The answer to the question, “Can social media influence stock prices?” has been definitely answered. R/wallstreetbets is a subreddit, a forum on the online discussion site Reddit where amateur traders share stock and investment tips. In their own words, they are “like 4chan found a Bloomberg terminal illness.” The premise may be amusing, but the ...

Casual gaming provider VIP Games has suffered a data breach, exposing millions of records relating to users of the service. VIP Games, owned by a game development studio called Casualino JSC, has 20,000 active daily players and includes popular games such as Hearts, Crazy Eights, Euchre, Rummy, Dominoes, Backgammon, Ludo and Yatzy. The Android app for ...

Google LLC’s Threat Analysis Group issued a warning Monday that a North Korean advanced persistent threat group has been targeting security researchers working on vulnerability research and development at various companies and organizations. The campaign involves the threat actors establishing a research blog and multiple Twitter accounts in an effort to build credibility and connect with ...

Apple Inc. today released updates to its iOS and iPadOS mobile operating systems to address three security flaws that may be actively exploited by hackers in the wild. iOS 14.4 and iPadOS 14.4 fix two vulnerabilities in Apple’s WebKit engine, the open-source web browser engine that is used by Safari, Mail, the App Store and ...

Cloud scheduling startup Calendly LLC today announced it has raised $350 million in new funding to provide liquidity for early shareholders and employees and continue product development. The round was led by OpenView Venture Partners and included Iconiq Capital. The round was raised on a valuation of more than $3 billion, according to the Atlanta Business Journal. ...

Deloitte & Touche LLP, a division of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd., announced today that it has acquired cybersecurity company Root9B LLC for an undisclosed price. Founded in 2011, Root9B offers a range of cybersecurity products, services and training with what it describes as a “revolutionary human-led, technology-accelerated approach.” The company’s main offering, called “Orkos,” provides ...

Chinese autonomous driving startup Uisee Technology (Beijing) Co. Ltd. said today it has raised RMB 1 billion ($154 million) to strengthen its research and development into key technologies to realize “full-stack, fully unmanned, all-weather” driving solutions. The round was led by the Chinese government-backed Guokai National Manufacturing Transformation and Upgrade Fund. Founded in 2016, Uisee ...

Smart lock startup Latch Inc. is set to be the latest company to go public via a special-purpose acquisition company in a deal that values the company at $1.56 billion. Under the deal, Latch will go public via TS Innovation Acquisitions Corp., a company backed by property developer Tishman Speyer. Latch will raise $510 million ...

Details of more the 2.28 million users of dating site MeetMindful have been released online for free in the latest in a series of stolen data dumps. The stolen data includes real names, email addresses, address information, body details, dating preferences, marital status, birth data, location data, IP addresses, Bcrypt-hashed passwords, Facebook user IDs and ...

Uber Technologies Inc. has laid off around 185 people, approximately 15% of staff at Postmates Inc. after having finalized its acquisition of the company in December. The New York Times reported that Uber announced the cuts to staff on Thursday, Jan. 21, as part of an effort to consolidate its food delivery operations to weather the pandemic. ...