Researchers find alarming number of Macs remain vulnerable to stealthy hacks due to outdated EFI firmware; Windows and Linux PCs are also likely at risk
At-risk EFI versions likely put Windows and Linux PCs at risk, too. — An alarming number of Macs remain vulnerable to known exploits …
Travis Kalanick appoints Ursula Burns, John Thain to Uber board in clout-bolstering move; Uber says decision “came as a complete surprise to Uber and its board”
Kalanick asserts right to pick directors as questions swirl — Unclear if Uber's new CEO Khosrowshahi supports board choices
Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority issues guidance on ICOs, is investigating at least 11 suspicious cases
Matthew Allen / SWI swissinfo.ch :
Twitter told Congressional investigators it found ~200 Russia-linked accounts with 22 directly matching the 470 accounts Facebook identified
Tony Romm / Recode :
A look at Jet.com a year after acquisition by Walmart as the site chases urban millennials and launches its own private-label products brand Uniquely J
- Walmart acquired Jet.com roughly one year ago. — Jet executives say the acquisition has let them chase a more specific customer: the urban millennial.
Here's the proposal to change Uber's governance, which is aimed at limiting Travis Kalanick's power
The changes, listed. — Former CEO Travis Kalanick's decision on Friday to appoint two new directors to the board of the car-hailing company did not come out of nowhere, although it was a surprise to...
Nintendo announces it will shut down Wii Shop channel on January 30, 2019
Nintendo will shut down the Wii Shop channel on January 30th, 2019, marking the end of an era for the service that first came online for Wii consoles in December 2006. The shutdown will happen gradua...
Sources: Facebook is sharing its data with Google as the search giant reviews potential Russian meddling in the 2016 election
Google is also set to meet with congressional investigators in the coming weeks. — Facebook has shared some details about the Russian-operated profiles …
Sources: Apple quietly acquired French computer vision startup Regaind earlier this year; the company had raised €400K from Side Capital
TechCrunch has learned that Apple has acquired a small French startup called Regaind, according to multiple sources.
SEC, in apparent first, charges two companies behind recent ICOs, Diamond Reserve Club World and REcoin, and their founder Maksim Zaslavskiy, with fraud
The SEC has brought what appears to be its first charges against a company utilizing the initial coin offering (ICO) fundraising model.
China's Weibo announces it is hiring 1000 “supervisors” to censor content on the service
Weibo asks that each supervisor censor no less than 200 pieces of content per month — As Chinese authorities are fiercely cracking down on the internet, China's top social media platform Weibo doing...
Sources: Google to launch Advanced Protection Program marketed at high-profile users that replaces 2-factor auth with physical keys, blocks all third party apps
New service for Gmail, data will block third-party apps, hacks — Product designed to replace two-factor authentication
After court order Google removes Catalan referendum app On Votar 1-Oct from Spanish Play Store
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Japan's Financial Services Agency has approved 11 companies as operators of cryptocurrency exchanges
A look at Google Glass' failure as a consumer device, rebirth as Glass for Enterprise, and how focusing on modularization can help the product grow and expand
Few products in tech have drawn as much ridicule or outright laughter as Google Glass. But that wasn't always the case.
A look at Apple's video content strategy: slow and deliberate approach led by experienced ex-TV execs, rejecting most offers, bidding on high profile shows
The world's biggest company is officially taking meetings as everyone from Jennifer Aniston to Steven Spielberg salivates over selling the first big show.
Amazon quietly announces Fire OS 6, based on Android Nougat 7.1.2; the OS will premiere on the 4K Fire TV
Corbin Davenport / Android Police :
Rovio closes flat, at €11.50, on its first day of trading, valuing the company at $1B
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Sources: open source database startup MariaDB to raise another $27M, led by Alibaba, at $354M valuation
Jon Russell / TechCrunch :
Podcast startup Anchor raises $10M Series A led by GV for its audio broadcasting app, which makes it easy for creators to record and distribute audio
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat :
After raising $50M in June, self-driving startup Drive.ai raises $15M more from Grab, others to open Singapore office
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch :
BuildingConnected, a bid procurement platform for the building industry, raises $22M Series B led by Lightspeed Venture Partners
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat :
Stockpile, an online brokerage that enables fractional share investing, raises $30M Series B led by Fidelity-backed Eight Roads Ventures
Akane Otani / Wall Street Journal :
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