Senators Wyden and Heinrich: declassified documents show a CIA bulk surveillance program collecting Americans' data without judicial or congressional oversight
The lawmakers called for the immediate declassification of details about the surveillance program and what data was collected Source: U.S. Senator Ron Wyden … .
Senator Blumenthal admits the EARN IT Act won't “offer a blanket exemption to using encryption as evidence”, after denying for two years it targets encryption
Senator Richard Blumenthal has now admitted that EARN IT is targeting encryption, something he denied for two years, and then just out and said it.
MoviePass will relaunch as a credit-based marketplace and announces PreShow, an ad platform that uses facial detection to track whether a viewer watched an ad
MoviePass plans to make its big return this summer, with a retooled movie ticket service that the company likens to more of a credit-based marketplace.
The UK's CMA accepts Google's plan to phase out and replace third-party cookies with the Privacy Sandbox and will closely monitor the product's development
The UK's competition regulator will keep a ‘close eye’ on development — Google's plan to phase out third-party cookies and replace …
Google releases the first Android 13 developer preview, emphasizing security and privacy, dynamic colors, and more, available exclusively on Pixels
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The Senate Judiciary Committee advances the EARN IT Act, targeting Section 230 sexual exploitation content protections, despite numerous free speech concerns
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Google says Samsung, OnePlus, Oppo, Vivo, Realme, Xiaomi, and others will adopt Android 12's dynamic color themes; currently, the feature is mostly on Pixels
One of Android 12's signature features is coming to more phones — Google's Material You dynamic color theming …
European Publishers Council, whose members include News UK, files an antitrust complaint in EU against Google for its alleged anti-competitive ad practices
Google (GOOGL.O) on Friday was targeted in an antitrust complaint by the European Publishers Council over its digital advertising business …
Apple plans AirTag updates to reduce stalking: Precision Finding for unknown AirTags, displaying alerts with sound, earlier tracking alerts, and louder sounds
but dumbing down the tech is not the answer; staying on top of the exploits is. Michael Kukielka / @detroitborg : AirTag is getting more scrutiny than other item trackers, but I also believe that is m...
FlamingoDAO, one of the most exclusive DAOs, has an estimated $1B NFT portfolio and its membership buy-in has increased from ~$23K in October 2020 to ~$8M
The exclusive DAO's membership buy-in has increased over 350-fold to 3,000 ETH, or a hefty $8 million.
Intel announces a Custom Compute Group to design and build blockchain hardware and says it will ship blockchain accelerator chips later this year
Intel has officially entered the cryptomining business. — Intel's Raja Koduri penned a blog post that officially announces the company's plans …
How researchers are using AI to analyze the undeciphered ancient script of the Indus Valley Civilization, and the challenges of deciphering long-lost languages
Scholars have spent a century trying to decipher ancient Indus script. Machine learning may finally help make sense of it all.
Apple releases iOS 15.3.1, iPadOS 15.3.1, and macOS Monterey 12.2.1 to fix a WebKit flaw that may have been actively exploited, its third zero-day patch in 2022
Friday, February 11, 2022 // (IG): BB //Weekly Sponsor: BLKTRIANGLE Pieter Arntz / Malwarebytes Labs : Update now! Apple fixes actively exploited zero-day Ravie Lakshmanan / The Hacker News : Apple Re...
Zendesk says it rejected a $17B takeover proposal from a group of private equity firms that sources say includes Thoma Bravo, Permira, and Advent International
Communications firm rejects bid from private-equity consortium; Thoma Bravo circles, too, and Jana Partners plans proxy fight
How game studio Blackbird tested a four-day work week from September 2021 to December 2021, which resulted in a unanimous vote on Thursday to permanently switch
On Sept. 16 of last year, management at Blackbird Interactive, the 300-person studio behind “Hardspace: Shipbreaker” …
Zillow had a a consolidated net loss of $528M in 2021, after losing $881M on its home-flipping business that it closed down in the fall
Real-estate company says in a letter to shareholders that it is targeting revenue of $5 billion by 2025 — Zillow Group said on Thursday …
YouTube details creator updates: new video effects, editing capabilities, and monetization tools for Shorts, Shopping expansion, Studio improvements, and more
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Report: Amazon has received $4.7B in tax breaks globally over the past decade; $4.1B was from the US and weak disclosure laws could put the rest well over $600M
The report highlights how little is known about the cost of Amazon's expansion to taxpayers around the planet. — Lauren Kaori Gurley
Sardine, which offers fintechs real-time fraud scores based on users' identities, devices, and behavior, raises a $19.5M Series A from a16z, NYCA, and Experian
I am excited to announce our investment in Sardine - aptly named for the … Bhushan Akolkar / Coinspeaker : Crypto Compliance Platform Sardine Secures $19.5M in Funding Led by Andreessen Horowitz Busin...
Apple confirms it changes every ex-employee's job title to “associate” in job verification databases, after #AppleToo leader Cher Scarlett's SEC complaint
AMD says it has received all necessary regulatory approvals to close its Xilinx acquisition, set for around February 14; the deal was announced in October 2020
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Disney+ ended 2021 with 129.8M subscribers, up 37% YoY; in the US and Canada it had 42.9M subscribers, international excluding Hotstar 41.1M, and Hotstar 45.9M
Disney Plus powered to a strong year-end finish, with the media giant's flagship streaming business blowing past expectations to hit almost 130 million users.
Profile of Bolt Financial co-founder Ryan Breslow, who stepped down as CEO of the payments startup last month; sources: he retains a 25% stake worth ~$2.75B
Ryan Breslow has managed to alienate some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley. Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham tweeted …
OnlyFans launches NFT profile pictures minted on the Ethereum blockchain; creators' NFT profile pictures will show an Ethereum symbol to mark them as authentic
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EU ombudsman opens an inquiry into how GDPR is applied in Ireland, after claims that 98% of privacy infringement complaints to the Irish DPC remain unsolved
Charlie Taylor / The Irish Times : Tweets: @chastaylor Tweets: Charlie Taylor / @chastaylor : Emily O'Reilly opens inquiry into European Commission policing of GDPR in Ireland. Move comes on foot of ...
Branch, whose tools help businesses measure marketing programs, raises $300M led by NEA at a $4B valuation; PitchBook: Branch had a $1B valuation in 2019
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Tel Aviv-based Deepdub, which uses AI to dub an actor's voice, including the translation, adapting, and mix, raises a $20M Series A led by Insight Partners
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Affirm tweets some Q2 info early: revenue rose 77% YoY to $361M, GMV grew 115% to $4.5B, and net loss hit $159.7M, up from $26.6M YoY; stock fell as much as 26%
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Netflix in 2021: 51.7% of workers were women, up from 48.7%; 13.3% of US leaders were Black, up from 10.9%, and 8.6% of US workers were Hispanic, up from 7.9%
Messari: NFTs account for 1%, or $16B in value, of the ~$2T cryptocurrency ecosystem; 46.6% are avatar NFTs, 19.8% are game NFTs, and 13.5% are collectible NFTs
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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.
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.