Some LastPass users say their master passwords were compromised and used in blocked login attempts from unknown IPs; LastPass blames “credential stuffing”
Many LastPass users report that their master passwords have been compromised after receiving email warnings that someone tried …
Sources: Apple issued rare bonuses of restricted stock worth $50K-$180K to select engineers, after Meta poached ~100 Apple engineers over the past few months
Apple Inc. has issued unusual and significant stock bonuses to some engineers in an effort to retain talent …
Waymo partners with Chinese automotive company Geely to bring a “rider-first” EV with no steering wheel to its US robotaxi Waymo One fleet in the coming years
Waymo One is Alphabet's Lyft/Uber competitor that's live in Phoenix and currently undergoing testing in San Francisco.
Apple places Foxconn's southern India factory on probation following worker protests and an investigation that revealed substandard living conditions
- Foxconn apologized for lapses in worker living conditions — Apple has asked for corrective actions before factory reopens
US appeals court rules in favor of the FCC's decision to designate a large swath of the 6 GHz band to unlicensed users, after AT&T challenged the FCC
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled in favor of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) …
Adam Mosseri says in 2022 Instagram will “double down” on video, consolidate its video products around Reels, and focus on creators, transparency, and messaging
In a brief year-end video message, Instagram head Adam Mosseri offered some insight into what's ahead for the platform. Source: @mosseri .
The Dogecoin bull run in 2021 and recent airdrop of $SOS tokens by a third party to OpenSea users show that the only scarce resource in crypto is attention
People talk a lot about scarcity in crypto. Whether it's enforcing digital scarcity through NFTs or the idea that “there's 55m millionaires but only 21m bitcoins”.
Riot Games agrees to pay $100M to settle a 2018 class-action gender discrimination lawsuit with current and former women employees and California state agencies
you don't have to suffer inequity and harassment in silence. Change is possible https://twitter.com/... Shannon Liao / @shannon_liao : BREAKING NEWS: Riot Games settles the 2018 California gender disc...
Autonomous trucking company TuSimple says a semitruck completed an 80-mile route in Arizona with no human on board and no human intervention
Autonomous trucking startup TuSimple has completed its first autonomous truck run on open public roads without a human in the vehicle, according to the company.
A California federal judge rules that Sundar Pichai can be questioned for up to two hours in a privacy lawsuit over Chrome's Incognito mode
Dec 28 (Reuters) - Plaintiffs who accused Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google of unlawfully tracking their internet use while on “Incognito” …
Xiaomi unveils the 6.28-inch 12 and 6.73-inch 12 Pro with Snapdragon 8, 50MP camera, up to 12GB of RAM and 256GB SSD, coming December 31 starting at ~$580
Michail / GSMArena.com :
Early pandemic winners, including Cathie Wood's ARK fund, Peloton, Zoom, Poshmark, DocuSign, Chegg, and Zillow, have seen their market value decline in 2021
Those former tech sweethearts that experienced a reversal in fortune this year could remain in the dumps in 2022
Ex-Tumblr iOS engineer details the company's struggles with App Store adult content policies, as communication between reviewers, devs, and Apple is discordant
The App Store's most popular iOS app on Christmas was Oculus, a promising sign for Meta, which does not disclose how many VR headsets it sells
the US—but by Dec. 26 became a top five app in 14 different countries. https://qz.com/... Lance Ulanoff / @lanceulanoff : Meta, Facebook's parent company, had the most popular app in Apple's App Store...
How Web3 game Axie Infinity's play-to-earn model blurs the lines between “player” and “worker”, creating a Ponzi scheme with built-in deniability
In Bullshit Jobs: A Theory, David Graeber makes the case that a sizable chunk of the labour economy …
Sources: following Haugen's leaks, Meta sought to divide lawmakers along partisan lines to forestall regulation, as Zuckerberg told employees not to apologize
Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg drove response to disclosures about company's influence; sending deputies to testify in Congress Tweets: @mrjohnflowers , @samidh , @startupljackson , @eliotwb , @kantr...
DeBank, which lets users track and analyze their DeFi investments, raises $25M led by Sequoia China at a $200M valuation
Developer of a multi-chain cryptocurrencies portfolio tracker designed … Tweets: DeBank / @debankdefi : We've just closed a $25M equity round at a valuation of $200M. This round is led by Sequoia Chin...
Biden signs the annual defense bill codifying voluntary cybersecurity frameworks for the private sector, which operates the bulk of US's critical infrastructure
Mariam Baksh / Nextgov :
Indian B2B manufacturing services marketplace Zetwerk raises a $210M Series F led by Greenoaks at a $2.5B valuation, four months after raising $150M
Debarghya Sil / Inc42 :
China's control over online culture has grown under Xi's “common prosperity” drive, removing 20K influencers in 2021 and leaving mostly “wholesome” content
Eleanor Olcott / Financial Times : Tweets: @ziadramley Tweets: Ziad Ramley / @ziadramley : Interesting piece by @EllieOlcott for @FT on why social media influencers in China are pivoting to wholesome...
Sources: Iranian hackers were behind the ransomware attack that took down some live streams for Cox radio and TV stations in early June
Catalin Cimpanu / The Record :
Chinese AI company SenseTime raises ~$700M in a Hong Kong IPO, below its $2B goal due to pricing shares at the low end, after delaying an IPO earlier this month
Jacky Wong / Wall Street Journal :
Overview of Bitcoin in 2021: continued big price fluctuations, crossed $67,000 in November, 75%+ of circulating supply held by “illiquid addresses”, and more
MetaMap, formerly Mati, which builds digital trust and reputation tools and APIs to help online services vet consumers, raises a $70M Series B
The original vision we articulated externally was as ambitious as it was vague: The Economic Times : MetaMap raises Rs 530 crores to grow globally
Analysis: Tiger Global, SoftBank, and Insight Partners led or co-led $73B in 2021 rounds, representing 12% of venture and private equity invested in startups
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.
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.