Saturday, October 10, 2020
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HomeWAV, a video visitation provider used by prisons across the US, exposed private calls of inmates with their families and attorneys, on an unprotected server (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)
HomeWAV, a video visitation provider used by prisons across the US, exposed private calls of inmates with their families and attorneys, on an unprotected server — Thousands of calls were spilling from an unprotected server. — Fearing the spread of coronavirus, jails and prisons remain on lockdown.
Tuber browser, which let Chinese users register and access banned services like YouTube, has been blocked and removed from China's third-party Android stores (Bloomberg)
Tuber browser, which let Chinese users register and access banned services like YouTube, has been blocked and removed from China's third-party Android stores — - Service required registration with mobile phone numbers — An app backed by Chinese cybersecurity giant 360 Security Technology Inc …
Flow, a blockchain for non-fungible tokens built by CryptoKitties's creator Dapper Labs, raises $18M in a token sale (Mathew Di Salvo/Decrypt)
Flow, a blockchain for non-fungible tokens built by CryptoKitties's creator Dapper Labs, raises $18M in a token sale — The creators of CryptoKitties are creating a new place to store crypto collectibles. — In brief — Flow, a blockchain built for the entertainment industry, has raised $18 million in a public token sale.
Airkit, a low-code customer engagement service for DTC businesses, comes out of stealth with $28M in funding from Accel, Emergence, and Salesforce Ventures (Igor Bosilkovski/Forbes)
Airkit, a low-code customer engagement service for DTC businesses, comes out of stealth with $28M in funding from Accel, Emergence, and Salesforce Ventures — Low-code platform Airkit designed to improve customer engagement announced today that it is coming out of stealth …
Digital mental health subscription service Cerebral raises $35M Series A led by Oak HC/FT (Laura Lovett/MobiHealthNews)
Digital mental health subscription service Cerebral raises $35M Series A led by Oak HC/FT — The startup said that the new funding will go towards expanding into all 50 states. — Digital mental health company Cerebral announced that it closed its Series A funding round with $35 million.
U.S. judge rules Apple could bar Epic Games's 'Fortnite' from App Store
Friday, October 9, 2020
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An FBI "Fly Team" was sent to "exploit" Portland protesters' phones to map left-wing protest networks, as suggested by emails sourced by public records request (Mattathias Schwartz/The New York Review ...)
An FBI “Fly Team” was sent to “exploit” Portland protesters' phones to map left-wing protest networks, as suggested by emails sourced by public records request — The FBI's Washington, D.C., headquarters sent agents from its “Fly Team,” an elite counterterrorism unit …
Microsoft to let most employees work remotely for up to half their weekly working hours
TikTok Banned in Pakistan Over "Immoral and Indecent" Content
Pakistan blocks short video app TikTok for "immoral and indecent" content
US Judge won't force App Store to let Fortnite return
PitchBook: US startups raised $209B in 2024, up ~33% from 2023; AI startups raised $97B, the largest portion on record; VCs raised $76.1B, the lowest since 2019 (Sarah McBride/Bloomberg)
Sarah McBride / Bloomberg : PitchBook: US startups raised $209B in 2024, up ~33% from 2023; AI startups raised $97B, the largest portion ...
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Jake Offenhartz / Gothamist : Since October, the NYPD has deployed a quadruped robot called Spot to a handful of crime scenes and hostage...
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Lorena O'Neil / Rolling Stone : A look at the years of warnings about AI from researchers, including several women of color, who say ...
