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Google scraps plans for its mobile-first banking service Plex; sources say the move follows April departure of a Google Pay exec who championed the project — Tech giant had partnered with Citigroup and other banks on ‘Plex’ accounts that would sync with Google Pay
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| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Coinbase says a threat actor stole cryptocurrency from 6,000 customers between March and May 20 using a vulnerability in its SMS multi-factor authentication — Crypto exchange Coinbase disclosed that a threat actor stole cryptocurrency from 6,000 customers after using a vulnerability to bypass …
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| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Senators grilled Facebook exec Antigone Davis at a hearing about Instagram's impact on teens and were frustrated by her reticence to answer questions directly — Last night, Facebook published two annotated slide decks in an attempt to contextualize the documents that the Wall Street Journal published …
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Sources: emergency meetings continue inside Facebook amid WSJ expose, as some research staff decry Facebook's public response in group chats — The social network has been all hands on deck as it grapples with revelations that it knew the harmful effects its Instagram photo-sharing app was having on teenagers.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft details Office 2021 features and pricing ahead of Oct. 5 release: Office Home and Student will cost $150 and Office Home and Business will cost $250 — Microsoft is launching Office 2021 on October 5th, and the company is finally detailing the features and pricing today.
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple rolls out iOS 15.0.1 and iPadOS 15.0.1, with bug fixes for multiple issues, including Unlock with Apple Watch on iPhone 13 — One week after the release of the iPhone 13 and iOS 15, Apple is rolling out a bug fix update with some notable improvements. iOS 15..1 and iPadOS 15..1 …
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| Sean Lyngaas / CNN: |
President Biden to convene a 30-country meeting this month to try to ramp up global efforts to address the ransomware threat — (CNN)The White House will convene a 30-country meeting this month to try to ramp up global efforts to address the threat of ransomware to economic and national security …
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| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
DeFi staking protocol Compound's founder threatens to doxx users to IRS if they don't return $90M worth of tokens mistakenly sent due to a bug — - About $90 million has mistakenly gone out to users of popular DeFi staking protocol Compound and the founder is begging users to voluntary return the tokens.
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| Joyce Lee / Reuters: |
South Korean ISP sues Netflix over costs for traffic surge from hit shows, after a court said Netflix should “reasonably” pay ISPs for network usage — South Korean Internet service provider SK Broadband has sued Netflix (NFLX.O) to pay for costs from increased network traffic …
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| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Vareto, which makes software to help companies with financial planning, raises $4.2M seed led by Menlo Ventures and $20M Series A led by GV — Vareto, a startup aiming to help companies conduct more forward-looking financial planning and analysis, is coming out of stealth today with $24 million in total funding.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
Google announces a $1M sponsorship for Linux Foundation's Secure Open Source, a new pilot program to enhance the security of critical open source projects — Google has announced today a $1 million sponsorship for a new pilot program aimed at enhancing the security of critical open source software projects.
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Tweets: @infernosec and @mrisher
| The Markup: |
A look at the $12B location data industry, including how collectors, aggregators, and marketplaces monetize user data — A huge but little-known industry has cropped up around monetizing people's movements — Companies that you likely have never heard of are hawking access to the location history on your mobile phone.
Tweets: @jonkeegan, @seanodiggity, @torproject, @harpermitchell, @dangillmor, @darakerr, and @brendannyhan
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Biden administration is considering ways to impose bank-like regulation on stablecoin issuers, including prodding them to register as banks — Move would aim to address concerns that the digital currency could fuel financial panics — WASHINGTON—The Biden administration …
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Tweets: @brianbrooksus, @vtg2, @ldrogen, @timdraper, @amacker, and @amacker
| Stephanie Chan / Sensor Tower Blog: |
Global consumer spending on mobile apps reached $33.6B in Q3 2021, up 15.1% YoY, with App Store spending up 13.2% to $21.5B, and Play Store up 18.6% to $12.1B — Worldwide consumer spending and first-time installs of mobile apps climbed to $33.6 billion and 35.7 billion, respectively … | Steve Kovach / CNBC: |
Amazon's new PC game New World is a hit, with hundreds of thousands on Steam playing it at any given time, representing a leap for Amazon's gaming ambitions — - Amazon released a new video game for PCs this week called “New World.” — The game is already a smash hit … | Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
Retailer Neiman Marcus says it notified 4.6M customers that their personal info, including credit card numbers, may have been exposed in a May 2020 data breach — The retailer told 4.6 million customers their personal information including names and credit card data may have been affected| Matt Novak / Gizmodo: |
Slack says the service was down for many users worldwide since late Thursday afternoon due to a DNS issue — The workplace messaging app might not be restored until 5 p.m. ET on Friday for some people. — Alerts — It's not just you. Slack has been down for many people worldwide …
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| Kelly Sheridan / Dark Reading: |
PE firm Symphony Technology Group says it plans to merge McAfee Enterprise and FireEye Products into a single entity with nearly $2B in annual revenue — McAfee Enterprise and FireEye Products will merge into a single entity with nearly $2 billion in revenue following the close …
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