Ubisoft announces multiple senior executive departures, including its chief creative officer and Canadian studios head, amid company-wide misconduct allegations
Serge Hascoët has resigned as Ubisoft's chief creative officer after weeks of damning accounts of sexual misconduct throughout …
Chris Larsen, a co-founder of Ripple, is paying for the installation of a private network of over 1,000 security cameras across San Francisco to fight crime
Chris Larsen knows that a crypto mogul spending his own money for a city's camera surveillance system might sound creepy.
Microsoft's Phil Spencer claims asking studios to make games for Xbox Series X that will also work on Xbox One at launch won't hinder the potential of Series X
“Held back is a meme that gets created by people who are too caught up in device competition”
Amazon says it will not ask employees to remove TikTok from their mobile devices, and an internal email asking them to delete the app was sent in error
then walked back the policy and said it was an ‘error’ Rachel Lerman / Washington Post : TikTok users fear app shutdown as security concerns grow David Matthews / TechSpot : Amazon bans TikTok citing ...
Public records show that the US Secret Service awarded a four-year contract in May to Coinbase to use its blockchain analytics software, worth $183,750 in total
Crypto exchange Coinbase is providing its blockchain analytics software to the U.S. Secret Service, according to a public record obtained by The Block.
Sources: Facebook is considering imposing a ban on political ads on its network in the days leading up to the US election in November
so sorry — maybe even death” https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/... Kurt Wagner / @kurtwagner8 : Full story: Facebook is considering a ban on political ads in the days leading up to Novem...
Linux team approves new terminology to replace terms like “master/slave” and “blacklist/whitelist” for new Linux kernel source code and associated documentation
Linux creator Linus Torvalds puts stamp on proposal to use neutral language in kernel code and documentation.
Qualcomm Ventures says it will invest $97M in Reliance Jio Platforms to acquire a 0.15% equity stake
Qualcomm has become the latest high-profile investor in four-year-old Reliance Jio Platforms, which has raised more than $15.7 billion in the past 12 weeks from as many investors.
A look at the gray market around repairing ventilators, where technicians use homemade dongles and software secretly shared within the community
As COVID-19 surges, hospitals and independent biomedical technicians have turned to a global grey-market for hardware and software …
China's biggest chipmaker SMIC, a key player in the country's semiconductor ambitions, kicked off a $6.6B share sale on Tuesday in Shanghai
- SMIC, China's biggest chipmaker, kicked off a major 46.28 billion yuan ($6.6 billion) share sale on Tuesday. — The contract semiconductor manufacturer …
An overview of how data-driven tech and analytics are reshaping Hollywood's creative development process and market research during the pandemic
Coronavirus and the era of stay-at-home binge-watching is accelerating the entertainment industry's reliance on analytics and data to target … Tweets: @wsj , @mims , @datainnovation , @mims , @nisalah...
Mozilla suspends Firefox Send file-sharing service after reports malware operators use it to host and send links with malicious payloads to potential victims
Mozilla has temporarily suspended the Firefox Send file-sharing service while it adds a Report Abuse mechanism.
Zomato says its FY 2020 revenue was $394M, up 105% YoY, and EBITDA loss reached $293M vs. $277M in FY 2019, as Zomato Gold/Pro had 1.7M subscribers as of March
Zomato and Swiggy remain the only players in the market. Zomato says that despite the affect of COVID-19, the company remains on its path to be profitable. https://www.medianama.com/... Young Turks / ...
Pupils and teachers question the new grading algorithm used by the IB Diploma Programme to predict student scores after it canceled in-person tests this spring
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Telemedicine service Doctor on Demand raises $75M Series D led by General Atlantic, bringing the total raised to $240M
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Microsoft details how it is collaborating with Google to help developers get their Progressive Web Apps into the Play Store
Paul Thurrott / Thurrott : Source: PWABuilder .
Signal's new feature that allows users to store certain data on their servers for recovery purposes has some security experts threatening to stop using the app
The popular encrypted app is now going to store your contacts in the cloud. Experts are worried this compromises users' privacy. Tweets: @4thanon , @ahmed , @abortu , @drfranksauer , @lorenzofb , and...
Evidation Health, whose tech helps aggregate health data from wearables and other sources for virtual clinical trials, raises $45M Series D led by B Capital
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Yevgeniy Nikulin, a Russian indicted for allegedly hacking LinkedIn, Dropbox in 2012 resulting in ~117M stolen credentials, is found guilty by SF federal jury
> + He's guilty of the most serious charges, hacking LinkedIn and Formspring, but not guilty of doing it for financial gain . + This after a DOJ investigation tied Nikulin to a who's who of Russian sc...
Pinterest's moderation approach, which blocks content at the search query level, rather than removing it entirely, lets some objectionable content remain
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Clubhouse is the latest social network to neglect moderation until it becomes a crisis and why its creators shouldn't treat trust and safety as an afterthought
Plus: A tough review … Tweets: Tatiana Estévez / @tatiana_estevez : In light of recent issues on Clubhouse & harassment targeted at @taylorlorenz, I want to share some thoughts re how difficult it wil...
Iowa-based Growers Edge, which provides a range of data-driven fintech and analytics tools for the agricultural industry, has closed $40M Series B
Growers Edge has announced the close of a $40 million Series B round of financing to accelerate the development of its financial technology products …
China-based Kuaidian, a storytelling app that lets users read novels in text message format and watch visual dramas, raises ~$100M Series C led by Sequoia China
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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.