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| Under the Hood: |
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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| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
Europol arrests 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 and have helped carry …
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Europol, BleepingComputer, Threatpost, CRN, iTnews, Dark Reading, Bitdefender Labs, TechRepublic, CNET, DataBreaches.net, ComputerWeekly.com, Forbes, ZDNet, Bloomberg, and CyberScoop
Tweets: @europol, @vickerysec, @c_c_krebs, @dalperovitch, @shanvav, @fireeye, @ericgeller, @campuscodi, @selenalarson, and @nicoleperlroth
| 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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U.S. Department of Justice, The Record, CyberScoop, The Verge, Engadget, NPR, Newser, PCMag, Gizmodo, Axios, New York Post, BleepingComputer, Financial Times, The Hill, Bloomberg, Associated Press, NBC News, Protocol, WRAL TechWire, SecurityWeek, Crowdfund Insider, Tech Xplore, and DataBreaches.net
Tweets: @campuscodi, @fbi, @kylegriffin1, @thejusticedept, @serghei, and @campuscodi
| 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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Wired, GamesIndustry.biz, Niantic, SiliconANGLE, Game Developer, Engadget, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, and The Information
Tweets: @msquinn, @ameliakallman, @kevinmarks, @msquinn, @alexeheath, @technacity, @cyantist, @stevekovach, @alexcox, and @scobleizer
| 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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AnandTech, iTnews, CNBC, Tom's Hardware, Bloomberg, Yahoo Finance, and Investing.com
Tweets: @benbajarin and @hardmaru
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft launches Visual Studio 2022, its first 64-bit version, with Hot Reload for making code changes while an app is running, and .NET 6, with Arm64 support — It's a big week for developers using Microsoft's Visual Studio and .NET platforms. — On November 8, Microsoft …
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devblogs.microsoft.com, .NET Blog, InfoWorld, Thurrott, visualstudiomagazine.com, OnMSFT.com, and XDA Developers
Tweets: @amandaksilver, @xoofx, @dotnet, @amandaksilver, and @dan_abramov
| 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 …
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ZDNet, PayPal Newsroom, Protocol, GeekWire, The Verge, CoinDesk, and Crowdfund Insider
| 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 …
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The Verge. Tweets: @shahidforchange, @omarsshakir, @diaamahmoud, @robertjbateman, @docmattmoudi, @davidparis, @ha_matar, @m7mdkurd, @aj_iraqi, @snowden, @unpressed, @btselem, @glcarlstrom, @martinkonecny, @yun_aus, @shepherds4good, and @rasha_abdul
| 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
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Benzinga, VentureBeat, and CNBC
| Bloomberg: |
Advent International 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 that values the cybersecurity software maker at more than $14 billion including debt.
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TechCrunch, ZDNet, Business Wire, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, SiliconANGLE, New York Post, RTÉ, MarketWatch, San Francisco Business Journal, TechRadar, Barron's Online, and SecurityWeek. Tweets: @business
| Hirsh Chitkara / Protocol: |
Even minor actions in an NFT game can be taxable events, an inconvenient reality exacerbated by the lack of raw transaction records from many NFT games — In a matter of months, NFT gaming became a multibillion-dollar industry by combining two things people already loved: video games and getting rich from crypto.| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple will continue accepting App Store submissions throughout the holidays for the first time, though reviews may take longer from Nov. 24-28 and Dec. 23-27 — Apple today announced that developers will be able to submit new and updated app submissions via App Store Connect throughout the upcoming holiday season.
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9to5Mac, TechCrunch, The Verge, iThinkDifferent, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, iMore, iPhone Hacks, and The Mac Observer
Tweets: @macrumors, @martinsfp, and @9to5mac
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