Australian PM Scott Morrison proposes new defamation legislation mandating social media companies reveal the identities of anonymous online trolls or face fines
Social media companies could be forced to reveal the identities of anonymous users in an effort to crack down on online trolling …
Twitter's Jack Dorsey will step down as CEO effective immediately, replaced by CTO Parag Agrawal; Dorsey will remain on the board until 2022
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is stepping down as chief of the social media company, effective immediately. Parag Agrawal, the company's chief technology officer …
Sources: UK's CMA is expected to block Meta's proposed acquisition of Giphy in the coming days
Move would be the first time the competition watchdog has reversed a Big Tech acquisition — The UK competition regulator is expected to block Meta's acquisition of online gif platform Giphy …
Recent cyberattacks on Iran's fuel distribution system and an Israeli LGBTQ dating site show that Iran-Israel cyberwar is impacting civilians on a large scale
Iranians couldn't buy gas. Israelis found their intimate dating details posted online. The Iran-Israel shadow war is now hitting ordinary citizens.
Nextcloud and ~30 other EU companies file an antitrust complaint with the European Commission against Microsoft for bundling OneDrive and Teams with Windows
Nextcloud and almost 30 other European companies have filed a complaint about Microsoft's anti-competitive behavior with its OneDrive cloud storage offering.Source:NextcloudandNextcloud.
Thought Machine, which helps banks launch cloud-based services, raises a $200M Series C led by Nyca Partners at a $1B+ valuation
Thought Machine, a 2014 (Xoogler) founded startup that sells cloud-based b2b banking services, has closed a $200 million Series C round and announced …
Gurman: Apple is still working on a multi-device charger, other short and long-distance wireless chargers, and reverse wireless charging for its devices
an AR/VR headset, AR glasses, and a self-driving car — will shake up the company's typical product rollout strategy + Review of Belkin's new 3-in-1 device charger and more https://www.bloomberg.com/.....
Documents: China's Henan province is asking companies to develop a 3,000-camera surveillance system to track journalists, international students, and others
Security officials in one of China's largest provinces have commissioned a surveillance system they say they want to use …
Intel is stockpiling around 3,000 legacy pieces of its hardware and software, going back about a decade, for security research at a warehouse in Costa Rica
Chip maker is stockpiling legacy technology for security research, plans to expand facility to house 6,000 pieces of equipment
Sources: Clearlake Capital will buy Quest Software, which makes tools for IT departments, from Francisco Partners for $5.4B including debt
Deal values former Dell unit at $5.4 billion, including debt, sources say — Clearlake Capital Group LP has struck a deal to buy Quest Software Inc …
A look at the challenges spies face with biometrics, smartphones, and surveillance cameras, and how AI sifting through data changes espionage
U.S., rivals seek ways to adapt spycraft to a changing world; being on the grid can blow your cover, but so can staying off
Armis, which provides enterprise IT and IoT security tools, raises $300M at a $3.4B post-money valuation, up from $2B in February 2021
Armis, which provides a visibility and security platform for all assets within an enterprise including IT and IoT, announced it has raised $300 million …
Chegg acquires Busuu, an online language learning startup that has reached 120M+ users across 160+ countries, for approximately $436M
Chegg, the NYSE listed student media learning platform is acquiring Busuu, the online language learning startup established in Europe in 2008 …
Vestager asks the EU Parliament and Council to approve the Digital Markets Act and the Digital Services Act as a matter of urgency, even if they are imperfect
and our 🇪🇺 democracy is at work to deliver it! https://twitter.com/... Samuel Stolton / @samuelstolton : Respect where respect is due - no one expected the EU27 to move this fast on DSA / DMA - this l...
Analysis: Amazon has built more than 450 warehouses in the US since the end of 2019, doubling its fulfillment capacity to over 930 facilities
Online retail giant has nearly doubled its fulfillment capacity since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic — In the past two years …
Spotify confirms it is retiring the Car View mode in its mobile apps, offering no replacement, but says it is working to improve how users listen while driving
Russia's Roskomnadzor regulator says its slowdown of Twitter on mobile, in force since March, will continue until all content deemed illegal is removed
Russia will continue slowing down the speed of Twitter (TWTR.N) on mobile devices until all content deemed illegal is deleted …
Adobe: US consumers spent $8.9B online on Black Friday, down from the record $9B in 2020, the first ever YoY decline
Bangalore-based Slice, which lets its 5M+ credit card users pay bills in instalments, raises $220M Series B led by Tiger and Insight at a $1B+ valuation
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Report: Raspberry Pi Trading hired investment banks Stifel and Liberum to advise on a London IPO planned for this spring that would value it at ~$500M
Les Pounder / Tom's Hardware : Source: Telegraph .
How “neo-conglomerates” like Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Meta replaced and outgrew industrial conglomerates like GE, Toshiba, and Johnson & Johnson
it is like cutting an egg in half” Tweets: Darren Herman / @dherman76 : When I was in college, we studied GE pretty intensely. Today? https://www.wsj.com/... Peter Kafka / @pkafka : Related! FTC Lina ...
Sky Mavis says its crypto-based game Axie Infinity quadrupled DAUs in under 3 months to 2M in October, as some analysts question Axie's economic sustainability
to play games that simulate gambling on manipulated penny stock markets for like ... fun? Does not sound like my cup of tea but maybe I'm just old. https://www.ft.com/... @financialtimes : ‘Axie Infin...
Booking.com plans to acquire its Sweden-based flight-booking partner Etraveli Group from CVC Capital Partners for ~$1.83B
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UK-based Motorway, a second-hand car auction site used by 4K+ car dealers, raises a $190M Series C at a $1B+ valuation after raising a $67.7M Series B in June
Mike Butcher / TechCrunch :
Indian government tells Starlink to stop “booking/rendering the satellite internet service” as it does not have a license to operate in the country
Q&A with Forte founder and CEO Josh Williams on Forte's $725M Series B, adding “real purpose” to speculation-fueled tokens via games, potential regulation, more
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Now that most video game platforms have a digital-only purchasing option, paying separately for the same video game on each is indefensible
A look at efforts to develop brain-computer interfaces, including Musk's Neuralink and a DARPA program to build a 64,000-electrode array for brain implants
Crypto tokens allow venture capitalists to dump their investments on an enthusiastic public without regulation, in the midst of a speculative mania
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.