Microsoft warns users a new Chinese state-sponsored threat actor is exploiting four previously undisclosed zero days in Exchange Server; patches are available
Microsoft is warning customers that a new China state-sponsored threat actor is exploiting four previously undisclosed security flaws …
Microsoft unveils Microsoft Mesh, a mixed-reality platform on Azure, and demos a meeting service to let users join virtual rooms using devices like HoloLens 2
Mesh is Microsoft's vision for the future of mixed reality — Last week, Microsoft's Alex Kipman, the inventor of Kinect and HoloLens …
Sony says the PlayStation Store will stop offering movie and TV show purchases and rentals on Aug. 31, citing users' preference for video streaming services
As of Aug. 31, 2021, the PlayStation Store will stop offering movie and TV show purchases and rentals.
Google promises it will not build alternate identifiers to track users after phasing out third-party tracking cookies
Google says it wants a ‘privacy-first web’ — Google is slowly phasing out third-party tracking cookies, and today, it's making it clear that it won't just replace …
Amazon quietly updated its app icon, changing the appearance of the ripped packaging tape after some drew comparisons of it to Adolf Hitler's mustache
The company's icon gets a less problematic new look — Amazon has quietly rolled out a slight update to its new app icon that it debuted …
Facebook Oversight Board member told UK Parliament that the panel feels constrained when reviewing decisions on a case-by-case basis, may seek algorithm access
Facebook's so-called “Supreme Court” is reportedly seeking the company's permission to examine the underlying machine-learning models …
Parler drops its antitrust lawsuit against Amazon, ending its two-month effort to force the company to reinstate its AWS hosting account
The service sued to force Amazon Web Services to restore its account — Parler has withdrawn its antitrust lawsuit against Amazon …
Review of Gab's open source code shows that the critical vulnerability that led to its recent breach might have been introduced by a code change made by its CTO
Site executive introduces, then removes, insecure code, then hides the evidence. — Over the weekend, word emerged …
Colleges requiring virus-screening tech, from virus symptom-checking apps to temperature check stations and wearables, have not rigorously studied if it works
Many schools that use fever scanners and symptom checkers have not rigorously studied if the technology has slowed the spread of Covid-19 on campuses. Tweets: @davidboyles3 , @bridgestateu , @bhrenton...
Brave unveils a privacy-focused search engine, as it acquires an open source search engine developed by the team behind the Cliqz anti-tracking browser
Brave, the privacy-focused browser co-founded by ex-Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich, is getting ready to launch an own-brand search engine for desktop and mobile.
Intel ordered to pay $2.18B after a federal court jury in TX found it infringed two patents once owned by NXP Semiconductors and now owned by VLSI Technology
- Intel had claimed royalty demands of VLSI were ‘outrageous’ — NXP would get a share of any damage award, Intel lawyer said
Microsoft to add end-to-end encryption for one-to-one calls, channel sharing, and webinar and presentation features to Teams
Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet :
Microsoft debuts Power Fx, a new open source low-code language that takes its cues from Excel formulas and will become a standard for Microsoft's Power Platform
Power-Fx/docs/overview.md … Microsoft Power Fx overview Mark Sofia Wyciślik-Wilson / BetaNews : Microsoft Power Fx is an open source, low-code programming language Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE : With ...
Microsoft's Power Automate Desktop, an enterprise tool for creating automated desktop-centric workflows, is now free for all Windows 10 users
Emails show US surveillance company Flock has rolled out a nationwide network of cameras with AI-powered license plate reading tech via 500+ police departments
Hundreds of pages of emails obtained by Motherboard show how little-known company Flock has expanded from surveilling individual neighborhoods …
Open source SQL database developer Yugabyte raises $48M Series C led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, nine months after a $30M Series B
Sunnyvale, California-based SQL database developer Yugabyte secured a $48 million funding round after seeing increased traction with large enterprise customers …
In its first transparency report, Twitch says it saw a 40% rise in the number of channels in 2020, a 70% drop in reports of harassment via Twitch DMs, and more
The decade-old streaming platform has for the first time detailed its efforts to safeguard its user base in one place.
Sources: PayPal is in talks to buy New York-based Curv, which facilitates secure storage of cryptocurrency
One source tells CoinDesk that Curv could be sold for as much as $500 million. — PayPal is said to be in the process of buying Curv, a technology firm that powers the secure storage …
TPG Capital to buy privileged access management vendor Thycotic and merge Thycotic with its recently acquired competitor Centrify; report values deal at $1.4B
The combined company will be led recently-appointed Centrify CEO and former Symantec Enterprise Head Art Gilliland, while James Legg …
DTC health insurance provider Oscar Health prices IPO at $39 per share, raising $1.44B at a valuation of $9.5B
Late last night Oscar Health, a tech-enabled medical insurance provider, priced its IPO at $39 per share. The final price came in $1 per share above its raised IPO guidance …
A look at “Sharp Eyes”, a computerized video surveillance program that aims to surveil 100% of Chinese public spaces and relies largely on reports from citizens
The program turns neighbors into agents of the surveillance state — One of China's largest … Tweets: @medium , @ozm , @ozm , @aedison , @sarahnemerson , and @seamusblackley Tweets: @medium : China's...
