Profile of Dina Srinivasan, who is helping Texas AG's antitrust investigation of Google after her treatises on Facebook and Google reframed antitrust thinking
Regulators are relying on insiders like Dina Srinivasan, who left her digital ad job after concluding that “Facebook and Google …
Citizen Lab: NSO's zero-day, zero-click exploit chain, active in at least iOS 13.5.1, was used to hack ~36 Al Jazeera reporters via iMessage in summer of 2020
Summary & Key Findings — In July and August 2020, government operatives used NSO Group's Pegasus spyware …
Facebook is attacking privacy with its anti-Apple campaign and has locked SMBs into a surveillance-powered advertising model that's invasive of customers
they worked their way into being the privacy co. and it's paid off — but doubling down on this particular argument seems like a really bad move for Facebook, doesn't it? https://www.eff.org/... @hyper...
Analysis finds 24+ organizations that installed SolarWinds code, including Cisco, Intel, Nvidia, VMware, Belkin, a CA hospital, and Kent State university
A Wall Street Journal analysis identified at least 24 organizations that installed software laced with malicious code by Russian hackers
Personal information of 270K+ customers of hardware wallet Ledger has been leaked online, including emails, home addresses, and phone numbers
A database containing the personal information of over 270,000 Ledger customers has been published on RaidForums, a marketplace for buying, selling, and sharing hacked information.
Cyberpunk 2077's developer hamstrung reviewers by forcing NDAs and sending copies just days before launch to prevent players from seeing the buggy mess
Video game companies are increasingly putting restrictions on what reviewers can show, widening the gap between expectations and reality.
Congress' COVID-19 relief deal includes $7B in broadband funding, with $1.9B to remove Huawei and ZTE equipment, $3.2B to low-income families, and more
The coronavirus relief package deal that Congressional leaders reached Sunday includes $7 billion in funding for broadband internet access.
Trump downplayed the massive cyberattack on the US government, claiming that China may be responsible and the “Fake News Media” is exaggerating its extent
Google and Facebook may continue predatory behavior for years as antitrust cases play out, which can be deterred by filing criminal charges against their execs
Matt Stoller / BIG : Tweets: @halsinger , @billyez2 , @benedictevans , @gretchenspeters , @iwelsh , @jason_kint , @moonalice , @matthewstoller , @matthewstoller , @matthewstoller , @ektrit , and @jas...
Interviews with 36+ current and former US officials describe China's strategy of analyzing vast quantities of stolen US personal data to identify CIA operatives
Around 2013, U.S. intelligence began noticing an alarming pattern: Undercover CIA personnel, flying into countries in Africa …
Pine Labs, which makes POS software and provides last-mile retail transaction tech for merchants, raises $75M-$100M at a $2B valuation
Pine Labs is currently India's third largest fintech startup after Paytm and PhonePe. It counts Lone Pine Capital, Sequoia India, Temasek, Mastercard, Paypal and Actis LLP as among its investors.
Apple has closed nearly 100 stores globally since December 14, including in London, California, and Tennessee, as COVID-19 cases surge
Michael Steeber / 9to5Mac :
WH officials propose ending the “dual-hat” leadership arrangement of NSA and Cyber Command, renewing debate over splitting up the agencies amid recent attacks
though “when” is a tricky question. But the idea that this is going to happen in the final 32 days of an administration, under an acting SefDef, without congressional support (and while POTUS is holdi...
Profile of Kent Walker, Google's chief legal officer and SVP of global affairs who helped it fend off antitrust probes in 10+ countries including India and UK
Rob Copeland / Wall Street Journal :
Zoom says it is under investigation by the SEC and two US attorney offices over security and privacy issues and interactions with China and other governments
- Company says data security, privacy actions under review — Videoconferencing firm's contacts with China spur scrutiny
Cultural taboos around porn have led to blind spots in Silicon Valley, with VCs missing out on many of the industry's breakout hits like OnlyFans
It always was, it always will be. … One of the biggest and most interesting things happening in the consumer web right now is running almost completely under the radar. Tweets: @arvidkahl , @hkanji , ...
