A new poll has found that more than half of Americans are either unwilling or unable to use COVID-19 illness tracing applications as researchers warn that the apps present a security risk. A Washington Post-University of Maryland poll released today found that of the 82% of Americans who have smartphones, willingness to use contact tracking apps ...

Augmented reality startup Mojo Vision Inc. revealed today that it has raised $51 million in new funding to develop its smart contact lens. The Series B-1 round was led by New Enterprise Associates and included Gradient Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Liberty Global Ventures, Struck Capital, Dolby Family Ventures, Motorola Solutions Venture Capital, Fusion Fund, Intellectus Partners, KDDI ...

Social video app TikTok has continues to go from strength to strength, as an estimate was released today that its app has been downloaded 2 billion times. The number comes today from analytics firm Sensor Tower Inc. and includes downloads from both Google Play and the Apple App Store. Underlying just how quickly TikTok continues to ...

Updated: Google LLC early today made its Google Meet video conferencing service free for all users amid a global surge in use during the global COVID-19 pandemic. Google Meet, previously called Google Hangouts, was available only as part of G Suite. Available for free via meet.google.com and Google Meet mobile apps, it now offers free ...

Security operations firm Rapid7 Inc. today said it has agreed to acquire cybersecurity firm DivvyCloud Corp. for $145 million in cash and stock. Founded in 2013, DivvyCloud offers a cybersecurity automation platform for the protection of cloud and container environments. The company’s platform protects against misconfigurations, policy violations, threats and identity and access management issues. DivvyCloud’s ...

Uber Technologies Inc. is reportedly cutting as much as 20% of its workforce amid the coronavirus pandemic as it loses a key executive: Chief Technology Officer Thuan Pham. The Information reported today that the job cuts have been discussed by Uber executives and, though not finalized, may be announced in stages in the coming weeks. The net ...

Data stolen in a ransomware attack in March from ExecuPharm, an outsourcing company servicing the pharmaceutical industry, has been published online. The published stolen employee data is said to include Social Security numbers, taxpayer I.D.s, driver’s license numbers, passport numbers, bank account numbers, credit card numbers, national insurance numbers, national ID numbers, IBAN/SWIFT numbers and ...

Starbucks Corp. has struck up a partnership with Sequoia Capital’s China investment arm to make strategic investments in mainland China. A company best known for its American coffee teaming up with the most famous venture capital firm in Silicon Valley is arguably odd, but there is some logic to the deal announced today. Starbucks is ...

After a tumultuous two months during the COVID-19 pandemic, the price of bitcoin is starting to return to form as the cryptocurrency sees its highest prices since the second week of March. During the pandemic and related financial turmoil, bitcoin has been on a rollercoaster ride, dropping briefly below $4,000 March 12, down from more than ...

Facebook Inc. has alleged that Israeli spyware company NSO Group Technologies Ltd. hacked about 1,400 WhatsApp users using U.S. servers. The claim came in a court filing Friday made in response to an attempt by NSO Group and its affiliate Q Cyber Technologies Ltd. to have the WhatsApp lawsuit dismissed. NSO claims that it has sovereign immunity from ...