DJI launches a $1,299 first person view drone bundle, which includes FPV Goggles V2 with crisp 810p resolution, controller, and a drone with ~20-min flight time
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Microsoft launches Azure Percept, a hardware and software platform to implement its Azure AI services for use cases, including object detection, at the edge
Netflix launches Fast Laughs, a TikTok-like feed in its mobile apps that presents a string of comedy clips from its stand-up specials, TV series, and movies
Netflix just made its iPhone app a little more funny-looking. — The streaming giant Wednesday launched Fast Laughs …
Twitter users on Android can now join and talk in its Clubhouse-like live audio Spaces and will be able to create their own Spaces in an upcoming update
Twitter Spaces just launched on Android Joe Rice-Jones / KnowTechie : Android users can now try Spaces, Twitter's version of Clubhouse Stephanie Mlot / PCMag : Twitter Starts Testing Spaces on Android...
Virginia's governor signs the Consumer Data Protection Act into law, effective Jan. 2023, making it the second US state to pass a comprehensive data privacy law
Kate Andrews / Virginia Business :
How a SCOTUS decision from 1946 can be used to ensure that users on platforms like Facebook enjoy basic due process protections against removal/deplatforming
or that it shouldn't be, anyway. https://lpeproject.org/... Neil Turkewitz / @neilturkewitz : @JameelJaffer @Dahlialithwick Overbroad interpretation of the First Amendment “disables legislatures from ...
Instacart raises $265M in a round valuing the company at $39B, after raising $200M at a $17.7B valuation in October
Brandon Wales, the acting director of the CISA, says that fully recovering from the SolarWinds hack could take the US government as long as 18 months
months— strategic recovery will take time.” https://www.technologyreview.com/ ... https://twitter.com/... Roger McNamee / @moonalice : Serious question: how does the government recover from the SolarW...
Cutover, which lets teams plan, orchestrate, and analyze complex work, raises $35M led by Eldridge, bringing its total funding to $55M
Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more. — Executives are increasingly feeling the pressure of being forced …
eMarketer: Spotify is on track to reach US monthly podcast listenership of 28.2M by the end of this year and surpass Apple's Podcasts for the first time
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Denver-based Fluid Truck, a peer-to-peer truck sharing platform company, raises $63M Series A led by Bison Capital
Ed Garsten / Forbes :
Mobile ad tech company AppLovin files S-1, revealing a net loss of $126M on $1.45B in revenue in 2020 and reporting its software reached 410M+ DAUs in Q4 2020
We have three classes of authorized common stock, Class A common stock … Tweets: Emil Protalinski / @epro : Every single time I see AppLovin, all I can think of is McLovin. Great movie. https://twitte...
Clari, which develops software for sales management, finance, marketing and revenue operations, raises $150M led by Silver Lake, at a $1.6B valuation
- Silver Lake, Sequoia and others invest $150 million in Clari — Suite of products helps companies with revenue prediction
TikTok launches a Safety Advisory Council for Europe to help it with content moderation, bringing external experts in fields like child safety and extremism
Identiq, an anonymous identity validation network, raises $47M Series A led by Insight Partners and Entrée Capital, bringing its total raised to $50M+
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
Real estate startup Doma, formerly States Title, which uses ML to reduce title processing time, will go public via SPAC, in a deal valued at $3B, including debt
Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch :
Dooly, which builds AI-based tools to let salespeople automate their workflows, raises $3.3M seed round led by boldstart and $17M Series A led by Addition
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
HPE reports Q1 with revenue of $6.8B vs estimates of $6.75B, down 2% YoY, net earnings of $223M, down from $333M YoY, storage sales of $1.2B, down 5% YoY
Jon Swartz / MarketWatch :
Myanmar's repressive military relies on a variety of Western tech, including Swedish iPhone cracking software and Israeli drones, despite stated export bans
Uber spins out Postmates X, the robotics unit of the delivery startup it acquired last year for $2.65B, as an independent company now called Serve Robotics
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Flipboard expands its local news coverage to more than 1,000 cities and towns in the US and Canada
Microsoft debuts Temporary Access Pass to help sign up for services without using passwords, says ~200M users have enabled passwordless login for its services
Lyft says it just had its best week for rides since pandemic lockdowns began, expects March to show YoY growth in rideshare volume, forecasts narrower losses
A look at web proxy service Infatica, part of a growing industry of firms offering to buy browser extensions or pay their developers to include some extra code
Retail Zipline, which helps retailers manage sales, COVID protocols, and more with its communication tools, raises $30M, says revenue rose 2.5x amid pandemic
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch :
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.