SlashNext, which offers AI-driven anti-phishing services for enterprise communications, raises a $26M Series B — Phishing, a type of social engineering where an attacker sends a message designed to trick a victim into revealing sensitive information or installing malware or ransomware, is on the rise.
India-based grocery delivery startup Zepto emerges from stealth with $60M from Glade Brook Capital, Nexus, Y Combinator, and others — Two 19-year-old entrepreneurs, who have previously collaborated on a number of projects including a ride-hailing commute app for school kids and last year left Stanford …
YouTube's mistaken deletion of a channel belonging to UK news outlet Novara Media draws criticism over the company's power as a content regulator — Novara, a London news group, fell victim to YouTube's opaque and sometimes arbitrary enforcement of its rules.
A look at “creepypasta”, ghost stories such as Slender Man that spread online, and how decentralized myth-making can explain the rise of meme stocks and QAnon — Or: how the tale of Slender Man can explain the rise of QAnon. … These words, posted on a forum in 2009 …
After a three-day outage, Roblox says it has begun incrementally restoring service to some players — According to Roblox's status page, all versions of the game have been down since Oct 28 starting at 7 pm EST — Roblox, one of the most popular games in the world, has been down for over …
Estimate: Apple's iOS App Tracking Transparency policy cost Snap, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube almost $10B in combined lost ad revenues so far — Forcing apps to ask for permission to track users for advertising purposes leads to big hit for social media platforms
Industry and government officials say Gaia-X, a project to reduce EU's cloud dependency on US tech giants, is hamstrung by infighting and bloated bureaucracy — The initiative, meant to boost Europe's cloud services, is failing to fix the problems it was intended to solve.
Experts say sourcing chips has turned almost into a lottery amid the global chip shortage, as wait times have ballooned to 22 weeks as of October — Nearly a year into the crisis, some customers are finding it is taking months more than expected to get needed parts
BackBox, which provides companies with network automation, security, and management software, raises $32M Series A led by Elsewhere Partners — BackBox, a network automation, security, and management service provider, today announced that it raised $32 million in a series A round led by venture firm Elsewhere Partners.
In 2018, Oculus' Jason Rubin sent a paper to Facebook execs laying the foundation for Meta's ambitions and detailing the need to own the VR market — - In 2018, an Oculus executive named Jason Rubin wrote a 50-page document headlined “The Metaverse” that he sent to a Facebook board member and some top execs.
Profile of barbershop booking app Squire, which is on track to triple its revenue to $12M in 2021 after raising $60M at a $750M valuation in July — Songe LaRon and Dave Salvant left their desks behind to create booking software for the nation's 109,000 barbershops.
A look at student activity monitoring software GoGuardian, whose usage in US schools exploded during lockdowns as some say it adds to kids' psychological strain — The pandemic caused schools to embrace laptops, tablets, Zoom, and an app called GoGuardian that tracks everything students (and, sometimes, parents) do online.
Roblox has been down since about 7PM ET Oct. 28, with some speculating that the outage may be related to a Chipotle promotion, but the company denies a link — Roblox is having some server issues — Roblox has been down for more than a day, with the game and its related website offline for millions of players.
Q&A with EIC Nilay Patel on The Verge's 10th anniversary, tech media's advance from early breathless gadget reviews, subject-source relationships, and more — After a decade covering the Zucks, Googles, and Ubers of the scene, the Verge editor in chief reflects on tech's troublesome relationship with the rest of the world.
How the rhetoric surrounding techno-globalism has shifted, from countries advocating for a free, open internet to imposing limits to protect national interests — Two key words were missing from the statements that followed the inaugural in-person summit in September of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue …
US says it is working with Taiwan to secure chip supply chains; Biden has asked manufacturers to hand over company data, which has faced resistance from firms — - Envoy to Taipei says officials have met with local executives — President Biden has asked manufacturers to hand over data
Google and Jio debut JioPhone Next, their $87 budget smartphone, going on sale on November 4, with 5.45-inch HD+ display and Qualcomm's quad-core QM-215 chipset — Google and Indian telecom network Jio Platforms said on Friday that their much-anticipated budget smartphone, JioPhone Next …
Facebook's metaverse is designed to solve several problems: an ageing userbase, dependence on Google and Apple, regulatory risk, and reputational damage — If his new strategy works — a big if — it could help address several of Facebook's biggest problems.
South Korea-based online grocery startup Kurly says it plans to IPO in Korea in June at an estimated $5.9B valuation — Kurly, a South Korea-based online grocery startup that provides next-day delivery services across the country, will go public by June next year.
Huawei reports Q3 revenue fell 38% YoY to $21.2B, the fourth straight quarter of declining sales, and ~$2.3B net income, as US sanctions continue to bite — - Quarterly revenue declines 38% after blacklisting by the U.S. — Weakness at consumer business is driving the sales drop
Europol says it has detained 12 suspects that were orchestrating ransomware attacks that hit 1,800+ victims across 71 countries since 2019 — - Twelve members of a ransomware group were detained this week in Ukraine and Switzerland, Europol said. — Suspects are believed to have orchestrated …
Shopify reports Q2 revenue of $1.12B, up 46% YoY, and gross merchandise volume of $41.8B, up 35% YoY, and says cumulative GMV reached $400B — Canada's Shopify Inc's (SHOP.TO) third-quarter revenue fell short of Wall Street estimates, hurt by stiff competition as rivals invest more money to develop their e-commerce platforms.
ClickHouse, which provides an online analytical processing database management system, raises $250M at a $2B valuation led by Coatue and Altimeter — - Database management business works on real-time analytics — Startup raises $250 million led by Coatue and Altimeter
Review of Raspberry Pi's new $15 Zero 2 W, featuring a 64-bit CPU, 512MB RAM, and WiFi 4: surprisingly powerful and ideal for emulation and automation projects — The Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W is powerful for a computer the size of a matchbox, but get a Pi 4 or Pi 400 if you want a better desktop experience
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick, who earned $154.6M last year, will take a pay cut to $62,500 and forego equity grants until diversity goals are met — - Compensation included paying CEO $154.6 million last year — Company facing sexual harassment and discrimination case
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