[Thread] Twitter says Trump's account will be locked for 12 hours following removal of recent tweets, and further violations will result in permanent suspension
As a result of the unprecedented and ongoing violent situation in Washington, D.C., we have required the removal of three @realDonaldTrump Tweets that were posted earlier today for repeated and severe...
As a mob of Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol building, Facebook and Twitter allowed Trump to cheer them on using their platforms
As rioters stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday, President Donald Trump clung to his last vestiges of power: his social media accounts.
Facebook and YouTube have removed a video of Trump addressing supporters; Facebook says it risked adding to violence, YouTube says it violated election rules
YouTube also removed it, but Twitter left it up — As rioters stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday, Facebook removed a video …
Zuckerberg says Facebook is extending the block it has placed on Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts “indefinitely and for at least the next two weeks”
The shocking events of the last 24 hours clearly demonstrate that President Donald Trump intends to use his remaining …
The time has come for Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube to deplatform Trump, whose continued presence is accelerating the erosion of US democracy
As you no doubt already know, today, President Trump incited his followers to storm the US Capitol, where they disrupted the constitutionally …
Facebook and Instagram have both begun blocking content posted with the #StormTheCapitol hashtag and will require admin review for group posts
After removing a video in which President Trump praised a violent group of his supporters who broke into the U.S. Capitol building …
Sources: US intel agencies are investigating JetBrains as possible entry point for SolarWinds hackers; JetBrains isn't aware of any investigation or compromise
Russian hackers may have piggybacked on a tool developed by JetBrains, which is based in the Czech Republic …
After labeling some Trump tweets due to “risk of violence”, Twitter removed three Trump tweets, including a video to his supporters
Karissa Bell / Engadget :
DOJ says SolarWinds hackers accessed about 3% of its email accounts, but there's no indication that the breach impacted classified systems
Lauren Feiner / CNBC :
The Trump supporters who rioted in the US Capitol on Wednesday had been openly planning online for weeks, including on mainstream and niche social media sites
The supporters of President Donald Trump who rioted in the US Capitol building on Wednesday had been openly planning for weeks …
Some Facebook employees say internal forum admins froze comments on at least three threads in which employees discussed removing Trump from the site
Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed News : Tweets: @dellcam , @themadstone , @zacharylipton , @parismarx , @johnpaczkowski , @b_fung , @iancoldwater , @kathbarbadoro , @notdetails , and @techwontsaveus Tweets: Dell ...
Facebook updates Pages with a cleaner design, tools for hosting text-based Q&As, a dedicated News Feed, removes the total amount of “likes”, and more
The social network will also remove the total amount of “likes” a Page receives.
SuperData report: the US game industry grew 12% YoY to $139.9B in 2020, as console games rose 28% YoY to $19.7B, but growth is projected to slow to 2% in 2021
The game industry grew 12% to $139.9 billion in 2020 from $120.1 billion in 2019 as many industries shrank during the pandemic …
Hopin, which develops software for hosting digital events, acquires livestreaming startup StreamYard for $250M
This morning Hopin, a quickly-growing startup that sells a technology platform for hosting digital events, announced that it has acquired StreamYard.
Shopify takes down online stores run by the Trump Organization and Trump campaign for violating its policy against promoting violence
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The Wi-Fi Alliance launches its Wi-Fi 6E certification program for devices that can transmit in the 6GHz band
The Wi-Fi Alliance has launched its Wi-Fi 6E certification program for devices equipped to transmit signals on the newly opened 6GHz band, the industry group announced Thursday.
The quick evacuation of the Capitol left computers and devices unattended while the mob ransacked offices, a nightmare scenario for cybersecurity professionals
Lawmakers and congressional staff were ushered into secure locations as a mob backing President Trump violently stormed …
Nissan confirms that source code of its North America mobile apps and internal tools was leaked online after the company misconfigured one of its Git servers
Nissan was allegedly running a Bitbucket Git server with the default credentials of admin/admin. Tweets: @ichetan , @wana____ , and @nilssonanders Tweets: @ichetan : I've accessed (Read Only) Big Chun...
