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A vulnerability in the Apache log4j Java logging library allows for remote code execution, with Steam, iCloud, Minecraft, and other services affected — A few hours ago, a -day exploit in the popular Java logging library, log4j, was tweeted along with a POC posted on GitHub that results … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Google says it will release Google Play Games in 2022 as a native Windows app that brings Android games to Windows 10 and Windows 11 — Google Play Games comes to PC next year — Google is planning to bring Android games to Windows PCs next year. A Google Play Games app will be available in 2022 …
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In email, Better.com's board says CEO Vishal Garg is “taking time off effective immediately” and it's hiring a firm to “do a leadership and cultural assessment” — The company has also hired an outside firm to “do a leadership and cultural assessment,
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Meta launches new tools for creators and says it is testing live chat help for some English-speaking users globally who are locked out of their accounts — Better customer support for creators and average users alike — Despite eagerly participating in a platform vs. platform war … | BBC: |
Analysis: English Premier League soccer fans have spent £262M+ on crypto-based fan tokens, often offered by Socios, as critics worry about fans being exploited — Football clubs have potentially made hundreds of millions of pounds selling controversial crypto “fan tokens”.
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Epic v. Apple emails show Microsoft offered to bring triple-A, Xbox-exclusive games to iOS if Apple let its xCloud game streaming service into the App Store — Remember when Apple pretended like it would let cloud gaming services like Microsoft xCloud and Google Stadia into the App Store …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Berlin-based instant grocery startup Flink raises a $750M Series B led by DoorDash at a $2.85B post-money valuation — Instant grocery delivery continues to be a very frothy market, but today comes news of a major funding round for one player in it that investors believe will still be standing after the hype has died down.
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Robust Intelligence, which helps businesses stress test their AI models, raises a $30M Series B led by Tiger Global — Robust Intelligence, an AI startup that helps businesses stress test their AI models and prevent them from failing, today announced that it has raised a $30 million Series B funding round led by Tiger Global.
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WhatsApp begins a limited test of Meta's Novi digital wallet in the US, letting users send and receive USDP within a chat — Today, WhatsApp is finally announcing a small pilot program to some people in the US, that can finally use the Novi digital wallet within WhatsApp!
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| Packy McCormick / Not Boring: |
Replit, a browser-based IDE for cross-platform collaborative coding, raises an $80M Series B led by Coatue at an $800M valuation — Replit Raises $80M Series B to Bring the Next Billion Software Creators Online … Hi friends 👋, — Happy Thursday!
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| Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
Ethereum scaling startup Polygon acquires Mir Protocol, developer of ZK-rollup-based Ethereum scaling tech, for ~$400M; the deal was reached on November 26 — Quick Take — Polygon has acquired Ethereum scaling startup Mir Protocol for $400 million. — The deal involves 190 million … | Financial Times: |
How Syrian human rights group Mnemonic used AI trained on synthetic data to analyze videos for evidence that “cluster” weapon RBK-250 was used against civilians — Technique used to teach Tesla cars and Amazon Alexa has gathered evidence of weapons used against civilians
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Boston-based conversational AI startup Posh Technologies raises a $27.5M Series A led by Canapi Ventures to fuel call center automation — As call volumes skyrocketed during the pandemic, contact centers turned to AI to help distribute the workload. But even before the pandemic …
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