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Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat : 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. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3mtjwXc

Manish Singh / TechCrunch : 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 … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3bzNvGt

Adam Satariano / New York Times : 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. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2ZGPuq4

Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan / Financial Times : 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 … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/318U0OC

Zack Zwiezen / Kotaku : 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 … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2ZDMPOh

Patrick McGee / Financial Times : 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 from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2Y2FeYB

Politico : 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. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3w15Nde

Wall Street Journal : 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 from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3btEr60

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Another anonymous Facebook employee has detailed how the firm allegedly handles child abuse images. from RSSMix.com Mix ID 8290670 https://ift.tt/3BkSG7W

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Enlarge / A Verizon booth at Mobile World Congress Americas in Los Angeles in September 2018. (credit: Verizon ) Verizon has made a deal to use Amazon's low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites to add capacity to the Verizon cellular network and provide fixed-wireless Internet service in rural parts of the US. Verizon said it will use Amazon satellite connectivity for both consumers and large businesses. There won't be any immediate change to Verizon's services because Amazon has said its Project Kuiper division won't launch any satellites until at least 2023. The companies yesterday announced a "strategic collaboration" in which they "have begun to develop technical specifications and define preliminary commercial models for a range of connectivity services for US consumers and global enterprise customers operating in rural and remote locations around the world." Verizon already provides LTE home-Internet service in rural areas and 5G home-Inter...

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Enlarge (credit: ANDRZEJ WOJCICKI / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Getty Images) In the first half of this guide to personal digital security, I covered the basics of assessing digital risks and protecting what you can control: your devices. But the physical devices you use represent only a fraction of your overall digital exposure. According to a report by Aite Group , nearly half of US consumers experienced some form of identity theft over the last two years. Losses from these thefts are expected to reach $721.3 billion for 2021—and that’s only counting cases where criminals take over and abuse online accounts. Other valuable parts of your digital life may not carry specific monetary risks to you but could still have a tangible impact on your privacy, safety, and overall financial health. Case in point: last September, my Twitter account was targeted for takeover by an unidentified attacker. Even though I had taken multiple measures to prevent the theft of my account (including two...

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Foreign Affairs : 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 … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3mr0wIH

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Ethan Zuckerman / The Atlantic : Meta's promised metaverse is going to be boring and is meant to distract us from the world that Facebook helped break   —  It was terrible then, and it's terrible now.  —  In a booth at Ted's Fish Fry, in Troy, New York, my friend Daniel Beck and I sketched out our plans for the metaverse. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2ZCUGeB

Nikkei Asia : Chinese ride-sharing startup T3 raises a $1.2B Series A led by state-backed conglomerate CITIC Group, as rival Didi faces a regulatory crackdown   —  2-year-old startup joins race to snag market share from embattled company  —  TOKYO/HONG KONG — Chinese ride-hailing company T3 Chuxing … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2Y1Wttc

Mitchell Clark / The Verge : Meta acquires Within, the company behind VR fitness game Supernatural; Within will continue working on the game and help Meta improve future VR hardware   —  The company already owns Beat Saber  —  Meta has announced that the studio behind VR workout game Supernatural will be joining the company … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3GxJhO7

Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware : Interview with Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger and CTO Greg Lavender on the IBM partnership, how new transistor architectures could help outpace Moore's Law, and more   —  We had a chance to sit down with Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger for a roundtable Q and A session shortly after his opening keynote at the company's InnovatiON event. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3EqNh0U

Dr. Ian Cutress / AnandTech : Interview with Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger and CTO Greg Lavender on IBM partnership, how new transistor architectures could help outpace Moore's law, and more   —  One of the overriding key themes of Pat Gelsinger's ten-month tenure at Intel has been the eponymous will to ‘bring geek back’ to the company … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3nKb4C6

Zoe Schiffer / The Verge : Two Netflix employees who openly criticized Netflix's support of Dave Chappelle's comedy special have filed charges with the NLRB, claiming retaliation   —  B. Pagels-Minor and Terra Field say the company retaliated against them for engaging in protected activity from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3nE4SvK

Bloomberg : Online course provider Udemy closes down 5.2% on its first day of trading, after raising $421M in its US IPO at a $4.3B+ valuation   —  - Online education company has market value of $3.7 billion  — Customers include companies such as Citi, Jaguar, PayPal, Box from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2ZJFRar

New York Times : A look at a16z's crypto lobbying and draft legislation it is circulating in DC, which some worry may create regulatory loopholes for its portfolio companies   —  The Silicon Valley firm Andreessen Horowitz, whose founders played big roles in the development of the internet … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3Gz4gQz

Frank Konkel / Nextgov : GAO sustains a Microsoft's protest and asks NSA to reevaluate the award of a secret cloud computing contract worth up to $10B to AWS   —  NSA awarded the contract to Amazon Web Services in July.  —  The Government Accountability Office Friday sustained Microsoft's protest … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3boyCXG

Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal : Apple's VP of Mac and iPad Product Marketing Tom Boger says Touch ID is more convenient than Face ID on a laptop since users' hands are already on the keyboard   —  Full-size ports, real function keys and other retro features, plus cutting-edge M1 Pro and M1 Max chips, make the new MacBook Pro models the laptops to beat from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2ZGR3EK

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch : Twitter rolls out Super Follow for select creators globally on iOS, after previously limiting the feature to US and Canada users   —  Twitter is rolling out the ability for all iOS users globally to Super Follow select creators.  The option was previously only available to users in the U.S. and Canada. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3mrjjnu

Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC : Sources: Zuckerberg agreed to a name change after years of staff complaints and research showing a “brand tax” on apps with the “from Facebook” label   —  - Employees have used the term “brand tax” to refer to the negative impact of Facebook on its other brands. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3jK8jja

Yifan Wang / Wall Street Journal : Under pressure from China, Alibaba's market value has declined from a peak of $850B in October 2020 to ~$460B today; filings show T. Rowe and others cut stakes   —  They may have to wait a while for the former market darling to regain its glory  —  SINGAPORE—Investors are betting the worst … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3EIHrbB

Dan Primack / Axios : Sources: Bolt, which offers a one-click checkout service, is seeking to raise a $777M Series E at a pre-money valuation of between $10B and $11B   —  One-click checkout company Bolt Financial made headlines earlier this month by announcing new funding at around a $6 billion valuation. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3jOgpaJ

The Verge : Apple MacBook Pro 14- and 16-inch review: incredible performance with very long battery life and beautiful displays but expensive with absurd RAM pricing   —  Apple's new pro laptops right the wrongs of the past half decade  —  Let's start simply: the new MacBook Pros with M1 Pro and M1 Max chips … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3mnVTiL