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| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Wyze had been aware of several vulnerabilities in its home security cameras for months and years without fixing them, despite being warned by Bitdefender — A Wyze Cam internet camera vulnerability allows unauthenticated, remote access to videos and images stored on local memory cards and has remained unfixed for almost three years.
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Bitdefender Labs, The Verge, 9to5Mac, Android Authority, The Record, The Hacker News, TechSpot, SiliconANGLE, and Techhive.com
Tweets: @tomwarren, @chrispcritters, @0xmatt, @bitdefender, and @nexusben
| 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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Metacurity, Softpedia News, Silicon Republic, The Verge, TechCircle, TechSpot, Washington Post, Gizchina, WRAL TechWire, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, Ubergizmo, Transistori, South China Morning Post, BGR India, Agence France-Presse, PYMNTS.com, Axios, The Register, CNET, iMore, Engadget, Cult of Mac, New York Post, Gizmodo, The Week, MacDailyNews, Laptop Mag, The Hill, KnowTechie, iPhone Hacks, Protocol, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, Android Authority, BGR, SC Media, iDownloadBlog.com, TechRadar, Pixel Envy, digg.com, SiliconANGLE, and Krebs on Security
Tweets: @thegrugq, @alexstamos, @tiffanycli, @cherthedev, @cherthedev, @tiffanycli, @cherthedev, @inteltechniques, @moonalice, @cherthedev, @d1gi, @tiffanycli, @tiffanycli, @tiffanycli, @alexstamos, @d1gi, @sarahfrier, @evacide, @pathedger18, @incilin, @tonyromm, @sarahfrier, @josheidelson, @rhinosoros, @briankrebs, @josephfcox, and @michaelguimarin
| CNBC: |
A look at 3C, a “grassroots” group of SMBs against Big Tech regulation, financed by Google and Amazon, which claims support from SMBs that haven't heard of it — - The Connected Commerce Council, which pitches itself as a grassroots movement representing small business owners …
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Politico and Beyond Search
| Nikkei Asia: |
TSMC chairman Mark Liu says consumer demand for smartphones, PCs, and TVs is slowing down, especially in China, as the cost of components and materials rises — Rising costs could be passed on to consumers, chairman of tech titan warns — Taiwan tech titan TSMC says demand for consumer electronics …
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CNBC, Softpedia News, The Mac Observer, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, and iClarified
| 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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Apple Developer, Computerworld, TechCrunch, The Mac Observer, iThinkDifferent, TechCircle, iMore, ZDNet, Neowin, Bloomberg, iClarified, AppleInsider, and MacRumors
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
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| Bloomberg: |
Blockchain.com raises 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 that cryptocurrency firms still enjoy …
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CoinDesk, Coinspeaker, Cointelegraph, and SiliconANGLE
Tweets: @ivanlevingston and @wublockchain
| 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 … | Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Google begins trialing its updated Privacy Sandbox tools globally, including Topics and FLEDGE APIs, starting with developers, followed by Chrome Beta users — Google has just announced the next stage of trials of its Privacy Sandbox proposal — focused on ads relevance and measurement.
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Android Police, Search Engine Land, Engadget, 9to5Google, Chromium Blog, and Chrome Developers
Tweets: @lukolejnik and @lukolejnik
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Google announces “highly cited” labels for search results, available “soon” in the US on mobile and “in the coming weeks” globally — And new notices will help searchers check the validity of information — Google is adding a new “highly cited” … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is seeking to diversify memory chip suppliers, potentially using China's Yangtze, after Japanese supplier Kioxia lost a batch to contamination — Apple Inc. is exploring new sources of the memory chips that go into iPhones, including its first Chinese producer of the critical component …
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9to5Mac, AppleInsider, Reuters, PhoneArena, iMore, and DigiTimes
| Molly White: |
An analysis of Axie Infinity hack: Sky Maven taking six days to disclose it is irresponsible and people likely lost money needed to live, not just spare cash — On March 23, cryptocurrency priced at around $625 million was stolen from the Ronin network, which is the blockchain that powers the game Axie Infinity.
