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Ukrainian officials say they stopped an attack on an energy facility with help from ESET and Microsoft, and identified a new variant of the Industroyer malware — Ukrainian officials said they stopped an attack on an energy facility with the help of researchers from ESET and Microsoft.
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| Cheyenne Ligon / CoinDesk: |
Former Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith is sentenced to 5+ years in prison and fined $100K for helping North Koreans use cryptocurrencies to evade sanctions — Griffith previously pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate international sanctions for giving a talk at a crypto conference in Pyongyang in 2019.
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| Alex Sherman / CNBC: |
Sources: two weeks after the launch of CNN+, the premium streaming service has garnered under 10K DAUs, amid reports that CNN has spent ~$300M on the effort — - Fewer than 10,000 people are using CNN+ on a daily basis two weeks into its existence, sources said.
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| Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg: |
Elon Musk is facing a proposed shareholder class action that alleges Musk's delayed SEC filings disclosing his stake kept Twitter's share price artificially low — Elon Musk was sued by a Twitter Inc. shareholder who claims the Tesla Inc. CEO's delay in disclosing his ownership of more than 5% …
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| Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
Microsoft releases over 100 security fixes, including patches for two zero-day vulnerabilities, for Windows, Office, Edge, Dynamics, Hyper-V, and other software — Microsoft has dealt with zero-day bugs in the firm's customary monthly batch of security fixes.
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| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
Court docs: T-Mobile paid hackers ~$200K via a third party to stop an ongoing leak of stolen data on 30M customers, but the hackers kept selling it regardless — After hackers targeted T-Mobile in August, T-Mobile hired a third-party firm that went undercover and bought exclusive access to the data.
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Many tech companies, eager to please employees returning to offices, are providing perks like concerts with pop stars, food trucks, and “appreciation events” — Tech companies really want their employees to be happy — or at least less annoyed — about returning.| Michael Bellusci / CoinDesk: |
Cryptocurrency lender Celsius, recently valued at ~$3B, says only accredited US investors will be able to add new assets and earn rewards starting April 15 — In the US, only accredited investors, and those with coins already in the Earn platform, will be able to earn rewards.
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| Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Spotify's podcasting boss Courtney Holt, who brought on Joe Rogan, Harry and Meghan, the Obamas, and others, is leaving after almost five years — The architect of Spotify Technology SA's podcasting strategy, including the signing of controversial commentator Joe Rogan … | Jack Gillum / Bloomberg: |
A group of cybersecurity companies specializing in securing US critical infrastructure form a coalition to work with the government and adopt uniform standards — A group of cybersecurity companies that specialize in securing critical infrastructure said Tuesday they've formed a lobbying group …
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| Bloomberg: |
KKR agrees to buy Barracuda, which helps companies manage and protect cloud data, from Thoma Bravo; sources: the deal values Barracuda at ~$3.8B including debt — KKR & Co. has agreed to to acquire cybersecurity company Barracuda Networks Inc. from Thoma Bravo.| Ionut Ilascu / BleepingComputer: |
RaidForums, used by Lapsus$, Babuk, and other extortion gangs, is seized in a US-led international operation; Europol says the hacking forum had 500K+ users — The RaidForums hacker forum, used mainly for trading and selling stolen databases, has been shut down and its domain seized …
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with Chris Dixon on a16z's structure, the energy impact of blockchains, centralization in Web3, NFTs, investing in Yuga Labs at a $4B valuation, and more — Regular listeners to Decoder know I'm pretty skeptical of crypto. But I want to come by that skepticism honestly … | Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
TikTok is rolling out Effect House, which lets creators make AR effects that others can use in videos, to all users after a closed beta test last fall — Last August, TechCrunch noted TikTok was working to build its own augmented reality (AR) development platform called Effect House …
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| Chandra R Srikanth / Moneycontrol: |
Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal is stepping away from day-to-day operations to focus more on engineering and product, CFO GR Arun Kumar will drive operations — Ola was last valued at $7.3 billion when it raised $139 million in its Series J round. — Ola founder and CEO Bhavish Aggarwal will step … | Emily Olsen / MobiHealthNews: |
Diligent Robotics, which develops a robot called Moxi to help hospital staff with routine, not-patient-facing tasks, closes a $30M Series B led by Tiger Global — Moxi performs delivery tasks in hospitals, like bringing supplies, delivering lab samples and distributing personal protective equipment.| Michael Bellusci / CoinDesk: |
NFT and metaverse content creation company Infinite Reality announces an all-stock deal worth $470M to acquire esports company ReKTGlobal — ReKT is known for its ownership of the successful esports teams Team Rogue and the London Royal Ravens. — Metaverse company Infinite Reality …
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PR Newswire, Forbes, Bloomberg, Dexerto, Front Office Sports, Esports Insider, Reuters, Insider, Dot Esports, and GamesIndustry.biz
| Matt Burgess / Wired: |
DuckDuckGo launches its privacy-focused browser on macOS in beta through a private waiting list — DuckDuckGo started out as a private search engine. Now its web browser is debuting on Macs to rival Chrome, Safari, Edge, and Brave. — When Google launched Chrome back in 2008, it changed the web overnight.
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Spread Privacy, SlashGear, gHacks Technology News, Neowin, MacRumors, TechSpot, Engadget, Computerworld, Macworld, OnMSFT.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, liliputing.com, The Verge, Protocol, and Cult of Mac
Tweets: @duckduckgo, @jeremiahg, @beahbl, @glenngabe, @anildash, @wired, @byunfinished, @alexhern, and @mattburgess1
| David Hundeyin / West Africa Weekly: |
An investigation into Nigerian payments startup Flutterwave, valued at $3B, alleges employee stock option fraud, sexual harassment, and workplace bullying — Fraud, perjury and insider trading? All in a day's work. A glimpse at the dark underbelly of Africa's biggest fintech superstar
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Techpoint Africa. Tweets: @davidhundeyin, @macjordan, @realkelvin07, @ishuku, @dolarpo, and @mattflannery
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
UK startup Wagestream, which offers salary advances to employees via its app, raises a $60M Series C led by Smash Capital and $115M in debt — Front-line workers and those paid in hourly wages rather than salaries have become a prime target in the world of business IT … | Ben Lang / Road to VR: |
In February, Meta's Quest store surpassed $1B in content revenue since its launch; 124 Quest apps have earned $1M+ in revenue, eight of which exceeded $20M — The Entire VR Industry in One Little Email — The Daily Roundup is our comprehensive coverage of the VR industry wrapped up into one daily email …
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