Friday, May 8, 2020
US Rule May Allow Huawei and US Firms to Work Together on 5G Standards
Saudi, US Firms May Invest in Reliance Jio
Kingsoft Cloud, a China-based cloud service provider, closed up 40% on its trading debut on Nasdaq, after raising $510M in its IPO, and is now valued at $4.77B (Bloomberg)
Kingsoft Cloud, a China-based cloud service provider, closed up 40% on its trading debut on Nasdaq, after raising $510M in its IPO, and is now valued at $4.77B — - Beijing-based cloud computing company raised $510 million — IPO is the biggest by a Chinese company in U.S. this year
Judo Bank, an Australia-based neobank that provides loans to SMBs, raises $147M Series C, bringing its total equity funding to ~$500M (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)
Judo Bank, an Australia-based neobank that provides loans to SMBs, raises $147M Series C, bringing its total equity funding to ~$500M — Judo Bank, an Australian neobank that provides loans to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), has raised $147 million in a Series C round of funding.
Cornershop, a grocery delivery service operating in Latin America that Uber said it would acquire last year, debuts in the US, launching in Miami and Dallas (Mariana López/Contxto)
Cornershop, a grocery delivery service operating in Latin America that Uber said it would acquire last year, debuts in the US, launching in Miami and Dallas — Don't worry, we speak : Español (Spanish), too! — Contxto - Chilean-Mexican Cornershop continues its expansion.
Mi 10 vs OnePlus 7T: Price in India, Specifications Compared
Ex-Google engineer James Damore and three other men who alleged hiring bias ask the court to dismiss their lawsuit after reaching an agreement with the company (Robert Burnson/Bloomberg)
Ex-Google engineer James Damore and three other men who alleged hiring bias ask the court to dismiss their lawsuit after reaching an agreement with the company — A lawsuit that made a big bang in Silicon Valley two years ago with allegations of mistreatment of politically conservative tech workers came to a quiet end this week.
Saudi, US firms eye stakes in Jio Platforms
Digital rights group moves IT panel on data privacy in Aarogya Setu app
India tops Zoom downloads in April
Surface Go 2 review: small improvements over original with larger screen and faster CPU, but $400 entry model is lacking in power and upgrades are expensive (Devindra Hardawar/Engadget)
Surface Go 2 review: small improvements over original with larger screen and faster CPU, but $400 entry model is lacking in power and upgrades are expensive — Judging the Surface Go 2 really comes down to your expectations. Can you live with slow performance to get a well-designed $400 tablet PC (not including a keyboard)?
US Marshals says prisoners’ personal information taken in data breach
A data breach at the U.S. Marshals Service exposed the personal information of current and former prisoners, TechCrunch has learned.
A letter sent to those affected, and obtained by TechCrunch, said the Justice Department notified the U.S. Marshals on December 30, 2019 of a data breach affecting a public-facing server storing personal information on current and former prisoners in its custody. The letter said the breach may have included their address, date of birth and Social Security number, which can be used for identity fraud.
But the notice didn’t say how many current and former prisoners are affected by the breach.
As the law enforcement arm of the federal courts, U.S. Marshals are tasked with capturing fugitives and serving federal arrest warrants. Last year, U.S. Marshals arrested more than 90,000 fugitives and served over 105,000 warrants.
A spokesperson for the Justice Department did not respond to a request for comment by email or phone.
It’s the latest federal government security lapse in recent weeks.
The Defense Information Systems Agency, a Dept. of Defense division charged with providing technology and communications support to the U.S. government — including the president and other senior officials — said a data breach between May and July 2019 resulted in the theft of employees’ personal information.
Last month, the Small Business Administration admitted that 8,000 applicants, who applied for an emergency loan after facing financial difficulties because of the coronavirus pandemic, had their data exposed.
Trump admin illegally retaliated against pandemic whistleblower, reports say
Enlarge / Rick Bright, head of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, listens during a House Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on Thursday, March 8, 2018. In the background is Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. (credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg)
The Trump administration is facing pressure from a federal watchdog agency to reinstate the whistleblower who President Trump claimed is "a disgruntled employee who's trying to help the Democrats win an election."
Rick Bright, an immunology expert who led the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) until he says he was forced out of his position, reportedly got good news from the US Office of Special Counsel, which is investigating his whistleblower complaint.
"A federal investigative office has found 'reasonable grounds to believe' that the Trump administration was retaliating against a whistleblower, Dr. Rick Bright, when he was ousted from a government research agency combating the coronavirus—and said he should be reinstated for 45 days while it investigates, his lawyers said Friday," The New York Times wrote.
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IDC: India's smartphone market grew 1.5% YoY in Q1 while China and US declined dramatically; Apple still dominates $500+ segment, Xiaomi maintains overall lead (Abhijit Ahaskar/Livemint)
IDC: India's smartphone market grew 1.5% YoY in Q1 while China and US declined dramatically; Apple still dominates $500+ segment, Xiaomi maintains overall lead — - Avg selling price of smartphone in March quarter was $171, with the sub-$200 segment accounting for 76.2% of shipments
Both Defcon and Black Hat, originally scheduled for August, have cancelled in-person events, instead opting to host conferences online (Lily Hay Newman/Wired)
Both Defcon and Black Hat, originally scheduled for August, have cancelled in-person events, instead opting to host conferences online — For real this time. Its sister conference, Black Hat, has also been called off. — For years, a simple and elegant inside joke has permeated Defcon, the influential hacking conference.
Airbnb launches a pilot in NYC, LA, and other cities that lets users to select from a range of boutique hotels alongside private homes in a bid to boost growth (Stephanie Stacey/Financial Times)
Stephanie Stacey / Financial Times : Airbnb launches a pilot in NYC, LA, and other cities that lets users to select from a range of bouti...
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Sohee Kim / Bloomberg : South Korean authorities are investigating a data leak at e-commerce giant Coupang that exposed ~33.7M accounts; ...
