Microsoft: hackers behind SolarWinds recently breached State Dept. aid agency to send emails with malicious code to 150 orgs, including NGOs critical of Putin
Microsoft reported that it had detected the intrusion and that the same hackers behind the earlier SolarWinds attack were responsible.
In an email to podcasters, Apple says it is delaying the launch of its Podcasts Subscriptions and channels until June and plans improvements to its Podcasts app
Apple has announced in an email to podcasters today that it is delaying the launch of Apple Podcasts Subscriptions.
Venmo will now let users control the visibility of their friends list, following a report in which Biden's Venmo account and connections were easily found
Venmo, the mobile payments app owned by PayPal, is changing its privacy settings after a BuzzFeed News story uncovered President Joe Biden's account earlier this month.
SEC charges five people with promoting BitConnect, which it alleges was an unregistered digital securities offering that raised $2B+ from retail investors
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a civil lawsuit against five people accused of promoting BitConnect, a now-defunct crypto Ponzi scheme.
WhatsApp reverses course and says it won't limit functionality for users who don't accept its new privacy policy
The new policy went into effect on May 15th — Earlier this month, Facebook-owned WhatsApp said that users would lose functionality over time if they didn't accept its new privacy policy by May 15th.
Circle, the company behind the US dollar-backed stablecoin USDC, raises $440M, sources say ahead of a potential SPAC deal targeting a valuation of $4B
Quick Take — Circle has raised $440 million in a new funding round — The firm — which is behind the fast-growing USDC stablecoin …
Twitter Blue, Twitter's anticipated $2.99 monthly subscription tier, is now listed as an option in the iOS App Store, despite the feature not being live in-app
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Anthropic, a new startup from former GPT-3 researchers that aims to build large-scale, general AI systems, raises $124M Series A led by Skype's Jaan Tallinn
As AI has grown from a menagerie of research projects to include a handful of titanic, industry-powering models like GPT-3 …
Google says Chrome 91 has 23% faster performance thanks to Sparkplug, a new non-optimizing compiler for its V8 JavaScript engine
a non-optimizing JavaScript compiler Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE : Google details code optimization tech behind Chrome's latest 23% speed boost Michael Perrigo / Chrome Unboxed : Chrome 91 has up t...
Amazon introduces AmaZen meditation booths in which warehouse employees can watch company videos about mindfulness to deal with stress
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Rep. Matt Gaetz told the crowd at an America First rally that they have “an obligation” to use the Second Amendment against Big Tech companies
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Indian conglomerate Tata Group buys a majority stake in e-grocer Bigbasket; previous reports suggest that the deal is worth $1.31B for a stake of up to 64.2%
Tata Sons (TATAS.UL) has acquired a majority stake in Alibaba-backed (9988.HK) online grocery seller BigBasket, a unit of the Indian conglomerate said on Friday.
Google researchers detail “Half-Double”, a new Rowhammer attack technique they say will be difficult to mitigate as future generations of DRAM chips get smaller
A full fix for the “Half-Double” technique will require rethinking how memory semiconductors are designed.
US soldiers at nuclear bases in Europe are inadvertently revealing secrets, like base installations, while using apps with publicly visible learning flashcards
Sources: Apple tried to buy rap battle livestreaming service Verzuz before it was acquired in March by Triller
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Doximity, a LinkedIn for doctors, files for an IPO, and says it has allocated 15% of shares offered to doctors; Doximity's revenue grew 78% in 2020 to $206.9M
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 28 … Perry Gold / Doximity Press Blog : Doximity, Inc. Files Registration Statement For Proposed Initial Public Offering Heather Landi / Fie...
Have I Been Pwned goes open source, starting with the Pwned Password code; FBI to begin sharing compromised passwords discovered in investigations with the site
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US's campaign against Huawei has opened the $35B/year cellular equipment market, giving rise to new players and helping US's bid to counter China's 5G dominance
The U.S. campaign against Huawei has opened the cellular-equipment market to a host of new players that previously didn't seem to have much of a chance Tweets: @wsjtech , @wsj , @brendancarrfcc , and ...
Sources: Google, Facebook, Telegram, LinkedIn, ShareChat, and Koo have either fully or partially complied with India's new IT rules; Twitter has yet to comply
reigniting the age-old battle of national interest versus freedom of speech NDTV.com : All Big Firms Except Twitter Sent Details Under New IT Rules: Sources Msmash / Slashdot : Facebook, WhatsApp, Goo...
Google says it won't build itself Privacy Sandbox backdoors, but whether it will allow itself to use individual-level data from Chrome users remains unclear
Google promised on Thursday it won't carve out separate rules for itself as it forces data privacy restrictions on others navigating … Tweets: @kyotonio See also Mediagazer Tweets: Antoine Bourlon / @...
In a court filing, the Biden administration indicates it will defend a Trump-era rule that requires US visa applicants to register their social media handles
and surprising, too—that the Biden admin apparently intends to defend this Trump-era rule. Foreign journalists, filmmakers, scholars, human rights advocates shouldn't have to surrender free speech rig...
Sprinklr, a provider of customer service software, files for an IPO and reports revenue of $386.9M and net loss of $41.2M in the year ended January 31
Software startup Sprinklr on Friday made public its plans for a stock market listing in the United States, revealing a 19.3% rise in annual revenue.
Wejo, which collects and analyzes real-time vehicle data, is going public via a SPAC merger to raise $330M, which will value Wejo at $800M including debt
MotoRefi, an auto refinancing service that handles the entire loan process, including finding the best rates, raises $45M Series B led by Goldman Sachs
Klarna says human error caused a bug that for 31 minutes allowed ~9,500 users to randomly access accounts of others on Thursday
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