Credit agency Equifax says breach affecting up to 143M US consumers found 7/29; sensitive data exposed included DOB, SSN, and 209K credit card numbers
Equifax Inc., which supplies credit information and other information services, said Thursday that a cybersecurity incident …
The Equifax breach, affecting ~44% of US population, is possibly the worst leak of personal information ever, and was handled poorly by the company
Consumer's most sensitve data is now in the open and will remain so for years to come. — It's a sad reality in 2017 …
Three Equifax execs including CFO sold shares worth ~$1.8M days after breach found but before public disclosure; no filings list transactions as scheduled sales
Trio didn't know about the intrusion when selling, firm says — Shares tumbled in late trading after company disclosed breach
Uber plans to electrify its London fleet by 2025, wants all uberX vehicles to be electric or hybrid by 2019, and adds 35p surcharge to fund car upgrades
The company is adding a surcharge of 35p ($0.46) to trips to help meet its green ambitions — Uber's UK operation has announced …
Experts say Facebook's reticence to reveal information about advertisers, as other media forums must, threatens the democratic process
Sen. Mark Warner suggested that Facebook should disclose the same information about political ads that radio and TV stations are required to.
Sources: FBI is investigating Uber over use of defunct “Hell” program that illegally tracked drivers working for competitors like Lyft
Investigators looking at whether Uber's defunct ‘Hell’ internal program was used to interfere illegally with competitors
Sources: Facebook is willing to spend $1B through 2018 on original video for its platform, a dramatic increase on its current video deals
Social-media giant could spend as much as $1 billion to cultivate original shows for its platform — Facebook Inc. FB .65% is loosening its purse strings …
Filecoin blockchain data storage network completes ICO by raising a record $257M including $52M presale, surpassing the $232M raised by Tezos
Blockchain data storage network Filecoin has officially completed its initial coin offering (ICO), raising more than $257 million over a month of activity.
Israeli lidar startup Innoviz raises $65M round backed by auto suppliers Delphi and Magna; Canadian lidar maker LeddarTech raises $101M from Delphi and Magneti
Israeli startup Innoviz Technologies closed a $65 million funding round with backing from Delphi and Magna …
TraceMe, founded by NFL star Russell Wilson, raises $9M led by Madrona, with Bezos, Chad Hurley, and Joe Tsai participating, to connect celebs with “superfans”
As Russell Wilson describes the ethos of his new startup, it feels like you're inside his Seahawks huddle, driving down the field in the fourth quarter.
Cloudera acquires machine learning research company Fast Forward Labs, beats Q2 expectations as it reports $89.8M revenue
In its second quarter since going public in April, big-data firm Cloudera Inc. managed to beat expectations, reversing a first-quarter disappointment that saw its shares plunge 16 percent the next day...
Canada-based Kik plans $125M ICO, says it won't allow investors from its home country to participate due to weak guidance from Ontario Securities Commission
Messaging app plans to raise $125 million total in offering — Kik CEO said ‘weak guidance’ from OSC led to the decision
Amazon seeks proposals from cities for a second HQ in North America, a “full equal” to Seattle HQ, and says it'll invest $5B+ and grow it to 50,000 employees
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Pew 2017 study of news use on social media: 55% of US people aged 50+ get news on social sites, up 10% YoY; Twitter users who get news on site up 15% YoY to 74%
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Indiegogo says it will compel campaigns to provide status of product's development and update backers monthly
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge :
Microsoft and Facebook partner to launch Open Neural Network Exchange format, letting AI developers switch between frameworks easily
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Sen. Mark Warner, ranking Democrat on a Senate panel probing Russian interference in 2016 election, says he expects Twitter representatives to testify soon
Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal :
UploadVR, now Upload, says sexual harassment and wrongful termination suit against it is over; sources say firm dodged a bullet, question its initial response
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Israel-based autonomous drone startup Airobotics raises $32.5M Series C from Microsoft Ventures and others to expand into defense and homeland security, more
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Lyft and Drive.ai partner to bring self-driving car pilot program to the Bay Area, expecting to launch “soon”; no details on number of vehicles or participants
Kirsten Korosec / The Verge :
MIT and IBM partner on $240M research lab, named MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab, with 10-year research agreement focused on AI and its applications
Ron Miller / TechCrunch :
Silicon Valley fondly remembers Dogster cofounder Ted Rheingold, who died of cancer at 47
Benny Evangelista / San Francisco Chronicle : Facebook: Frank Barbieri and Cheryl Sew Hoy Facebook: Frank Barbieri : For all: The Ted Rheingold Public Memorial will be held the evening of October 25t...
Amazon announces plans for 100-person R&D hub in Barcelona focused on machine learning
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