Police say a computer in a water treatment plant in FL, set up for remote access, was breached; the intruder tried raising sodium hydroxide levels in the water
The hacker tried to drastically increase sodium hydroxide levels in the water, Pinellas County, Florida, officials said on Monday.
Leaked images purportedly show mockups of Android 12, including major UI changes, a privacy indicator, conversation widget, new themes, and more
Google is set to release its next major version of Android — Android 12 — later this year, following a series of Developer Previews and Betas …
Facebook expands policies to take down more posts with vaccine-related misinformation, including assertions that vaccines cause autism
Facebook said on Monday that it plans to remove posts with erroneous claims about vaccines from across its platform, including taking down assertions …
Reddit raises $250M+ Series E led by Vy Capital at a $6B valuation, doubling in value since its last funding round in February 2019
Its WallStreetBets community played a prominent role in recent stock-trading frenzy — Reddit Inc. doubled its valuation to $6 billion in a new round …
Sources: Amazon is developing a wall-mounted Echo device with a large touchscreen that serves as a smart home control panel, video chat device, and media player
- Lab126 unit developing new device with touchscreen and Alexa — Product to be thinner than Echo Show, come with video chat
Researchers estimate that the NHS contact tracing app has prevented the transmissions of ~600K coronavirus infections in England and Wales
Study finds link in areas of England and Wales between high app usage and lower case numbers — The NHS contact-tracing app has prevented …
EU lawmakers are considering regulations that would force Facebook and Google to pay for news content on their platforms, echoing a similar move in Australia
Move by MEPs would strengthen hand of publishers against Google and Facebook — EU lawmakers overseeing new digital regulation …
Qualcomm unveils next-gen X65 5G modem, likely to appear in phones in 2022, and says it can download data at 10Gpbs speeds and has a better battery life
Qualcomm's new modem is here, it's blazing fast and it's not just for phones . The Snapdragon X65 5G Modem-RF System can download data …
A look at how Tim Cook has transformed Apple after Jobs into a more diversified company and successfully deflected political pressure
Trade war? Pfft. Trump? Please. Antitrust? Zuck's prob. (Ditto privacy.) Revenue? Endless.
Programming language Rust is now backed by the Rust Foundation, a new independent organization that will make it easier to accept financing beyond Mozilla
The Rust programming language now has its own foundation that's independent from Mozilla. — Programming language Rust now has the backing …
Shopify is bringing its checkout and payment processing service, Shop Pay, to Instagram today and to Facebook Shops in the next few weeks
Customers will be able to use the system, called Shop Pay, to complete purchases on the social platforms — Shopify Inc., a commerce platform for businesses …
Industry executives warn of severe chip shortages to make phones and game consoles, amid excessive stockpiling of chips by companies like Huawei and Apple
- The dearth of supply is deepening as Apple, China hoard chips — Worsening crunch could impact sectors well beyond automaking
Investigation reveals how Instagram influencers are enabling animal abuse for clicks by using services that promote Dubai's underground animal trade
The monkey squirms while a woman holds it up with one hand and records it without speaking. The TikTok video is brief and has no description … Tweets: @eliothiggins , @xposetrophyhunt , @lisaforteuk ...
Monte Carlo, which uses AI to monitor data reliability, raises $25M Series B, led by Redpoint Ventures and GGV Capital, bringing its total raised to $40M+
San Francisco-based data reliability startup Monte Carlo today announced that it raised $25 million, bringing the company's total capital raised to date to over $40 million.
London-based Nothing, a consumer electronics startup from a OnePlus co-founder working on wireless headphones, raises $15M from GV
- Nothing will release headphones, other products this year — GV backs startup's ‘Series A’ funding round with $15 million
Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt says it was hit by another ransomware attack, possibly leaking source code for upcoming games; stock drops as much as 6.3%
- Ransom note claims hacker obtained source codes of some games — Attack doesn't appear to include gamers' data, CD Projekt says
Filing: Tesla has bought $1.5B worth of bitcoin and says it will start accepting bitcoin as a payment method for its products in the future
Fabric, which offers a “headless” e-commerce platform for enterprises, raises $43M Series A led by Norwest Venture Partners
Fabric, a startup powering e-commerce for companies like GNC and ABC Carpet and Home, has raised $43 million in Series A funding.
Survey of 1,000 registered US voters: 44% strongly agree and 41% somewhat agree that social media plays a role in radicalizing people
A majority of Americans think social media “has played a role in radicalizing people,” according to a new poll from Accountable Tech and Greenberg Quinlan Rosner shared exclusively with Axios.
SentinelOne, which analyzes security data using AI, acquires Scalyr, a high-speed logging startup, for $155M in stock and cash
SentinelOne, a late-stage security startup that helps customers make sense of security data using AI and machine learning, announced today that it is acquiring Scalyr,
Branded, which consolidates smaller e-commerce businesses on marketplaces like Amazon, raises $150M led by Target Global
There's been a profusion of startups emerging in the last year around the concept of rolling up smaller e-commerce businesses — operations that mainly sell and distribute …
A developer is exposing scam lookalike apps that are flourishing on the App Store, fueled by lax enforcement and fake reviews, after his own app was targeted
what to avoid Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Philip Elmer‑DeWitt : Apple cracks down, piecemeal, on scam apps Msmash / Slashdot : Developer Exposes Multiple Scam Apps on the App Store, Some Bringing in Million...
