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The Equifax breach, affecting ~44% of US population, is possibly the worst leak of personal information ever, and was handled poorly by the company — Consumer's most sensitve data is now in the open and will remain so for years to come. — It's a sad reality in 2017 …
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| Todd Haselton / CNBC: |
Credit agency Equifax says breach affecting up to 143M US consumers found 7/29; sensitive data exposed included DOB, SSN, and 209K credit card numbers — Equifax Inc., which supplies credit information and other information services, said Thursday that a cybersecurity incident …
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Sources: FBI is investigating Uber over use of defunct “Hell” program that illegally tracked drivers working for competitors like Lyft — Investigators looking at whether Uber's defunct ‘Hell’ internal program was used to interfere illegally with competitors
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| Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Facebook is willing to spend $1B through 2018 on original video for its platform, a dramatic increase on its current video deals — Social-media giant could spend as much as $1 billion to cultivate original shows for its platform — Facebook Inc. FB .65% is loosening its purse strings … | Stan Higgins / CoinDesk: |
Filecoin blockchain data storage network completes ICO by raising a record $257M including $52M presale, surpassing the $232M raised by Tezos — Blockchain data storage network Filecoin has officially completed its initial coin offering (ICO), raising more than $257 million over a month of activity.| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Uber plans to electrify its London fleet by 2025, wants all uberX vehicles to be electric or hybrid by 2019, and adds 35p surcharge to fund car upgrades — The company is adding a surcharge of 35p ($0.46) to trips to help meet its green ambitions — Uber's UK operation has announced …
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| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
TraceMe, founded by NFL star Russell Wilson, raises $9M led by Madrona, with Bezos, Chad Hurley, and Joe Tsai participating, to connect celebs with “superfans” — As Russell Wilson describes the ethos of his new startup, it feels like you're inside his Seahawks huddle, driving down the field in the fourth quarter.
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| Alan Ohnsman / Forbes: |
Israeli lidar startup Innoviz raises $65M round backed by auto suppliers Delphi and Magna; Canadian lidar maker LeddarTech raises $101M from Delphi and Magneti — Israeli startup Innoviz Technologies closed a $65 million funding round with backing from Delphi and Magna …
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| Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed: |
Experts say Facebook's reticence to reveal information about advertisers, as other media forums must, threatens the democratic process — Sen. Mark Warner suggested that Facebook should disclose the same information about political ads that radio and TV stations are required to.
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| Natt Garun / The Verge: |
Zelle, a payment network backed by major US banks, will launch a standalone app on September 12 — Zelle, a new payment service backed by more than 30 US banks, will launch its standalone app on September 12th to take on competitors like Venmo and Square Cash.
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| Robert Hof / SiliconANGLE: |
Cloudera acquires machine learning research company Fast Forward Labs, beats Q2 expectations as it reports $89.8M revenue — In its second quarter since going public in April, big-data firm Cloudera Inc. managed to beat expectations, reversing a first-quarter disappointment that saw its shares plunge 16 percent the next day.| Gerrit De Vynck / Bloomberg: |
Canada-based Kik plans $125M ICO, says it won't allow investors from its home country to participate due to weak guidance from Ontario Securities Commission — Messaging app plans to raise $125 million total in offering — Kik CEO said ‘weak guidance’ from OSC led to the decision
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