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| William Turton / Bloomberg: |
Sources say Apple and Meta gave user data to hackers in response to forged Emergency Data Requests; Discord said it had also fulfilled a forged legal request — Apple Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of Facebook, provided customer data to hackers who masqueraded as law enforcement officials …
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South China Morning Post, 9to5Mac, The Verge, BGR India, Cult of Mac, Ubergizmo, Protocol, PYMNTS.com, Gizmodo, CNET, iPhone Hacks, Agence France-Presse, MacDailyNews, New York Post, iMore, KnowTechie, Engadget, The Hill, Global Community Weekly, The Week, Laptop Mag, BGR, SC Media, iDownloadBlog.com, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, MacRumors, and TechRadar
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is planning to expand its financial services by adding payment processing, lending risk assessment, credit checks, fraud analysis, and more — Apple Inc. is developing its own payment processing technology and infrastructure for future financial products …
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Ars Technica, Pocket-lint, The Information, Crowdfund Insider, Protocol, MacDailyNews, iThinkDifferent, iMore, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, iPhone Hacks, AppleInsider, Engadget, iDownloadBlog.com, MacRumors, and 9to5Mac
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| Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
Apple updates its App Store rules in the Netherlands to let Dutch dating apps take payments through third-party processors, but a 27% commission still applies — But they can't avoid giving up a 27 percent commission — To help bring an end to wrangling with Dutch regulators that stretched …
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple now lets “reader” apps link to websites for creating or managing user accounts, after the company gives access to an External Link Account Entitlement — Apple today informed developers of “reader” apps that they are able to sign up for access to an “External Link Account Entitlement” …
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| Bloomberg: |
Blockchain.com says it has raised new funding at a $14B valuation led by Lightspeed, more than doubling its last valuation in March 2021 — Startup Blockchain.com said it raised new funding that values the company at about $14 billion, more than doubling its worth in a sign … | Brandy Betz / CoinDesk: |
LayerZero, a startup that offers a protocol for blockchain interoperability, raises $135M co-led by a16z, FTX, and Sequoia at a $1B valuation — The blockchain interoperability protocol first emerged from stealth last September. — CORRECTION (March 30, 19:28 UTC): A previous version …
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| Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
IT and software developer Globant says its code repo was partially breached, after Lapsus$ shared 70GB of allegedly stolen data; Globant's stock closed down 10% — Just days after police in the U.K. arrested seven people over suspected connections to the now-infamous hacking and extortion group, Lapsus$ is claiming its latest victim.
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| Steve Zurier / SC Media: |
IoT manufacturer Ubiquiti sues cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs, claiming he falsely accused the company of covering up a cyberattack — Ubiquiti on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against industry blogger Brian Krebs for $425 million in damages for allegedly falsely accusing the company of “covering up” a cyberattack.| Samreen Ahmad / Tech in Asia: |
Sea laid off 350+ staff and shut down its e-commerce arm Shopee in India on Monday, after India banned Free Fire and other apps it says have ties to China — Shopee India will lay off over 300 staff after it decided to shut down operations in the South Asian country.| Washington Post: |
Meta paid Republican consulting firm Targeted Victory for a campaign to paint TikTok as a danger to the US, including placing op-eds in regional news outlets — Facebook parent company Meta is paying one of the biggest Republican consulting firms in the country to orchestrate …
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Platformer, Nieman Lab, The Overspill, Variety, dot.LA, The Guardian, SiliconANGLE, Observer, Gizmodo, Android Headlines, CNET, The Register, Social Media Today, Transistori, Digital Trends, Engadget, USA Today, SlashGear, Insider, The Verge, Protocol, TechCrunch, Tubefilter, Mashable, Daily Mail, Dexerto, Garbage Day, Raw Story, Forbes, Input, New York Post, iMore, The Week, International Business Times, KnowTechie, and Hollywood Reporter
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| Julie Jargon / Wall Street Journal: |
Research shows TikTok tic videos contribute to a rise in cases of girls with tics; US ER room visits among teen girls with tics has tripled during the pandemic — Tourette videos posted on the platform continue to draw many viewers, and doctors say teen girls keep showing up at their offices with functional neurological issues
Tweets: @zerostatereflex, @jessefelder, @anthony, @dellcam, and @juliejargon
| Keerthi Vedantam / dot.LA: |
VivoSense, which develops wearable biometric sensors to collect and organize data from patients for clinical drug trials, raises a $25M Series A — As the CEO of Sarepta Therapeutics from 2011 to 2015, Chris Garabedian led a biotech firm striving to find cures for rare diseases.
