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A roundup of the coronavirus outbreak's impact on the tech sector, from closures of offices, stores, and factories in China to affecting MWC attendance — The outbreak shows that what impacts China impacts everything — The tech sector is currently feeling the impact of the coronavirus …
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| Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch: |
Filing indicates that Facebook has acquired London-based Scape, which is working on computer vision-based location tech it says is far more accurate than GPS — Scape Technologies, the London-based computer vision startup working on location accuracy beyond the capabilities of GPS … | Alex Danco: |
Recurring revenue streams from SaaS startups may soon get securitized, ushering in various debt financing products that may upend the VC growth financing model — Ten years from now, what seismic change will we reflect back on and think, “well that was pretty obvious, in retrospect”?| Nirave Gondhia / Android Central: |
Motorola Razr review: front quick view display is useful but bumps can be felt while using the foldable screen, battery life is poor, and camera is lackluster — Too many compromises, for too much money. — Motorola RAZR: The review — Stunning design — Folding display — Average Battery
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| Patricia Nilsson / Financial Times: |
LexisNexis Risk Solutions, part of RELX, agrees to buy Arizona-based Emailage, which uses machine learning to help clients detect fraud; source says for ~$480M — Relx is to buy Arizona-based Emailage for about $480m, as the UK-listed information and analytic group deepens its push into the fraud prevention sector.
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| Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica: |
Some ransomware rings have started stealing data before they encrypt to use stolen data as leverage, ensuring that even victims with backups make the payment — Ransomware operators stealing data before they encrypt means backups are not enough. — Not every ransomware attack is an unmitigated disaster.| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
How Hoop, an app for making Snapchat friends, hit #2 in the App Store with a virality and monetization strategy making users spend in-app currency to reach out — Snapchat's developer platform is blowing up as a gateway to teen social app users. Hoop is the latest Snap Kit blockbuster …
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| Peter Blumberg / Bloomberg: |
Facebook agrees to improve its security procedures to settle a class action lawsuit over the 2018 data breach that exposed personal data of 29M users — Facebook Inc. pledged to improve security protocols to resolve a lawsuit blaming the company for a 2018 data breach that exposed personal data of 29 million users.
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Cherre, which is using AI to index and analyze real estate data from disparate public and private sources, raises $16M Series A led by Intel Capital — Real estate data collection and analytics costs can total in the millions of dollars. That's why in 2016, L.D. Salmanson founded Cherre …
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Automox raises $30M Series B for developing a platform to automate configuration, patching, management, and inventory of enterprise endpoints — The average cost of a data breach is nearly $4 million, and yet 74% of companies say they can't patch vulnerabilities quickly enough because they lack the necessary staff.
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Daily Camera, MSSP Alert, Cheddar, PitchBook, Business Wire, AmericanInno, and Help Net Security
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Cloud data warehouse vendor Snowflake announces $479M round, led by Dragoneer with participation from Salesforce, at a $12.4B valuation, up from $3.9B in 2018 — - Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman said the company generated well over $100 million in revenue in 2019.| Alaric DeArment / MedCity News: |
Vineti, a company that makes software for cell and gene therapy firms, raises $35M Series C, led by Cardinal Health, with participation from Novartis and others — The company said it plans to expand into new supply chains for advanced therapeutics in addition to cell and gene therapies … Sponsor Posts
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