Airbnb Inc. today said it has raised $1 billion in new funding in a combination of debt and equity to help the accommodation booking provider weather the COVID-19 storm. The funding came from Silver Lake and Sixth Street Partners and will be formally used to support Airbnb’s investment over the long term in its community ...

The U.K. government is calling on social media and video sites, including Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc. and YouTube, to crack down on 5G conspiracy theories after cell towers were set on fire by people believing that they were causing the global coronavirus pandemic. Just how many cellphone towers have been attacked in the U.K. is ...

Apple Inc. is stepping up to the plate in supporting coronavirus medical relief by designing and producing face shields for those working in the medical field. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook took to Twitter to share the news, noting that along with sourcing over 20 million face masks through Apple’s supply chain, the company’s design, engineering, ...

The coronavirus pandemic of 2020 has seen an unprecedented switch to remote working and online working and video apps have seen a massive boom — most of all for Zoom Video Communications Inc., which has surged to the top of app charts. But over the weekend, even more concerns with security and privacy surfaced for ...

Data belonging to 14 million users of the Key Ring digital wallet app has been discovered exposed on multiple Amazon Web Services Inc. S3 buckets. The breach was discovered and publicized today by security researchers Noam Rotem and Ran Locar at vpnMentor. The app, which is primarily designed to upload scans and photos of loyalty cards, is also ...

In a stunning turn of events in what is already tech’s biggest soap opera, SoftBank Group Corp. has terminated an offer to acquire $3 billion in WeWork shares as part of its $8 billion bailout of the troubled workspace provider announced in October. SoftBank had agreed to buy the shares from former Chief Executive Officer Adam Neumann, ...

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume, today said it has acquired CoinMarketCap, a service that tracks cryptocurrency prices and exchange trading volume. Although the price of the acquisition was not disclosed, it’s reported to be up to $400 million. Founded in 2013, CoinMarketCap is one of the most popular cryptocurrency tracking tools on the ...

Facebook Inc. launched a desktop version of Messenger for both Windows and macOS today as millions worldwide flood into videoconferencing services during the coronavirus pandemic. The Messenger app had been previously available only on Android and iOS and desktop users were restricted to accessing the service via their web browser. In its announcement, Facebook said ...

A newly reported hacking campaign that’s believed to date back to 2018 is targeting Microsoft-SQL servers with data-stealing malware and Monero cryptomining code. Discovered and publicized Wednesday by security researchers at Guardicore Labs, the hacking campaign, dubbed “Vollgar,” involves hackers using brute force password hacking to breach targeted MS-SQL hosts. Once access is gained, those behind the hacking ...

Cloud backup provider SOS Online Backup has exposed 135 million records online in the latest case of a company failing to secure its cloud storage. Discovered and reported today by security researchers Noam Rotem and Ran Locar at vpnMentor, the data belonging to SOS Backup Data was exposed to all and sundry in November. The company was ...