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Valve quietly updates Steam's rules to ban games “built on blockchain technology that issue or allow exchange of cryptocurrencies or NFTs” — Your move, Epic Games Store — Games that use blockchain technology or let users exchange NFTs or cryptocurrencies won't be allowed on Steam …
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| Zoe Schiffer / The Verge: |
Netflix fires a leader of the trans employee resource group who was organizing a walkout, for allegedly leaking metrics related to the Dave Chappelle special — The company suspects they leaked metrics about the Dave Chappelle special to the press — Netflix has fired a leader …
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Twitch downplays last week's hack, saying it had minimal impact and user login credentials, full credit card numbers, and bank information were not exposed — In an update regarding this month's security incident, Twitch downplayed the breach saying that it had minimal impact and only affected a small number of users.
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE: |
Seven former employees detail Twitch's 2014 hack that forced it to rebuild much of its code infrastructure, and that hack's knock-on effects — Former Twitch employees shared details of the hack the company suffered in 2014, and how the company's approach to security evolved after it.| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
A joint advisory by the FBI, NSA, CISA, and the EPA reveals three more ransomware attacks on water treatment plants this year in Nevada, Maine, and California — Ransomware gangs have silently hit three US water and wastewater treatment facilities this year, in 2021, the US government …
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| Aislinn Keely / The Block: |
CFTC files and settles charges against Tether and Bitfinex, ordering them to pay a total of $42.5M for making “untrue or misleading statements” about USDT — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) simultaneously filed and settled charges against Tether and Bitfinex today …
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| Kellen Browning / New York Times: |
Janneke Parrish, a leader of the #AppleToo movement, says she was fired for deleting files off her work devices before handing them over for an investigation — A leader of an activist movement within Apple said she was fired by the company on Thursday. — Janneke Parrish …
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| Chavi Mehta / Reuters: |
Jack Dorsey says Square is considering building an open source Bitcoin miner, using custom silicon, for individuals and businesses — Square Inc (SQ.N) Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey said on Friday the fintech firm is looking to build a bitcoin mining system based on custom silicon …
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| Pjotr Sauer / The Guardian: |
Moscow introduces Face Pay in its metro system, which Russia says is the world's first mass-scale facial recognition payment system, across 240 stations — Campaigners say Face Pay, launched in over 240 stations, is ‘dangerous step’ in efforts to control population
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| William Turton / Bloomberg: |
US Treasury says there was $590M in suspicious activity related to ransomware in H1 2021, exceeding the entire amount in 2020, when $416M was reported — Suspicious activity reports related to ransomware jumped significantly in 2021, according to the U.S. Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.
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BleepingComputer, The Record, CNET, The Verge, The Hill, PYMNTS.com, and CoinDesk
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Spot AI, which makes software that can search through video footage, raises $22M, including a $20M Series A led by Redpoint Ventures — Security cameras, for better or for worse, are part and parcel of how many businesses monitor spaces in the workplace for security or operational reasons.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
AiDash, which lets power utilities and energy companies monitor infrastructure using satellite imagery and AI, raises a $27M Series B led by G2 Venture Partners — Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.| Charlize Alcaraz / BetaKit: |
ResQ, a SaaS startup that lets restaurants manage and pay for repairs and maintenance through its service provider marketplace, raises a $39M Series A — Toronto-based SaaS startup ResQ has raised $48.5 million CAD ($39 million USD) from a Series A funding round.| Kate Park / TechCrunch: |
South Korea's largest travel booking app Yanolja buys a 70% stake in Interpark, a publicly listed South Korean e-commerce company, for about $250M — South Korean travel tech startup Yanolja has acquired a 70% stake in a listed South Korean e-commerce pioneer, Interpark, for about $250 million.
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The Korea Times and Digital Chosunilbo
| Christine Hall / TechCrunch: |
Clarifai, which uses AI to help companies manage unstructured data, raises a $60M Series C led by New Enterprise Associates, bringing its total raised to $100M — Clarifai wants to bring artificial intelligence into the lives of developers, business operators and data scientists …
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