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Two Egyptians living in exile had their iPhones compromised in June 2021 using Predator spyware built by North Macedonian developer Cytrox — Key Findings — Two Egyptians—exiled politician Ayman Nour and the host of a popular news program (who wishes to remain anonymous) …
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Meta bans seven surveillance-for-hire groups, including Cytrox, removing over 1,500 Facebook and Instagram accounts and alerting 50K users who were targeted — Cytrox is one of seven surveillance companies now banned from Meta's platforms — While NSO Group was taking flak for hacking …
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| Zachary Basu / Axios: |
The US bans investing in eight Chinese companies, including DJI and Megvii, for their alleged involvement in surveilling Uyghurs and other minority groups — The Treasury Department has added eight Chinese companies — including DJI, the world's largest commercial drone manufacturer …
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The Biden administration is concerned with US investments in Chinese companies developing “dual use” tech that could have civilian and military applications — Last year, a fast-rising artificial intelligence company in China won a little-noticed contract from a Chinese military academy …
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| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
TikTok launches a Discord server with five moderators, as brands use the messaging tool to forge a sense of community, including Wendy's with 60K+ Discord users — Many brands are using the messaging app Discord to forge a sense of community among their fans.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft is moving some settings, including for networks, devices, and app uninstalls, to the Settings app, heralding the end of the Control Panel — One more step to simplifying Windows — Microsoft is finally signaling the end of the legacy Control Panel in Windows 11.
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| Paul R. La Monica / CNN: |
The CFPB probes buy now, pay later practices of Affirm, Afterpay, PayPal, Klarna, and Zip, citing concerns over customers' debt accumulation and data harvesting — New York (CNN Business)Regulators in Washington may crack down on the industry behind “buy now, pay later,” …
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| Kyle Orland / Ars Technica: |
Legacy, an NFT-powered game by Peter Molyneux's 22cans studio and Gala Games planned for next year, raises $54M in virtual land NFT sales in less than a week — But are these games a brave new world or a FOMO-driven gold rush bubble? — On Saturday, Peter Molyneux's 22cans studio …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Job listings show Apple is hiring engineers for a new office in Irvine, California to develop wireless chips that could replace Broadcom and Skyworks components — - Company seeks engineers for location in Irvine, California — Apple is poised to attract employees from Broadcom, Skyworks
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Sources: Oracle is in talks to acquire electronic medical records company Cerner, in a deal that could be worth ~$30B, which would make it Oracle's biggest yet — An agreement, which could potentially be worth $30 billion, would rank as biggest ever for software giant| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Hevo Data, which offers a dashboard to help companies integrate data from disparate sources, raises a $30M Series B led by Sequoia Capital India — Hevo Data, a SaaS startup that is helping firms collate troves of data they generate and accumulate to make better use of them …
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| Josh Sisco / The Information: |
Sources: the FTC opened an in-depth probe into Meta's acquisition of Within, the company behind VR fitness game Supernatural — Meta Platforms' Oculus virtual reality headsets are a vital step toward creating what its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, calls the metaverse, an immersive internet in which people can interact in digital spaces.| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Sidewalk Labs plans to shut down, fold its products into Google, and spin out Canopy Buildings; CEO Dan Doctoroff says he is stepping down for health reasons — Alphabet's smart city project is winding down and Google will take over its products. Sidewalk Labs CEO Dan Doctoroff announced …
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Pakistan-based CreditBook, a bookkeeping app for small merchants, raises an $11M pre-Series A led by Tiger Global, the firm's first investment in the country — Two years ago, a group of entrepreneurs in Pakistan began surveying the market to understand why financial services weren't reaching … | Joe Miller / Financial Times: |
A look at Germany's “Silicon Saxony”, which accounts for one in three chips made in Europe, as the EU aims to double its global chip market share to 20% by 2030 — Cluster that began in communist East Germany now seen as strategic asset amid supply chain crisis
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Spotify acquires Australian company Whooshkaa, which helps radio broadcasters turn existing content into podcasts and sell ads around them — Spotify on Thursday said it acquired Whooshkaa, a podcast technology platform that specializes in technology for radio broadcasters to turn existing content into podcasts.
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| Tim O'Reilly / O'Reilly Media: |
A look at the cycles of decentralization and recentralization, and why we won't understand what Web3 consists of until after the next bubble pops — There's been a lot of talk about Web3 lately, and as the person who defined “Web 2.0” 17 years ago, I'm often asked to comment.
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| Thomas Brewster / Forbes: |
Corellium, which makes Android and iOS virtualization software, over which it is being sued by Apple, raises a $25M Series A from Cisco Investments and others — None of the funds from Paladin Capital and Cisco Investments will be going on Corellium's copyright fight with Apple, as the startup looks to expand.
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| Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: |
Palantir plans to shift UK data processing from the US to the UK, hire 250 UK-based employees, and open an England office in 2022 — Defence-oriented American firm among first to localise data operations fully as companies Balkanise their activity — Palantir, a data analytics firm best known … | Ivan Levingston / Bloomberg: |
HungryPanda, a Mandarin-language food and grocery delivery app aimed at overseas Chinese users, raises a $130M Series D, bringing its total funding to $220M — - Latest funding in London-based startup led by investor Perwyn — Money will help expand current markets and fund possible M&ASponsor Posts
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