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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 … | Bloomberg: |
Netflix for iOS is rolling out Kids Clips, a TikTok-like feature that shows new daily short videos from its children's library — - Company to test ‘Kids Clips’ on iOS in U.S., other countries — Feature is similar to ‘Fast Laughs’ comedy offering for adults| Pranob Mehrotra / XDA Developers: |
Samsung unveils 14nm, 16GB LPDDR5X DRAM chip for mobile devices, claims data transfer speeds of 8.5Gbps, 1.3x faster than the LPDDR5 and consumes 20% less power — Samsung today announced the world's first LPDDR5 DRAM chip for mobile devices. The new memory module is fabricated using … | Packy McCormick / Not Boring: |
A deep dive into how Discord, an authentic, at-scale user-generated community, has a chance to become the metaverse's natural social infrastructure — A Not Boring x The Generalist Collab on the Internet's New Home … Today's Not Boring is brought to you by... Sprig … Try Sprig Free| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
You.com, an AI-powered open source search engine, launches in beta with $20M in funding led by Salesforce CEO Mark Benioff — You.com, which bills itself as the world's first open source search engine, today announced its public beta launch along with $20 million in funding led … | Don Clark / New York Times: |
The global chip shortage has bolstered the influence of lesser-known chipmakers like Microchip Technology, as market power shifts from buyers to manufacturers — Low-profile chip makers with aging factories have become surprisingly powerful, leading to industry changes that may outlive the pandemic-fueled supply crunch.| Eliza Gkritsi / CoinDesk: |
Crypto exchange WOO Network closes a $30M Series A from various investors, including Singapore-based Three Arrows Capital — WOO Network is betting on deep liquidity to break into the crypto exchange landscape. — Crypto exchange WOO Network closed a $30 million Series A round from various investors … | Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
Clubhouse rolls out Replay on iOS and Android, letting users record live rooms and share them as a podcast or a clip on YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok — Clubhouse hosts and moderators will have a fresh tool in their kit today. The company is pushing a new feature live on both its iOS … | 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 … | Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
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Unpacking some key aspects of what constitutes a metaverse, such as making and owning virtual property, 3D telepresence in a persistent world, and more — Will we all live in the metaverse soon? Or is the idea just Second Life redux? — These days it seems like everybody … | Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Nvidia unveils Riva Custom Voice, a toolkit which companies can use to create custom, “human-like” voice assistants with only 30 minutes of speech data — At its fall 2021 GPU Technology Conference (GTC), Nvidia unveiled Riva Custom Voice, a new toolkit that the company claims … | Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
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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 … | 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 … | Anita Ramaswamy / TechCrunch: |
Socure, a cloud-based identity verification and fraud prevention startup, raises a $450M Series E led by Accel and T. Rowe Price at a $4.5B valuation — Socure, a company that uses AI and machine learning to verify identities, announced today that it raised $450 million in funding for its Series E round led by Accel and T. Rowe Price.| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Twitter Blue rolls out to the US for $2.99/month with Scroll's ad-free articles across 300+ pubs, an undo button, Nuzzel-like “top articles” roundup, and more — And in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, as part of Twitter Blue — Twitter Blue, the company's subscription service … | Samantha Subin / CNBC: |
Palantir beats expectations with Q3 revenue of $392M, up 36% YoY, and expects full year revenue of ~$1.53B, up 40% YoY — - Palantir reported third-quarter earnings on Tuesday that beat analyst expectations on revenue and met earnings estimates. — The company said it expects revenue … | 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.| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Contrast Security, which offers app security and embedded code analysis tech, raises a $150M Series E led by Liberty Strategic Capital, valuing it at $1B+ — Contrast Security, a Los Altos, California-based company developing app security and embedded code analysis technologies … | Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Reprise, a service used to create product demonstrations and tours, raises a $62M Series B led by Iconiq Growth — Reprise, a platform used by software companies such as Cloudera and ZoomInfo to create product demonstrations and tours, has raised $62 million in a series B round of funding.| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
OpenWeb, formerly Spot.IM, used by 1,000+ publishers to manage comments and user interactions, raises a $150M Series E with NYT investing, valuing it at $1.1B — OpenWeb, a platform used by publishers to manage comments and user interactions, has raised $150 million in a series E financing round … | Financial Times: |
Helsing, which uses AI to integrate data and create live maps of battlefields, raises €100M from Daniel Ek's European tech investing group — Defence start-up will use AI to build live battlefield maps in ‘ethical, responsible and transparent’ way — A year after launching … | Christine Hall / TechCrunch: |
Collibra, which provides tools to find, understand, access and analyze data, raises a $250M Series G at a post-money valuation of $5.25B — As more data moves to the cloud, it often still lives in multiple places on a business' network, making it difficult for organizations to understand … | Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Profile of virtual events startup Hopin, which rode the pandemic-led videoconferencing wave to a $7.8B valuation in August and six acquisitions in the past year — Valued at roughly $8bn, the software start-up is one of Europe's biggest success stories in the Covid era| Elizabeth Howcroft / Reuters: |
How Christie's and Sotheby's are bringing in crypto-rich NFT buyers; NFTs now account for about 5.5% of contemporary art sales at the world's top auction houses — Little could James Christie have known some 240 years ago, as he sold masterpieces by Rembrandt and Rubens to Catherine the Great …
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