Ukrainian police arrest members of ransomware gang Clop, the first time that a national law enforcement agency has carried out mass arrests of such a gang
Arrests of Cl0p hacker group members adds to pressure on other countries to follow suit — Ukrainian police have arrested members …
OnePlus CEO Pete Lau says OnePlus and Oppo will have more integrations moving forward, further hinting at a possible merger
OnePlus says it will ‘further integrate’ its business with Oppo. But what does that really mean? — OnePlus CEO Pete Lau has announced a “new journey” …
APK teardown of new version of Google Play Services suggests that Google is working to build an Android device network like Apple's Find My
Because Apple tightly controls the iOS ecosystem, they're able to build a massive, crowdsourced network of devices that can help locate other devices.
Spotify has acquired Podz, a podcast discovery startup whose tech helps podcasters promote their show using ML to select 60-second clips of key moments
Podcasts are all the rage, but podcast discovery is a challenge. Today, Spotify announced its acquisition of Podz …
Researchers: encryption algorithm GEA-1, used in GPRS data in 2G networks, was deliberately weakened by its designers; ETSI blames export regulations
A new paper shows that two old encryption algorithms still used in mobile networks can be exploited to spy on phones' internet traffic.
Emails from 2016 show Ring provided ~100 LAPD officers with free devices or discount codes and encouraged them to promote its devices to fellow LAPD, the public
In a bid to bolster its claims as a crime-fighting tool, Ring deployed a tactic popular in the business world: influencer marketing.
Snap eliminates Snapchat's speed filter, which let users show how fast they were moving, after a US court ruled that Snap could be sued for a fatal car crash
The maker of the Snapchat app is eliminating a feature known as the “speed filter” that lets users capture how fast they are moving and share it with friends, NPR has learned.
PUBG Mobile returns to Google Play Store in India with new name Battlegrounds Mobile India, after being banned for nine months on national security grounds
Krafton, which filed for an IPO earlier this week, has built a gigantic gaming empire. If the firm is able to raise the target $5 billion …
The Platform Competition and Opportunity Act, which ends Big Tech acquisitions, could backfire in several ways, like discouraging startups' productive behavior
Congress wants to stop most Big Tech acquisitions. But that won't neccesarily increase competition. — 5 hr ago
Two major Chinese banks now allow customers to exchange digital yuan for fiat at 3,000+ ATMs in Beijing, in an expansion of China's digital currency experiment
Two major Chinese banks now allow customers to exchange the country's new central bank digital currency (CBDC) …
Mark Cuban calls for stablecoin regulation, after trading Iron Finance's algorithmic stablecoin DeFi Titanium, which then crashed from $60 to $0 in a day
H — ow Polygon's first billion-dollar protocol unraveled. AnTy / BitcoinExchangeGuide : “This One is on Mark Cuban,” says CT as He Calls for DeFi Regulation After Getting Rug Pulled on His Promoted ...
European companies' reluctance to offer free software and services has resulted in the region being over-dependent on US and others for communication platforms
Europe's communication needs are currently almost exclusively delivered by Chinese hardware that connects us to US-based platforms. Tweets: @chrisnahr and @nickdothutton Tweets: Christoph Nahr / @chri...
Facebook says it will begin testing ads on Oculus headsets, starting with the shooter game Blaston, and won't use data stored on devices to target ads
but I think one factor is that the Quest 2 is an excellent consumer product with no real peer on the horizon save the rumbles from Apple, and Apple will be fine. What competition would a regulator eve...
Sources: EU antitrust regulators plan to open a formal investigation into Google's digital advertising business before the end of the year
EU antitrust regulators are set to open another front against Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit Google by launching a formal investigation …
Nielsen announces a new metric, The Gauge, to measure streaming viewing in ~14,000 US homes via hardware that watches internet traffic passing through a router
and Netflix is one of them.” Netflix & YouTube are HALF of streaming time Thnx for shoutout @koblin @nytimes @netflix $nflx https://www.nytimes.com/... Aidan McLaughlin / @aidnmclaughlin : According t...
