Valve quietly updates Steam's rules to ban games “built on blockchain technology that issue or allow exchange of cryptocurrencies or NFTs”
Your move, Epic Games Store — Games that use blockchain technology or let users exchange NFTs or cryptocurrencies won't be allowed on Steam … Source: Steamworks Documentation .
Netflix fires a leader of the trans employee resource group who was organizing a walkout, for allegedly leaking metrics related to the Dave Chappelle special
The company suspects they leaked metrics about the Dave Chappelle special to the press — Netflix has fired a leader …
Twitch downplays last week's hack, saying it had minimal impact and user login credentials, full credit card numbers, and bank information were not exposed
In an update regarding this month's security incident, Twitch downplayed the breach saying that it had minimal impact and only affected a small number of users. Source: Twitch Blog .
A joint advisory by the FBI, NSA, CISA, and EPA reveals three more ransomware attacks on water treatment plants this year in Nevada, Maine, and California
Ransomware gangs have silently hit three US water and wastewater treatment facilities this year, in 2021, the US government … Source: CISA .
CFTC files and settles charges against Tether and Bitfinex, ordering them to pay a total of $42.5M for making “untrue or misleading statements” about USDT
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) simultaneously filed and settled charges against Tether and Bitfinex today … Source: CFTC .
Jack Dorsey says Square is considering building an open source Bitcoin miner, using custom silicon, for individuals and businesses
Square Inc (SQ.N) Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey said on Friday the fintech firm is looking to build a bitcoin mining system based on custom silicon …
Janneke Parrish, a leader of the #AppleToo movement, says she was fired for deleting files off her work devices before handing them over for an investigation
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Moscow introduces Face Pay in its metro system, which Russia says is the world's first mass-scale facial recognition payment system, across 240 stations
Campaigners say Face Pay, launched in over 240 stations, is ‘dangerous step’ in efforts to control population
Security researchers say Apple and EU plans to monitor phones for illicit material are ineffective and could embolden government surveillance
In August, Apple announced a system to check all our iPhones for illegal images … Jordan Robertson / Bloomberg : Apple's Child-Porn Tracking System Is Flawed, Report Says arXiv.org : Bugs in our Pocke...
Internal docs: Instagram spent the majority of its global annual marketing budget since 2018 targeting teenagers, as it worries about losing its user “pipeline”
The app, hailed as Facebook's growth engine, has privately wrestled with retaining and engaging teenagers, according to internal documents.
Seven former employees detail Twitch's 2014 hack that forced it to rebuild much of its code infrastructure, and that hack's knock-on effects
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Sources: the SEC is poised to let the first Bitcoin futures ETFs, from Proshares and Invesco, trade in the US as early as next week
in the case of futures ETFs—is a negative consent model. A company files for one and, if SEC doesn't object within 75 days, good to go. ProShares was first to file, so will be first to list
US Treasury says there was $590M in suspicious activity related to ransomware in H1 2021, exceeding the entire amount in 2020, when $416M was reported
Suspicious activity reports related to ransomware jumped significantly in 2021, according to the U.S. Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.
MagSafe wireless charging continues to underwhelm a year after its release, due to Apple's lack of foresight and a limited ecosystem
Apple's charging ecosystem keeps revealing its limitations — One year ago yesterday, I wrote how MagSafe could be the biggest reason to buy an iPhone 12.
At the White House's ransomware summit, 32 countries pledged to share cyberattack info, push firms to improve security, and disrupt hackers' financial tools
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Profile of Edwin Robbe, who hacked the Netherlands' largest telecom KPN as a teenager and cost the company €3M, before being found dead in South Korea
Edwin Robbe had a troubled life, but found excitement and purpose by joining an audacious community of hackers.
AiDash, which lets power utilities and energy companies monitor infrastructure using satellite imagery and AI, raises a $27M Series B led by G2 Venture Partners
Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next. Source: Business Wire .
Netflix UK reports revenue of £172M in 2020, up 43% YoY, and pre-tax profits of £19.4M, up 50% YoY, and ~2M new subscribers, for an estimated total of 13M
South Korea's largest travel booking app Yanolja buys a 70% stake in Interpark, a publicly listed South Korean e-commerce company, for about $250M
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ResQ, a SaaS startup that lets restaurants manage and pay for repairs and maintenance through its service provider marketplace, raises a $39M Series A
Charlize Alcaraz / BetaKit : Source: ResQ .
Some indie game developers say connecting with fans on Discord is helping humanize developer teams, shielding them from backlash and abuse
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White House details its plan for the federal government to adopt phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication methods, such as using hardware security keys
Clarifai, which uses AI to help companies manage unstructured data, raises a $60M Series C led by New Enterprise Associates, bringing its total raised to $100M
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Spot AI, which makes software that can search through video footage, raises $22M, including a $20M Series A led by Redpoint Ventures
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Expensify files for an IPO, and reports net income of $15M on revenue of $65M in H1 2021, up from $3.5M on revenue of $41M in H1 2020
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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.