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Fast Company and The Daily Dot
Tweets: @molly0xfff, @kansasalps, @molly0xfff, @abebrown716, @dlberes, @buzz, and @stshank
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Intel acquires Granulate, which develops tools to optimize computing infrastructure with AI, sources say for $650M; PitchBook says Granulate raised $45.6M — Last year, when we wrote about new investment for Israeli startup Granulate — which applies AI to high-priority computing workloads … | Financial Times: |
Sources: Masayoshi Son tells SoftBank leadership that the company needs to slow investments, amid the Ukraine war, falling tech stocks, and China's crackdown — SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son has warned his top executives of the need to slow down further investments, as the world's largest …
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The Economic Times and ExchangeWire.com
Tweets: @doombergt, @jasonlk, @muradahmed, and @financialtimes
| Shirin Ghaffary / Vox: |
Analysis: majority of the most-viewed Reels on Meta's platforms are anonymous or reposted; Meta says Reels is Instagram's biggest engagement growth contributor — Facebook's pivot back to video shows how badly it needs young people. — Meta, the parent company of Facebook, needs to stay relevant.
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Integrity Institute, Tech-pigułka, and Washington Post
Tweets: @alexstemplewski, @shiringhaffary, @adambvary, @mattnavarra, @integrity_inst, @timothydurigan, @corintxt, and @jeff4llen
| David Yaffe-Bellany / New York Times: |
A profile of Ben McKenzie, star of The O.C. who has become a prominent crypto critic and is writing a book with journalist Jacob Silverman — The actor, best known for his starring role in “The O.C.,” has become an outspoken critic of a volatile market driven by speculation. Who's listening?
Tweets: @issielapowsky, @debs, @ben_mckenzie, @smdiehl, @davidgerard, and @silvermanjacob
| Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
IT and software developer Globant says its code repo was partially breached, after Lapsus$ 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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Seek Reinvention, BleepingComputer, Ars Technica, TechRadar, ComputerWeekly.com, Digital Trends, Heimdal Security Blog, Threatpost, Security Affairs, The Record, MobileSyrup, CRN, iTnews, VentureBeat, and Tech Monitor
Tweets: @alvierid and @cherthedev
| Richard Waters / Financial Times: |
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger earned $178.6M in 2021, far above Intel's initial $110M estimate; Intel stock is down 15% since his appointment, lagging the industry — Bonus for taking helm at struggling US chipmaker was far more than company initially calculated
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Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Oregonian, CRN, and San Francisco Business Journal
Tweets: @followtheh and @followtheh
| Tyler Wilde / PC Gamer: |
Valve says it is working to resolve issues as Steam game developers in Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus are unable to receive payments due to new regulations — In Ukraine and Russia, Steam publishers are currently unable to receive earnings unless they open foreign bank accounts. — Audio player loading...
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Polygon, Ars Technica, TheGamer, Game Developer, and Blue's News
| Sean Lyngaas / CNN: |
Interview with pseudonymous Ukrainian IT specialist Danylo, who released chat logs from the Russia-linked Conti ransomware gang, on his motivations and more — As Russian artillery began raining down on his homeland last month, one Ukrainian computer researcher decided to fight back the best …
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| Tage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch: |
Cairo-based Khazna, a “financial super app” that offers BNPL services and more, raises a $38M Series A in debt and equity led by Quona Capital — In a country where 50% of its 100 million people are active smartphone users, two out of every three individuals have little or no access to formal financial services in Egypt.
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PYMNTS.com and WeeTracker
| 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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Business Wire, FinSMEs, Forbes, the mesha tribe, CryptoPotato, The Block, SiliconANGLE, PYMNTS.com, Crypto Briefing, BetaKit, Vancouver Tech Journal, and Decrypt
Tweets: @forbes and @amytongwu
| 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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VivoSense, MobiHealthNews, and hitconsultant.net
| Bloomberg: |
Some prominent crypto executives, including FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, are pushing to be regulated by the CFTC, not the SEC, a smaller agency focused on futures — It was a classic Washington networking party. Sam Bankman-Fried, the co-founder and chief executive officer of FTX …
Tweets: @smdiehl, @allyversprille, @blakereid, and @smdiehl
| 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.Sponsor Posts
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