US Labor Department says in court that it found “systemic” pay disparities against women at Google; Google disputes findings, says government provided no data
Allegations of possible employment violations emerge at court hearing as part of lawsuit to compel company, a federal contractor, to provide compensation data
WikiLeaks: After Russian-made Carberp financial malware was leaked in 2013, CIA borrowed elements of the malware for deployment on Windows systems
The CIA's hacking operations allegedly borrowed elements from the Carberp financial malware when the code was leaked in 2013
Inside venture capital market in Q1 2017: number of global equity funding rounds increased by 11.9% compared to Q4 2016, but was roughly flat year-over-year
The first quarter of 2017 was a period of transition for the global venture capital ecosystem. — There are signs that the slight downturn …
Months after failing to sell NSA hacking tools, hacking group The Shadow Brokers publicly releases the alleged exploits
The Shadow Brokers, the mysterious group linked to exploits stolen from the National Security Agency, released a large catalog of files Saturday that give further insight …
IRS says hackers accessed tax info of 100K people through a financial aid tool for students; info can be used to file fraudulent tax returns to steal refunds
A hacker filed my taxes to steal my refund — Hackers accessed the data of up to 100,000 people through a tool that helps students get financial aid.
Netflix's chief product officer Neil Hunt to depart in July after 18 years, will be replaced by Greg Peters; chief talent officer Tawni Cranz also leaving
Greg Peters to take over as chief product officer in July; chief talent officer Tawni Cranz is departing
Projection mapping startup Lightform teases a device that can use a normal projector to project images onto irregular surfaces
Technology wants to disappear. In computing's early days, the machines swallowed entire rooms. Today, we wear them on our wrists.
Researchers uncover BrickerBot-powered botnet attacks that are designed to brick poorly secured Linux-based routers and other IoT devices
Ongoing “BrickerBot” attacks might be trying to kill devices before they can join a botnet. — Researchers have uncovered a rash of ongoing attacks designed …
Trov raises $45M Series D to expand its app-based single item insurance service to the US and Japan, bringing total raised to $85M
Financial-technology startup raises $45 million to expand into new markets — Trov Inc., a financial-technology startup aiming to bring on-demand services …
Department of Homeland Security has withdrawn its order to unmask @ALT_uscis Twitter account that criticized Trump, prompting Twitter to drop its lawsuit
Russell Brandom / The Verge :
Source: Internet Association, which represents Facebook, Google, Twitter, others, will meet with FCC's Ajit Pai next week to discuss net neutrality rule changes
Tony Romm / Recode :
Italian court issues nationwide Uber ban citing unfair competition; firm has 10 days to appeal, cease operations, or face ~$10K daily fine; Uber will appeal
Nick Statt / The Verge :
TaskRabbit exploring a sale after the firm received inbound interest from a strategic buyer, CEO confirms; sources say there is more than one interested buyer
The gig economy startup has hired advisers after a possible purchaser surfaced during a recent funding process.
Current and former insiders of Something Awful on how forums on the site, which was founded in 1999, presaged current internet culture
I sometimes suspect that we're seeing something in the Internet as significant as the birth of cities. It's something that profound and with that sort of infinite possibilities. Tweets: @taylorjwoffo...
Super-voting shares in Uber held by Kalanick and his allies mean the board has little control over who fills CEO role
The rise of super-voting shares in Silicon Valley has given founders the ultimate job security. — As the calamities amass at Uber, many people—including me—have called for new leadership. Tweets: @b...
Walt Mossberg is retiring in June, shortly after the 2017 Code Conference, ending a 47-year career at publications including the WSJ, Recode, and The Verge
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Uber responds to Waymo's lawsuit in a court filing, says it never received the documents Levandowski downloaded from Waymo, has different Lidar design, more
Biz Carson / Business Insider :
Twitch is asking Canadian court to force PayPal, CloudFlare, others to hand over identifying info of a spambot creator
David Kravets / Ars Technica :
Okta closes up 38%+ on first day of trading after raising $187M in its IPO
“Pardon but I gotta question of life now Paul Gillin / SiliconANGLE : You can open your eyes now: Okta soars 38 percent in first-day trading Arjun Kharpal / CNBC : Okta CEO says it's a ‘good environme...
Israel-based Otonomo raises $25M Series B for its cloud software that helps automakers monetize data generated by connected cars
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch :
Souche.com, a Chinese used car trading platform and software provider for used car dealers raises $180M Series D led by Warburg Pincus
Antonia TImmerman / DealStreetAsia :
Bill Gates-backed satellite antenna company Kymeta discloses $73.5M round in SEC filing, its largest round to date as total funding approaches $200M
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