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A vulnerability in the Apache log4j Java logging library allows for remote code execution, impacting Steam, iCloud, Minecraft, and other services — A few hours ago, a -day exploit in the popular Java logging library, log4j, was tweeted along with a POC posted on GitHub that results …
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Google says it will release Google Play Games in 2022 as a native Windows app that brings Android games to Windows 10 and Windows 11 — Google Play Games comes to PC next year — Google is planning to bring Android games to Windows PCs next year. A Google Play Games app will be available in 2022 …
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Instacart president Carolyn Everson says she will step down at the end of the year, less than four months after joining the company — - Another high-profile Instacart executive is leaving the company. — Carolyn Everson announced Friday she will step down as president at the end of the year.| Washington Post: |
Sources: Kayvon Beykpour and other executives ignored warnings that Twitter lacks the ability to moderate Spaces and launched the product amid investor pressure — Employees who complained about the lack of moderation say they were sidelined — Earlier this year, as Twitter raced to roll out Spaces …
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Meta launches new creator tools and says it is testing live chat support for some English-speaking users globally who are locked out of their accounts — Better customer support for creators and average users alike — Despite eagerly participating in a platform vs. platform war …
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TCL pulls its entire Google TV lineup from Best Buy over software and performance issues — Google TV's plans to expand in the smart TV market are taking a hit this week, as TCL's entire Google TV lineup has been pulled from Best Buy over performance-related issues.
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In an email, Better.com's board says CEO Vishal Garg is “taking time off effective immediately” and it hired a firm to “do a leadership and cultural assessment” — The company has also hired an outside firm to “do a leadership and cultural assessment,
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Analysis: English Premier League soccer fans have spent £262M+ on crypto fan tokens, often offered by Socios, as critics worry about clubs exploiting fans — Football clubs have potentially made hundreds of millions of pounds selling controversial crypto “fan tokens”.
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Volvo Cars discloses a security breach that led to R&D data theft and could impact the company's operations; the Snatch ransomware gang claims responsibility — Swedish carmaker Volvo Cars has disclosed that unknown attackers have stolen research and development information after hacking some of its servers.
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WhatsApp begins a limited test of Meta's Novi digital wallet in the US, letting users send and receive USDP within a chat — Today, WhatsApp is finally announcing a small pilot program to some people in the US, that can finally use the Novi digital wallet within WhatsApp!
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Berlin-based Flink, which aims to deliver groceries in under 10 minutes, raises a $750M Series B led by DoorDash at a $2.85B post-money valuation — Instant grocery delivery continues to be a very frothy market, but today comes news of a major funding round for one player in it that investors believe …
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Robust Intelligence, which helps businesses stress test their AI models, raises a $30M Series B led by Tiger Global, bringing its total funding to $44M — Robust Intelligence, an AI startup that helps businesses stress test their AI models and prevent them from failing … | Packy McCormick / Not Boring: |
Replit, a browser-based IDE for cross-platform collaborative coding, raises an $80M Series B led by Coatue at an $800M valuation — Replit Raises $80M Series B to Bring the Next Billion Software Creators Online … Hi friends 👋, — Happy Thursday!
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Boston-based conversational AI startup Posh Technologies raises a $27.5M Series A led by Canapi Ventures to fuel call center automation — As call volumes skyrocketed during the pandemic, contact centers turned to AI to help distribute the workload. But even before the pandemic …
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How Syrian human rights group Mnemonic used AI trained on synthetic data to analyze videos for evidence that “cluster” weapon RBK-250 was used against civilians — Technique used to teach Tesla cars and Amazon Alexa has gathered evidence of weapons used against civilians
Tweets: @financialtimes, @sylviakangara, @samjoiner, and @madhumita29
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