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| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Deep dive on the DarkSide ransomware gang, which pressures victims into paying via phone calls by affiliates, DDoS attacks, and threats of tipping short sellers — The FBI confirmed this week that a relatively new ransomware group known as DarkSide is responsible for an attack …
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| Anna Cooban / Insider: |
WhatsApp details the experience for those who don't agree to its new privacy policy, including losing access to calls, messages, and notifications — - WhatsApp will eventually stop users sending and receiving messages if they refuse a new privacy policy. — If users do not agree to the policy …
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WhatsApp FAQ, MUO, SiliconANGLE, WhatsApp FAQ, Social Media Today, The Register, TNW, The Indian Express, The Guardian, India Today, and Moneycontrol
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| Bloomberg: |
US agrees to remove Xiaomi from blacklist which could have restricted American investment in the company, following Xiaomi's lawsuit earlier this year — - U.S. to vacate order designating company as military-linked — Xiaomi had sued U.S. government following the Trump order| The Coinbase Blog: |
Coinbase to ban pay negotiations in hiring and will offer the same pay to new hires in the same position and location; top performers to still get “multipliers” — Coinbase is always evolving. In the last year, we've grown our headcount by 100%, hired in 6 new countries …
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Protocol and Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At
| Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal: |
Amazon wins appeal over $300M EU tax bill, as EU court in Luxembourg annuls a 2017 decision from the European Commission — Ruling deals a setback to EU competition chief who is seeking to rein in U.S. tech giants — Amazon. com Inc. struck a new blow to European Union's efforts to wring …
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Digital & Media, The Verge, The Irish Times, Silicon Republic, Reuters, Bloomberg, Politico, The Economic Times, CNBC, and Tech Xplore
| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
Researcher discovers a series of vulnerabilities, known as Frag Attacks, impacting Wi-Fi devices from the past 24 years, even when WEP and WPA are activated — A Belgian security researcher has discovered a series of vulnerabilities that impact the WiFi standard, with some bugs dating …
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FragAttacks, Engadget, Wi-Fi Alliance, ZDNet, Mathy Vanhoef, PhD, and The Register
Tweets: @therecord_media, @freebsdhelp, and @vickerysec
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
YouTube plans to pay $100M to top creators on YouTube Shorts, its TikTok competitor, through 2022, starting in the next few months in the US and India — YouTube is giving its TikTok competitor, YouTube Shorts, an injection of cash to help it better compete with rivals.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Cycode, which focuses on helping enterprises secure their DevOps pipelines, raises $20M Series A led by Insight Partners, bringing its total raised to $24.6M — Israeli security startup Cycode, which specializes in helping enterprises secure their DevOps pipelines and prevent code tampering …
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SiliconANGLE, SecurityWeek, VentureBeat, CTech, FinSMEs, and Business Wire
| MK Manoylov / The Block: |
eBay says it will allow NFTs to be sold on its platform and will add new “capabilities” for blockchain-driven collectibles in the coming months — The online sales platform eBay is now permitting the sale of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for digital collectibles.
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| Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
Zigbee Alliance renames as Connectivity Standards Alliance and unveils Matter, an interoperable connectivity standard to ship in smart home devices this year — An industry alliance sponsored by Apple, Google, Amazon and other tech companies will begin certifying smart home devices later this year …
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| Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: |
Panaseer, whose platform helps companies correlate data from all available security tools to check assets, control gaps, and more, raises $26M Series B — Panaseer, which takes a data science approach to cybersecurity, has raised $26.5 million in a Series B funding led by AllegisCyber Capital.
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| Riley de León / CNBC: |
Online mortgage service Better.com to go public via a SPAC merger with Aurora Acquisition Corp. at $7.7B valuation; deal includes $1.5B SoftBank-led investment — - Digital mortgage lender Better will make its market debut by merging with Aurora Acquisition Corp., valuing the company at $7.7 billion.
