Updated: Epic Games Ltd. is taking legal action following the removal of the mobile version of Fortnite from the Apple App Store and Google Play after the company decided to offer in-app payments. Fortnite, the world’s popular computer game is free to play, but users of the game can buy customization items such as outfits, “emotes” or ...

Proving that no one is safe from cyberattacks, cybersecurity training and certification services provider SANS Institute has suffered a data breach with the records of some 28,000 customers stolen. The breach involved a phishing attack on an employee that involved a malicious Officer 365 attachment. The attachment set up a forwarding rule from the employee’s inbox ...

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Inc. is entering the lending market with an option for some U.S. customers to borrow money against their bitcoin holdings. The loans will allow customers to borrow as much as 30% in cash against their bitcoin holdings on the exchange, up to $20,000 per customer. Interest on the loans will be charged ...

Lyft Inc. narrowly beat analysts’ predictions in its second quarter even as the company’s revenue was hammered by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. For the quarter ended June 30, Lyft reported revenue of $339.3 million, down 61% from the second quarter of 2019. Analysts had been predicting $336.8 million. Net loss in the quarter came in at $437.1 ...

Microsoft Corp.’s long-awaited Surface Duo phone is finally coming to market, with the phone set to go on sale Sept. 10 for $1,399 to $1,499. The phone, which comes in 128- and 256-gigabyte versions, was unveiled in October, but at the time Microsoft was somewhat coy with the specifications of the phone. With the phone now ...

More than 3 million user records tied to a medical software company called Adit have been found exposed online and may have been stolen by malicious actors. Discovered by security researcher Bob Diachenko, who revealed it today, the data included full names, email addresses, home and work phone numbers, marital status, sex and medical practice ...

Online document startup Coda Project Inc. announced today it has raised $80 million in new funding on a $636 million valuation to build out its G Suite alternative. The Series C round was led by Kleiner Perkins and included Underscore VC, Renegade Partners, NGP Capital, Hawk Equity, Greylock, General Catalyst, Khosla Ventures and number of individual investors, ...

Despite being hammered by the COVID-19 pandemic, Airbnb Inc. is planning to file paperwork for an initial public offering later this month, according to a report today in The Wall Street Journal. Airbnb has been one of the heaviest hit startups throughout the pandemic as global travel and tourism has come to a near halt as countries ...

Artificial intelligence drug discovery startup Atomwise Inc. announced today it has raised $123 million in new funding to scale up its AI technology platform. The Series B round was led by B Capital Group and Sanabil Investments and included DCVC, BV, Tencent, Y Combinator, Dolby Ventures, AME Cloud Ventures and two unnamed top 10 global insurance ...

The ongoing joke around smart home devices is that they are spying devices that people opt to put in their homes and offices. Various companies have always denied this, saying that the devices are only triggered using “wake words.” As it turns out, that’s not always true. Google LLC has admitted that its Google Home ...