A look at Positive Technologies, a Russian cybersecurity firm sanctioned by the US, which sources say provides hacking tools and ops support for Russian spies
Washington has sanctioned Russian cybersecurity firm Positive Technologies. US intelligence reports claim it provides hacking tools and runs operations for the Kremlin.
Australian Federal Court rules Google misled Android users into thinking it would not collect their location data when they turned location history off
Google collected data on some Android and Pixel phones even when customers ticked ‘No’ or ‘Do not collect’
Jeff Bezos says Amazon Prime now has 200M+ subscribers, up 50M from the beginning of 2020, and Amazon's net profit in 2020 was $21.3B
A new letter to shareholders from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos revealed that the tech giant's Prime service now has over 200 million subscribers.
In his final letter to shareholders as CEO, Bezos says Amazon needs a better vision for its employees' success and he will focus on making its warehouses safer
"We need a better vision for how we create value for employees" Bezos is evidently admitting Amazon needs to improve working conditions & treat workers with more respect https://www.cnbc.com/... @verg...
Google's Project Zero updates its vulnerability disclosure policy to include a 30-day cushion before publishing bug details to give users time to apply patches
The Google Project Zero security team has updated its vulnerability disclosure guidelines today to add a cushion of 30 days …
US sanctions Russia for 2020 election interference and SolarWinds hack, blacklisting six tech companies that provide support to Russian intelligence services
The United States is hitting Russia with fresh sanctions for interference in the 2020 presidential election …
Apple's App Store hosted kids' games that became crypto-based casinos if launched from some non-US locations
Kosta Eleftheriou has found another iOS scam — In popular culture, access to an illicit gambling den is as easy as stumbling into the right shop and saying the password — or greasing some palms.
Executives from Intel, Nvidia, and TSMC say the global chip shortage will likely continue at least into 2022 and maybe into 2023
and why it's so hard to fix Charlesarthur / The Overspill : Start Up No.1529: chip shortage to last to 2023?, Google Earth shows climate change, NFT sales go crazy, new iMacs next week?, and more Liam...
In a letter to artists, Apple says it pays a penny per stream, roughly double Spotify, which pays an average of about one-third to half a penny per stream
Music-streaming services, seeking to win credibility and subscribers, open up about artist payouts
Facebook planned to remove a network of fake accounts that artificially inflated the popularity of an MP in India, until it realized it was for a BJP politician
Whistleblower points to double standard in Facebook's enforcement of rules against powerful — Facebook allowed a network …
IoT security certification body Internet of Secure Things Alliance launches a new standard for VPN apps, with Google One VPN one of the first to be certified
The Google One VPN app gets a tick of approval from the Internet of Secure Things Alliance. — The Internet of Secure Things Alliance …
Facebook's own ads that display the number of Facebook Dating users in a specific region show the service may have far fewer users than competitors like Tinder
Dawn Hallson has tried nearly every dating app you can think of — Tinder, Bumble, eHarmony, Plenty of Fish, and Match, just to name a few.
Dogecoin, the cryptocurrency that started out as a joke in 2013, now has a market cap of $40B after growing nearly 400% in the past seven days
- Dogecoin is a cryptocurrency based on the “Doge” meme, which rose to popularity in late 2013. It started out as a joke.
GOP lawmakers Rep. McCaul and Sen. Cotton ask Commerce Secretary to require licenses to sell chip-making tools to any Chinese firm making chips at 14nm or below
Congressional China hawks are urging the Biden administration to restrict sales of chip-making tools to Chinese companies …
Microsoft launches a Kids Mode for Edge, with two age range options of between 5 to 8 years or 9 to 12 years
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Ireland-based digital rights group begins “mass action” to sue Facebook over 2019 breach, citing the right to monetary compensation set out in the GDPR
Facebook is to be sued in Europe over the major leak of user data that dates back to 2019 but which only came to light recently …
Walmart-owned Flipkart says it will acquire India-based online travel and hotel ticketing company Cleartrip; source says the deal values Cleartrip at about $40M
Flipkart said on Thursday it has agreed to acquire online travel and hotel ticketing firm Cleartrip as the Walmart-owned e-commerce firm looks …
Oculus says developers can now sell recurring subscriptions to their Quest apps, and each subscription will have a free trial period
try fitness apps for free Sam Machkovech / Ars Technica : Resident Evil 4 VR announced for Oculus Quest 2 as a first-person remake Jamie Feltham / UploadVR : Resident Evil 4 VR will be an Oculus Quest...