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Sources: TikTok is testing a tool with a group of companies to help brands recruit employees, who can post video resumes in response to job listings — TikTok is testing a tool for brands to recruit employees, sources tell Axios. — Details: The pilot program is designed to help people find jobs …
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Social Media Today, Insider, CNET, dot.LA, and Engadget
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| Tripp Mickle / Wall Street Journal: |
Google says it plans to double the size of its team studying AI ethics in the coming years, as it looks to strengthen the group battered by recent controversies — CEO will boost operating budget of team tasked with evaluating code and product to avert discrimination and other problems
Tweets: @_jack_poulson, @alexhanna, @carissaveliz, @zeerakw, @_alialkhatib, @mer__edith, @edroso, @hughhewitt, @zoeschiffer, @parismarx, @lizthegrey, @taliaringer, and @timnitgebru
| Wall Street Journal: |
Uber and Lyft will offer free rides to and from US vaccination sites until July 4, partnering with the Biden administration, which is providing site data — New transportation partnership comes as Biden administration explores ways to encourage people to get vaccinated
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Unity reports Q1 revenue of $234.8M, up 41% YoY, and raised full year guidance by $50M, but maintained that Apple's IDFA would reduce 2021 revenue by $30M — Unity Technologies reported today that revenues for the first quarter ended March 31 hit $234.8 million, up 41% from the same quarter a year ago.
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AppleInsider, Unity Technologies, iMore, and PC Games Insider
Tweets: @bensun0 and @evergreen_cap
| Michael Holden / Reuters: |
UK unveils Online Safety Bill which would fine social media firms up to 10% of revenue or £18M if they fail to address online abuses such as racist hate crimes — LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Wednesday a planned new law would see social media companies fined up to 10% of turnover …
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Telegraph, GOV.UK, Ofcom, The Guardian, Bloomberg, BBC, The Sun, and cityam.com
Tweets: @peterwalker99 and @peterwalker99
| Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
GitHub adds security key support for SSH Git operations, as it continues its plan to remove password support for Git operations later this year — Support has been added to bolster defense against account compromise. — GitHub has announced support for security keys to prevent account compromise in SSH Git operations.| Erika Kinetz / Associated Press: |
Investigation: an army of fake bots covertly amplify Chinese propaganda on Twitter by retweeting posts from diplomats and state media tens of thousands of times — BRUSSELS (AP) — China's ruling Communist Party has opened a new front in its long, ambitious war to shape global public opinion: Western social media.
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euronews and Washington Examiner
Tweets: @writesrights, @wyattreed13, @rainsysam, @mareikeohlberg, @ekinetz, @ap, @stormmela, and @m_schliebs. Thanks:@thekenyeung
| Laura Lovett / MobiHealthNews: |
Aetion, a healthcare data analytics company focused on validating real-world evidence for treatments, raises $110M Series C, bringing total raised to $212M — The company has now raised a total of $212 million. — Aetion, a tech startup focused on real-world evidence in healthcare, landed $110 million in Series C funding.| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Arkose Labs, which is developing a service that detects and mitigates online fraud, raises $70M Series C led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 — Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register fo r the AI event of the year. — Arkose Labs, a startup developing a platform to detect and mitigate online fraud …
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GlobeNewswire News Room, Security Boulevard, and PaymentsSource
| Sheelah Kolhatkar / New Yorker: |
Profile of Robinhood, whose goal of democratizing finance stems from the Occupy Wall Street movement, as critics fear the app will only reinforce the wealth gap — In eliminating barriers to investing in the stock market, is the app democratizing finance or encouraging risky behavior?
Tweets: @peterme, @cate_long, @annmlipton, @carlquintanilla, @b50, @maxfawcett, @andreasharsono, @jeffstone500, and @repcasten
| Todd Feathers / The Markup: |
A look at the fight over using differential privacy techniques in the US Census, which anonymizes datasets but some argue lowers the quality of the datasets — Several years ago, as the U.S. Census Bureau began to prepare for its 2020 count, it was confronted with an existential problem.
Tweets: @juliaangwin and @toddfeathers
| Monica Chin / The Verge: |
MSI unveils new laptops for creators and gamers, like the $2,599 Creator Z16, aimed at MacBook Pro users, with a 120Hz 16:10 QHD+ display and GeForce RTX 3060 — New models for creators and gamers at all price points — MSI has announced a number of gaming and creator laptops that include Intel's brand-new Tiger Lake H processors.| Dr. Ian Cutress / AnandTech: |
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