DNC says in court filing that it was a target of a failed spearphishing campaign after the midterms; researchers: the campaign resembled Russia-linked attacks
SAN FRANCISCO — The Democratic National Committee believes it was targeted in a hacking attempt by a Russian group in the weeks …
EU's copyright reform with “link tax” and “upload filters” suffers a setback as 11 member states vote against the proposal, making adoption in May less likely
Today, Council firmly rejected the negotiating mandate that was supposed to set out Member States' position ahead …
Sources: FTC commissioners have met to consider a record fine against Facebook for potentially violating a 2011 consent decree about user privacy
U.S. regulators have met to discuss imposing a record-setting fine against Facebook for violating a legally binding agreement with the government …
Report: $5.3B was invested in cybersecurity companies in 2018, up 81% from 2016, with California alone accounting for 46% of VC investments worldwide
2018 wasn't all bad. It turned out to be a record year for venture capital firms investing in cybersecurity companies.
Sources: Snap fires security chief over secret relationship with a consultant and pushes out his boss, the head of HR, amid multiple departures in recent months
Snap's global security chief has been fired after an internal investigation found that he had an undisclosed relationship …
Sources: Spotify plans to launch a ~$100 voice-controlled in-car music player with preset buttons that correspond to Spotify playlists later this year
Spotify has a new target as it makes a break for independence from devices made by Apple, Google and Amazon: the car dashboard.
Q&A with Hadi Partovi on starting Code.org, working on IE at Microsoft, what he is looking for in startup founders, and teaching computer science in schools
The founder and chief executive of Code.org, who was born in Iran, says computer science is a “foundational skill,” … Tweets: @dkhos , @hadip , and @levesquepat Tweets: Dara Khosrowshahi / @dkhos : Fr...
Max Schrems files GDPR complaints against Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Spotify, YouTube, others for failing to provide required info about data they collect on users
European privacy campaigner Max Schrems has filed a fresh batch of strategic complaints at tech giants, including Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Spotify and YouTube.
Amazon says ~200K SMBs generated $100K+ in sales via Amazon stores in 2018, 50K exceeded $500K, and the number of SMBs that sold $1M+ grew by 20%
Amazon has announced that it has helped more than 50,000 small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) generate more than $500,000 in sales in 2018 …
The owner of Reliance Retail, India's biggest retailer, and Jio, a disruptive telecom, announces an online retail platform to compete with Flipkart and Amazon
As Amazon and Walmart-owned Flipkart scramble for ways to work around the impending new strict ecommerce policy in India …
Report: vulnerability in Marvell's Wi-Fi SoC used in devices like PS4, Xbox One, and Surface laptops lets attackers hijack the device with no user interaction
List of impacted devices includes PS4, Xbox One, Samsung Chromebooks, and Microsoft Surface devices.
Profile of angel investor and Code.org co-founder Ali Partovi, who now manages Neo, a fund that matches talented young engineers with tech industry veterans
s venture capitalists mingled with members of the Golden State Warriors at a fall 2016 cocktail party, tech investor Ali Partovi scrambled to find something to talk about. Tweets: @apartovi , @apartov...
Facebook confirms it is testing LOL, a feed of funny videos and GIF-like clips pulled from News Feed posts by top meme Pages
a meme hub meant to lure teens from Snapchat, Instagram, and TikTok Maggie Tillman / Pocket-lint : Facebook is testing a new LOL app with teens, but will they even want it? Brittany A. Roston / SlashG...
Satya Nadella says Cortana won't challenge Alexa and Google Assistant directly; Microsoft will focus on making it a skill on other voice platforms instead
and won't — compete with Alexa and Google Assistant Surur / MSPoweruser : White Flag: Satya Nadella to demote Cortana to a Google Assistant skill Gareth Halfacree / bit-tech.net : Microsoft pulls back...
Verizon says its spam and robocall protection service, previously available as a $3 add-on, will be free to all subscribers starting in March
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Facebook starts wide rollout of its redesigned Messenger app, which it first announced at F8 last May with limited availability in October
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Netflix reports mixed Q4 earnings, with revenue of $4.19B vs. $4.21B est., says it added 8.8M global paid memberships, up from its estimate of 7.6M
and 10 percent of that is spent watching Netflix http://www.recode.net/... via @Recode http://twitter.com/... @sjeneris : I remember a VentureBeat article from 2 years ago: “Americans now play mobile ...
Michigan now allows digital license plates, joining California and Arizona, but the plates, which are made by just one contractor, remain expensive at $499+
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Indonesian e-commerce startup Bukalapak, which was valued at $1B last year, raises $50M Series D
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Sources: Airbnb held informal talks to buy discounted hotel booking app HotelTonight; HotelTonight was valued at $463M in a March 2017 funding round
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Chinese drone maker DJI says it has discovered several cases of serious corruption at the company and expects 2018 losses of more than $150M as a result
A disorienting interview with Jack Dorsey on his Myanmar tweets, right-wing extremism, and what he'd do if Trump called on his followers to murder journalists
which was really nice of him considering her initial approach https://www.huffingtonpost.com/ ... pic.twitter.com/hdu3AgEArL Richard Lawler / @rjcc : No one has ever had access to more information wh...
A postmortem of AR startup Meta, as the company's CEO says the unnamed investor who acquired its assets will continue to support Meta's existing products
I talked … Thanks: @jank0
HyperScience, which uses AI to extract structured data from hand-filled and other business forms, raises $30M Series B, bringing its total raised to $50M
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