent, TechHive, AppleInsider, MacDailyNews, 9to5Mac, The Verge, Business Wire, and Pixel Envy
Tweets: @andrewgirdwood, @bfrancis, @this_justintech, @interbrand, @glynmoody, and @stshank
| Tripp Mickle / Wall Street Journal: |
Google says it plans to double the size of its team studying AI ethics in the coming years, as it looks to strengthen the group battered by recent controversies — CEO will boost operating budget of team tasked with evaluating code and product to avert discrimination and other problems
Tweets: @_jack_poulson, @alexhanna, @carissaveliz, @zeerakw, @_alialkhatib, @mer__edith, @edroso, @hughhewitt, @zoeschiffer, @parismarx, @taliaringer, @timnitgebru, and @lizthegrey
| Riley de León / CNBC: |
Online mortgage service Better.com to go public via a SPAC merger with Aurora Acquisition Corp. at $7.7B valuation; deal includes $1.5B SoftBank-led investment — - Digital mortgage lender Better will make its market debut by merging with Aurora Acquisition Corp., valuing the company at $7.7 billion.
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The Real Deal New York, HousingWire, MarketWatch, Mortgage Professional America, Bloomberg, Reuters, National Mortgage News, Wall Street Journal, FinLedger, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @betterdotcom and @alex
| Erika Kinetz / Associated Press: |
Investigation: an army of fake bots covertly amplify Chinese propaganda on Twitter by retweeting posts from diplomats and state media tens of thousands of times — BRUSSELS (AP) — China's ruling Communist Party has opened a new front in its long, ambitious war to shape global public opinion: Western social media.
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euronews and Washington Examiner
Tweets: @mareikeohlberg, @ekinetz, @ap, @writesrights, @stormmela, @m_schliebs, @wyattreed13, and @rainsysam. Thanks:@thekenyeung
| Michael Holden / Reuters: |
UK unveils Online Safety Bill which would fine social media firms up to 10% of revenue or £18M if they fail to address online abuses such as racist hate crimes — LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Wednesday a planned new law would see social media companies fined up to 10% of turnover …
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BBC, GOV.UK, The Guardian, Telegraph, Ofcom, The Guardian, The Sun, Bloomberg, Gizmodo, and cityam.com
Tweets: @peterwalker99 and @peterwalker99
| Wall Street Journal: |
Uber and Lyft will offer free rides to and from US vaccination sites until July 4, partnering with the Biden administration, which is providing site data — New transportation partnership comes as Biden administration explores ways to encourage people to get vaccinated
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The White House, CNN, Uber Newsroom, Lyft, BBC, Mashable, Wired, SlashGear, TechCrunch, Engadget, Insider, CNBC, Axios, MUO, PCMag, and New York Post
Tweets: @kantrowitz, @bradsherman, @sabrinasiddiqui, @uber, @vogon, @uber, @reggievaitz, @dkhos, and @nathanstall
| Paul Sullivan / New York Times: |
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