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| Jez Corden / Windows Central: |
Microsoft will announce Xbox Live SDK at GDC 2019 to enable cross-platform play on iOS, Android, Switch, Xbox, and Windows PCs — At GDC 2019, Microsoft is set to debut a new cross-platform development platform with the goal of bringing Xbox Live support to games on Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, in addition to PC and Xbox consoles.
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GDC SF 2019, Engadget, Neowin, MSPoweruser, Digital Trends, and CNET
Tweets: @benbajarin and @scully1888
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Researcher finds “admin@kremlin.ru” backdoor accounts on 2,000+ exposed MongoDB databases that handle financial transactions of businesses operating in Russia — “Admin@kremlin.ru” account spotted on thousands of Russian-linked, internet-exposed MongoDB databases.
Tweets: @akihheikkinen, @martinsfp, and @zdnet
| Aaron Pressman / Fortune: |
Profile of Intel's new CEO Bob Swan, who joined the company in 2016 as CFO, after stints as finance chief at GE divisions, COO and CEO of Webvan, and eBay's CFO — Intel spent seven months searching for a new chief executive only to end the process right where it had started.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Attorneys General of CT, IL, MA, NY, NJ, and NC are investigating how Facebook has handled user data, in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal — - Cambridge Analytica data breach triggered state probes — Facebook Inc. has become the target of at least three more state probes … | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard: |
A college student who stole $5M+ in cryptocurrency via SIM hijacking gets 10 years in prison and is the first person in the US to be sentenced for such a crime — A 20-year-old college student who was accused of stealing more than $5 million in cryptocurrency in a slew of SIM hijacking attacks …
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The Block, Mashable, The Verge, Crowdfund Insider, Slashdot, and Cointelegraph.com News
Tweets: @lorenzofb and @briankrebs
| Andy / TorrentFreak: |
Report: Russian pirates found a new business model, sharing ripped TV and movies via private CDNs with streaming sites that monetize the CDNs' streams via ads — With the popularity of torrent sites on the wane in Russia, an interesting business model for mass streaming is thriving in the region.
Tweets: @neilturkewitz
| Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
LA-based lifestyle brand FabFitFun, which crossed $200M+ in revenue last year, raises $80M Series A led by Kleiner Perkins to grow its subscription box business — The Los Angeles-based company has steadily expanded its retail and lifestyle empire through subscription boxes, video... and even an augmented reality app.Thanks:@debsyoon
| Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat: |
London-based Mimiro, previously known as ComplyAdvantage, which uses AI to detect and analyze the risk of potential financial crimes, raises $30M Series B — Mimiro announced today that it has raised $30 million to fuel global expansion of its financial risk analysis platform.
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Business Wire and TechCrunch
| Josh Dzieza / The Verge: |
As machine learning algorithms get as good as humans at text, image, and speech recognition, Google's CAPTCHA are getting too hard for humans to solve — At some point last year, Google's constant requests to prove I'm human began to feel increasingly aggressive.
Tweets: @ppatel, @_am1t, @cmdrtaco, @distributeddave, @charlesflehman, @bozhobg, and @joshdzieza
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
NY-based Timescale raises $15M Series A1 for its database for time-series data that's popular for its ease of cloud deployment, after a $12.4M Series A in 2018 — Timescale, a New York startup founded by Ajay Kulkarni and Mike Freedman, is on a mission to build open source database software … | Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch: |
UK-based startup Bud, which connects banks to fintechs and other financial service providers, raises $20M Series A with backing from HSBC, Goldman Sachs, others — Bud, the U.K. fintech that helps banks connect their apps and data to other fintech companies and financial service providers … | Jonathan M. Gitlin / Ars Technica: |
From Alexa and Nuance to personal assistants that learn your moods, an overview of the AI-driven features that major auto companies plan to roll out soon — From Alexa and Nuance to personal AI helpers that learn your moods, it's happening. — LAS VEGAS—Like it or not … Sponsor Posts
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