In the iOS 14.5 beta, Apple has finally added the ability to set a default music streaming service, including Spotify, when using Siri to play songs
Taha Broach / The 8-Bit :
An EU-commissioned study estimates that in 2018, the economic impact of open source software on the bloc stood between €65B and €95B
Daphne Leprince-Ringuet / ZDNet :
FOI docs: UK's antitrust regulator suffered 150 data breaches in the last two years, including 40 lost or stolen devices, as hackers seek sensitive company docs
- CMA handles sensitive information on takeovers, competition — Declines to say if breaches affected any merger situations
UK Court of Appeal rules that UK prosecutors can use messages uncovered when French and Dutch police hacked EncroChat as evidence against criminal defendants
Gareth Corfield / The Register :
Electronic Arts to acquire Glu Mobile, best known for its popular game Kim Kardashian: Hollywood, in $2.4B deal, a 36% premium to Glu's closing price on Friday
Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal :
Armis, which provides IoT device security software, raises $125M led by Brookfield Technology Partners at a $2B valuation, bringing its total funding to $300M
'We are building our business with the support of Brookfield now, the folks at Insight and CapitalG, towards an IPO …
Sources: Mark Cuban is co-founding Fireside, a podcast app where hosts can talk to fans live and monetize their conversations, with plans to launch this year
Andy Mills is out of the New York Times. Tweets: Chris Messina / @chrismessina : Perhaps my mockup is the basis of @mcuban's new live podcasting Clubhouse competitor “Firechat”... since the primary di...
Symend, which uses behavioral analytics to help customers who have trouble paying bills, raises $43M Series B extension, bringing its total raised to $100M+
The pandemic-fueled economic uncertainty of the last year has led many to project that the rate of credit defaults among consumers will continue to wobble into 2021.
Clubhouse is now blocked in China after an uncensored period during which it grew rapidly
SplashLearn, which offers courses for children from pre-K to grade five using a game-based curriculum, raises $18M Series C led by Owl Ventures and Accel
Manish Singh / TechCrunch :
Steam is now officially available in China; the Chinese version of the platform has around 40 gaming titles and another 10 or so listed as coming soon
Mitchell Clark / The Verge :
Barcode Scanner, a now-removed Google Play Pass app that was installed 10M+ times, issued a malicious update; its developer has other apps in the Play Store
A CA bill aims to let workers under NDA gags speak out about any discrimination, not just sexual harassment; ex-Pinterest employee Ifeoma Ozoma helped draft it
Emily Birnbaum / Protocol : Tweets: @equalrightsadv , @protocol , @protocol , @dgorganize , @issielapowsky , @birnbaum_e , @erikashimizu , and @birnbaum_e Tweets: EqualRightsAdvocates / @equalrightsa...
Conservationists hope new open-source tools, including a $150 Field Kit hub for sensors, will lend more insight into endangered species and climate change
Jackie Snow / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @blprnt , @moorefound , and @wsj Tweets: Jer Thorp / @blprnt : FieldKit was featured in this WSJ story today, which is 👍 The story describes the Dja reserv...
Last week, Google sent a one week warning to Android developers requiring removal of SDK code from location data broker Predicio, after Dec. ban of X-Mode's SDK
Predicio is linked to a supply chain of data involving Venntel, which sells location data to ICE. Google's move comes after a Motherboard investigation. Tweets: @josephfcox , @motherboard , @josephfc...
RapidSOS, which builds tools to help emergency response teams, raises $85M Series C led by Insight Partners, bringing its total raised to $200M
Emergency response services have been one of the unsung heroes of the last chaotic year, providing essential and urgent medical and other assistance during … Thanks: @ingridlunden
DOJ drops out of a lawsuit seeking to block CA from enacting its own net neutrality law; the case will still proceed with backing from various industry groups
Gene Maddaus / Variety :
Palantir and IBM are partnering to expand the reach of Palantir's sales force while making IBM's AI tools easier for non-technical customers to use
After decades of the West dominating tech standards, China is trying to rewrite the norms and rules underpinning cutting-edge tech from 5G to AI
Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @andreaslandwehr , @reconasia , @mporielly , @marshablackburn , and @ali_wyne Tweets: Andreas Landwehr / @andreaslandwehr : “Dominance of technical standards underpinnin...
The possible Grab-Gojek merger has alarmed SE Asian labor groups, who fear the merger will provide little incentive to improve the working conditions of drivers
Rest of World : Tweets: @ozmarshall , @_meher , and @findingsen Tweets: Marshall Hughes / @ozmarshall : The most likely source of reform in the #gigeconomy is customer activism, and there is no chanc...
Profile of Dixon Technologies, an India-based electronics manufacturing company that is valued at $2.8B+ and has the capacity to produce 50M smartphones in 2021
Saritha Rai / Bloomberg : Tweets: @bloombergquint , @sunandavashisht , @saritharai , @jaskiratsb , and @business Tweets: @bloombergquint : Sunil Vachani started his company in a rented shed outside D...
SoftBank's Vision Fund hires Nagraj Kashyap, the head of Microsoft's M12 VC fund, as managing partner, its first major addition following a spate of departures
Universal Music Group unveils a global agreement with TikTok, days after pulling its music catalog from TikTok-rival Triller
Jem Aswad / Variety :
Documents show Binance dropped the defamation lawsuit against Forbes it filed in November 2020, but did not give a reason for the withdrawal
Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk :
Kong, which offers services for mobile apps that help manage APIs and microservices, raises $100M led by Tiger Global Management at a valuation of $1.4B
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.