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| Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian: |
WhatsApp CEO says they had recorded an attack against 1,400 users over a two-week period in 2019, casting doubts on NSO's defense against Pegasus project claims — Will Cathcart claims government officials around the world among 1,400 WhatsApp users targeted in 2019
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| Kim Zetter / Zero Day: |
Uncertainty about the nature of the list of 50K potential Pegasus targets created confusion and controversy, but doesn't negate the investigation's key findings — A series of blockbuster stories published this week around a leaked list of 50,000 phone numbers have created confusion …
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| Sami Fathi / MacRumors: |
Mark Gurman: Face ID on the Mac is likely coming within a couple of years, and all iPhones and iPads will transition to Face ID within that timeframe, too — Apple plans to bring Face ID to the Mac within the next “couple of years,” respected Bloomberg journalist Mark Gurman said today in the latest edition of his Power On newsletter.
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| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Blizzard president calls sexual harassment lawsuit “extremely troubling” in internal memo while a VP says it presents a “distorted and untrue” view of company — Blizzard president J. Allen Brack called the allegations ‘extremely troubling.’| Bloomberg: |
In a blow to the edtech sector, China orders tutoring companies teaching the school curriculum to go non-profit, bans them from IPOs and raising foreign capital — - After-school tutors can't raise capital or float shares — Sweeping curbs will up-end a once-thriving, big-money sector
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| Bloomberg: |
Canadian auto parts supplier Magna has agreed to buy Veoneer, which develops advanced driver-assistance systems for autonomous vehicles, for $3.8B in cash — - Veoneer shares slumped following spinoff by Autoliv in 2018 — Offer represents a 57% premium to closing price Thursday
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| Che Pan / South China Morning Post: |
Chinese chip manufacturer Tsinghua Unigroup, which is saddled with ~$30.8B in liabilities, is seeking a huge bailout from investors amid bankruptcy proceedings — Unigroup requires a strategic investor with minimum total assets worth US$7.7 billion or US$3.1 billion in minimum net assets … | New York Times: |
A look at FTX, Binance, BitMEX, and their once North America-based founders, who run exchanges for highly-leveraged crypto derivatives trading outside the US — A new generation of industry leaders has set up offshore trading exchanges largely beyond the reach of American regulators.
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| Bloomberg: |
Mobile game publisher Jam City is no longer going public via a SPAC merger, announced in May, that would have valued the company at $1.2B — Mobile entertainment company Jam City Inc. has called off its plan to go public through a combination with a blank-check firm that would have valued the combined company at $1.2 billion.
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Business Wire and Los Angeles Business Journal
| Omar Faridi / Crowdfund Insider: |
AuthenticID, which offers AI-based identity proofing and verification to help businesses fight fraud, raises $100M from Long Ridge Equity Partners — - Twitter- Facebook- LinkedIn- Pinterest- Reddit- HackerNews- Telegram- Weibo- Email- Print- Subscribe — AuthenticID recently announced …
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Business Wire and Seattle Business Journal
| Christine Hall / TechCrunch: |
Lev, which wants to automate commercial real estate financing, raises $30M Series A at a $130M valuation, after raising a $10M seed round four months ago — Commercial real estate has been slow to embrace technology; though it has an addressable financing market of more than $40 billion …
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FinSMEs, PR Newswire, Commercial Observer, The Real Deal New York, and AlleyWatch. Tweets: @nfx
| Ashwin Rodrigues / VICE: |
A look at the presence of crypto in hip-hop culture, beginning as early as 2013, including meme songs, rapper Nas's Coinbase investment, and illicit ICOs — Nas made a fortune with his Coinbase investment. Soulja Boy claims to be the first to make a song about Bitcoin. Big Sean is sending your girl Doge.
Tweets: @shwinyo, @sirmichaelrocks, and @vice
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