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Shared micromobility company Bird confirms plans to lay off 23% of its staff, or about 138 out of 600 workers, spanning across the organization and regions — Shared micromobility company Bird plans to layoff 23% of its staff, according to tech layoff tracker Layoffs.fyi.| Ian Allison / CoinDesk: |
Source: Citadel Securities is building a “cryptocurrency trading ecosystem” in partnership with Virtu, Sequoia, Paradigm, and others — The effort also includes Citadel Securities' recent venture capital (VC) backers, Sequoia and Paradigm, with more trading firms to come, according to a source familiar with the plans.
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In a joint cybersecurity advisory, the NSA, CISA, and the FBI reveal China-backed hackers exploited publicly known vulnerabilities to snoop on network traffic — Several US federal agencies today revealed that Chinese-backed threat actors have targeted and compromised major telecommunications companies …
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The FBI and IRS led an international operation taking down online marketplace SSNDOB that sold the names, SSNs, and dates of birth of about 24 million US people — SSNDOB, an online marketplace that sold the names, social security numbers, and dates of birth of approximately 24 million US people …
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| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Internal email: Microsoft splits its HoloLens group and parts ways with the group's head Alex Kipman, who a recent Insider story cited for “toxic” behavior — Microsoft is splitting its HoloLens mixed reality group and parting ways with Alex Kipman, the leader of the group …
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| Amrita Khalid / Engadget: |
IBM plans to wind down its business in Russia and lay off its workforce in the country, after suspending operations there in March 2022 — IBM will begin an “orderly” wind-down of its operations in Russia, according to a memo from CEO Arvind Krishna that was released publicly today.
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| Jonathan Greig / The Record: |
Massachusetts-based Shields Health Care Group says hackers accessed databases containing personal data like SSNs and medical info of 2M patients in March 2022 — The sensitive information of two million people was accessed during a cyberattack on Shields Health Care Group …
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| Cristina Criddle / Financial Times: |
Sources: TikTok Shop in the UK is in turmoil after losing at least half its staff, or 20 people, since its launch in October, many citing a toxic workplace — Chinese-owned social media group launches investigation into ‘toxic’ working practices at London offices
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| Matt Burgess / Wired: |
A look at Apple's plan to debut Passkeys, passwordless login for apps and websites, in iOS 16 and macOS Ventura using Touch ID or Face ID for authentication — Apple's iOS 16 and macOS Ventura will introduce passwordless login for apps and websites. It's only the beginning.
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| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
PayPal begins letting users in the US move cryptocurrency from and to external wallets and exchanges, after they complete a new identity verification process — 'We're in this for the long term,' says exec — In response to customer demand, PayPal announced today that its users …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
London- and NY-based Multiverse, which finds diverse candidates to fill apprenticeships, raises a $220M Series D, following a $130M Series C in September 2021 — We've been tracking a worrying trend of layoffs in the technology industry, but that is not the full story.
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Paige Thompson, an ex-Amazon employee accused of stealing 100M+ Capital One customer details, stands trial; her lawyers say she was a “novice white-hat hacker” — A woman is accused of downloading data of more than 100 million Capital One customers.| Anton Wilen / Bloomberg: |
Saudi Arabia's PIF-backed Savvy Gaming Group acquires an 8.1% stake in Sweden's Embracer for ~$1.05B, following similar deals with Modern Times and Nintendo — Saudi Arabia's wealth fund has made its second $1 billion foray into the Swedish gaming industry this year as part of a drive … | City A.M.: |
Bud Financial, which offers an open banking service that automates affordability checks, raises an $80M Series B, following a $20M Series A in February 2019 — Open banking fintech firm Bud announced its $80m (£64m) Series B funding, led by Bellis Phantom Holdco, an indirect affiliate of investment funds managed by TDR Capital.
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A coalition including Amazon, Google, and Uber urges the DHS to let kids of high-skilled visa holders stay in the US past the age of 21 without a green card — - Tech companies including Amazon, Google, Salesforce and Uber are urging the Department of Homeland Security to revise its aging …
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| Paul Gillin / SiliconANGLE: |
Immuta, which offers cloud-native data governance tools, raises a $100M Series E led by NightDragon at a $1B valuation, bringing its total funding to $267M — Data security startup Immuta Inc. today said it has raised a $100 million late-stage funding round that pegs the company's valuation at $1 billion.
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Ohio-based Branch, which offers APIs to bundle home and auto insurance, raises a $147M Series C led by Weatherford Capital at a $1.05B post-money valuation — Branch, a startup offering bundled home and auto insurance, has raised $147 million in Series C funding at a postmoney valuation of $1.05 billion.
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Gantry, a service that helps AI developers decide when to retrain their AI systems and with which data, emerges from stealth with a $28.3M seed and Series A — The demand for AI in the enterprise is insatiable, but the challenge lies in building the support infrastructure and its development and maintenance.| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
iOS 16 will fix the issue in SMS chats where reacting with Tapbacks sends separate spammy messages, and will instead show the Tapbacks above relevant messages — The hero changes to iMessage in iOS 16 are the addition of edit button and undo send features.
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