Google plans to acquire cybersecurity company Mandiant for around $5.4B, or $23 per share, with the deal closing later in 2022; Mandiant will join Google Cloud
Acquisition to bring Google speed and scale to Mandiant's unparalleled intelligence and expertise - at a time when security has never been more important
Google: Russia's Fancy Bear launched phishing campaigns against Ukrainians before the invasion and Belarus' Ghostwriter targeted Ukrainian and Polish militaries
Belarus conducted widespread phishing attacks against members of the Polish military as well as Ukrainian officials …
Linux developers fix Dirty Pipe, a high-severity vulnerability in the kernel that let hackers carry out a host of malicious actions, like installing backdoors
Dirty Pipe has the potential to smudge people using Linux and Linux derivitives. — Linux has yet another high-severity vulnerability …
Samsung, Lenovo, and Microsoft commit to shipping Android 12L, featuring optimizations for tablets and foldables, for some of their devices later this year
Sam Byford / The Verge :
Google releases Android 12L and a feature update for Pixel phones, including Live Caption reading typed responses aloud to callers, Duo screen sharing, and more
Google released the long-awaited Android 12L update on Monday, with many improvements to foldable phones, tablets, and other large-screen devices.
Cloudflare, CrowdStrike, and Ping Identity form the Critical Infrastructure Defense Project, offering their services to US hospitals and utilities for free
Cloudflare Inc., CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. and Ping Identity Corp. today are teaming up to form the Critical Infrastructure Defense Project …
Three Black men discuss the impact of wrongful arrests made by police departments in New Jersey and Michigan using facial recognition tech
Robert Williams, Michael Oliver, and Nijeer Parks were misidentified by facial recognition software. The impact cast a long shadow. … APPLICATION
Four Amazon delivery service partners in the US describe racking up debts of tens of thousands of dollars after the company abruptly terminated their contracts
Across the country, Amazon's delivery service partners, the small businesses, that exclusively deliver packages for Amazon …
Apple suspends Search Ads in Russia, putting current and future App Store advertising campaigns on hold in the country “until further notice”
Apple Inc. has suspended advertising on its App Store in Russia, a move that bars developers from placing ads in search results …
Tech Transparency Project: Amazon employs five Chinese suppliers with ties to Uyghur labor camps; Amazon: “we take allegations of human rights abuses seriously”
Five suppliers ‘directly or indirectly’ involve forced labor — Amazon is allegedly employing suppliers in China … Source: Tech Transparency Project .
Amazon launches Amp, an app that lets people host live “radio shows”, take calls, and play tracks licensed to Amazon Music; the app is not yet widely available
Amazon's Clubhouse competitor has arrived. The retail giant on Tuesday launched a new mobile app called Amp …
Kuo: a more powerful Mac mini and a more affordable 27-inch external display without mini-LED will launch in 2022, a Mac Pro and an iMac Pro are coming in 2023
Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac :
Apple begins rolling out Apple TV+ to Comcast's US video platforms and offers three months free to customers who sign up via their Xfinity device by April 25
Todd Spangler / Variety :
Instagram removes Boomerang and Hyperlapse from the App Store and Google Play, a week after Meta announced the company would shut down its IGTV app
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Google says Chrome 99 on macOS outperforms Safari on WebKit's Speedometer 2.0 benchmark by 15%, scoring 300 points, the fastest performance of any browser yet
here's why Malcolm Owen / AppleInsider : Chrome beats Safari in Apple's Speedometer browser test Roman Loyola / Macworld : Google's latest Chrome for Mac update is faster than Safari-for now David Mat...
Source: Tiger Global partners have committed $1B of their own cash, at $300M+ every year, to invest in early-stage tech funds
Tiger Global Management, the world's most active startup investor last year, is trying a new way to get the inside track. — Partners at the firm … Tweets: @amir , @sarthakgh , @davemcclure , and @ds...
Axonius, which provides a cybersecurity asset management service that helps companies analyze IT resources, raises $200M at a $2.6B valuation led by Accel
Axonius has raised $200 million from investors led by venture capital firm Accel at a valuation of $2.6 billion …
Sanctions by US tech companies on Russia may have unintended consequences in India; the West could use chips as leverage to compel China to not sell to Russia
Ben Thompson / Stratechery :
Coinbase blocks 25K+ addresses related to Russian individuals or entities believed to be engaged in illicit activity and shares them with the US government
Scott Chipolina / Decrypt :
London-based Thirdfort, which helps businesses reduce risk with ID verification, AML compliance, and anti-money laundering regulations, raises a $20M Series A
Money laundering has been a hot topic of late in the UK, which is facing pressure to not just make tighter rules to track …
TikTok suspends livestreaming and new content uploads in Russia in response to the country's new law that would impose prison terms for spreading “fake news”
Research: investments in Middle East and North Africa tech startups, excluding Israel, rose to $2.87B in 2021, up from $654M in 2020, with half going to the UAE
Rory Jones / Wall Street Journal :
Amazon Prime Video will exclusively stream Country Music Awards on Monday, an awards-show first; Amazon Live will carry a “shoppable” version of the red carpet
Josef Adalian / Vulture :
Twitter has hired Michael Sayman, formerly of Roblox, to work on experimental features as the company seeks to compete with TikTok for younger users
When Joss Robinson, 18, a freshman at the University of Connecticut, wants to catch up on what his friends are talking about, he often turns to Twitter. Tweets: @daveweigel , @scottnover , @kerrymflyn...
Sydney-based Immutable, which develops NFT games and a service to speed up Ethereum transactions, raises a $200M Series C at a $2.5B valuation led by Temasek
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Samsung confirms a breach that exposed internal company data, including source code related to its Galaxy phones, but says users' personal data was not affected
Forma, which develops employee benefits management software for HR professionals, has raised a $40M Series B led by Ribbit Capital
Anita Ramaswamy / TechCrunch :
The EU Parliament will vote on crypto rules on March 14, after the removal of wording that would have banned proof-of-work cryptocurrencies over energy concerns
Without Bitcoin ‘Ban’ PYMNTS.com : EU Crypto Law MiCA Set for Vote March 14 Turner Wright / Cointelegraph : European Parliament will hold vote on crypto bill without PoW provision
Cybersecurity firm Resecurity says hackers accessed 100+ computers of current and former staff at 21 major natural gas suppliers and exporters in mid-February
Bloomberg :
Akamai says attackers are exploiting a fleet of 100K+ misconfigured servers to amplify DDoS attacks on banking, travel, gaming, media, and web-hosting sites
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica :
Singapore-based AI Rudder, which offers AI-powered B2C voice assistants in 15+ languages, raises a $50M Series B led by Tiger Global and Coatue
Aditya Hadi Pratama / Tech in Asia :
VC firm Index Ventures halts its investments in Russia indefinitely and says it will support portfolio companies that move their teams out of the country
DNAnexus, a cloud service that helps researchers access and analyze genomic data, raises $200M led by Blackstone, sources say at a $600M valuation
Michelle F Davis / Bloomberg :
Dutch e-commerce company Prosus expects to write off its $769M, 27% stake in Russian social network VK, and asks its directors on VK's board to resign
AutoFi, an e-commerce startup for car sales and financing, raises $85M at a nearly $700M valuation from Santander, SVB Financial, Crosslink Capital, and others
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