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Updated: More tech conferences have been canceled and major tech companies have restricted employee travel as the coronavirus continues to spread across the globe. The last major conference to be postponed or canceled because of COVID-19 is the Game Developers Conference scheduled to begin …
Former engineer found guilty of stealing $10M in digital currency from Microsoft
A former Microsoft Corp. engineer has been found guilty of stealing $10 million in digital currency from the company. Ukrainian national Volodymyr Kvashuk, a resident of Renton, Washington, was convicted on five separate counts of wire fraud, six counts of money laundering …
Ford-owned Spin electric scooter-sharing service heading to Europe
Ford Motor Co.-owned electric scooter-sharing company Spin is expanding internationally with plans to launch in Europe in the next year. The company will initially launch its first international fleet in Cologne, Germany, in the northern spring with other German cities to follow. …
DocuSign buys AI contract analytics firm Seal Software for $188M
DocuSign Inc. today announced it will acquire artificial intelligence-powered contract analytics company Seal Software Ltd. for $188 million in an all-cash deal. Founded in 2010, Seal develops contract discovery and contract management software solutions. Using user-driven machine learning and natural language processing, …
Android banking malware can steal Google Authenticator codes
A new version of the Cerberus banking malware has been found with a feature that allows it to steal Google Authenticator two-factor authentication codes, a serious security threat for users. Google Authenticator is a software-based authenticator that offers 2FA keys to access accounts. How many …
No-code application development startup Unqork raises an additional $51M
No-code application development startup Unqork Inc. said today it has raised $51 million in additional funding to further build out its application platform. The funding is an extension of its Series B round announced in November and included Goldman Sachs, Aquiline Technology Growth and World Innovation Lab. CapitalG, …
Ripple sued by investors who claim XRP cryptocurrency is an unregistered security
Ripple Labs Inc. is being sued in a class-action lawsuit by investors who lost money investing in the company’s XRP cryptocurrency. A judge in San Francisco today ruled that the lawsuit, filed last year, could proceed based on federal law while dismissing some claims under California …
Customer data stolen in data breach of facial recognition company Clearview AI
Controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI Inc. has suffered a data breach, and the company’s advising customers that an intruder “gained unauthorized access” to its list of customers. First reported today by The Daily Beast, the details of how the data breach took …
Microsoft revises guidance on coronavirus-related supply issues
Microsoft Corp. has become the latest tech company to revise earnings guidance because of the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus, saying Wednesday its third-quarter results would come in lower than expected because of supply chain issues. In a statement, Microsoft said that …
Workplace collaboration startup Air raises $6M
Workplace collaboration startup Air Labs Inc. said today it has raised $6 million in funding to build out its cloud storage solutions and also announced the launch of its new software. The seed round was led by Lerer Hippeau Ventures and included RedSea Ventures, …