The US infrastructure bill amends tax code section 6050I to require certain recipients of digital assets worth $10K+ to report sender details to the IRS
The U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass a bipartisan infrastructure bill that contains a controversial cryptocurrency tax reporting requirement.
The NFT.NYC conference, now in its third year, was a coming-out party for the NFT community, attracting a record 5,000 attendees from artists to corporate suits
NFT.NYC, a gathering for nonfungible token enthusiasts, offered a taste of a crypto-filled future.
Europol arrests seven people suspected of helping with 7K+ cyberattacks since early 2019 while working with REvil and GandCrab, in a Romanian-led investigation
Europol has announced today the arrests of seven suspects who worked as “affiliates” (partners) for a major ransomware cartel …
Source: US seized $6M in ransom payments and is expected to announce charges today against a Ukrainian suspect arrested in Poland last month over REvil attacks
(CNN)Law enforcement officials have seized an estimated $6 million in ransom payments, and the US Justice Department is expected …
A look at the fight between city officials and parents over Stockholm's glitchy app for its schools, as annoyed parents built their own open source version
Stockholm's official app was a disaster. So annoyed parents built their own open source version—ignoring warnings that it might be illegal.
House passes $1T+ bipartisan infrastructure bill, with a controversial crypto tax provision and $65B in broadband funding; Biden could sign the bill within days
Several chipmakers, including TSMC, Micron, and Western Digital, responded to a US request and provided supply chain info to help address global chip shortages
- TSMC withheld customer-specific information in its response — South Korean peers will submit some data, government says
Advent International agrees to take McAfee private in a deal worth $14B, including about $4B in debt
An investor group led by buyout firms Advent International Corp., Permira Advisers and others agreed to take McAfee Corp. private in a deal that values the cybersecurity software maker at more than $1...
The FBI and DHS say a drone dangling copper wires tried to disrupt a PA power substation in July 2020, the first drone attack targeting US energy infrastructure
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Netflix faces more active libel suits than any major news outlet, partly due to its nonfiction fare, often unsuccessfully arguing that it is just a distributor
The mega-streamer is facing more defamation complaints than any major news outlet, stemming from projects like 'Making a Murderer …
Even minor actions in an NFT game can be taxable events, an inconvenient reality exacerbated by the lack of raw transaction records from many NFT games
In a matter of months, NFT gaming became a multibillion-dollar industry by combining two things people already loved: video games and getting rich from crypto.
H2O.ai, which provides an open source machine learning platform to build smart applications, raises a $100M Series E at a $1.6B pre-money valuation
H2O.ai — a startup that has developed an open-source framework as well as proprietary apps that make it easier for any kind of enterprise …
AMD says chips with new 3D-stacked L3 cache tech, allowing up to 768MB of total L3 cache per chip, will arrive in Q1 2022 and are in preview now on Azure
AMD CEO Lisa Su unveiled the first details about the company's EPYC Milan-X processors, which come with a 3D-stacked L3 cache called 3D V-Cache … Thanks: @paulyalcorn
Apple says it has identified and fixed a firmware issue with its T2 security chip, which bricked some Macs while upgrading to macOS Monterey
Drata, which uses automation to help companies obtain SOC compliance, raises a $100M Series B led by Iconiq Growth at a $1B valuation
Security and compliance automation platform Drata has raised $100 million in a series B round of funding, valuing the one-year-old company at a cool $1 billion.
A look at digital pets site Neopets, which had 25M users in the mid-2000s, as owner JumpStart Games says 30%-40% of former users returned since March 2020
Finland-based AR display maker Dispelix raises a $33M Series B led by Atlantic Bridge, bringing its total raised to $50M
Finnish waveguide design technology company Dispelix has raised $33 million in a Series B funding round. The company makes single-layer waveguides and see-through displays …
Andrew Ng's Landing AI, which is developing tools for manufacturers to build and deploy AI systems in factories, raises a $57M Series A led by McRock Capital
Just over a year after launching, Landing AI secured a $57 million round of Series A funding to continue building tools …
Matter Labs, which offers an Ethereum “rollup” service that offloads transaction processing to secondary chains, raises a $50M Series B led by a16z Crypto
As some of the most popular cryptocurrencies reach all-time-highs, plenty of new users and decentralized app developers …
DeFi platform bZx says a hacker stole an estimated $55M worth of cryptocurrency assets after spear-phishing one of its employees and swiping two private keys
A recently unredacted antitrust complaint alleges that Google gives AMP a “nice comparative boost” by throttling load times of non-AMP ads via one-second delays
How a scarcity of secondhand chip manufacturing machines, which use older fabrication techniques, has exacerbated the global chip shortage
BrightChamps, an Indian startup teaching programming and other skills to over 100K students in 10 markets including the US, raises $51M, valuing it at ~$500M
BrightChamps, an Indian edtech startup that is attempting to bridge the learning gap left by K12 schools, said on Monday …
SoftBank reports a record Q2 Vision Fund loss of $7.3B as the value of holdings like Coupang and Didi plunged, and a $3.5B net loss overall for the company
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Twitter commentary erupts after Microsoft Ignite speakers described their physical appearance and race and noted the Microsoft campus was built on native land
Botkeeper, which provides AI-powered bookkeeping automation software, raises a $42M Series C led by Grand Oaks Capital, bringing its total funding to $89.5M
Interview with Biz Stone about Future Positive, an investment firm he founded in 2019 with Fred Blackford to focus on investments that can be held for decades
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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.