Cyberattack on UK parliament email accounts forces security team to disable remote access; investigation is ongoing
House of Commons spokesperson says it is investigating after unauthorised attempts were made to access user accounts — Parliament has been hit by a “sustained and determined” …
Waymo court filing shows former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick knew Anthony Levandowski had taken Alphabet files in March 2016
Uber has also been ordered to produce a key document in the case. — Alphabet is asking a judge to find Uber in contempt for failing to notify the court …
Coinbase is reimbursing losses caused by Wednesday's Ethereum flash crash, when prices briefly dropped from $320 to as low as $0.10 on the GDAX exchange
Earlier this week, GDAX, the digital currency exchange run by Coinbase, experienced a flash crash in its USD - Ethereum market.
Walmart tells some tech providers not to use Amazon Web Services if they want Walmart's business
Wal-Mart is telling some technology companies that if they want its business, they can't run applications for the retailer on Amazon's leading cloud-computing service, Amazon Web Services.
Researcher gains full system-wide access on Windows 10 S, despite the operating system's strict security measures, by exploiting Microsoft Word macros
We enlisted a leading security researcher to test if Microsoft's newest, locked down version of Windows 10 is protected against all …
After reports of sexual harassment, Justin Caldbeck takes indefinite leave of absence from Binary Capital, apologizes for behavior, says he'll seek counseling
After a hectic few weeks of travel … Johana Bhuiyan / Recode : One of the women who accused VC Justin Caldbeck of sexual harassment doesn't believe his apology Brenden Mulligan : Everything I hate abo...
The tech industry should treat sexual harrassment of founders by VCs much like HR departments treat workplace abuses
I have been reading the slow but meaningful fall … Reed Albergotti / The Information : Venture Capitalists, Tech Leaders Back ‘Decency Pledge’ Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch : Binary Capital reportedly d...
Anthem agrees to pay $115M to settle class action lawsuit over 2015 data breach in which hackers gained access to personal info of nearly 80M Americans
Anthem Inc. agreed to pay $115 million in a deal to end a court battle over the 2015 data breach where hackers gained access to sensitive records for nearly 80 million Americans.
Heaps of Windows 10 internal builds, private source code leak online
Unreleased 64-bit ARM versions, Server editions among dumped data — Exclusive A massive trove of Microsoft's internal Windows operating system builds and chunks of its core source code have leaked o...
Snapchat's new Snap Map broadcasts your exact location to your friends every time you open the app, unless you turn on “Ghost Mode”
This detail about Snap Map is frightening — Earlier this week, Snapchat introduced Snap Map, an opt-in function that allows you to share your location with your friends on a map.
Sources: Binary Capital delayed its plans to close on upwards of $75M in new capital in wake of Justin Caldbeck situation
Binary Capital yesterday delayed its plans to close on upwards of $75 million in new capital for its second fund. This comes after co-founding partner Justin Caldbeck took …
eBay will now match Amazon's, Walmart's and others' prices on over 50,000 items
As Amazon and Walmart continue their battle to become the world's largest retailer, another longtime rival in the e-commerce business, eBay, is now stepping up its game as well.
The Chinese government orders Weibo, iFeng, and ACFUN to cease all video and audio streaming services, says they don't meet national audiovisual regulations
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A behind-the-scenes look at how Google's Project Zero, known for its hard-nosed vulnerability disclosure policy, got started and has evolved over time
Brash. Controversial. A guard against rising digital threats around the globe. Google's Project Zero is securing the Internet on its own terms. Thanks: @jeffjohnroberts
Todoist developer unveils Twist, a Slack competitor that focuses on asynchronous communication by organizing all team conversations into threads
Romain Dillet / TechCrunch :
Google to stop scanning Gmail email content to target ads, will use other user info it has for ad targeting
Mark Bergen / Bloomberg :
Facebook Is Launching A Standalone App Exclusively For Video Creators
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Sources: Venmo is testing its own physical debit card
Jason Del Rey / Recode :
CNN to invest $40M in its in-house startup Great Big Story over the next two years, turning it into 24-hour streaming service, distributed on Sling TV, others
Startup to shift from social distribution to 24-hour channel — Great Big Story said to be valued at as much as $250 million Tweets: @nzingaq , @mathewi , and @pkafka Tweets: Nzinga Qunta / @nzingaq ...
Tumblr says it fixed the ‘Safe Mode’ glitch that hid innocent posts, including LGBTQ+ content
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Altice USA ends the week up 14%+ from Thursday's IPO price of $30 after raising $1.9B in the largest US telecom initial public offering since 2000
Mike Farrell / Multichannel News :
Home design firm Houzz closes $400M round from Sequoia, GGV Capital, Iconiq Capital, and others; sources say at $4B valuation
Olivia Zaleski / Bloomberg :
Vice Media raises $450M from TPG at a $5.7B valuation, will use some of the funds to create a new mobile subscription service
Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @shalini and @alexckaufman Tweets: Shalini Ramachandran / @shalini : While Disney buying Vice seemed inevitable at one point, a Disney takeover now is looking unlikely, ...
How some popular Spotify playlists in its Browse section are controlled by a small group of firms, some owned by big labels, making or breaking upcoming artists
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