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Ukrainian officials say they stopped an attack on an energy facility with help from ESET and Microsoft, and identified a new variant of the Industroyer malware — Ukrainian officials said they stopped an attack on an energy facility with the help of researchers from ESET and Microsoft.
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| Cheyenne Ligon / CoinDesk: |
Former Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith is sentenced to 5+ years in prison and fined $100K for helping North Koreans use cryptocurrencies to evade sanctions — Griffith previously pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate international sanctions for giving a talk at a crypto conference in Pyongyang in 2019.
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Tweets: @richardhanania, @rgcooke, @el33th4xor, and @shanvav
| Alex Sherman / CNBC: |
Sources: two weeks after the launch of CNN+, the premium streaming service has garnered under 10K DAUs, amid reports that CNN has spent ~$300M on the effort — - Fewer than 10,000 people are using CNN+ on a daily basis two weeks into its existence, sources said.
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| Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg: |
Elon Musk is facing a proposed shareholder class action that alleges Musk's delayed SEC filings disclosing his stake kept Twitter's share price artificially low — Elon Musk was sued by a Twitter Inc. shareholder who claims the Tesla Inc. CEO's delay in disclosing his ownership of more than 5% …
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| Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
Microsoft releases over 100 security fixes, including patches for two zero-day vulnerabilities, for Windows, Office, Edge, Dynamics, Hyper-V, and other software — Microsoft has dealt with zero-day bugs in the firm's customary monthly batch of security fixes.
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| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
Court docs: T-Mobile paid hackers ~$200K via a third party to stop an ongoing leak of stolen data on 30M customers, but the hackers kept selling it regardless — After hackers targeted T-Mobile in August, T-Mobile hired a third-party firm that went undercover and bought exclusive access to the data.
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| New York Times: |
Many tech companies, eager to please employees returning to offices, are providing perks like concerts with pop stars, food trucks, and “appreciation events” — Tech companies really want their employees to be happy — or at least less annoyed — about returning.
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| Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge: |
MoonPay, which lets users buy crypto and NFTs with credit cards, announces Justin Bieber, Gwyneth Paltrow, and other celebs invested $86.7M at a $3.4B valuation — First, they bought NFTs with MoonPay — then they bought MoonPay — MoonPay, the company that lets consumers pay for digital assets …
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| Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Spotify's podcasting boss Courtney Holt, who brought on Joe Rogan, Harry and Meghan, the Obamas, and others, is leaving after almost five years — The architect of Spotify Technology SA's podcasting strategy, including the signing of controversial commentator Joe Rogan … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
UK startup Wagestream, which offers salary advances to employees via its app, raises a $60M Series C led by Smash Capital and $115M in debt — Front-line workers and those paid in hourly wages rather than salaries have become a prime target in the world of business IT …
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Finextra, AltFi, Tech.eu, PYMNTS.com, EU-Startups, Sifted, and Balderton Capital. Thanks:@ingridlunden
| Bloomberg: |
KKR agrees to buy Barracuda, which helps companies manage and protect cloud data, from Thoma Bravo; sources: the deal values Barracuda at ~$3.8B including debt — KKR & Co. has agreed to to acquire cybersecurity company Barracuda Networks Inc. from Thoma Bravo.| Michael Bellusci / CoinDesk: |
Cryptocurrency lender Celsius, recently valued at ~$3B, says only accredited US investors will be able to add new assets and earn rewards starting April 15 — In the US, only accredited investors, and those with coins already in the Earn platform, will be able to earn rewards.
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Tweets: @ctolarsson, @haileylennonbtc, @silvermanjacob, and @cryptowendyo
| Jack Gillum / Bloomberg: |
A group of cybersecurity companies specializing in securing US critical infrastructure form a coalition to work with the government and adopt uniform standards — A group of cybersecurity companies that specialize in securing critical infrastructure said Tuesday they've formed a lobbying group …
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Tweets: @ericgeller, @kellyferg23, and @selenalarson
| David Hundeyin / West Africa Weekly: |
An investigation into Nigerian payments startup Flutterwave, valued at $3B, alleges employee stock option fraud, sexual harassment, and workplace bullying — On the night of Sunday March 20, 2022, a particular WhatsApp group wouldn't stop buzzing. — Word had got out that a big story …
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| Chandra R Srikanth / Moneycontrol: |
Memo: Indian ride-sharing startup Ola's CEO Bhavish Aggarwal is stepping away from day-to-day operations to focus on engineering; CFO Arun Kumar will step up — Ola was last valued at $7.3 billion when it raised $139 million in its Series J round. — Ola founder and CEO Bhavish Aggarwal … | Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
A look at Jack Dorsey's life after Twitter, as 30+ people who have worked with him say his “favorite child” is promoting bitcoin, not working at Block — As he walked onstage at the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami, Jack Dorsey was still technically the chief executive officer … | Emily Olsen / MobiHealthNews: |
Diligent Robotics, which develops a robot called Moxi to help hospital staff with routine, not-patient-facing tasks, closes a $30M Series B led by Tiger Global — Moxi performs delivery tasks in hospitals, like bringing supplies, delivering lab samples and distributing personal protective equipment.| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
OpenAI's DALL-E 2 and other AI models' ability to generate new content at zero marginal cost has major implications for the metaverse, social networks, and more — Last week OpenAI released DALL-E 2, which produces (or edits) images based on textual prompts; this Twitter thread from @BecomingCritter …
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LessWrong, Marketing BS …, and crypto cookie
Tweets: @stratechery, @martinsfp, @mwpen, and @johnlmacfarlane
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Salsify, which helps e-commerce brands manage inventory, raises a $200M Series F led by TPG at a $2B valuation and says it has 1,200 customers — E-commerce is booming, but it's become increasingly apparent over the years that the businesses that are able to capitalize on that trend … | Daniel Van Boom / CNET: |
Meta's plan to take up to a 47.5% cut of each virtual transaction on Horizon Worlds draws criticism from NFT proponents; OpenSea takes a 2.5% cut — Meta, previously known as Facebook, is figuring out how to monetize the metaverse. … It's been nearly six months since the company formerly known …
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Insider, Platformer, and CNBC
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| Michael Bellusci / CoinDesk: |
NFT and metaverse content creation company Infinite Reality will acquire esports company ReKTGlobal in an all-stock deal worth $470M — ReKT is known for its ownership of the successful esports teams Team Rogue and the London Royal Ravens. — Metaverse company Infinite Reality has agreed …
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PR Newswire, Forbes, Coinspeaker, Front Office Sports, Esports Insider, Reuters, Insider, Bloomberg, Dexerto, and Dot Esports
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
TikTok is rolling out Effect House, which lets creators make AR effects that others can use in videos, to all users after a closed beta test last fall — Last August, TechCrunch noted TikTok was working to build its own augmented reality (AR) development platform called Effect House …
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TikTok, Social Media Today, Digital Trends, Protocol, The Verge, Android Headlines, and iMore. Tweets: @tomemrich
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