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Amazon.com, Apple, Google, Fox News, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the Mozilla Foundation are supporting a court case brought by Microsoft against the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) that is attempting to put an end to a law that prevents …
Video infrastructure startup Bitmovin raises $10.3m Series A
Video infrastructure startup Bitmovin, Inc. has raises $10.3 million Series A in a round led by Atomico. Founded in 2013, Bitmovin offers a platform that improves video quality on the web by enabling “fastest cloud encoding” by using a proprietary encoding service. …
Details of 43m+ accounts obtained in Last.fm hack
Another day, another revelation about a historical hack. Following on from Dropbox, Inc. earlier this week comes details from the hacking of music website Last.fm in 2012. According to breach notification site LeakedSource, who obtained a copy of the database obtained in …
Report: Google said to have scrapped its plans to bring Project Ara modular phone to market
Google is said to have scrapped its plans to bring to market its Project Ara modular smartphone as part of a push to streamline its hardware efforts according to an unconfirmed report published Thursday. Reuters makes the claim quoting “sources familiar with …
Samsung set to recall Galaxy Note 7 due to exploding batteries in less than 0.1% of phones
In a serious blow to its global resurgence as the world’s most popular smartphone maker, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is preparing a global recall of its Galaxy Note 7 due to a manufacturing default, according to a report from South Korea published …
Singapore proposes regulatory framework for payment service providers including bitcoin
The Government of Singapore has proposed a new regulatory framework for payments providers, including digital currency exchanges dealing with bitcoin. Under the proposal made by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, companies dealing in bitcoin would be required to obtain a license with …
SWIFT discloses more cyber attacks as it urges member banks to upgrade their security
The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) has revealed that more banks have been targeted in cyber attacks, following attacks on a bank in Bangladesh and another unnamed bank earlier in 2016. In a letter sent to member institutions, SWIFT urged …
Technology-driven real estate platform startup Compass raises $75m on $1b+ valuation
Technology-driven real estate platform startup Compass (Urban Compass, Inc.) has raised $75 million Series C in a round led by Wellington Management Company LLP that included existing investors IVP, Thrive Capital, 406 Ventures and Founders Fund. According to reports, the round was raised …
Dropbox hack, far bigger than thought, may be a cloud security wakeup call
A hack of online storage provider Dropbox Inc. in 2012 has been revealed to be much larger that previously disclosed, with the details of some 68 million account holders finding their way online. Motherboard obtained a selection of files that were being …
Political site Infowars hacked, account details offered for sale on the dark web
The website of political news outlet Infowars has been hacked, with details of account holders being offered for sale on the dark web. The hacked data being offered up is said to have come directly from Prison Planet TV, a service offered …