Tesla reverses course, says it will keep more stores open than previously planned, and will raise vehicle prices by ~3% worldwide after March 18
- Tesla CEO Elon Musk told employees in an e-mail late Sunday night that the company would be shifting its sales plans yet again.
Nvidia to buy Mellanox Technologies, which makes chips and other hardware for data center servers, for $6.9B
- Mellanox holders offered $125-per-share in all-cash deal — Graphics chipmaker trying to further embed itself in servers — Nvidia Corp. agreed to buy chipmaker Mellanox …
Facebook sues two Ukrainian developers for enticing 60K+ users to install browser extensions that scraped personal info and injected ads into their News Feeds
Facebook has sued two Ukrainian men for allegedly using quiz apps to scrape Facebook users' private data and inject advertisements into their News Feeds.
Researchers who claim to have discovered the Citrix breach say Iran-linked hackers stole at least 6TB of data, may have first gained access 10 years ago
The hackers are believed to have penetrated the software giant Citrix years ago and have remained inside the company's computer network ever since.
Leaked documents reveal CBP plans to deploy facial recognition tech at US airports in as little as two years, despite concerns about the tech and its legality
In March 2017, President Trump issued an executive order expediting the deployment of biometric verification of the identities of all travelers crossing its borders.
France overhauls French Tech Visa program, which now has no diploma requirements, accepts employee's immediate family, and is generally less onerous to acquire
The French government has unveiled a complete overhaul of the French Tech Visa for employees working for a tech company.
Researchers find Box enterprise cloud storage accounts leaking sensitive data like prices for donated body parts and backdoor passwords to city water works
Security researchers have found dozens of companies inadvertently leaking sensitive corporate and customer data because staff …
Profile of Morin Oluwole, the global head of luxury for Facebook and Instagram, who helps brands like Louis Vuitton and Dior target customers on the platform
Morin Oluwole heads the social media giant's advisory operation for Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior and others. Tweets: @profcarroll , @jason_kint , @kayodea , and @counternotions Tweets: David Carroll ...
Google launches Bolo, an Android app for school children in India to improve reading and vocabulary skills in Hindi and English, using speech recognition
It's the company's attempt at helping students … Rishi Iyengar / CNN : Google just launched an app to teach Indian kids to read Denis Bedoya / Infosurhoy : Google Launches Bolo Studying Tutor App For ...
Appen, a crowdsourced data annotation startup, is acquiring rival Figure Eight for $175M in cash upfront and up to $125M more based on this year's performance
Appen just announced that it's acquiring Figure Eight in an all-cash deal that sees Appen paying $175 million upfront …
TikTok changed the social media landscape by discarding many assumptions made by rivals, such as the primacy of individual connections and friend networks
TikTok will change the way your social media works — even if you're avoiding it. — Hello, person who is, statistically speaking … Tweets: @jwherrman , @amandalitman , and @frankpasquale Tweets: John...
Messaging app Kakao's cryptocurrency subsidiary Ground X raises $90M via a private coin offering to develop paid services on its network
Min Jeong Lee / Bloomberg :
In this month's parliamentary elections in Estonia, 44% of about 561K votes counted were cast online using the e-voting system, setting a new digital record
Kalev Aasmae / ZDNet :
Fairygodboss, a social network for female professionals, raises $10M Series A and says it has 100+ corporate partners including Apple and General Motors
Fairygodboss, a self-described social network for career-minded women, today announced that it has raised $10 million in series …
An analysis of Crunchbase data finds US-based VCs raised more sub-$100M venture funds in 2018 than in any prior year
Jason Rowley is a venture capital and technology reporter for Crunchbase News. — Recently, we bore out with data what has been felt for several years in most U.S. tech scenes … Tweets: @leepnet , @o...
How Foursquare, which tracks the location of millions via their smartphones and has 100K+ clients including Snapchat and Uber, makes sure its data isn't misused
exactly what most tech companies don't do.” http://www.engadget.com/... Martin Bryant / @martinsfp : For whatever reason, I've always had the gut sense that Foursquare is a responsible data custodian....
China-based online broker Futu closes up 28% on its first day of trading after raising $90M in a US IPO and selling $70M worth of stock via a private placement
Why Big Tech Needs More Antitrust Enforcement Alex Fang / Nikkei : Tencent-backed brokerage surges in Nasdaq debut amid trade war Anna Vodopyanova / CapitalWatch : CFO INTERVIEW: Futu's Focus on Users...
Berlin-based FRIDAY, which offers digital car insurance with kilometer accurate billing, monthly terminability, and paperless administration, raises €75M
Mary Loritz / EU-Startups :
Inside CERN's quest to build a reliable quantum computing device, as it'll need 50-100 times more computing power to process Large Hadron Collider data by 2026
Katia Moskvitch / WIRED UK : Tweets: @turiciencia Tweets: Leonid Leiva / @turiciencia : What really counts in the race to build a useful, powerful #QuantumComputer. Spoiler alert: It's not @Google's ...
An overview of telemedicine startups in the US, ranging from urgent care to fertility, that have raised significant capital over the past few years
Savannah Dowling / Crunchbase News : Tweets: @paige_sandhu Tweets: Paige Sandhu / @paige_sandhu : “Companies like Ro, @thepillclub, and Hims have attracted a collective $349 million in venture fundin...
Source: Airbnb is paying a little more than $400M for HotelTonight, with about half in cash and half in stock
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A look at NIST's Facial Recognition Vendor Test program for facial recognition algorithms, which influences purchasing decisions of US agencies and business
Tom Simonite / Wired : Tweets: @mmullany , @packetswitchr , and @wired Tweets: Michael Mullany / @mmullany : Apart from Microsoft, Ever AI is the only non-Russian/Chinese company with a market leadin...
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