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| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Okta confirms an attacker accessed an engineer's laptop in January consistent with posted screenshots by Lapsus$, as customers struggle to grasp their exposure — Authentication firm Okta's statements on the Lapsus$ breach fails to answer key questions. — The digital extortion group Lapsus$ threw …
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Okta Inc., The Cloudflare Blog, SC Media, The Verge, Wired, Forbes, Insider, ZDNet, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, VentureBeat, BleepingComputer, Silicon Republic, DataBreaches.net, infosecurity-magazine.com, BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, VentureBeat, Reuters, The Record, USA Today, Protocol, PCMag, CyberScoop, New York Post, ZDNet, and Bloomberg
Tweets: @toddmckinnon, @eastdakota, @troyhunt, @suhail, @jschauma, @toddmckinnon, @gazthejourno, @bleepincomputer, @reflectingman, @riskybusiness, @wbm312, @iblametom, @runasand, @adam_k_levin, @nsqe, @wbm312, @runasand, @iblametom, @evacide, @daviduberti, @shotgunner101, @kimzetter, @jeffmcjunkin, @alvierid, and @zackwhittaker
| Raphael Satter / Reuters: |
Okta says the “maximum potential impact” of its security breach was to 366 customers whose data was accessed by outside contractor Sitel; Okta has 15K+ clients — Hundreds of customers of digital authentication firm Okta Inc have possibly been affected by a security breach caused …
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Okta Inc. and Kaspersky official blog
Tweets: @vxunderground, @zackwhittaker, @carnage4life, and @razhael
| The Verge: |
Microsoft confirms Lapsus$ compromised “a single account” and stole portions of source code for some products, but says no customer code and data was involved — Lapsus$ says it has accessed data from Okta, Nvidia, Samsung, and Ubisoft — The hacking group Lapsus$ …
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Microsoft Security Blog, Engadget, Thurrott, BetaNews, Tech Monitor, SecurityWeek, Help Net Security, Video Games Chronicle, Bloomberg, The Register, Neowin, BleepingComputer, Tom's Guide, TheGamer, and OnMSFT.com
Tweets: @msftsecurity, @shoghicp, @raj_samani, @aiddya, @krisnova, @runasand, @billdemirkapi, and @nixcraft
| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Yuga Labs, the owner of three of the top NFT brands including Bored Ape Yacht Club, raises $450M at a $4B valuation led by a16z to build an NFT media empire — The funding values Yuga Labs at $4 billion — Yuga Labs, the owner of three of the biggest NFT brands on the market …
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Business Wire, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, refreshmiami.com, Web3 Digest, Blockonomi, Forkast, Coinspeaker, Creative Destruction, SiliconANGLE, ZDNet, Crypto Briefing, Cointelegraph, Tubefilter, TradingBTC.com, CryptoPotato, CryptoSlate, Protocol, CoinDesk, Variety, Blockworks, The Creative Block, PitchBook, Tech News, JPEG Journal, My Two Satoshis, and Zima Red
Tweets: @zenofdesign, @iamdcinvestor, @daveleeft, @alexeheath, @brianjcho, @kushinthetush, @nitashatiku, @karlbode, @johniadarola, @davekarpf, @rosgo21, and @joepompliano
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
For the second day in a row, Apple's App Store, Music, Podcasts, and other services were disrupted; Apple's System Status page says the issues are resolved — Apple's services and apps appear to be experiencing yet another outage, with complaints on Twitter about problems with Apple Maps …
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Bloomberg, AppleInsider, Silicon Republic, The Verge, iMore, WRAL TechWire, Softpedia News, TechRadar, iPhone in Canada Blog, Tom's Guide, Reuters, LatestLY, The Apple Post, 9to5Mac, and Wall Street Journal
Tweets: @markgurman, @caseynewton, @dcseifert, @detroitborg, @dcseifert, and @maxwinebach
| Kate Rooney / CNBC: |
Crypto VC Katie Haun, who left a16z in 2021, raises $1.5B, the largest debut fund by a female VC yet, allotting $500M for early- and $1B for late-stage startups — - Crypto investor Katie Haun has raised $1.5 billion for her new firm after a surprise departure from Andreessen Horowitz last year.