Apartment List, a rental service that earns a fee only when a property is rented, raises $50M and is now valued at $600M+, roughly double its prior valuation
- Public listing ‘realistic’ in the next two years, CEO says — Company enabled more than 175,000 rentals to new tenants
Tel Aviv-based Trigo, which uses computer vision checkout tech to retrofit stores, competing with Amazon Go, raises $60M Series B, bringing total raised to $94M
Robin Wauters / Tech.eu :
Study: the number of neobanks worldwide has tripled since 2017, climbing to nearly 300; in 2019, more than 70 neobanks went live
The number of neobanks worldwide has tripled since 2017, climbing from 100 to nearly 300 worldwide. — That means, over the last three years …
Sources: executives and employees at Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, and others are seeking to place allies in senior roles at government agencies under Biden
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Silicon Valley is working behind the scenes to secure senior roles for tech allies in lesser-known …
A look back at UK-based Acorn, which created Acorn RISC Machine (ARM), a RISC-based CPU, and in 1987, the first RISC-based PC, Acorn Archimedes
Jason Torchinsky / Ars Technica : Tweets: @padraig and @monkeydom Tweets: @padraig : We have ARM processors because in the early 80s, the British govt saw that computers would be important, invested ...
Sources: SoftBank will file on Monday to raise between $500M and $600M via an IPO of its first SPAC and is preparing at least two additional SPACs
Dan Primack / Axios :
Bolt, which is developing a one-click checkout service, adds $75M to its Series C, bringing the total round to $135M and total funding to $215M
Christine Hall / Crunchbase News :
OneTrust, which offers privacy management and marketing compliance tools, raises $300M Series C at a $5.1B valuation, bringing its total raised to $710M
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
Private equity firm Thoma Bravo has agreed to buy property management software provider RealPage for $9.6B, a 31% premium to its closing price on Friday
Wall Street Journal :
Documents: Michael Pack, CEO of USAGM, is seeking to cut funding for its nonprofit Open Technology Fund, limiting internet access in tightly controlled places
Pranshu Verma / New York Times : Tweets: @zacharykeck , @digiphile , @ewong , @deborahamos , @moisesnaim , @donmoyn , @tmclaughlin3 , and @frankpallone Tweets: Zachary Keck / @zacharykeck : Michael P...
Sources: in an early November meeting, Jack Ma offered concessions to Chinese regulators, including handing over parts of Ant Group if “the country needs it”
Black-market wildlife ads have increased on Facebook despite the company's steps to combat them, as experts say ad takedowns prematurely alert criminals
only in name—so they can appear to be acting on criminal content like endangered species trafficking when they are in fact doing nothing. Today just an hour before this explosive @natgeo piece on the ...
A look at some of the designers, competitors, streamers, voice actors, and labor activists working to shift the insular gaming world culture towards inclusivity
New York Times : Tweets: @vera_lopezphd , @nytstyles , @jcassadybiz , @taylorlorenz , and @blackwomencrim1 Tweets: Vera Lopez / @vera_lopezphd : Justice Studies doctoral alumna @KishonnaGray in the N...
A look at NYT's first-party data program for direct-sold ads that uses its own data and data science techniques, which it says has performed well competitively
Pranay Prabhat / NYT Open : Tweets: @nytopen Tweets: @nytopen : This year, we launched an advertising data program for our direct-sold ads business that uses our own data and data science techniques....
Profile of Bret Taylor, Salesforce's new COO and the architect of its $27.7B acquisition of Slack, who might one day succeed Marc Benioff as CEO of the company
Owen Thomas / San Francisco Chronicle : Tweets: @owenthomas , @martinsfp , @cherylszee , @jeffjarvis , @zlurie , @sfchronicle , @louisgray , @hbrucejohnson , @demianbulwa , and @kfury Tweets: Owen Th...
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.