Wi-Fi Alliance begins certifying products that support WPA3, the successor to the WPA2 security protocol, that provides additional protections against attacks
WPA3 certification starts today — Wi-Fi devices have been using the same security protocol for over a decade.
Apple releases first public beta of iOS 12 with Group FaceTime, Siri Shortcuts, new Do Not Disturb features, Memoji, multiplayer shared AR experiences, and more
Apple this afternoon released the first public beta of iOS 12 to its public beta testing group, giving non-developers a chance …
Have I Been Pwned breach data search now integrated in 1Password via Watchtower, will be trialed in Firefox via a new Firefox Monitor tool starting next week
Pretty much every day, I get a reminder from someone about how little people know about their exposure in data breaches.
Sources: top tech companies met intelligence officials to discuss midterm elections but neither the FBI nor DHS was willing to share specific threat information
SAN FRANCISCO — Eight of the tech industry's most influential companies, in anticipation of a repeat of the Russian meddling …
Amid growing outcry from civil liberties groups, Orlando has ended its pilot project for police to use Amazon's Rekognition facial recognition software for now
Amid a growing outcry about privacy concerns by civil liberties groups, officials in Orlando, Fla., said Monday …
a16z has raised $300M for its first crypto-focused fund, bringing on former US DoJ prosecutor Katie Haun as a general partner to lead the effort
- Andreessen Horowitz is “investing aggressively” in crypto, even as bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have dropped by more than 50 percent this year.
The Oculus TV app, which displays content in a virtual home theater, debuts for Oculus Go but seems half-baked, with no universal search and clunky navigation
Janko Roettgers / Variety :
Oculus finally brings its Go headset to Europe and Canada, available online and across 300 stores, after announcing it last October
Customers in the US and Europe have been able to place Oculus Go reservations for a while now, but European VR enthusiasts still haven't received their headsets.
Sequoia Capital has raised the first $6B round of its $8B global fund, all of which comes from investors with no previous relationship with Sequoia
Sequoia Capital has raised the first $6bn of what will be an $8bn global fund, as the Silicon Valley venture capital firm seeks more firepower …
Documents and sources detail how the NSA taps into the data between AT&T, its partners, and customers, making the telco essential to US surveillance efforts
The secrets are hidden behind fortified walls in cities across the United States, inside towering, windowless skyscrapers …
More than 650 Salesforce employees have signed a petition to CEO Marc Benioff asking him to reexamine a contract with US Customs and Border Protection
Employees at Salesforce follow those at Microsoft, Amazon, and Google in pushing back against their companies' contracts with military and government agencies.
Brian Brackeen, CEO of facial recognition firm Kairos, on why the tech, given its abuse potential and bias against people of color, shouldn't be used by police
Brian Brackeen / TechCrunch :
Overview of Amazon's poaching efforts from 2015 to 2017 shows Microsoft as the most common target, with at least 30 director or higher level execs defecting
- There are many reasons for this trend, including Amazon and Microsoft's close proximity, but brand image and compensation may have to do with it too.
All tech platforms, big or small, have the responsibility to stop their sites from becoming a battleground in the toxic political and cultural information war
Platforms both big and small have both the ability and responsibility to stop their sites from becoming a battleground in the information war.
Autonomous delivery drone startup Matternet raises $16M Series A led by Boeing HorizonX Ventures, aims to use the funds to expand operations in US and elsewhere
Boeing HorizonX Ventures has taken the lead role in a $16 million Series A funding round for Matternet, a California company specializing …
German big data analytics startup Celonis raises $50M Series B from existing investors Accel and 83North at a $1B valuation
Munich-founded startup Celonis has raised a funding round of $50 million from its existing investors, Accel and 83North. The deal values Celonis at $1 billion …
San Francisco-based air quality mapping startup Aclima raises $24M Series A led by Social Capital to expand the reach and depth of its pollution maps
Aclima, a San Francisco-based company which builds Internet-connected air quality sensors and runs a software platform to analyze the extracted intel …
Jama Software, which makes a product development platform used by companies like Qualcomm and Canon, has raised $200M led by Insight Venture Partners
Jama Software, a Portland-based company that makes a product development platform used by companies including Qualcomm, SpaceX and Amazon Robotics …
T-Mobile unveils FamilyMode, a $10/month subscription plan and HomeBase, a $100 base station, to let parents monitor and manage their kids' internet usage
Nick Statt / The Verge :
Austria-based online travel agency for tour holidays TourRadar raises $50M Series C led by Silicon Valley's TCV
Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch :
Amazon's Whole Foods to expand 10% discount on some items for Prime members to all stores across US starting June 27
Sean Keane / CNET :
Analysis: Instagram is estimated to be worth more than $100B if it were a stand-alone company and is on track to cross 2B users within the next five years
Bloomberg Nick Salerni / iPhone in Canada Blog : Instagram Estimated to be Worth $100 Billion: Bloomberg Hanna Kozlowska / Quartz : Buying Instagram is probably the smartest thing Facebook has ever do...
Out of about 350 sampled public sector entities and municipalities, report says 38% will suffer ransomware attacks this year, up from 31% last year
Wall Street Journal :
Tencent joins The Linux Foundation as a Platinum member, will take a seat on its board of directors, and will contribute open source software to the Foundation
Jon Russell / TechCrunch :
In latest instance of fake news on WhatsApp begetting lynchings in India, rumors of violence led to mob attacking two men and arrests of some for spreading lies
Sankalp Phartiyal / Reuters :
Experts and law enforcement officials shed light on how Carbanak, a cybercriminal gang, stole about $1.2B from 100+ banks in 40 nations, according to Europol
Bloomberg :
Sources detail Amazon's hearing process for workers facing firing, where they can choose to appeal to a jury of co-workers, seen by some as a “kangaroo court”
Spencer Soper / Bloomberg :
AT&T confirms it will buy AppNexus, which operates one of the largest independent ad exchanges; sources last week said the price was expected to be around $1.6B
Lara O'Reilly / Wall Street Journal :
Sources: programmatic ad spending, which saw steep declines after GDPR, has started to recover, with some publishers' audience opt-in consent rates hitting 75%
Seb Joseph / Digiday :
Intel's integrated model served it well for 35 years, but in the mobile era, is a straitjacket hemming in the chip maker
Ben Thompson / Stratechery :
Federal judge denies class action status in gender discrimination lawsuit against Microsoft
Nat Levy / GeekWire :
EU signs agreement with Amazon, eBay, AliExpress, and Rakuten for the removal of “dangerous” product listings within two working days' notice from authorities
Megan Dollar / Reuters :
SCOTUS rules AmEx didn't break antitrust laws by discouraging merchants' promotion of rival cards, in win for firms like Amazon operating in “two-sided” markets
and Silicon Valley, too
Interpol rolls out new international voice ID database, four years in the making, with 192 law enforcement agencies participating in audio clip sharing
which is now being used to fuel the machine learning that is giving us #deepfakes, massive face and voice recognition databases, and more—is not seeming like the best idea we ever had. http://twitter....
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