JPMorgan buys UK-based digital wealth manager Nutmeg, which has 140K+ customers and about $5B in assets under management; sources say deal is worth about $1B
Digital wealth manager Nutmeg has around 140,000 customers and $5 billion in assets — JPMorgan Chase & Co. agreed …
Fiddler AI, which makes tools to help engineers monitor machine learning systems, raises $32M Series B led by Insight Partners
Subscribe to Fortune Daily to get essential business stories straight to your inbox each morning. — Investors are betting that a former Facebook engineer …
Social health activists in India have been tasked with curbing COVID-19 misinformation, with many workers using WhatsApp to stop its spread
The backbone of India's rural healthcare system is now tasked with beating back COVID-19 myths, one message at a time Tweets: @yadavakhilesh Tweets: Akhilesh Yadav / @yadavakhilesh : Fighting Covid is...
Instagram launches ads in Reels worldwide; the ads can be up to 30 seconds and vertical in format
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Senate confirms ex-NSA director Chris Inglis as national cyber director; Congress still has not funded his office, despite authorizing him to hire 75 employees
Eric Geller / Politico :
Adobe beats in Q2 with revenue of $3.84B, up 23% YoY, vs est. of $3.73B, with YoY revenues of Digital Media up 25%, Creative up 24%, and Document Cloud up 30%
Stephanie Condon / ZDNet :
Transform, which develops tools for businesses to query and build metrics from data troves, comes out of stealth with $20M Series A, after $4.5M seed in 2020
The biggest tech companies have put a lot of time and money into building tools and platforms for their data science teams …
Amazon Appstore unveils a new program that reduces its share of developer revenue from 30% to 20% for developers earning less than $1M per year, starting in Q4
Elias Saba / AFTVnews :
Study: 48% of ad traffic on “fake” news publishers and 32% of ad traffic on “low credibility sites” like Breitbart is served by Google
Ryan Barwick / Morning Brew :
23andMe goes public via merger with a Richard Branson SPAC, raises $600M in IPO at a valuation of $3.5B; shares were up 21% on its first day at Nasdaq
Eric Rosenbaum / CNBC :
Study: 80% of organizations that paid a ransom were hit by a second ransomware attack; 66% orgs cited revenue losses after the attack and 53% cited brand damage
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Seattle-based Leafly, which runs an online marketplace for cannabis, raises $23M from existing investors; Leafly has 120M annual visitors
Seattle-based online cannabis marketplace Leafly has closed $23 million in new funding, GeekWire confirmed with the company.
Unit, which helps companies build financial and banking products, raises $51M Series B led by Accel, bringing its total raises to ~$70M
Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch :
Google says it is funding a project to increase Linux security by writing parts of the operating system's core in Rust
Wise, previously known as TransferWise, plans to go public on the LSE via a direct listing, the first company to choose an alternative listing in the UK
Bloomberg :
Splash Financial, a digital lending platform specializing in student loan refinancing, raises $44.3M Series B led by DST Global, Citi Ventures, and more
Jeremy Nobile / Crain's Cleveland Business :
Delivery startup Gopuff buys rideOS, which builds real-time routing and dispatch software for autonomous car fleets, source says for $115M in cash and stock
Liana Baker / Bloomberg :
Palmer Luckey's Anduril raises $450M Series D led by Elad Gil, with a16z and others participating; Anduril is now valued at $4.6B, up from $1.9B in July 2020
Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch :
Neo4j, which offers a graph-centric database and related products, raises $325M Series F led by Eurazeo at a $2B+ valuation
UserLeap, which builds AI tools to give product managers user insights in real time, raises $38M Series B from a16z and others
We are big believers in product-led growth and think for many companies … Christine Hall / Crunchbase News : UserLeap Closes $38M Series B To Collect Feedback Data
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
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Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
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