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| Tanya Mohn / New York Times: |
A look at geofencing trials in Sweden to regulate commercial and public transport traffic within a zone, determine whether those vehicles belong there, and more — Sweden has long been at the forefront of road innovation and is again leading the way with trials of a technology known as geofencing.
Tweets: @visionzeronet, @pkoonce, and @davidzipper
| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Google plans to use its ML model MUM to improve search results for users in a crisis, directing them to help for suicide, sexual assault, and domestic abuse — Directing more searches to help and support — In a personal crisis, many people turn to an impersonal source of support: Google.
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Protocol, The Keyword, Forbes, CNET, ZDNet, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @marie_haynes and @taliaringer
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Wing Security, which helps companies discover, monitor, and remediate potential security issues with SaaS tools used by their employees, raises a $20M Series A — As businesses increasingly rely on an ever-growing number of SaaS products, it has become imperative for security teams …
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| James Cridland / Podnews: |
A leaked YouTube presentation for podcast publishers shows the company is working on a podcasts homepage with RSS feed ingestion, audio ads, analytics, and more — - Exclusive: YouTube is planning tighter integration, monetisation and analytics for podcasts| Brett Knight / Forbes: |
Collectors, which is building AI tools to authenticate and grade sports cards, raised $100M at a $4.3B valuation, after being acquired for ~$850M in Feb. 2021 — The 1952 Mickey Mantle card moldering in Mom's attic may soon be authenticated, graded, stored safely and sold at auction by a disruptive force called Collectors.| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Sources blame Netflix's struggles in India on hiring executives who insist on micromanaging projects while lacking strong ties to the country's movie industry — Two-and-a-half years after it launched in India, Netflix Inc. had its first big hit. Based on a sprawling novel …
Tweets: @bw, @felixgillette, @lucas_shaw, and @deepakmohoni
| Meagan Simpson / BetaKit: |
Athennian, whose cloud-based legal tech software helps law firms and legal departments automate subsidiary and entity management, raises a CAD$41.5M Series B — The legaltech startup's backers include Clio's CEO. — Calgary legaltech startup Athennian is announcing that is has secured … | Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
WhatsApp says its users send 7B voice messages daily on average and adds a waveform visualization, pause/resume, draft preview, out of chat playback, and more — Like most smartphone users in India, I use WhatsApp a lot. But I have never sent anyone a voice message — ever. Turns out, others do.
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WhatsApp.com, CNET, Wccftech, TechRadar, Android Police, Pocket-lint, Social Media Today, Tech Advisor, The Economic Times, and Engadget
Tweets: @wcathcart and @wcathcart
| Nate Raymond / Reuters: |
A judge invalidates Massachusetts' fiduciary duty rule that underlies a 2020 suit accusing Robinhood of encouraging inexperienced users to place risky trades — A Massachusetts judge on Wednesday dealt state securities regulators a major setback in their enforcement action … | Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
The FBI and its global law enforcement partners announce the arrests of 65 alleged cybercrime gang members specializing in business email compromise schemes — A coordinated operation conducted by the FBI and its international law enforcement partners has resulted in disrupting business email compromise … | Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Waymo plans to offer fully autonomous rides in San Francisco, without a human safety driver, as part of a growing test, and expands its service area in Arizona — The company is also expanding its service area in Phoenix — Waymo plans to start offering rides in its fully autonomous vehicles …
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Waypoint, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, Axios, YouTube, Wall Street Journal, SiliconANGLE, and 9to5Google
Tweets: @waymo, @dmitri_dolgov, @ronamadeo, @andyjayhawk, and @fly4dat
| Kul Bhushan / Tech in Asia: |
India-based social commerce startup CityMall, which targets consumers in small towns, raises a $75M Series C led by Norwest Venture Partners — Citymall, an India-based social commerce startup, has raised US$75 million in a series C round led by Norwest Venture Partners.
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The Economic Times, Times of India, VCCircle, and Business Insider
| Ricky Ben-David / The Times of Israel: |
Israel-based Beewise, which develops AI-powered robotic beehives that can monitor and care for bees and harvest the honey, raises an $80M Series C — Funding round led by Insight Partners; investors include subsidiary of UAE sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment Company
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Axios, PR Newswire, Jerusalem Post, Globes Online, CTech, Global AgInvesting, Geektime, Reuters, and TechCrunch. Tweets: @sledge071
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