CISA Director Jen Easterly says the Log4j flaw likely affects hundreds of millions of devices and may be the most serious bug she has seen in her career
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Jen Easterly told industry leaders in a phone briefing Monday that a vulnerability …
Apple debuts Tracker Detect, an Android app that scans for AirTags and other Find My items that may be traveling with users without their knowledge
Apple's following through on a promise to help Android users identify nearby AirTags and Find My trackers that aren't with their owners.
Kronos, one of the largest HR and workflow management companies, says a ransomware attack knocked its systems offline, possibly for the next several weeks
buckle up y'all. It is indeed #ransomware. “we strongly recommend that you evaluate and implement alternative business continuity protocols” https://twitter.com/... Catalin Cimpanu / @campuscodi : Pay...
Oppo announces Air Glass, an “assisted reality” product that projects 2D info and weighs 30g with claimed three-hour usage, coming to China in Q1 2022
Coming to China early next year — Oppo has announced the Air Glass, an AR device that'll go on sale early next year.
Apple delays macOS Monterey's Universal Control until spring 2022, after saying it would launch in the fall
Apple has officially delayed Universal Control, a hallmark feature of macOS Monterey and iPadOS 15 announced in June, until Spring 2022. — In an update to the iPadOS 15 …
Nike acquires RTFKT, an NFT studio founded in 2020, for an undisclosed sum; RTFKT raised an $8M seed in May led by a16z at a $33.3M valuation
Nike is taking a plunge deeper into the world of crypto collectibles, announcing that they're acquiring the NFT studio RTFKT (pronounced “artifact").
UK MPs propose changes to the UK's Online Safety Bill, including adding more offenses and fines, mandating tech firms appoint a “safety controller”, and more
New criminal offences and major changes have been proposed in the UK's landmark Online Safety Bill, which seeks to regulate social media and tech giants.
US Department of Labor letter shows it is investigating Apple over Ashley Gjovik's claims that she was fired under a false pretext after retaliation complaints
US labour department inquiry follows claims by ex-senior engineering program manager — The US Department of Labor …
Documents and interviews reveal Apache developers' efforts to patch the Log4j vulnerability, after an Alibaba employee alerted them of the flaw on November 24
At 2:51 p.m. on Nov. 24, members of an open-source software project received an alarming email.
Analysis: Log4j attacks rose from a few thousand on Dec. 10 to over 800K within 72 hours; exploits have been attempted on 40%+ of corporate networks globally
Precisely one year after the SolarWinds Hack, the groundbreaking supply chain attack the world experienced, and while organizations …
Microsoft and iFixit partner to let approved independent repairers buy official Microsoft service tools for Surface devices from iFixit.com
Authorized and independent technicians can new repair select Surface devices thanks to iFixit and Microsoft — What you need to know
US OSHA says it is investigating the deadly collapse of an Amazon warehouse in Illinois caused by a tornado; six workers died, one was injured, 45 were rescued
- OSHA is investigating a collapse at an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois. — The facility collapsed Friday …
Sources: NSO Group is considering shuttering its Pegasus unit and selling the company, among other options, as it struggles to repay $450M in debt
- Moelis tapped to advise on talks with investment funds — One plan would repurpose product for strictly defensive use
Oppo unveils the MariSilicon X, a 6nm smartphone chip produced by TSMC that it says can process real-time RAW images, debuting in Q1 2022
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PwC report details the ransomware attack on Ireland's public health system in May 2021 and finds that IT admins failed to respond to multiple warning signs
The consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers recently published lessons learned from the disruptive and costly ransomware attack in May 2021 on Ireland's public health system. Source: HSE .
Apple releases iOS 15.2 with App Privacy Report in Settings, Messages safety warnings for kids, Hide My Email, and more; watchOS 8.3 and tvOS 15.2 also released
Institutional bitcoin broker and custody services provider NYDIG raises $1B in a funding round led by WestCap, valuing it at $7B+
NYDIG said Tuesday it raised a stunning $1 billion in a funding round that will value the firm at over $7 billion - and potentially expand bitcoin's reach into …
LogMeIn says it will spin out password management tool LastPass; LogMeIn acquired LastPass, used by 30M people and 85K businesses, for $125M in 2015
LastPass has more than 30 million users — LogMeIn plans to spin out password management tool LastPass as a standalone company, it announced Tuesday.
Internal Huawei marketing slides show a broader role in tracking China's population than previously acknowledged, including using voice ID and tracking shoppers
The Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies has long brushed off questions about its role in China's state surveillance …
AWS Outpost head Joshua Burgin leaves for a new job; a recent report said Jassy overruled a recommendation to fire Burgin in 2019 after discriminatory comments
An executive at Amazon.com Inc.'s cloud division who faced an internal investigation over claims of discriminatory behavior …
LinkedIn launches InCareer, a mobile and web app to help professionals in China find jobs, two months after Microsoft sunset the Chinese version of LinkedIn
Exactly two months ago, we announced that we were moving into a new chapter in China, sunsetting the local version of LinkedIn to strengthen our focus on jobs with a new app.
