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| Jez Corden / Windows Central: |
Microsoft will announce Xbox Live SDK at GDC 2019 to enable cross-platform play on iOS, Android, Switch, Xbox, and Windows PCs — At GDC 2019, Microsoft is set to debut a new cross-platform development platform with the goal of bringing Xbox Live support to games on Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, in addition to PC and Xbox consoles.
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard: |
A college student who stole $5M+ in cryptocurrency via SIM hijacking gets 10 years in prison and is the first person in the US to be sentenced for such a crime — A 20-year-old college student who was accused of stealing more than $5 million in cryptocurrency in a slew of SIM hijacking attacks …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Attorneys General of CT, IL, MA, NY, NJ, and NC are investigating how Facebook has handled user data, in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal — - Cambridge Analytica data breach triggered state probes — Facebook Inc. has become the target of at least three more state probes … | Andy / TorrentFreak: |
Report: Russian pirates found a new business model, sharing ripped TV and movies via private CDNs with streaming sites that monetize the CDNs' streams via ads — With the popularity of torrent sites on the wane in Russia, an interesting business model for mass streaming is thriving in the region.
Tweets: @neilturkewitz
| Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat: |
London-based Mimiro, previously known as ComplyAdvantage, which uses AI to detect and analyze the risk of potential financial crimes, raises $30M Series B — Mimiro announced today that it has raised $30 million to fuel global expansion of its financial risk analysis platform.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Researcher finds “admin@kremlin.ru” backdoor accounts on 2,000+ exposed MongoDB databases that handle financial transactions of businesses operating in Russia — “Admin@kremlin.ru” account spotted on thousands of Russian-linked, internet-exposed MongoDB databases.
Tweets: @akihheikkinen, @martinsfp, and @zdnet
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
NY-based Timescale raises $15M Series A1 for its database for time-series data that's popular for its ease of cloud deployment, after a $12.4M Series A in 2018 — Timescale, a New York startup founded by Ajay Kulkarni and Mike Freedman, is on a mission to build open source database software … | Aaron Pressman / Fortune: |
Profile of Intel's new CEO Bob Swan, who joined the company in 2016 as CFO, after stints as finance chief at GE divisions, COO and CEO of Webvan, and eBay's CFO — Intel spent seven months searching for a new chief executive only to end the process right where it had started.| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Three suspects arrested in Ukraine as FBI and several EU countries seize the domain and servers of xDedic, an online marketplace for access to hacked servers — xDedic provided access to more than 85,000 hacked servers in its heyday. — The FBI, together with authorities from several European countries …
Tweets: @flashpointintel and @garwarner
| Kiran Stacey / Financial Times: |
Cisco joins Apple in praising Europe's GDPR and calling for similar regulations in the US — Cisco has joined Apple in calling for a US version of the European General Data Protection regulation, underlining the divisions among big technology companies over how to tackle privacy concerns.| Jonathan M. Gitlin / Ars Technica: |
From Alexa and Nuance to personal assistants that learn your moods, an overview of the AI-driven features that major auto companies plan to roll out soon — From Alexa and Nuance to personal AI helpers that learn your moods, it's happening. — LAS VEGAS—Like it or not … | John Detrixhe / Quartz: |
Report: Ant Financial accounted for 35% of global VC investment in fintech startups in 2018, raising $14B, almost as much as the $15.9B raised in EU and US — When it comes to financial technology companies, Ant Financial is in it own league. The affiliate of e-commerce giant Alibaba raised $14 billion … Sponsor Posts
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