Category Archives: Tech News

How Whale Safe is using real-time data and AI to detect endangered whales in the Bay Area's busy shipping lanes and alert ships to avoid collisions (Todd Woody/Bloomberg)

Todd Woody / Bloomberg: How Whale Safe is using real-time data and AI to detect [...]

24
Sep
Google's Mandiant say it observed four instances of pro-Russian hacktivist groups publishing data within 24 hours of it being stolen by GRU using wiper malware (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: Google’s Mandiant say it observed four instances of pro-Russian hacktivist groups publishing [...]

23
Sep
WhatsApp confirms Manesh Mahatme, who led its Indian payments business, has stepped down after 18 months; a source says Mahatme plans to rejoin Amazon (Moneycontrol)

Moneycontrol: WhatsApp confirms Manesh Mahatme, who led its Indian payments business, has stepped down after [...]

22
Sep
New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern announces an expansion of the Christchurch Call anti-online hate project, including investments by the US, Microsoft, and Twitter (Lucy Craymer/Reuters)

Lucy Craymer / Reuters: New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern announces an expansion of the Christchurch [...]

21
Sep
The SEC fines Morgan Stanley $35M for an "astonishing" failure that exposed 15M customers' data over five years by auctioning off machines containing the data (Financial Times)

Financial Times: The SEC fines Morgan Stanley $35M for an “astonishing” failure that exposed 15M [...]

20
Sep
A profile of China-born, US-educated academic Li Zexiang, an angel investor in 60+ Chinese tech startups collectively worth almost $12B, including DJI (Jane Zhang/Bloomberg)

Jane Zhang / Bloomberg: A profile of China-born, US-educated academic Li Zexiang, an angel investor [...]

19
Sep
An in-depth look at a 2019 cyberstalking campaign by eBay employees against two critics who are now suing the company, its former CEO, and others for harassment (David Streitfeld/New York Times)

David Streitfeld / New York Times: An in-depth look at a 2019 cyberstalking campaign by [...]

18
Sep
Sources: BeReal is exploring adding paid features to avoid advertising; the app now has 15M DAUs, up from 10K in March 2021, and is now valued at ~$600M (Financial Times)

Financial Times: Sources: BeReal is exploring adding paid features to avoid advertising; the app now [...]

17
Sep
US DOJ forms the Digital Asset Coordinators Network with 150+ federal prosecutors across the country to target illegal activities involving digital currencies (Dustin Volz/Wall Street Journal)

Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal: US DOJ forms the Digital Asset Coordinators Network with [...]

16
Sep
Sources: Adobe plans to acquire UI design and prototyping tool Figma, which could be announced as early as today; one source values the startup at $15B (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Sources: Adobe plans to acquire UI design and prototyping tool Figma, which could be [...]

15
Sep