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Google plans to acquire cybersecurity company Mandiant for around $5.4B, or $23 per share, with the deal closing later in 2022; Mandiant will join Google Cloud — Acquisition to bring Google speed and scale to Mandiant's unparalleled intelligence and expertise - at a time when security has never been more important
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Linux developers fix Dirty Pipe, a high-severity vulnerability in the kernel that let hackers carry out a host of malicious actions, like installing backdoors — Dirty Pipe has the potential to smudge people using Linux and Linux derivitives. — Linux has yet another high-severity vulnerability …
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Google: Russia's Fancy Bear launched phishing campaigns against Ukrainians before the invasion and Belarus' Ghostwriter targeted Ukrainian and Polish militaries — Belarus conducted widespread phishing attacks against members of the Polish military as well as Ukrainian officials …
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| Khari Johnson / Wired: |
Three Black men discuss the impact of wrongful arrests made by police departments in New Jersey and Michigan using facial recognition tech — Robert Williams, Michael Oliver, and Nijeer Parks were misidentified by facial recognition software. The impact cast a long shadow. … APPLICATION
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| Lauren Kaori Gurley / VICE: |
Four Amazon delivery service partners in the US describe racking up debts of tens of thousands of dollars after the company abruptly terminated their contracts — Across the country, Amazon's delivery service partners, the small businesses, that exclusively deliver packages for Amazon …
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Tech Transparency Project: Amazon employs five Chinese suppliers with ties to Uyghur labor camps; Amazon: “we take allegations of human rights abuses seriously” — Five suppliers ‘directly or indirectly’ involve forced labor — Amazon is allegedly employing suppliers in China …
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| Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: |
Cloudflare, CrowdStrike, and Ping Identity form the Critical Infrastructure Defense Project, offering their services to US hospitals and utilities for free — Cloudflare Inc., CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. and Ping Identity Corp. today are teaming up to form the Critical Infrastructure Defense Project … | Berber Jin / The Information: |
Source: Tiger Global partners have committed $1B of their own cash, at $300M+ every year, to invest in early-stage tech funds — Tiger Global Management, the world's most active startup investor last year, is trying a new way to get the inside track. — Partners at the firm …
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| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Samsung, Lenovo, and Microsoft commit to shipping Android 12L, featuring optimizations for tablets and foldables, for some of their devices later this year — The update is coming later this year — Samsung, Lenovo, and Microsoft are the first device manufacturers to commit to shipping Android 12L …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon launches Amp, an app that lets people host live “radio shows”, take calls, and play tracks licensed to Amazon Music; the app is not yet widely available — Amazon's Clubhouse competitor has arrived. The retail giant on Tuesday launched a new mobile app called Amp … | Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Apple suspends Search Ads in Russia, putting current and future App Store advertising campaigns on hold in the country “until further notice” — Apple Inc. has suspended advertising on its App Store in Russia, a move that bars developers from placing ads in search results …
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| Krystal Hu / Reuters: |
Axonius, which provides a cybersecurity asset management service that helps companies analyze IT resources, raises $200M at a $2.6B valuation led by Accel — Axonius has raised $200 million from investors led by venture capital firm Accel at a valuation of $2.6 billion …
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London-based Thirdfort, which helps businesses reduce risk with ID verification, AML compliance, and anti-money laundering regulations, raises a $20M Series A — Money laundering has been a hot topic of late in the UK, which is facing pressure to not just make tighter rules to track … Sponsor Posts
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