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| Dana Priest / Washington Post: |
Investigation: Israel-based NSO Group's malware infected 23 phones belonging to government officials, reporters, execs, and activists, out of 67 checked — Dana Priest, a reporter at The Washington Post for 30 years, covers national security issues. Recently, she has investigated Russian …
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| Bill Marczak / @billmarczak: |
[Thread] Amnesty International and Citizen Lab found zero-click iMessage exploits being deployed against iPhones, even with iOS 14.6, to install malware — THREAD with a couple of interesting bits from @AmnestyTech's new report on what they learned from looking for NSO Group's spyware on phones https://www.amnesty.org/...
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| Washington Post: |
Of the 67 phones Amnesty's Security Lab probed, 34 were iPhones, of which 23 showed signs of a successful Pegasus infection and 11 showed attempts at infection — The text delivered last month to the iPhone 11 of Claude Mangin, the French wife of a political activist jailed in Morocco, made no sound.
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
US, NATO, and other allies collectively blame China for malicious cyberattacks, including a March attack that exploited a flaw in Microsoft's Exchange Server — The U.S., NATO and other allies are collectively calling out China for malicious cyberattacks, including a March attack that exploited a flaw in Microsoft's Exchange Server.
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consilium.europa.eu, GOV.UK, U.S. Department of Justice, The Record, CyberScoop, Bloomberg, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, The Register, BleepingComputer, Windows Central, PCMag, BBC, Thurrott, The Guardian, us-cert.cisa.gov, Engadget, Reuters, Financial Times, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, The Verge, Fortune, AppleInsider, The Hill, SecurityWeek, KnowTechie, and CNBC
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| GlobeNewswire News Room: |
Zoom says it will acquire Five9, which makes cloud-based call center software for sales, marketing, and support, in an all-stock deal valued at ~$14.7B — The combination of Zoom's robust communications platform with Five9's intelligent cloud contact center will enable organizations …
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| Maggie Fitzgerald / CNBC: |
Filing: Robinhood is looking to raise as much as $2.3B in its IPO and sets a range of $38-$42 per share at a valuation as high as $35B — (Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) … Robinhood is seeking a market valuation of as much as $35 billion …
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| Muvija M / Reuters: |
Tencent to buy British video game developer Sumo Games for $1.27B, a 43% premium on Sumo's Friday closing price — Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings (0700.HK) will buy video game company Sumo Group (SUMO.L) in a deal that values the British firm at 919 million pounds ($1.27 billion), the companies said on Monday.
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| Reuters: |
Filing: Duolingo plans to raise $485M+ in its IPO, sets a range of $85 to $95 per share at a valuation of up to $3.4B; Duolingo was last valued at $2.4B in Nov. — Language-learning app Duolingo Inc said on Monday it was aiming to be valued at up to $3.4 billion in its initial public offering in the United States.
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| Gian M. Volpicelli / Wired UK: |
Critics say NetBlocks, which monitors internet shutdowns, needs to be more transparent about its methods as some cast doubt on the reliability of its reports — NetBlocks has become a crucial source of truth in the era of internet shutdowns. But many are now questioning its methods
Tweets: @wired, @netblocks, @vulanemthembu, @anittatodayr, @wired, @ehundman, and @aaschapiro
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
India-based GlobalBees, which acquires small e-commerce brands and scales them, raises $150M Series A led by FirstCry, including $75M in equity and $75M in debt — The universe of Indian firms attempting to replicate Thrasio's success in the world's second largest internet market just got bigger.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Brisbane, Australia-based Go1, which provides curated online learning materials and tools to businesses, raises $200M Series D, at a valuation of $1B+ — Online learning continues to see a huge boost of attention and use in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, and today a startup building tools specifically …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Sources: LiveU, an Israel-based developer of live broadcasting and streaming tech used by 3K+ media organizations, to be acquired by PE firm Carlyle for $400M — Streaming is the name of the content game these days, and now one of the companies that builds tech to do this from anywhere in the world is getting acquired.| Shilpa Phadnis / Times of India: |
Blackstone is acquiring a majority stake in Bengaluru-based Simplilearn, which offers bootcamps for AI, ML, and more, for $250M, valuing the startup at $400M — BENGALURU: Blackstone is investing $250 million to acquire a majority stake in Bengaluru-based online digital skilling platform Simplilearn.
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| Guy Rosen / About Facebook: |
Facebook says their data shows a 50% decline in vaccine hesitancy among US users, refuting Biden's claim that it's “killing people” by allowing COVID-19 misinfo — At a time when COVID-19 cases are rising in America, the Biden administration has chosen to blame a handful of American social media companies.
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| Carl T. Bergstrom / @ct_bergstrom: |
| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Overview of short-form audio apps like Racket, Beams, and Quest that let users record and share voice clips, as Facebook aims to enter the space with Soundbites — “So I've identified a few metrics and KPIs that I'm going to start tracking in order to better my overall life experience,” …
Tweets: @ashleyrcarman
| Bliss Broyard / New York Times: |
A look at the state of community Wi-Fi providers in NYC, including NYC Mesh, a nonprofit covering ~800 households, which seeks to end the “telecom oligopoly” — NYC Mesh, a band of a few dozen tech volunteers, takes on Verizon and the big “incumbent providers,” with the promise of inexpensive community internet.
Tweets: @saschasegan, @blissbroyard, and @nytmetro
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