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| Mikael Thalen / The Daily Dot: |
After a user highlighted them, Twitter confirms it inadvertently verified six accounts and says the “inauthentic” accounts are now suspended and badges removed — Six users with fake profile pics were seemingly verified less than one month after being created.
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| Gaspard Sebag / Bloomberg: |
France fines Google $593M for failing to comply with a 2020 order to negotiate in good faith with publishers for displaying article snippets in Google News — - Tech giant penalized for not agreeing deal with publishers — Fine is the second biggest French antitrust penalty so far
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| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
Google adds support for BIMI security standard for brands to Gmail, showing logos for verified users, as part of an effort to improve email-sender authenticity — Google has rolled out today support for the new Brand Indicators for Message Identification (BIMI) standard to all Gmail users …
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| The Guardian: |
London Met Police says it seized ~£180M in bitcoin while investigating international money laundering, after seizing £114M of cryptocurrencies last month — Seizure in London follows confiscation of £114m of the cryptocurrency in June — Metropolitan police detectives …
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| Chris Metinko / Crunchbase News: |
Remote, which develops HR tools for global workforces, raises $150M Series B at a $1B+ valuation led by Accel — New York-based Remote raised a $150 million Series B at a valuation of more than $1 billion as it looks to make hiring anywhere easier for companies. — Subscribe to the Crunchbase Daily
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Ring says opt-in end-to-end encryption for video streams is available to all US users and is rolling out globally — It's available now in the US — Ring's end-to-end encryption for video streams is leaving technical preview, is now available to US users, and is currently rolling out globally …
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| Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
Arctic Wolf, which provides security experts to act as an extension of a company's internal cybersecurity team, raises $150M Series F at a $4.3B valuation — Arctic Wolf, a managed cybersecurity company that offers “security operations-as-a-concierge” service, has raised $150 million at Series F.
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| Biz Carson / Protocol: |
A look at the divergent investment strategies of SoftBank and Tiger Global, the largest funders of startups in 2021, amid growing competition between the firms — Nylas CEO Gleb Polyakov had been following the Silicon Valley playbook for raising money: meet with firms; deal with associates …
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Some YouTubers are making a living by creating videos about Microsoft software, and have a larger subscriber base than Microsoft's own YouTube channels — - Some people make a living off of making YouTube videos about software from Microsoft and other companies.
Tweets: @jordannovet
| TechCrunch: |
Business intelligence service ZoomInfo says it will acquire Chorus.AI, which makes AI-based software to analyze sales calls, for $575M — ZoomInfo announced this morning it intends to acquire conversational sales intelligence tool Chorus.AI for $575 million.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google Meet starts enforcing a 60-minute time limit on group calls for free Gmail users — In light of COVID-19 driving all communication online, free Google Meet users with personal Gmail accounts could take advantage of group calls without a duration limit over the past year.
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| Mark Landler / New York Times: |
After England's defeat in Euro 2020, Boris Johnson and others condemn racist abuse of players on social media, with some calling for tougher action by platforms — The social media bigotry, directed at three players who missed penalty kicks in the Euro 2020 final, was condemned by Prime Minister Boris Johnson and most everyone else.
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| NetBlocks: |
In response to protests, NetBlocks says Cuba's state-run ISP has restricted social media and messaging apps, including Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp — Network data from NetBlocks confirm partial disruption to social media and messaging platforms in Cuba from 12 July 2021.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google unveils a feature for Android 12 that lets users play a game from the Play Store before it's fully downloaded, available with “minimal developer effort” — On the first day of this year's Games Developer Conference, Google introduced a handful of Android 12-specific features …
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| Tonya Riley / CyberScoop: |
A flaw in Schneider Electric computer control systems, popular in buildings and utilities, can let attackers gain control, launch ransomware, and alter commands — (JEAN-PIERRE CLATOT/AFP via Getty Images) — A vulnerability in Schneider Electric computer control systems popular in heating …
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Armis, CSO, The Register, ComputerWeekly.com, SecurityWeek, and TechRepublic. Thanks:@tonyajoriley
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
YouTube says Shorts, which launched in India before expanding to 26 countries, will now be available in over 100 countries — The short-form video experience arrives in more than 100 countries — YouTube's TikTok competitor, YouTube Shorts, is now rolling out globally.
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TechRadar, YouTube Official Blog, Variety, Social Media Today, Engadget, iDownloadBlog.com, KnowTechie, TechCabal, iPhone in Canada Blog, Mashable, Wccftech, and Tubefilter. Tweets: @iansherr
| Gartner: |
Q2 2021: global PC shipments totaled 71.6M, up 4.6% YoY, following Q1's record 35.7% YoY growth; Lenovo holds 24.1% marketshare, followed by HP, Dell, and Apple — Growth Rate Slowed, Tempered by Impact of Ongoing Semiconductor Shortages — Worldwide PC shipments totaled 71.6 million units …
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| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Amperity, which offers AI-based customer data management tools, raises $100M Series D at a $1B+ valuation led by HighSage Ventures — Amperity is the latest company to join the Seattle region's elusive club of unicorns, or privately held tech startups valued at more than $1 billion.
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VentureBeat, TechCrunch, SiliconANGLE, Seattle Business Journal, Yahoo Finance, and Insider. Thanks:@taylor_soper
| Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal: |
Mediaocean, known for its ad-agency billing technology, buys adtech company Flashtalking for $500M as, sources say, it prepares for an IPO next year — Flashtalking, known for its ad server, is the latest in a string of Mediaocean acquisitions aimed at enhancing its digital ad technology| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
A look at some issues with the latest antitrust lawsuit targeting Google over the Play Store, including the fact Google allows sideloading, unlike Apple — Another day, another antitrust lawsuit against Google. This one, filed by 36 states and Washington DC, says that the company's practices regarding …
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Pantheon, which offers SaaS tools for websites to manage marketing and revenue, raises $100M Series E from SoftBank Vision Fund at a $1B+ valuation — WebOps SaaS platform Pantheon, which started out as a Drupal and WordPress hosting service many years ago, today announced that it has raised …
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| Martin Matishak / The Record: |
Senate confirms ex-NSA official Jen Easterly as CISA's director, a role that was vacant since Trump fired Chris Krebs in Nov. for refuting conspiracy theories — The Senate on Monday confirmed President Joe Biden's pick to lead the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency …
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Politico, Engadget, The Hill, Gizmodo, CNN, ZDNet, and CyberScoop
Tweets: @therecord_media, @spauldingsez, and @senatorhassan
| Shuli Ren / Bloomberg: |
How corporate accountants are grappling with companies holding cryptocurrencies on their balance sheets, as official GAAP guidelines don't exist — A company holding such digital assets can — for the most part — only write down their value. It's unfair. Just look at those risky startup investments.
Tweets: @matt_hougan
| Ivan Levingston / Bloomberg: |
Impact Tech, which helps brands with influencer and affiliate marketing, raises $150M at a $1.5B valuation, after a boost from Apple's ad tracking restrictions — - New $150 million fundraising led by Qatar Investment Authority — Marketing company aims to list shares next year: CEO
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