Sources: US is considering prohibiting Americans from investing in Alibaba and Tencent, and is debating the impact on US financial markets of a potential ban
Agencies debate impact on U.S. financial markets of potential restrictions — U.S. officials are considering prohibiting Americans …
Apple says App Store users spent $1.8B on goods and services between December 24 and New Year's Eve and $540M on New Year's Day alone; Books has 90M MAUs
Instacart hires Nick Giovanni, current head of Goldman Sachs' technology, media and telecom group, as its CFO; CEO says transaction volume grew 300% YoY in Dec.
- Instacart is tapping Goldman Sachs' lead internet banker as its next chief financial officer.
WhatsApp updates its Terms and Privacy Policy to mandate data sharing with Facebook, including transaction data, mobile device information, IP address, and more
An oral history from 24 people describing how Microsoft developed the original Xbox, initially an over-budget ungainly product, and reshaped the gaming industry
Roblox announces a $520M financing round led by Altimeter Capital and Dragoneer at a $29.5B valuation, says it plans to go public soon via direct listing
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DDoSecrets, a WikiLeaks-like repository run by transparency activists, publishes 1TB of data from five companies that was first leaked by ransomware hackers
WikiLeaks successor DDoSecrets has amassed a controversial new collection of corporate secrets and is sharing them in the name of transparency. Tweets: @a_greenberg , @ajohnsocyber , @asher_wolf , @wi...
Quantum Metric, which helps companies improve their websites and apps by providing real-time feedback from users, raises $200M Series B at a valuation of $1B+
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat :
Facebook's Andrew Bosworth says its smart glasses, built in partnership with Ray-Ban, will arrive “sooner than later” in 2021 without AR features
Lacework, which develops automated containerized workload defense, intrusion detection, and compliance tools, raises $525M Series D at a $1B+ valuation
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
In a reversal, NYSE says it will go ahead with its plan to delist China Mobile, China Telecom, and China Unicom, following Mnuchin criticism
Jesse Pound / CNBC :
French startup Pennylane, which provides an accounting service that combines automated processes with human accountants, raises €15M
Romain Dillet / TechCrunch :
After Democrats won both of Georgia's Senate seats, a look at potential tech legislation under a unified government, including a federal privacy bill
Emily Birnbaum / Protocol :
Glia, an omnichannel customer service software that supports text, phone calls, video chat, and more, raises $78M Series C led by Insight Partners
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
Berlin-based Mambu, which offers a SaaS platform providing banking services via APIs, raises €100M led by TCV, at a post-money valuation of €1.7B
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Intel launches RealSense ID, an on-device facial authentication tool, launching in Q1 2021 for $99 and aimed at smart locks, ATMs, and kiosks
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
UK's competition authority launches an investigation into Nvidia's $40B acquisition of Arm, after rivals raised concerns
Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times :
Filing: Poshmark plans to price its IPO between $35 and $39 per share, raising $257.4M and valuing the company at $2.9B at the top of the range
Christine Hall / Crunchbase News :
News aggregator app News Break, which has 12M DAUs, raises $115M after previously raising $36M and says it is now a unicorn
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch :
Perfect Corp., maker of YouCam Makeup, an AR camera app that lets users “try on” virtual makeovers from top brands, raises $50M Series C led by Goldman Sachs
Catherine Shu / TechCrunch :
Jim Keller, a star chip designer at Apple, AMD, Tesla, Broadcom, and Intel, has joined Toronto-based Tenstorrent, a startup building AI chips
Dr. Ian Cutress / AnandTech :
Pax8, which helps IT companies centralize provisioning and billing processes across multiple cloud apps, raises $96M and announces the acquisition of Wirehive
Michael Vizard / VentureBeat :
A look at DDoS-Guard, a Russian firm that hosts the official site for Hamas, flagged by US and its allies as a terrorist group, and also services 8kun and 8chan
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security :
Sources: Alibaba is planning to raise $5B to $8B in a USD-denominated bond sale this month, as China increases scrutiny of Jack Ma's empire
Facebook and Instagram have banned President Trump from posting for the next 24 hours citing two policy violations
The company follows Twitter in restricting Trump's presence — Facebook has blocked President Trump from posting on the site for 24 hours, the company said Wednesday evening.More:TechCrunch,Vox,Finan...
Starburst, a startup based around an open-source data analytics project from Facebook called Presto, raises $100M Series C led by a16z, valuing it at $1.2B
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