Security
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Youth-run agency AIESEC exposed over 4 million intern applications
AIESEC, a non-profit that bills itself as the “world’s largest youth-run organization,” exposed more than four million intern applications with…
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Zwipe tops up with $14M to bring biometric payment cards to market this year
Biometric payment card startup Zwipe has swiped $14M to add to an earlier Series B round as it continues to work…
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Canada’s Telus says partner Huawei is ‘reliable’: reports
The US-China tension over Huawei is leaving telecommunications companies around the world at a crossroad, but one spoke out last…
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Google starts pulling unvetted Android apps that access call logs and SMS messages
Google is removing apps from Google Play that request permission to access call logs and SMS text message data but haven’t…
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Finance
VC funding of cybersecurity companies hits record $5.3B in 2018
2018 wasn’t all bad. It turned out to be a record year for venture capital firms investing in cybersecurity companies.…
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Tesla is entering the Model 3 into Pwn2Own, one of the world’s toughest hacking contests
Tesla is handing over its new Model 3 sedan to Pwn2Own this year, the first time a car has been…
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STARTUPS
Scooter startup Bird tried to silence a journalist. It did not go well.
Cory Doctorow doesn’t like censorship. He especially doesn’t like his own work being censored. Anyone who knows Doctorow knows his…
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Some US government websites won’t load after HTTPS certificates expire during shutdown
In a government shutdown, everything deemed non-essential stops. As we found out, renewing the certificates on its websites is considered…
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An unsecured database exposed the personal details of 202M job seekers in China
The personal details belonging to more than 202 million job seekers in China, including information like phone numbers, email addresses,…
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