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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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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
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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| Joseph Menn / Washington Post: |
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 … | 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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| 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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| 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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| Josef Adalian / Vulture: |
Amazon Prime Video will exclusively stream Country Music Awards on Monday, an awards-show first; Amazon Live will carry a “shoppable” version of the red carpet — Ratings for the Oscars, Emmys, and other big awards shows have plunged over the past five years …
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| Aditya Hadi Pratama / Tech in Asia: |
Singapore-based AI Rudder, which offers AI-powered B2C voice assistants in 15+ languages, raises a $50M Series B led by Tiger Global and Coatue — AI Rudder, a Singapore-based AI startup, has raised US$50 million in series B funding from Tiger Global, Sequoia Capital India, and Huashan Capital.
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Instagram removes Boomerang and Hyperlapse from the App Store and Google Play, a week after Meta announced the company would shut down its IGTV app — A week after Instagram confirmed its plan to shut down its standalone IGTV app in order to better focus on initiatives, like Reels …
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