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Cybersecurity experts say FBI is investigating Ryuk ransomware attacks on more than two dozen US hospitals, and officials warned hospitals to back up systems — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI is investigating the recent targeting with ransomware of more than two dozen hospitals across …
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Wisconsin Republican Party says hackers stole $2.3M from its federal account; party chairman says the FBI is investigating — MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Hackers have stolen $2.3 million from the Wisconsin Republican Party's account that was being used to help reelect President Donald Trump …
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
ByteDance launches its first gadget, a $119 smart lamp aimed at school-going children, with a built-in camera to let parents tutor remotely — ByteDance on Thursday unveiled its first consumer hardware product, a smart light lamp with a display, that it says is part of its education technology portfolio … | Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal: |
Spotify had total Q3 revenue of €1.97B, up 14% YoY, ARPU of €4.19, down 10% YoY, with 320M MAUs, up 29% YoY, and 144M paying subscribers, up 27% YoY — Listening time, revenue increased as use in cars and homes grew — Spotify Technology SA moved past a slump that hit early in the pandemic …
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A look at startup culture wars happening around Coinbase, Expensify, and others as they become embroiled in a debate over the role of politics in the workplace — Coinbase, Expensify, Soylent, Clubhouse and others are embroiled in a culture war over politics and the workplace.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft adds live custom data types to Excel, letting users import their data, a feature currently available to Office beta testers in the Insiders program — Excel now goes far beyond text and numbers — Microsoft is overhauling Excel with the ability to support custom live data types.
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Netflix increases pricing for standard plan by $1 to $14/month and premium tier by $2 to $18/month; basic plan will remain $9/month — The basic plan will remain $9 a month — Netflix is introducing price hikes for its US subscribers today, increasing its standard plan to $14 a month and its premium tier to $18 a month.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google adds a free VPN service for users of its 2TB plan on Google One, rolling out first to US Android users, with more countries, iOS and web to follow — Back in July, Google's storage subscription service made phone backups free on Android and announced plans for iOS.
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Recording of Senate Commerce Committee hearing on Section 230 where Jack Dorsey, Mark Zuckerberg, and Sundar Pichai testified — Senate Commerce Committee Hearing
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Ant Group's $10.3B raise in 2018, its first from non-Chinese investors, promises a combined $8B gain for Silver Lake, Warburg Pincus, and others when Ant IPOs — In 2018, the financial-technology giant raised $10.3 billion in its first and only private sale of stock to institutions outside China
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Taiwanese contract chipmaker UMC fined $60M after pleading guilty to DOJ charges of stealing trade secrets from US chipmaker Micron — Chipmaker fined $60m and agrees to co-operate in case against China's Fujian Jinhua — Taiwanese contract chipmaker United Microelectronics Corporation … | Shara Tibken / CNET: |
Samsung reports operating profit of $10.9B in Q3, up 59% YoY, on highest ever quarterly revenue of $59B, up 8% YoY, led by strong demand for its smartphones — While the pandemic continues to rage, consumers are buying phones and other electronics again. — The pandemic-caused lull … | Karin Matussek / Bloomberg: |
Germany probes Amazon and Apple over “brandgating”, an Amazon practice that removes independent sellers of branded products from companies like Apple — - Federal Cartel Office investigates brand-product agreements — Banning other brand product sellers may violate antitrust law
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Travel activities booking app GetYourGuide raises $133M through a convertible note led by Searchlight Capital, bringing its total raised to $780M — On the heels of Germany announcing another lockdown to try to contain the rapid rise in Covid-19 cases in the country, one of the hottest startups … | Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Honeywell unveils Model H1, a quantum computer with 10 qubits reaching a quantum volume of 128, offered along with a subscription service for usage — Honeywell, which was a bit of a surprise entrant into the quantum computing space when it announced its efforts to build the world's …
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A look at “perception hacks”, small attacks that can undermine confidence if exaggerated, and other scenarios that election officials are keeping an eye on — In the final days of voting, election officials and cybersecurity experts are keeping a close eye on a range …
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| Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat: |
CodeSandbox, which builds web-based tools for collaborative application development, raises $12.7M led by EQT Ventures, bringing its total raised to $15M — Amsterdam-based CodeSandbox has raised $12.7 million to help teams collaborate on the development of web-based applications.
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