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March 31, 2022, 3:43 AM

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William Turton / Bloomberg:
Sources say Apple and Meta gave user data to hackers in response to forged Emergency Data Requests; Discord said it had also fulfilled a forged legal request  —  Apple Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of Facebook, provided customer data to hackers who masqueraded as law enforcement officials …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is planning to expand its financial services by adding payment processing, lending risk assessment, credit checks, fraud analysis, and more  —  Apple Inc. is developing its own payment processing technology and infrastructure for future financial products …
Richard Lawler / The Verge:
Apple updates its App Store rules in the Netherlands to let Dutch dating apps take payments through third-party processors, but a 27% commission still applies  —  But they can't avoid giving up a 27 percent commission  —  To help bring an end to wrangling with Dutch regulators that stretched …
Juli Clover / MacRumors:
Apple now lets “reader” apps link to websites for creating or managing user accounts, after the company gives access to an External Link Account Entitlement  —  Apple today informed developers of “reader” apps that they are able to sign up for access to an “External Link Account Entitlement” …
Brandy Betz / CoinDesk:
LayerZero, a startup that offers a protocol for blockchain interoperability, raises $135M co-led by a16z, FTX, and Sequoia at a $1B valuation  —  The blockchain interoperability protocol first emerged from stealth last September.  —  CORRECTION (March 30, 19:28 UTC): A previous version …
Carly Page / TechCrunch:
IT and software developer Globant says its code repo was partially breached, after Lapsus$ shared 70GB of allegedly stolen data; Globant's stock closed down 10%  —  Just days after police in the U.K. arrested seven people over suspected connections to the now-infamous hacking and extortion group, Lapsus$ is claiming its latest victim.
Steve Zurier / SC Media:
IoT manufacturer Ubiquiti sues cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs, claiming he falsely accused the company of covering up a cyberattack  —  Ubiquiti on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against industry blogger Brian Krebs for $425 million in damages for allegedly falsely accusing the company of “covering up” a cyberattack.
Washington Post:
Meta paid Republican consulting firm Targeted Victory for a campaign to paint TikTok as a danger to the US, including placing op-eds in regional news outlets  —  Facebook parent company Meta is paying one of the biggest Republican consulting firms in the country to orchestrate …
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Julie Jargon / Wall Street Journal:
Research shows TikTok tic videos contribute to a rise in cases of girls with tics; US ER room visits among teen girls with tics has tripled during the pandemic  —  Tourette videos posted on the platform continue to draw many viewers, and doctors say teen girls keep showing up at their offices with functional neurological issues
James Vincent / The Verge:
Google plans to use its ML model MUM to improve search results for users in a crisis, directing them to help for suicide, sexual assault, and domestic abuse  —  Directing more searches to help and support  —  In a personal crisis, many people turn to an impersonal source of support: Google.
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
Wing Security, which helps companies discover, monitor, and remediate potential security issues with SaaS tools used by their employees, raises a $20M Series A  —  As businesses increasingly rely on an ever-growing number of SaaS products, it has become imperative for security teams …
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Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
WhatsApp says its users send 7B voice messages daily on average and adds a waveform visualization, pause/resume, draft preview, out of chat playback, and more  —  Like most smartphone users in India, I use WhatsApp a lot.  But I have never sent anyone a voice message — ever.  Turns out, others do.
Nate Raymond / Reuters:
A judge invalidates Massachusetts' fiduciary duty rule that underlies a 2020 suit accusing Robinhood of encouraging inexperienced users to place risky trades  —  A Massachusetts judge on Wednesday dealt state securities regulators a major setback in their enforcement action …
Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
Waymo plans to offer fully autonomous rides in San Francisco, without a human safety driver, as part of a growing test, and expands its service area in Arizona  —  The company is also expanding its service area in Phoenix  —  Waymo plans to start offering rides in its fully autonomous vehicles …
Ricky Ben-David / The Times of Israel:
Israel-based Beewise, which develops AI-powered robotic beehives that can monitor and care for bees and harvest the honey, raises an $80M Series C  —  Funding round led by Insight Partners; investors include subsidiary of UAE sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment Company

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