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Google to invest $550M in China's second-largest e-commerce site JD.com as part of a strategic partnership — - U.S. tech giant Google said it would invest $550 million in cash into Chinese e-commerce player JD.com. — The companies said the investment is part of a strategic partnership …
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple says iOS 12 will automatically share location information during 911 calls in the US starting this fall — Apple is announcing a new life-saving feature in iOS 12 that hasn't been publicly disclosed before today. Starting this fall when iOS 12 is released, first responders will be able …
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Source: P2P file-sharing company BitTorrent has been sold to Justin Sun, a blockchain entrepreneur best known for the Tron platform and its TRX cryptocurrency — File-sharing pioneer BitTorrent Inc. has been sold to Justin Sun, a blockchain entrepreneur best known for the Tron platform and its TRX cryptocurrency.
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| Jonathan Eley / Financial Times: |
UK's Dixons Carphone reports breach affecting 5.9M credit cards and 1.2M records with personal info, says only 105K non-EU cards without chip & PIN compromised — Dixons Carphone, the electricals and mobile phone retailer, on Wednesday disclosed an “attempt to compromise” …
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| Steve LeVine / Axios: |
A look at one of about a million small retail shops that Alibaba has transformed into a digitized Tmall store equipped with AI apps and heat sensors — China's take-no-prisoners Big Tech war is playing out in An Huang's little family grocery in Hangzhou, a three-hour drive southwest of Shanghai.| David E. Sanger / New York Times: |
Sources: Cyber Command's elevation to independent command and Trump's move to give commanders more authority has led to a more offensive policy for US cyber ops — WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has quietly empowered the United States Cyber Command to take a far more aggressive approach …
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| Andrew Galbraith / Reuters: |
Foxconn says it is establishing its North American headquarters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, after announcing plans to build a $10B LCD plant in the state last year — SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn said it would establish its North American corporate headquarters in Milwaukee …
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
F-Secure to acquire MWR InfoSecurity for about $106M+ to offer better proactive threat detection and response — The ongoing shift of emphasis in the cyber security industry from defensive, reactive actions towards pro-active detection and response has fueled veteran Finnish security company … | Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat: |
UK-based enterprise email security startup Tessian raises $13M Series A led by Balderton Capital and Accel — Tessian of London announced today that it has raised $13 million in venture capital as the U.K.-based company seeks to automate the problem of enterprise email security.
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researcher details SigSpoof, a recently patched critical flaw in PGP that allowed hackers to spoof digital email signatures, says the bug dates back to 1998 — SigSpoof flaw fixed inGnuPG, Enigmail, GPGTools, and python-gnupg. — For their entire existence, some of the world's …
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| Amir Efrati / The Information: |
SF-based Skip, a scooter-rental startup formerly known as Waybots, is raising $25M Series A from Menlo Ventures, Accel Partners, and YC at a $100M valuation — Electric scooter startups are aggressively seeking to raise money, telling potential investors that restrictions cities have placed … | Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat: |
Paris-based Back Market, a marketplace for used and refurbished gadgets that operates in six countries including US, raises €41M Series B led by Groupe Arnault — Paris-based Back Market announced today that it has raised $48 million in venture capital as the market for used and refurbished gadgets continues to soar.
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