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Wi-Fi Alliance begins certifying products that support WPA3, the successor to the WPA2 security protocol, that provides additional protections against attacks — WPA3 certification starts today — Wi-Fi devices have been using the same security protocol for over a decade.
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Tweets: @hanno, @kjhiggins, and @wifialliance
| New York Times: |
Sources: top tech companies met intelligence officials to discuss midterm elections but neither the FBI nor DHS was willing to share specific threat information — SAN FRANCISCO — Eight of the tech industry's most influential companies, in anticipation of a repeat of the Russian meddling …
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| Troy Hunt: |
Have I Been Pwned breach data search now integrated in 1Password via Watchtower, will be trialed in Firefox via a new Firefox Monitor tool starting next week — Pretty much every day, I get a reminder from someone about how little people know about their exposure in data breaches.| Henny Sender / Financial Times: |
Sequoia Capital has raised the first $6B round of its $8B global fund, all of which comes from investors with no previous relationship with Sequoia — Sequoia Capital has raised the first $6bn of what will be an $8bn global fund, as the Silicon Valley venture capital firm seeks more firepower … | Julie Creswell / New York Times: |
Amid growing outcry from civil liberties groups, Orlando has ended its pilot project for police to use Amazon's Rekognition facial recognition software for now — Amid a growing outcry about privacy concerns by civil liberties groups, officials in Orlando, Fla., said Monday …
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| Kate Rooney / CNBC: |
a16z has raised $300M for its first crypto-focused fund, bringing on former US DoJ prosecutor Katie Haun as a general partner to lead the effort — - Andreessen Horowitz is “investing aggressively” in crypto, even as bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have dropped by more than 50 percent this year.
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Tweets: @katie_haun, @howelloneill, @hunterwalk, @danprimack, @jyarow, and @alexrkonrad
| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Jama Software, which makes a product development platform used by companies like Qualcomm and Canon, has raised $200M led by Insight Venture Partners — Jama Software, a Portland-based company that makes a product development platform used by companies including Qualcomm, SpaceX and Amazon Robotics … | Eugene Kim / CNBC: |
Overview of Amazon's poaching efforts from 2015 to 2017 shows Microsoft as the most common target, with at least 30 director or higher level execs defecting — - There are many reasons for this trend, including Amazon and Microsoft's close proximity, but brand image and compensation may have to do with it too.| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple releases first public beta of iOS 12 with Group FaceTime, Siri Shortcuts, new Do Not Disturb features, Memoji, multiplayer shared AR experiences, and more — Apple this afternoon released the first public beta of iOS 12 to its public beta testing group, giving non-developers a chance …
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
San Francisco-based air quality mapping startup Aclima raises $24M Series A led by Social Capital to expand the reach and depth of its pollution maps — Aclima, a San Francisco-based company which builds Internet-connected air quality sensors and runs a software platform to analyze the extracted intel …
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| Katrina Filippidis / Engadget: |
Oculus finally brings its Go headset to Europe and Canada, available online and across 300 stores, after announcing it last October — Customers in the US and Europe have been able to place Oculus Go reservations for a while now, but European VR enthusiasts still haven't received their headsets.
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| Andrii Degeler / Tech.eu: |
German big data analytics startup Celonis raises $50M Series B from existing investors Accel and 83North at a $1B valuation — Munich-founded startup Celonis has raised a funding round of $50 million from its existing investors, Accel and 83North. The deal values Celonis at $1 billion …
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| Alan Boyle / GeekWire: |
Autonomous delivery drone startup Matternet raises $16M Series A led by Boeing HorizonX Ventures, aims to use the funds to expand operations in US and elsewhere — Boeing HorizonX Ventures has taken the lead role in a $16 million Series A funding round for Matternet, a California company specializing …
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| Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed: |
All tech platforms, big or small, have the responsibility to stop their sites from becoming a battleground in the toxic political and cultural information war — Platforms both big and small have both the ability and responsibility to stop their sites from becoming a battleground in the information war.| Caroline O'Donovan / BuzzFeed: |
More than 650 Salesforce employees have signed a petition to CEO Marc Benioff asking him to reexamine a contract with US Customs and Border Protection — Employees at Salesforce follow those at Microsoft, Amazon, and Google in pushing back against their companies' contracts with military and government agencies.
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| The Intercept: |
Documents and sources detail how the NSA taps into the data between AT&T, its partners, and customers, making the telco essential to US surveillance efforts — The secrets are hidden behind fortified walls in cities across the United States, inside towering, windowless skyscrapers …
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TechCrunch, SiliconANGLE, BetaNews, MacDailyNews, CNET, CSO, DSLreports, and Ars Technica
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