Twitch has updated its policy to ban usernames that include references “to sexual acts, arousal, fluids, or genitalia” and hard drugs from March 1
Cannabis and alcohol are still allowed — Video streaming website Twitch has updated its policy to ban usernames that have explicit references to sex or hard drugs. Source: Twitch Safety Center .
Research: ModifiedElephant APT has targeted activists, journalists, lawyers, and others in India to spy on or plant digital evidence since at least 2012
Executive Summary — Our research attributes a decade of activity to a threat actor we call ModifiedElephant.
A review of 80K+ Freedom Convoy 2022 donations reveals a Bangladeshi digital marketing firm was behind two of the biggest Facebook groups promoting the events
As American politicians call for stateside convoys, a Grid investigation finds signs that foreign actors, QAnon and hate pervade the movement's support.
European Commission says it is planning to propose a bill for a digital euro in early 2023; the ECB expects to start working on a prototype at the end of 2023
The European Commission announced Wednesday it's planning to propose a bill for a digital euro early next year.
UK-based used car marketplace Cazoo raises $630M in a secondary offering led by Viking Global Investors, bringing its total raised to $900M
UK-based online car retailer Cazoo has raised $630 million to support continued UK and Continental European expansion plans
UK's largest insurer Aviva says VR headset-related damage claims increased by 31% in 2021, with an average claim of ~£650 and TVs being the most damaged item
Aviva has said home contents claims involving the gaming headsets rose by 31% last year and have increased by 68% in five years.
Intel forms a Custom Compute Group to build blockchain hardware and plans to ship cryptocurrency mining chips in 2022; Block, Argo, and Griid are customers
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A profile of OpenSea, whose Web3 credentials have been called into question by crypto hardliners, as it tries to deal with security incidents and copycat NFTs
Security issues and endless copycat listings are rife, but the platform's attempt to stop them is angering everyone. — What is a real ape?
How warehouse automation startups like Accelerate360 and Attabotics, grocery services like Misfits, and delivery firms like Veho are transforming supply chains
Startups are developing better ways to move products around, from snapping up goods stranded by logistics snafus to automating warehouse work Tweets: @doug_schweitzer , @martijnrasser , @wsj , and @be...
Wallaroo, a NY-based startup that helps enterprises deploy, run, and observe ML models in production at scale, raises a $25M Series A led by Microsoft's M12
Enterprises are increasingly looking to AI for opportunities to boost revenue as their operations move online.
Bored Ape Yacht Club members, who have full IP rights for the ape character they own, are pursuing licensing deals to put ape characters on cannabis packaging
When Richard Lee first brought his business proposal to Backpack Boyz, he could sense skepticism from the California-based cannabis company. Tweets: @harryalford3 , @jdotcolombo , and @alexcas_io Twee...
China's SMIC reports record $5.4B revenue in 2021, up 39% YoY, and $1.7B profit, up 138% YoY, as it looks to add more chip production capacity amid US sanctions
Arjun Kharpal / CNBC : Source: SMIC .
Paris-based Silvr, which offers revenue-based financing to e-commerce and SaaS companies in Europe, raises an €18M Series A and €112M in debt
French startup Silvr has raised a $20.6 million (€18 million) Series A funding round and has opened a $128 million (€112 million) debt line for its activities.
Q&A with Cory Hrncirik, Microsoft's Modern Finance project lead, on flattening the company's finance head count with AI and data lakes, using Excel, and more
The new tools help automate tasks. But ‘we love Excel,’ says Cory Hrncirik, who leads Microsoft's Modern Finance project. Tweets: @wsjcfo Tweets: Wsj Cfo / @wsjcfo : “We love Excel, and we use it oft...
Booking.com will cut and outsource 2,700 call center jobs globally in the next few months; Booking Holdings laid off ~25% of its workforce in 2020 and 2021
Dennis Schaal / Skift : Tweets: @denschaal and @rafat Tweets: Dennis Schaal / @denschaal : Not great timing considering upcoming Super Bowl ad. https://booking.com/ to Eliminate 2,700 Customer Servic...
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.