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Robinhood says an unauthorized party obtained a list of email addresses for ~5M users, full names for another ~2M users, and more info on ~310 others — Late in the evening of November 3, we experienced a data security incident. An unauthorized third party obtained access to a limited amount …
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| CNN: |
US charges a Ukrainian suspect, arrested in Poland last month, and a Russian citizen over REvil attacks, and says it seized $6M in ransom payments — (CNN)Law enforcement officials have seized an estimated $6 million in ransom payments, and the US Justice Department is expected to announce Monday …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
Europol has arrested seven people suspected of helping REvil and GandCrab with over 7,000 cyberattacks since early 2019, in a Romanian-led investigation — Europol has announced today the arrests of seven suspects who worked as “affiliates” (partners) for a major ransomware cartel …
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| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Niantic launches Lightship, a platform to build “real-world metaverse” AR iOS and Android apps, and commits $20M to fund companies building AR apps — The maker of Pokémon Go wants to power future AR glasses. — Niantic is releasing a platform for building what it calls “real-world metaverse” apps.
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| Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: |
Ex-Israeli soldiers say the country built a “Facebook for Palestinians” over the last two years to monitor Palestinians through facial recognition tech — HEBRON, West Bank — The Israeli military has been conducting a broad surveillance effort in the occupied West Bank … | Stephen Nellis / Reuters: |
AMD touts Meta as a data center chip customer, as it targets Nvidia with new chips like MI200, a family of server accelerators to boost ML and other workloads — Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD.O) on Monday said it has won Meta Platforms Inc (FB.O) as a data center chip customer …
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| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
PayPal reports Q3 revenue of $6.18B, up 13% YoY, vs $6.23B est., Venmo payment volume up 36% YoY to $60B, says Venmo users can make Amazon purchases next year — - PayPal reported a 13% increase in year-over-year revenue for the third quarter. — The company issued a fourth-quarter forecast … | Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Zynga reports Q3 revenue of $705M, up 40% YoY, bookings of $668M, up 6% YoY, says it hired a former Coca-Cola game executive as new head of blockchain gaming — Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.
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| Roblox: |
Roblox reports Q3 revenue of $509.3M, up 102% YoY, 47.3M DAUs, up 31% YoY, average bookings per DAU of $13.49, 11.2B hours engaged, up 28% YoY; stock up 25%+ — Year-over-year Revenue Up 102% to $509.3 Million; Bookings Up 28% to $637.8 Million; and Free Cash Flow of $170.6 million
| Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal: |
Nextdoor closes its first day on the NYSE at $13.01, up 17%, after going public via a SPAC merger which raised $674M and valued it at ~$4.3B — Shares of the social-networking platform for local neighborhoods jump 17% — Shares in Nextdoor Inc. surged Monday in their first day of trading …
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| Mike Blumenthal / Near Media: |
Google appears to be using its Business Profile rebranding to solicit SMB opposition to possible antitrust legislation — Google, in an effort to regain control of the antitrust narrative, has brazenly and deceptively enlisted small businesses to argue the company's case.| Bloomberg: |
An investor group led by Advent International, Permira Advisers, and others agrees to take McAfee private in a $14B+ deal that includes ~$4B in debt — An investor group led by buyout firms Advent International Corp., Permira Advisers and others agreed to take McAfee Corp. private in a deal …
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