Day: June 23, 2022

FBI, CISA, and ODNI, with support from NSA, say an APT “likely Russian in origin” is responsible for all or most of the recently discovered hacks of US agencies (Catalin Cimpanu/ZDNet)
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June 23, 2022
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: FBI, CISA, and ODNI, with support from NSA, say an APT “likely Russian in origin”...

French startup Swile, which offers an app to manage employee benefits, raises $200M Series D led by SoftBank at a $1B+ valuation (Romain Dillet/TechCrunch)
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June 23, 2022
Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: French startup Swile, which offers an app to manage employee benefits, raises $200M Series D...

Interview with two Apple executives about changes to multitasking in iPadOS 15, SharePlay, Universal Control, Quick Note, and more (Matthew Panzarino/TechCrunch)
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June 23, 2022
Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: Interview with two Apple executives about changes to multitasking in iPadOS 15, SharePlay, Universal Control,...

Safari’s extremely slow pace in adopting popular features and fixing showstopping bugs, and refusal to engage with contentious API proposals, is harming the web (Tim Perry/HTTP Toolkit)
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June 23, 2022
Tim Perry / HTTP Toolkit: Safari’s extremely slow pace in adopting popular features and fixing showstopping bugs, and refusal...

Internal Amazon documents show Amazon was aware of the practice of employees using pee bottles, identifying it as a “Tier 1” infraction that can lead to firing (Ken Klippenstein/The Intercept)
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June 23, 2022
Ken Klippenstein / The Intercept: Internal Amazon documents show Amazon was aware of the practice of employees using pee...

Apple Support article says lost AirTags will be readable by any NFC-enabled device, including Android devices, when in Lost Mode (Filipe Espósito/9to5Mac)
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June 23, 2022
Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: Apple Support article says lost AirTags will be readable by any NFC-enabled device, including Android...

Game streaming services like Xbox Game Pass allow disabled gamers to try new games without wasting money on potentially inaccessible games (Grant Stoner/Wired)
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June 23, 2022
Grant Stoner / Wired: Game streaming services like Xbox Game Pass allow disabled gamers to try new games without...

Thomson Reuters says it will spend $500M-$600M over two years to develop its AI and ML tools as it transitions to a “content-driven technology company” (Reuters)
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June 23, 2022
Reuters: Thomson Reuters says it will spend $500M-$600M over two years to develop its AI and ML tools...

Dutch online supermarket Crisp raises €30M Series B led by Target Global, bringing its total raised to €46M (Charlotte Tucker/EU-Startups)
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June 23, 2022
Charlotte Tucker / EU-Startups: Dutch online supermarket Crisp raises €30M Series B led by Target Global, bringing its total...

Miami-based Pipe, a trading service that helps companies with recurring revenue streams access capital, raises $250M at a $2B valuation (Mary Ann Azevedo/TechCrunch)
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June 23, 2022
Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: Miami-based Pipe, a trading service that helps companies with recurring revenue streams access capital,...