Colonial Pipeline, which carries 45% of fuel consumed on the US East Coast, says it halted operations due to a ransomware attack
Colonial Pipeline carries roughly 45% of gasoline and diesel fuel consumed on the East Coast — The main pipeline carrying gasoline and diesel fuel …
Using PayPal for Twitter's Tip Jar could reveal tipper's address to the recipient and possibly recipient's email to the tipper; Twitter says it will add a label
Sending its users to PayPal has created all sorts of problems that Twitter should have caught ahead of time.
Apple seems to have privately given Zoom access to an iPad OS API allowing camera access in Split View, raising concerns about special treatment for some devs
Zoom appears to have been granted access to a previously unknown iPad software feature that allows camera access during Split View multitasking, one developer claims. Source: Think Tap Blog .
Dogecoin dropped by about a third during Elon Musk's SNL appearance, as he conceded in a skit that Dogecoin was merely a “hustle”
Saturday night was the moment it became absolutely undeniable: tech is culture now. As Elon Musk took the stage on Saturday Night Live …
Sources: cybercrime gang DarkSide, which caused Colonial Pipeline to halt operations, stole and encrypted ~100GB of data on Thursday before demanding a ransom
- Attackers stole nearly 100GB of data in two hours on Thursday — Theft followed by locking of computers and ransom demand
Apple emails disclosed in Epic trial show that 128M iPhone users, of which 18M were in the US and 55% in China, downloaded apps with XCodeGhost malware in 2015
As part of the trial against Epic Games, Apple released emails that show that 128 million users, of which 18 million were in the U.S. …
Study of 430K+ adolescents from the US and UK finds that there is “little evidence” of a link between teens' technology use and mental health problems
There is “little evidence” of a link between teens' technology use and mental health problems, according …
Apple hires ex-Cisco communications chief Stella Low as new VP of worldwide corporate communications; Phil Schiller has been overseeing Apple's PR since 2019
Apple has hired a new vice president of worldwide corporate communications. Stella Low, former communications chief at networking giant Cisco …
Report: fintech startups across India, Africa, and Latin America raised a total of $23B since 2017; Indian companies raised $11.6B, including $4.8B just in 2019
Tech investments in emerging markets have been in full swing over the past couple of years and their ecosystems have thrived as a result. Source: BFA Global .
US-based Valmont, which makes irrigation equipment, to buy Israel's Prospera Technologies, maker of AI-based sensors and cameras for monitoring crops, for $300M
Maker of AI-based sensors and cameras to help farmers monitor crops was founded in 2014, had raised $22 million from investors Source: Valmont Industries, Inc. .
Semiconductor firms received more than $12B from equity investors in 2020, up 8x since 2016, as the industry sees a spike in new startups and ideas
While a variety of industries struggle with supplies, semiconductor experts say there are plenty of new ideas and, most surprising, start-ups.
Florence Healthcare, which makes software that helps physicians automate and manage clinical research paperwork, raises $80M Series C led by Insight Partners
Erin Schilling / Atlanta Business Journal : Source: Business Wire .
IDC: companies around the world are on pace to spend $240.6B on edge computing through 2024, at a compound annual growth rate of more than 15%
Firms world-wide on pace to spend $240.6 billion on edge computing through 2024 — Companies are expected to raise spending over the next few years … Tweets: @rhatr , @chrismattmann , @alstom , @edge...
A look at the rise of “renderporn”, the aspirational, hyperrealistic interior design imagery on Instagram created using 3D modelling software like SketchUp
Anna Wiener / New Yorker : Tweets: @newyorker , @heathermallick , @lainnafader , @katiemoffat , and @annawiener Tweets: @newyorker : .@annawiener reports on the use of 3-D-modelling technology to des...
eMarketer: US advertisers will spend $11.36B on streaming TV commercials on services like Hulu, Pluto TV, and Peacock in 2021, up from $8.11B in 2020
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg : Tweets: @deg_online , @bw , @davemorgannyc , and @bluff_capital See also Mediagazer Tweets: DEG / @deg_online : “Media is a vehicle to get advertisers to consumers. Think of...
Researchers used an ML algorithm based on neural networks to upgrade a cosmological simulation from low to super resolution, helping to accelerate their studies
Carnegie Mellon University : Tweets: @rossdawson Tweets: Ross Dawson / @rossdawson : ML at scale: Researchers have developed a way to create a complex simulated universe, bringing together machine le...
Sources: India has held up approvals for import of WiFi modules from China for months, causing companies like Dell and Xiaomi to delay product launches in India
Sankalp Phartiyal / Reuters :
How publishers are using tech, including AI-generated voices for audiobooks, Google Lens AR, and Amazon's novella app Kindle Vella, to entice young readers
Jennifer Alsever / Fortune :
Prescient, a North Carolina-based startup that makes architectural software, raises $190M from JE Dunn and Eldridge, bringing its total raised to around $295M
Zachery Eanes / Raleigh News & Observer : Source: Business Wire .
Bain & Co: social commerce accounted for ~44% of Southeast Asia's $109B e-commerce market in 2020; Vietnam leads with 65% adoption while Thailand is at ~50%
Prim Chuwiruch / Bloomberg : Tweets: @glenngabe Tweets: Glenn Gabe / @glenngabe : Interesting for those in e-commerce -> Social commerce accounted for ~44% of Southeast Asia's $109B e-commerce market...
Global chip shortage is forcing automakers to leave out some high-end features like navigation systems and “intelligent” rearview mirrors from their vehicles
Bloomberg : Tweets: @crtrud and @tracyalloway Tweets: Craig Trudell / @crtrud : Want a nav system in your Nissan, or a Ram with a fancy rearview mirror? Sorry, you're going to have to wait for the ch...
Shopify's new AI commerce stack
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Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
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