VR meeting startup Spatial officially pivots to NFTs, letting users host galleries and events, and raises $25M, bringing its total raised to $50M
Just a few months after Meta unveiled its own VR meeting platform, a startup known for a similar product is hitting the brakes: Spatial …
Biden signs an executive order directing 17 US agencies to modernize services and bring more of them online, including passport photo uploads and taxes
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Sources: Instagram surpassed 2B monthly active users worldwide this fall, up from 1B MAUs in June 2018, the last time it publicly disclosed the metric
- Instagram now has more than 2 billion monthly active users worldwide, according to employees with knowledge of the key metric. Tweets: @cnbc , @jyarow , and @stevekovach . Thanks: @sal19 Tweets: @cn...
Investors have poured $1B+ into startups looking to turn mom-and-pop stores into digital retailers and mini-tech hubs, especially in South and Southeast Asia
Corner stores don't look like much. Maybe the one nearest to you has dusty shelves lined with bags of chips and cookies … Tweets: @lemonsand , @paulbisceglio , @lmatsakis , @bcmerchant , and @cengizy...
Meta acquires the worldwide trademark assets of US regional bank Meta Financial Group for $60M in cash through its affiliate Beige Key
Meta Platforms Inc (FB.O), the owner of social media network Facebook, is behind a $60 million deal to acquire the trademark assets of U.S. regional bank …
Adobe launches Creative Cloud Express, a mobile and web app for creating logos, videos, and social media posts, for free or $9.99/month with advanced templates
Netflix slashes all its price tiers in India, with the Basic plan now starting at $2.60/month, down from $6.60/month, amid intense competition
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Carto, which helps visualize data on interactive maps, raises a $61M Series C led by Insight Partners
Spatial analysis platform Carto has raised a $61 million Series C round. Many companies collect a ton of data with some location element tied to it. Carto lets you display that data …
Munich-based Apex.ai, which offers an OS for mobility, smart machines, and IoT, raises a $56.5M Series B led by Orillion
Munich-based Apex.ai has raised $56.5 million in a Series B funding round. The software maker provides solutions for mobility and autonomous applications …
Cloud security remediation startup Dazz raises $50M Series A and $10M seed round from Insight Partners and others
Cloud security remediation startup Dazz, which today announced it has raised $60 million in funding, said it plans to launch its AI-driven product into general availability …
China fines Weibo ~$470K for repeatedly publishing information deemed illegal; China has imposed 44 penalties on Weibo, totaling ~$2.3M, in the year to November
Crypto gaming company VulcanForge says hackers stole ~$135M from users by accessing 96 wallet private keys, as three high-profile hacks net ~$404M this month
Sources: Amazon's Instacart rival, internally called Fresh Marketplace, will expand to the US and Europe in 2022 following its recent UK debut
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Medal.tv raises $60M to expand its platform for short gaming clips, bringing its total funding to $70M, and says it has nearly 1M DAUs
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Bangalore-based fresh produce supply chain startup Ninjacart raises $145M from Flipkart and Walmart, sources say at a $750M-$800M valuation
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Snap says it paid out over $250M to more than 12,000 creators through its Snapchat Spotlight programs in 2021
This year, Snap finally caught user-generated content fever: In 2021, the company has paid out more than $250 million to more than 12,000 creators through its Snapchat Spotlight programs.
Citizen employees vote to unionize and join the CWA, a rare instance of successful labor organizing at a VC-backed tech startup, and await NLRB certification
Ukrainian law enforcement arrests 51 suspects for allegedly selling stolen personal data of over 300M people in Europe and the US
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Tel Aviv-based Guardio, which offers a cybersecurity browser extension used by 1M+, raises $47M led by Tiger Global
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
A look at a “smart city” project near Busan, as the South Korean government normalizes surveillance by repurposing its “smart city” systems to battle COVID-19
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Toronto-based TealBook, a supply chain data service, raises a $50M Series B led by Ten Coves Capital and others, bringing its total raised to $73M+
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Mesh Payments, which helps companies track employee expenses, raises a $50M Series B led by Tiger Global, bringing its total raised to $63M
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
A look at South Korea's antitrust battles with local tech firms Kakao and Naver, as regulators balance protectionism with the companies' global ambitions
but it might be too little, too late @borowiecsteven's reporting from Seoul https://restofworld.org/... Cengiz / @cengizyar : In a country where most interactions are mediated by big tech companies, s...
Latvian startup Lokalise, which helps companies localize and translate services, raises a $50M Series B led by CRV
Dan Taylor / Tech.eu :
German company Software AG, which offers tools to manage data used by 50% of the Fortune 500, raises €344M from Silver Lake
Jan-Henrik Foerster / Bloomberg :
London-based Fresha, a beauty and wellness booking service, extends its Series C by $52.5M to $152.5M at a $640M+ valuation, bringing its total funding to $182M
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Cadence, a digital health care startup that specializes in virtual patient monitoring, raises $100M led by Coatue Management at a $1B valuation
Gillian Tan / Bloomberg :
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.