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| Under the Hood: |
Robinhood says an unauthorized party obtained a list of email addresses for ~5M users, full names for another ~2M users, and more info on ~310 others — Late in the evening of November 3, we experienced a data security incident. An unauthorized third party obtained access to a limited amount …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
Europol arrests seven people suspected of helping REvil and GandCrab with over 7,000 cyberattacks since early 2019, in a Romanian-led investigation — Europol has announced today the arrests of seven suspects who worked as “affiliates” (partners) for a major ransomware cartel and have helped carry …
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Europol, BleepingComputer, Threatpost, BleepingComputer, CRN, iTnews, Dark Reading, Bitdefender Labs, TechRepublic, CNET, DataBreaches.net, ComputerWeekly.com, Forbes, ZDNet, Bloomberg, and CyberScoop
Tweets: @europol, @vickerysec, @c_c_krebs, @dalperovitch, @shanvav, @fireeye, @ericgeller, @campuscodi, @selenalarson, and @nicoleperlroth
| CNN: |
US charges a Ukrainian suspect, arrested in Poland last month, and a Russian citizen over REvil attacks, and says it seized $6M in ransom payments — (CNN)Law enforcement officials have seized an estimated $6 million in ransom payments, and the US Justice Department is expected to announce Monday …
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Tweets: @campuscodi, @fbi, @kylegriffin1, @thejusticedept, @serghei, and @campuscodi
| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Niantic launches Lightship, a platform to build “real-world metaverse” AR iOS and Android apps, and commits $20M to fund companies building AR apps — The maker of Pokémon Go wants to power future AR glasses. — Niantic is releasing a platform for building what it calls “real-world metaverse” apps.
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Wired, GamesIndustry.biz, 9to5Google, Niantic, SiliconANGLE, Game Developer, Engadget, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, and The Information
Tweets: @msquinn, @kevinmarks, @msquinn, @alexeheath, @technacity, @cyantist, @ameliakallman, @stevekovach, @alexcox, and @scobleizer
| Stephen Nellis / Reuters: |
AMD touts Meta as a data center chip customer, as it targets Nvidia with new chips like MI200, a family of server accelerators to boost ML and other workloads — Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD.O) on Monday said it has won Meta Platforms Inc (FB.O) as a data center chip customer …
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AnandTech, iTnews, CNBC, Tom's Hardware, TechSpot, Bloomberg, Yahoo Finance, and Investing.com
Tweets: @benbajarin and @hardmaru
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft launches Visual Studio 2022, its first 64-bit version, with Hot Reload for making code changes while an app is running, and .NET 6, with Arm64 support — It's a big week for developers using Microsoft's Visual Studio and .NET platforms. — On November 8, Microsoft …
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devblogs.microsoft.com, .NET Blog, InfoWorld, Thurrott, visualstudiomagazine.com, OnMSFT.com, and XDA Developers
Tweets: @amandaksilver, @xoofx, @dotnet, @amandaksilver, and @dan_abramov
| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
PayPal reports Q3 revenue of $6.18B, up 13% YoY, vs $6.23B est., Venmo payment volume up 36% YoY to $60B, says Venmo users can make Amazon purchases next year — - PayPal reported a 13% increase in year-over-year revenue for the third quarter. — The company issued a fourth-quarter forecast …
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ZDNet, PayPal Newsroom, Protocol, GeekWire, TheStreet, The Verge, CoinDesk, and Crowdfund Insider
| Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: |
Ex-Israeli soldiers say the country built a “Facebook for Palestinians” over the last two years to monitor Palestinians through facial recognition tech — HEBRON, West Bank — The Israeli military has been conducting a broad surveillance effort in the occupied West Bank …
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The Verge. Tweets: @omarsshakir, @shahidforchange, @robertjbateman, @docmattmoudi, @davidparis, @ha_matar, @m7mdkurd, @aj_iraqi, @diaamahmoud, @snowden, @unpressed, @btselem, @glcarlstrom, @martinkonecny, @yun_aus, @shepherds4good, and @rasha_abdul
| Roblox: |
Roblox reports Q3 revenue of $509.3M, up 102% YoY, 47.3M DAUs, up 31% YoY, average bookings per DAU of $13.49, 11.2B hours engaged, up 28% YoY; stock up 25%+ — Year-over-year Revenue Up 102% to $509.3 Million; Bookings Up 28% to $637.8 Million; and Free Cash Flow of $170.6 million
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Benzinga, VentureBeat, and CNBC
| Bloomberg: |
Advent International agrees to take McAfee private in a $14B+ deal that includes ~$4B in debt — An investor group led by buyout firms Advent International Corp., Permira Advisers and others agreed to take McAfee Corp. private in a deal that values the cybersecurity software maker at more than $14 billion including debt.
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TechCrunch, ZDNet, Business Wire, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, New York Post, SiliconANGLE, RTÉ, MarketWatch, San Francisco Business Journal, TechRadar, Barron's Online, and SecurityWeek. Tweets: @business
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Zynga reports Q3 revenue of $705M, up 40% YoY, bookings of $668M, up 6% YoY, says it hired a former Coca-Cola game executive as new head of blockchain gaming — Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.
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GamesIndustry.biz, Game Developer, Reuters, MarketWatch, Zynga, Shacknews, and Cointelegraph
| Hirsh Chitkara / Protocol: |
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