Marcus Hutchins, who helped stop WannaCry, arrested by FBI after Def Con; DoJ indictment accuses him of helping spread Kronos banking trojan in 2014-2015
Marcus Hutchins arrested over his alleged role in creating Kronos malware targeting banks — Marcus Hutchins, the 23-year-old British …
A preliminary legal analysis of the six counts in the Kronos indictment shows that the government's theory of the case will lead to significant legal challenges
The Justice Department has indicted Marcus Hutchins, a security researcher, for allegedly creating and selling malware. The Verge explains:
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LastPass unveils family plan pricing at $48/year, doubles price of premium tier to $24/year, removes unlimited sharing, more from free version
Last month, LastPass announced that it would soon be introducing a new “Families” plan for sharing passwords, bank account info, and other sensitive data among family members.
Emails and interviews show Uber bought 1,000+ faulty Hondas, which were subject to recall, in Singapore and leased them to drivers; one vehicle caught fire
Chasing breakneck growth, the ride-hailing giant bought Honda SUVs in Singapore subject to a recall—then one caught fire
Facebook moves entire translation backend to neural networks, built on Caffe2, to handle 4.5B+ translations per day, says it's seen ~11% increase in accuracy
Facebook announced today that it has started using neural network systems to carry out more than 4.5 billion translations …
Sources: Spotify app for Xbox One is coming soon, and is currently being tested internally
Spotify is planning to release an Xbox One app soon. Pictures of Microsoft's Larry Hryb (Major Nelson) testing a Spotify app for Xbox One were spotted on Reddit earlier this week …
Coinbase reverses course after August 1 hard fork, says it will begin supporting Bitcoin Cash by January 1, 2018
The cryptocurrency online exchange Coinbase has decided to support the new bitcoin cash, days after a user exodus temporarily brought its website to a halt.
Mamoon Hamid, co-founder of Social Capital, joins Kleiner Perkins as a general partner
- Venture firm Kleiner Perkins just poached Mamoon Hamid from Social Capital, a 6-year-old venture fund he co-founded. — The move follows a spate of departures at Kleiner Perkins over the last week …
Activision Blizzard announces Q2 profit of $243M on $1.42B revenue, says it has delivered $1B of in-game revenues
(Reuters) - Activision Blizzard Inc raised its full-year adjusted revenue and profit forecasts for the second time on Thursday, as the videogame publisher benefits …
Valve says Steam now has 67M monthly active players, 33M daily active players, and averages 14M concurrent users per day at peak, which is up from 8.4M in 2015
The world's most powerful PC game distribution platform continues to expand its reach and grow its user base.
French luxury group Kering, owner of Gucci, drops 2015 lawsuit against Alibaba over counterfeit goods, says the companies will work together to combat fakes
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Blockchain-based data storage network Filecoin sold $52M worth of tokens to accredited investors including USV and Sequoia in a pre-sale ahead of ICO next week
San Francisco-based startup Protocol Labs has sold $52 million in a token pre-sale ahead of an initial coin offering launch next week.
Senate confirms Democrat Jessica Rosenworcel and Republican Brendan Carr to FCC's two open slots
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai: ‘We Want America to Be the Leader in Innovation’ Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch : FCC fills vacant seats as Jessica Rosenworcel and Brendan Carr are confirmed by Senate Jacob Kastr...
TrackR, which helps users find lost items using its Bluetooth devices, raises $50M Series B led by Revolution Growth with participation from Amazon's Alexa Fund
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Yelp says GrubHub is acquiring its Eat24 delivery service for $287.5M; reports Q2 revenue of $208.9M, up 20% YoY; stock up 18%+ after hours
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GoPro beats Q2 targets with $297M revenue, up 34% YoY, vs. $269M expected, as the company commits to fixing software, supply chain issues
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LinkedIn is rolling out a free service to pair users with mentors
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Google says it will rank better-performing apps, like those that use less battery or crash less often, higher in the Play Store
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Sources: Google was interested in buying Snap for $30B+ in early 2016, around Snap's Series F; source says Snap talked with Google about buyout just before IPO
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Sources: Anthony Levandowski worked for Larry Page's flying-car firm, Kitty Hawk, before leaving Google, signaling how highly Alphabet executives regarded him
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Codecademy launches Codecademy Pro with three paid tiers for different needs offering more intensive courses, starting at $19.99/month
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Uber expands Uber Freight beyond Texas to California, Arizona, Chicago, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina and updates driver's app
Ever since we launched … Rob LeFebvre / Engadget : Uber Freight schedules loads for truck drivers in six more states Brandy Betz / Seeking Alpha : Uber Freight hits new markets, adds app features
YouTube has emerged as the new conservative talk radio for a younger generation of right-wing vloggers like Paul Joseph Watson and Stefan Molyneux
John Herrman / New York Times : Tweets: @chadwick_moore , @prisonplanet , @mattdpearce , @stefanmolyneux , @nytimes , @jwherrman , @jwherrman , @jwherrman , and @jwherrman See also Mediagazer Tweets:...
Profile of Twitter COO Anthony Noto, described as a divisive “war time” CEO as Dorsey runs two companies, who plans focus on live video to fix Twitter's woes
Julie Bort / Business Insider : Tweets: @digitalshields and @ajs . Thanks: @lexnfx See also Mediagazer Tweets: Mike Shields / @digitalshields : “People are using Twitter for all sorts of different pu...
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