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Dept of Commerce blocks sales from US firms to ZTE for seven years, after alleged false statements to officials that followed guilty plea on sanctions violation — LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Commerce has banned American companies from selling components …
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Coinbase acquires Earn.com, which lets users earn bitcoin by completing tasks, hires Earn.com CEO Balaji Srinivasan as CTO; sources say deal is valued at $120M+ — Coinbase is acquiring Earn.com, a paid inbox service formerly known as 21 inc., with CEO Balaji Srinivasan joining as chief technology officer …
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft announces the Azure Sphere stack for securing IoT devices, includes a Linux-based OS, custom silicon for microcontrollers, and matching cloud service — Microsoft is introducing new custom silicon, a Linux-based embedded OS and cloud service aimed at securing microcontroller-based devices.
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Following questions from Congress about Facebook's web tracking of users who aren't logged in, the company details what data it collects and how — Last week, Mark Zuckerberg testified in front of the US Congress. He answered more than 500 questions and promised that we would get back on the 40 …
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TaskRabbit informs users that it is investigating a cybersecurity incident and that it has temporarily taken down its app and website — The handyman-for-hire app sent an email to users today recommending they change their passwords if they used the same ones for different websites.
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard: |
GrayKey, the tool law enforcement's been buying to unlock iPhones, appears to work by brute forcing passcodes, another reason to use a strong alphanumeric code — Now that police agents can allegedly crack iPhones protected with passcodes made of six numbers, it's time to use longer, harder to guess and crack alphanumeric passphrases.
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| Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
Adobe says it has acquired voice app startup Sayspring; Sayspring CEO says it will do away with paid plans and the platform will become invite-only — Adobe today announced it has acquired Sayspring, a platform for building and prototyping voice apps like Alexa skills or Google Assistant actions.
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Rob Joyce to return to the NSA after more than a year as White House cybersecurity coordinator; his departure follows that of his boss, Tom Bossert, last week — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House cyber security coordinator Rob Joyce will leave his post and return to the National Security Agency, a White House official said on Monday.| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Google is partnering with 3D laser-scanning nonprofit CyArk to build VR representations of historical sites in an effort called the Open Heritage project — Google is partnering with 3D laser-scanning nonprofit CyArk to build VR representations of world wonders
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China's Weibo backs down from censoring gay content following backlash from users, after saying it would ban it along with other content to comply with new law — BEIJING — With hashtags like #Iamgaynotapervert and images of hearts and rainbows, tens of thousands of Chinese residents took …
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| Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
Lyft says its drivers have earned $500M+ in tips since the company was founded in 2012; tip averages up 8% YoY in 2017 due to app encouraging higher tip amounts — Lyft drivers have earned more than $500 million in tips to date, Lyft announced today. Since fleshing out tip functionality … | David Shepardson / Reuters: |
T-Mobile fined $40M by FCC for failing to fix rural calling problems and playing ringing sounds to mislead “hundreds of millions” into thinking calls connected — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - T-Mobile USA Inc (TMUS.O) agreed on Monday to pay $40 million to resolve a government investigation …
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FBI, DHS, and UK's National Cyber Security Centre issue joint alert warning of a Russian-led global campaign to attack and infiltrate internet infrastructure — State-sponsored Russian hackers are actively seeking to hijack essential internet hardware, US and UK intelligence agencies say.
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Google to resume accepting ads from US addiction treatment centers in July, nearly a year after suspending the category following reports of deceptive ads — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google told Reuters Monday it would resume accepting ads from U.S. addiction treatment centers in July …
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Study: of 228 groups found running divisive Facebook ads during 2016 election, 122 were “suspicious” and ran 4x more ads than others, ~20 had known links to IRA — WHEN YOUNG MIE Kim began studying political ads on Facebook in August of 2016—while Hillary Clinton was still leading the polls …
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PullRequest, which offers code review as a service, raises $8M Series A led by Google's Gradient Ventures, which also led its $2.3M seed round in December — PullRequest has been on a whirlwind lately, but it's the kind that any startup would likely welcome.
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Supreme Court will hear arguments in case that could widen states' reach on online sales taxes to merchants selling goods on Amazon and other platforms — Smaller vendors on Amazon and other platforms could find their goods subject to levies — Billions of dollars of goods sold each year …
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Pitchbook: US VC firms are at record levels of late-stage funding with 102 startups receiving at least $50M in Q1 2018, totaling $16B — The rush of venture funds has led to bidding wars and heightened concerns that the sector is overvalued — When Tony Xu, chief executive …
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Pluralsight, a Utah-based edtech startup, reports $166.8M in 2017 revenue, up from $131.8M in 2016, and a loss of $96.5M, up from $20.6M in 2016, in IPO filing — Pluralsight, the Utah-based education technology company, has revealed its IPO filing. — Given the timing of the unveiling … | Theodore Schleifer / Recode: |
Sources: NYC-based VC firm Lerer Hippeau to take over Binary Capital's $175M second fund after assuming management of its debut fund last month — Binary is handing over its second fund to Lerer Hippeau. — Venture capital firm Lerer Hippeau has reached an agreement to take over another fund … Sponsor Posts
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