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Haun Ventures, Axios, Wired, Protocol, Crowdfund Insider, Bloomberg, CryptoPotato, Micky, Cointelegraph, PYMNTS.com, TheStreet, Decrypt, and The Block
Tweets: @katie_haun, @cdixon, @axios, @danprimack, @aileenlee, @fehrsam, @rachaelrad, @brandee, @janamal, @merci, @jess, @zooko, @ahcastor, @serenawilliams, @laurashin, @bgurley, and @rachaelrad. Thanks:@mattrosoff
| Bloomberg: |
Fifa adds Crypto.com as one of the sponsors for the 2022 soccer World Cup in Qatar, months after Crypto.com replaced Staples as sponsor at the iconic LA arena — Fifa has added Crypto.com as one of the sponsors for this year's soccer world cup in Qatar, the latest step in the cryptocurrency …
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fifa.com, CoinDesk, Decrypt, Cointelegraph, Micky, crypto.news, Blockchain News, The Block, Coinspeaker, Reuters, CryptoSlate, Crypto Briefing, and Financial Times
| The Block: |
Apple has acquired UK banking startup Credit Kudos, which offers APIs for lenders; source says the deal is valued at around $150M — Quick Take — Credit Kudos becomes the latest European open banking startup to be snapped up by a US acquirer. — One source said the deal valued Credit Kudos …
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AppleInsider, Engadget, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, AltFi, Finextra, Fast Company, and Bloomberg
| Nelson Renteria / Reuters: |
El Salvador postpones its $1B bitcoin-backed bond, planned for March 15-20, citing unfavorable market conditions; BTC is down significantly from a November peak — SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - El Salvador postponed an unprecedented issue of a bitcoin-backed bond planned for last week …
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Decrypt, CoinDesk, Benzinga, The Block, Coinspeaker, Cointelegraph, and CoinGape
| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Zoom launches Avatars, which lets users show up to meetings as Memoji-like animals, and plans to add new video filter avatar options in the future — Or a variety of other animals — Zoom will let you show up to your next meeting as a rabbit, fox, dog, or another type of animal …
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Zoom Blog, ZDNet, Thurrott, TechCrunch, Silicon Republic, PCMag, TNW, SiliconANGLE, Pocket-lint, 9to5Mac, Engadget, Digital Trends, and govtech.com
Tweets: @zoom, @tomwarren, @rgt_85, @ldrogen, @hdretrovision, @kantrowitz, @onegarzon, @epro, @ross, @hypervisible, and @thecitywanderer
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Sony releases PS4 and PS5 updates; the PS5 will gain Variable Refresh Rate in the coming months, syncing a display's refresh rate to the PS5's graphical output — Sony says VRR will be available in the coming months on the PS5 — Sony is planning to release a Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) …
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PlayStation.Blog, VentureBeat, Engadget, TechRadar, iPhone in Canada Blog, Video Games Chronicle, t3.com, Pocket-lint, GSMArena.com, and Press Start
Tweets: @playstation, @fubarduck, and @tomwarren
| Loren Grush / The Verge: |
SpaceX increases the prices of Starlink's starter kit to $599, up $100, and its monthly internet service to $110, up $11, according to an email to customers — It's going to be $11 more a month — SpaceX's internet-from-space program Starlink is increasing prices for both the purchase …
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Insider, TechCrunch, SpaceNews, Engadget, Digital Trends, CNBC, Gizchina, PCMag, Digital gefesselt, and TheStreet
Tweets: @trengriffin, @karlbode, @jeff_foust, @stanphylcap, @karlbode, and @trengriffin
| The Information: |
Sources: Sam Altman's Worldcoin is raising $100M in a token sale from investors including Andreessen Horowitz, a previous backer, and Khosla, at a $3B valuation — Worldcoin, the cryptocurrency startup co-founded by former Y Combinator president Sam Altman, is raising $100 million … | David Anders / CNET: |
The FBI says internet crime victims in the US reported losing over $6.9B in 2021, up from $4.2B in 2020, and it received 847,376 complaints in 2021, up 7% YoY — The FBI releases its annual Internet Crime Report, detailing the most prevalent cybercrimes in 2021.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation. More:
Forbes, cybernews.com, Newsweek, and Casual Cyber Security. Tweets: @campuscodi
| Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
The EU could unveil the Digital Markets Act as early as Thursday; sources say the DMA targets companies with €75B+ market cap and at least 45,000 active users — Digital Markets Act now expected to target core online platforms with market cap of at least €75bn
Tweets: @javierespft, @rasmus_kleis, @javierespft, @javierespft, @javierespft, @javierespft, @lindayueh, @c_barraud, @carnage4life, and @ewantoo
| Anna Heim / TechCrunch: |
Datagen, which offers synthetic data tools for computer vision research, raises a $50M Series B, bringing its total funding to $70M+ — Datagen raised a $50 million Series B round to boost the growth of its synthetic data solution for computer vision (CV) teams, bringing its total funding …
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VentureBeat, SiliconANGLE, and Datagen
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Nvidia announces its next-gen Hopper GPU architecture, optimized for AI workloads, and the first graphics card to use it, Hopper H100, which has 80B transistors — After much speculation, Nvidia today at its March 2022 GTC event announced the Hopper GPU architecture, a line of graphics cards …
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NVIDIA, DCD, NVIDIA, TechCrunch, HPCwire, VideoCardz.com, TechCircle, DigiTimes, The Register, NVIDIA, OSnews, Forbes, Network World, insideHPC, Engadget, SiliconANGLE, Protocol, ZDNet, The Verge, Bloomberg, The Register, and AnandTech
Tweets: @anandtech, @nvidiagtc, @tomwarren, and @benbajarin
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
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Arm Blueprint, NVIDIA, NVIDIA, Tom's Hardware, Wccftech, TechRadar, DCD, TechEBlog, insideHPC, Liliputing, HotHardware.com News, HPCwire, and VentureBeat
Tweets: @peteryared, @stephennellis, @stephennellis, @iker_garciaf, and @ryansmithat
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Nvidia says 150K+ creators have downloaded Omniverse, up from ~100K in January, and makes the real-time collaborative design tool available in the cloud — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said today that the Omniverse virtual simulation and its tools will be available in the cloud so that developers can use it on just about any computer.
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XDA Developers, Pocketnow, The Register, NVIDIA, and ZDNet
Tweets: @ethancaballero and @bhutanisanyam1
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