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Some subscription app developers suspect Apple is buying Google ads that send users to their apps in the App Store, to protect its cut by decreasing web signups — Apple is secretly buying Google ads for high-value apps to collect potentially millions of dollars in subscription revenue, multiple app publishers have told me.
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| Miles Kruppa / Financial Times: |
Coinbase co-founder Fred Ehrsam and ex-Sequoia partner Matt Huang announce Paradigm One, a $2.5B fund focused on crypto and Web3 — Fred Ehrsam is behind $2.5bn fund Paradigm One, to which investors jockeyed to commit money — Cryptocurrencies are booming, and a three-year-old investment firm …
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| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
IBM debuts 127-qubit Eagle quantum processor coming to select members of the IBM Quantum Network in December, and previews next-gen IBM Quantum System Two — According to IBM, Eagle leverages new techniques that place control components on multiple physical levels while keeping qubits on a single layer.
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Sources: Huawei is planning to license its smartphone designs to third parties to bypass US sanctions and gain access to critical components — - It could license designs to third parties to access components — Trump-era sanctions have cut off Huawei from U.S. technology| Julia Angwin / Hello World: |
Q&A with AI Now Institute's Shazeda Ahmed on how the US-China “tech Cold War” narrative allows Big Tech to avoid regulation and how it informs US policy — There is a narrative in Washington, D.C., that we are in the midst of a tech cold war with China.
Tweets: @juliaangwin, @shiraovide, @nantarsya, and @themarkup
| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Imprint, which helps companies offer and manage branded payments and rewards products, raises a $38M Series A led by Kleiner Perkins and Stripe — Imprint, a one-year-old startup that offers branded payments and rewards products, today announced a $38 million Series A funding round co-led by Kleiner Perkins and Stripe.
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| Katie Roof / Bloomberg: |
Utah-based Podium, which helps SMBs interact with customers online, raises $201M led by YC Continuity at a $3B+ valuation, up from $1.5B last year — - Utah-based startup raised $201 million, led by Y Combinator — Software used by plumbers, car dealerships, dentists| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Writer, which offers an automated style guide for Chrome, Word, and other tools, raises a $21M Series A led by Insight Partners — For any company, organization, or even individual writer, maintaining a consistent voice is a constant challenge. Writer is a startup aiming to provide … | Daniel Flatley / Bloomberg: |
US and Israel partner to fight the use of ransomware and threats to the global financial system — - Allies to work on cyber threats to global financial system — U.S. recently blacklisted two Israeli companies over spyware — The U.S. and Israel established a joint cybersecurity initiative …
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| Peter Wayner / VentureBeat: |
Zesty, which helps companies reduce cloud computing costs by using AI to avoid repetitive tasks, raises a $35M Series A led by Next47 — Zesty, a company that offers a tool for automatically scaling and shrinking cloud resources to keep cloud costs in check, announced a $35 million series A funding round.
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| Adriano Marchese / Wall Street Journal: |
Dallas-based CyrusOne, which designs, builds, and operates data centers, agrees to be acquired for ~$15B in cash by KKR and Global Infrastructure Partners — Real-estate investment trust CyrusOne designs, builds and operates data centers — CyrusOne Inc. said Monday that it is selling itself …
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| Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: |
Network threat detection and response startup Netography raises a $45M Series A led by Bessemer and SYN — Network threat detection and response startup Netography Inc. revealed today that it has raised $45 million in new funding to boost technology innovations and enhancements, channel expansion and sales.
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FinSMEs, VentureBeat, Baltimore Business Journal, and SecurityWeek
| Ionut Ilascu / BleepingComputer: |
FBI email servers were hacked to send spam warning of a “sophisticated chain attack”, with a likely goal to discredit security researcher Vinny Troia — The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) email servers were hacked to distribute spam email impersonating FBI warnings …
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KnowTechie, DataBreaches.net, Pocketnow, Silicon Republic, Ubergizmo, infosecurity-magazine.com, BBC, The Verge, Mashable, The Week, TechSpot, Newser, Axios, SANS Internet Storm Center …, New York Post, NPR, and The Hill
Tweets: @spamhaus, @spamhaus, @fbi, @briankrebs, @vinnytroia, @esmcintyre, @norskladywolf, @cachedchecks, @briankrebs, @model_daughters, @wtfioguy, @stevebellovin, @letsfishsmarter, @mhall119, @gossithedog, @gossithedog, @zackwhittaker, @gossithedog, @gossithedog, @jhaddix, @kwestin, @bobgourley, @quinnypig, @cisajen, @anthony, @dangoodin001, @briankrebs, @c7five, @rayredacted, @pgl, @gossithedog, @malwarejake, @cybersecmeg, @o2bnobx, @bleepincomputer, @gossithedog, and @dinodaizovi
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