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Singapore says personal details of 14,200 HIV patients were posted online
For the second time inside a year, private health information belonging to people in Singapore has been compromised. Following a…
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BMW, Porsche, Jaguar Land Rover invest in roadside assistance startup Urgently
Urgently, the roadside assistance startup that connects car owners who need help with tow truck and other services, has raised…
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To fight election meddling, Google’s cyber unit Jigsaw extends its anti-DDoS protections to European politicos
Jigsaw, the cybersecurity-focused division owned by Google parent Alphabet, is now allowing political organizations in Europe to sign up for…
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Viacom buys the free video streaming service Pluto.tv for $340 million
“Today marks an important step forward in Viacom’s evolution, as we work to move both our company and the industry…
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Warung Pintar raises $27.5M to digitize Indonesia’s street vendors
The digital revolution in Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s largest economy, continues to attract big money from investors. Hot on the heels…
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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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Veteran Googler heads to Lyft to lead 1,000-plus person engineering team
Eisar Lipkovitz, a veteran Google executive who most recently led the video and display advertising team there, is leaving the…
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Business
Backing Culture Genesis, T.I. launches Tech Cypha, an investment syndicate for tech deals
With an inaugural investment into the Los Angeles-based entertainment startup Culture Genesis, Clifford Harris Jr., who’s better known as “T.I.”, has launched…
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Tesla to recall 14,000 Model S cars in China over faulty Takata airbags
China’s top market regulator said on Friday that Tesla will recall a total of 14,123 imported Model S vehicles in…
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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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