Massachusetts seeks revocation of Robinhood's broker-dealer license, charging that it encourages inexperienced investors to place risky trades without limits
For the first time, NATO wargames include scenarios exploring the impact of widespread cyberattacks on financial infrastructure
Financial industry helped plan scenarios in which widespread disruption would hit banks and other firms — One of the world's largest cyber wargames is … Tweets: @natesibley Tweets: Nate Sibley / @na...
Chip fab equipment sales hit $71.19B in 2020, up 19% YoY, with Chinese firms spending $18.72B, up 39% YoY, according to semiconductor industry association SEMI
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KKR-backed mobile gaming company AppLovin closes down 18.5% on its first day of trading, after raising $2B in its IPO at a valuation of $28.6B
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TuSimple, which is developing autonomous trucks, closes flat in its trading debut, after raising $1.35B in its IPO, giving it a market cap of ~$8.5B
Aparna Narayanan / Investor's Business Daily :
Apple announces $200M investment fund for forest restoration projects that will develop financially viable initiatives to restore woodland areas
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House Judiciary Committee formally approves a 450-page report accusing Big Tech of buying and crushing smaller rivals, a potential blueprint for legislation
and expanded into why web apps don't help Tweets: Matt Stoller / @matthewstoller : There is clearly anti-conservative bias, but it is complex. They kicked Donald Trump off of Twitter, Facebook, etc, a...
FBI Director Wray says social media companies play a key role in disseminating the messaging of domestic violent extremists, similar to foreign disinformation
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Review of DJI's new $999 Mavic Air 2S: great for beginners with a big one-inch camera sensor but is expensive and there's a significant crop in 4K 60fps
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Facebook, along with German research center Helmholtz Zentrum München, open-sources an AI model that it claims can predict the effects of new drug combinations
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Officials say USAGM CEO Michael Pack and others pushed to subsidize software built by Falun Gong adherents, diverting OTF money from other tech for dissidents
David Folkenflik / NPR : Tweets: @opentechfund , @skestenbaum , @normornstein , and @davidfolkenflik Tweets: @opentechfund : “Of all the disruptions unleashed by the Trump White House on how the fede...
Leaked doc: EU considers a ban on using AI for social credit scores, surveillance, and more; non-compliant companies could be fined up to €20M or 4% of turnover
Netstars, a payments aggregator and fintech company, raises $60.6M led by KKR; Netstars' StarPay is used by 280K+ merchants in Japan
Eiji Yatagawa, Partner at KKR, said: PYMNTS.com : Today In Payments Around The World: Netstars Wraps Up $60 Million In Funding; Flipkart Reportedly Plans To Buy Cleartrip Finextra : Japanese QR Code g...
Walmart says it is investing in GM's self-driving unit Cruise, bringing its latest round to $2.75B, up from $2B in January when Microsoft invested
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Cart.com, which provides end-to-end software and services to scale e-commerce businesses, raises $25M Series A led by Mercury Fund and Arsenal Growth
Xwing, which is developing software to enable pilotless flight of small passenger aircraft, raises $40M at a $400M post-money valuation
Facebook says it is testing a News Feed feature in the US to let users tap on topics underneath posts and ads to explore content from related businesses
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C2i Genomics, which claims its software can accurately detect residual cancers by analysing genome sequences, raises $100M Series B led by Casdin Capital
Federal judge overturns $506M+ in damages that Apple was ordered to pay PanOptis and related companies for willfully infringing patents covering 4G LTE tech
Amazon launches a $250M fund in India to invest in startups that focus on helping SMBs automate and digitize their operations
Chili Piper, which makes appointment scheduling software for sales teams, raises $33M Series B led by Tiger Global, bringing its total raised to $54M
UserZoom, which is used by companies like Google and Microsoft to evaluate and improve their UX and design elements, raises $100M led by Owl Rock
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.
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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
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