IoT device vendor Wyze says a server leak exposed data, including email addresses, camera user IDs, and WiFi SSIDs, of ~2.4M customers from Dec. 4 to Dec. 26
Details for 2.4 million users were exposed online for 22 days. — Wyze, a company that sells smart devices like security cameras …
Report: Indian startups raised a record $14.5B in 2019, up from $10.5B in 2018 and $550M in 2010; Sequoia, Accel, and Tiger Global were the most active VCs
As the decade is coming to an end, it has seen an impressive 25x growth from a tiny $550 million in 2010 to $14.5 billion in 2019 …
Internal Pentagon memo warns service members against using consumer DNA testing kits from 23andMe and others, citing security risks
An exclusive look at the White House kitchen Mike Glenn / Washington Times : Pentagon warns troops against using at-home DNA kits Rhonda Vance / Mash Viral : DoD warns troops against using 23andMe and...
Egypt approves Uber's $3.1B acquisition of Careem after setting price caps and other measures designed to keep the local market competitive
Egypt signed off on Uber Technologies Inc.'s acquisition of ride-hailing peer Careem Inc. after setting price caps and other measures designed to keep the local market competitive.
How Amazon has shaped the economy of Campbellsville, KY, where it opened one of its first fulfillment centers and is now the town's largest private employer
In Campbellsville, Ky., the tech giant's influences abound. The profits, not so much. — CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. — In the late 1990s … Tweets: @greenhousenyt , @danieldenvir , @nytimesbusiness , @greenh...
France's top court rules that customs and tax authorities can review citizens' public social media posts for evidence of undeclared income or inconsistencies
PARIS (Reuters) - France's government can pursue plans to trawl social media to detect tax avoidance, its Constitutional Court ruled on Friday …
Grab partners with Singtel to apply for a Singapore digital banking license, with Grab owning a 60% share in the joint entity
Ride-sharing operator and telco plan to form a joint entity, with Grab owning a 60% share, and apply for a digital bank licence in Singapore, where they will look to target …
Chrome's overzealous approach to flagging downloads of newly created software as potential malware is stifling online distribution of indie and free software
Google has an undeniable monopoly on search, and a near-monopoly on web browsing software via Chrome and its forks. Tweets: @danaditomaso , @randomoracle , @byuu_san , @perpetualmaniac , @glenngabe , ...
Facebook has quietly started removing some misleading ads about HIV prevention drugs after activists said they could have caused a public-health crisis
The ads, first reported by The Washington Post, threatened to create a public health crisis, LGBT groups had said. Tweets: @tonyromm , @tonyromm , and @gbbranstetter Tweets: Tony Romm / @tonyromm : SC...
LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner talks about the company's evolution after acquisition by Microsoft, integration with Outlook and other Microsoft products, and more
- Microsoft closed its $26.2 billion LinkedIn acquisition three years ago this month. — LinkedIn has done some things …
Snapchat will launch Bitmoji TV, a personalized cartoon show featuring a user's avatar and their friends in regularly-scheduled adventures, starting in February
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An overview of the CCPA, set to go into effect Jan. 1, and the confusion surrounding it due to its technical complexity and rushed timeline
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China launches two more satellites for BeiDou, its GPS competitor, says it will be fully complete in June, with centimeters-level accuracy by the end of 2020
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In 2019, nine Israeli startups became unicorns, bringing the total unicorns in the country to 20, and 16 startups completed a financing round of $100M or more
Israel now has 20 unicorns, privately-held tech companies worth more than $1 billion. Only the US, China and UK have more unicorns. Tweets: @standwithus Tweets: @standwithus : Israel now has 20 unico...
VMware completes its $2.7B acquisition of Pivotal, originally announced in August
VMware is closing the year with a significant new component in its arsenal. Today it announced it has closed the $2.7 billion Pivotal acquisition it originally announced in August.
Snap is trying to expand Snapchat's presence in India by supporting more vernacular languages, rebuilding its Android app, and partnering with local companies
Back in 2017, Snapchat found itself at the center of a controversy after its CEO Evan Spiegel reportedly said the company … Tweets: @turnernovak and @sarthakgh Tweets: Turner Novak / @turnernovak : Sn...
Analysis: 142 startups, including 78 from the US and 22 from China, became unicorns in 2019, down from 158 in 2018; unicorns raised $85.1B vs. $139B in 2018
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Huawei says India has allowed the company to participate in upcoming trials for 5G networks
Since GDPR became law in May 2018, the only substantial privacy-related action against a major tech company happened in the US, where Facebook was fined $5B
dont get me wrong — but it took 18 months for that FB probe to wrap in the U.S., roughly the same amount of time as GDPR was implemented. a lot of U.S. folks with political motivations are making that...
How a difference between Chinese and English languages helped Baidu make an important advancement in natural language processing
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Shopify's new AI commerce stack
Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control
Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.