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July 4, 2021, 1:35 AM

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Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer:

REvil is pushing ransomware via an update for Kaseya's IT management software, hitting hundreds of managed service providers with thousands of customers — A massive REvil ransomware attack affects multiple managed service providers and their clients through a reported Kaseya supply-chain attack.

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Trevor Hunnicutt / Reuters:

President Biden says he has directed US intelligence agencies to investigate the Kaseya ransomware attack and adds “we're not certain” who is behind the attack — President Joe Biden said on Saturday he has directed U.S. intelligence agencies to investigate who was behind …

More: ABC, Axios, Voice of America, and The Hill. Tweets: @randahabib

Catalin Cimpanu / The Record:

Coop, one of Sweden's largest supermarket chains, shuts down nearly all of its 800 stores after one of its contractors was hit in the Kaseya ransomware attack — Coop, one of Sweden's largest supermarket store chains, has shut down nearly 800 stores across the country after one of its contractors …

More: Reuters, BBC, Newser, BleepingComputer, and CRN

Tweets: @gossithedog, @campuscodi, @bgroothuis, @ciaranmartinoxf, and @janlemnitzer

Andrew Hayward / Decrypt:

E-sports collective FaZe Clan denies that it participated in the alleged pump-and-dump of Save the Kids coin, drops and suspends players who promoted the coin — FaZe Clan, one of the most popular esports organizations competing across multiple games, came under fire lately for allegations …

More: Insider, Eurogamer.net, Engadget, thegamer.com, and CryptoSlate. Tweets: @fazeclan

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:

Google removes nine Play Store apps, including PIP Photo with 5.8M+ downloads, after researchers find the apps were stealing users' Facebook login credentials — Researchers uncovered 9 apps that used a sneaking method to pilfer credentials. — Google has given the boot to nine Android apps downloaded …

More: Dr.Web, Gizmodo, phonearena.com, BGR, The Hacker News, Tech Times, and Slashdot

Tweets: @howtomen, @m0br3v, and @pcampisi14

Austen Goslin / Polygon:

Riot Games, maker of League of Legends, releases an album of lo-fi beats, letting gamers stream their sessions with music without fear of DMCA copyright strikes — Vi from League of Legends stars in an animated video about relaxing — Riot Games' latest music project is an album of chill lo-fi beats for players to relax/game to.

More: Gizmodo, Bloomberg, and YouTube

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Filing: Talkdesk, a developer of cloud-based customer service software, raises up to $210M Series D at a $10B valuation; it was last valued at $3B+ in July 2020

Tweets: @strictlyvc and @amir

Anuja Vaidya / MedCity News:

Tendo, which aims to build an OpenTable-like service for healthcare to digitize the entire patient care journey, raises $50M Series B at a valuation of $550M

Source: Business Wire. More: Philadelphia Business Journal, Technical.ly Philly, and MobiHealthNews

Mercedes Ruehl / Financial Times:

Dealogic: tech M&A activity in SE Asia hit $19B in H1 2021, up 114% YoY, and is forecast to reach a record $75B in 2021, up from $17B in 2020 and $23B in 2019

MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC:

As Bitcoin miners drop off the network due to the crackdown in China, the algorithm adjusts mining difficulty down 28% to make the process more profitable

More: Decrypt, Slashdot, Finbold, and Forbes

Tweets: @kenziesigalos and @bitcoinbroski

Mark Kleinman / Sky News:

Sources: Revolut is in talks to raise between $750M to $1B from SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 and others at a valuation of over $30B

Tweets: @markkleinmansky

Andrea Park / FierceBiotech:

HealthVerity, a data management provider helping clinicians and pharmaceutical and insurance companies manage health info of patients, raises $100M Series D

More: FinSMEs, Business Wire, SecurityWeek, and Philadelphia Business Journal

Ariane de Vogue / CNN:

Justices Gorsuch and Thomas call for review of a 1964 SCOTUS ruling that made it harder for public figures to claim libel, citing disinformation on social media

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Gabriel Geiger / VICE:

Norway passes law requiring ads and sponsored posts that use manipulated images of body parts be labeled; King of Norway will decide when it goes into effect

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Dot Esports:

Sources: US DOJ has opened an antitrust inquiry into Overwatch League's soft salary cap for teams, which in 2020 equaled $1.6M, as players are not unionized

More: PC Gamer, dexerto.com, Kotaku, and Blue's News. Tweets: @jacobwolf

Stephen Nellis / Reuters:

Interview with Qualcomm's new CEO Cristiano Amon, who says it plans to license Nuvia's designs to cloud computing companies that want to build their own chips

Lauren Feiner / CNBC:

Broadcom settles with the FTC, which charged the company with alleged illegal monopolization of the market for chips used in set top boxes and broadband devices

More: Engadget, Federal Trade Commission, Gizmodo, Bloomberg, Agence France-Presse, The Hill, Slashdot, CNN, Silicon Valley Business …, The Verge, 9to5Mac, and Reuters

Tom Krazit / Protocol:

IBM President Jim Whitehurst to step down less than two years after being elevated to the position and three years after IBM acquired his company Red Hat

More: IBM, Financial Times, CRN, TechCrunch, EnterpriseAI, The Register, TechSpot, SiliconANGLE, Channel Futures, and CNBC

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Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:

OnePlus says it is merging codebases of OxygenOS and Oppo's ColorOS, and commits to 3 years of Android updates; OxygenOS will remain the “global” OS for OnePlus

More: OnePlus Community, mobilesyrup.com, Engadget, Gizchina, TechRadar, Pocketnow, OSnews, TalkAndroid.com, Neowin, ScreenRant, Android Central, Ars Technica, The Verge, Thurrott, Android Police, Droid Life, GSMArena.com, SlashGear, Phandroid, and phonearena.com

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