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Cisco strikes again grabbing threat assessment tool Kenna Security as third acquisition this week

Cisco has been busy on the acquisition front this week, and today the company announced it was buying threat assessment platform Kenna Security, the third company it has purchased this week. The two companies did not disclose the purchase price. With Kenna, Cisco gets a startup that uses machine learning ...

2 hours ago

TechCrunch

Cisco strikes again grabbing threat assessment tool Kenna Security as third acquisition this week

Engadget

Elon Musk efficiency tweet pushes Dogecoin prices up again

Doge prices spiked after Elon Musk tweeted about "potentially promising" work to make the meme cryptocurrency more efficient.

17 hours ago

Engadget

Elon Musk efficiency tweet pushes Dogecoin prices up again

Fast Company

Never faceplant again staring at your phone, thanks to this robotic third eye

We're on our phones more than ever, distractedly looking down at our screens while navigating the world around us. The designer of a new device wants to draw attention to the perils of this behavior–before it's too late. Industrial design student Minwook Paeng's developed a prototype robot eye called ...

7 hours ago

Fast Company

Never faceplant again staring at your phone, thanks to this robotic third eye

Ars Technica

Tesla owner who "drives" from back seat got arrested, then did it again

Man jailed for leaving driver seat empty says he feels safer in back seat.

21 hours ago

Ars Technica

Tesla owner who "drives" from back seat got arrested, then did it again

TechCrunch

Facebook loses last ditch attempt to derail DPC decision on its EU-US data flows

Facebook has failed in its bid to prevent its lead EU data protection regulator from pushing ahead with a decision on whether to order suspension of its EU-US data flows. The Irish High Court has just issued a ruling dismissing the company's challenge to the Irish Data Protection Commission's (DPC) procedures. ...

47 minutes ago

Facebook loses last ditch attempt to derail DPC decision on its EU-US data flows

TechCrunch

Echelon exposed riders? account data, thanks to a leaky API

Peloton wasn't the only at-home workout giant exposing private account data. Rival exercise giant Echelon also had a leaky API that let virtually anyone access riders' account information. Fitness technology company Echelon, like Peloton, offers a range of workout hardware " bikes, rowers and a treadmill ...

5 hours ago

Echelon exposed riders? account data, thanks to a leaky API

TechCrunch

Daily Crunch: Lemonade says website security flaw that exposed customer data is "by design"

Hello friends and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package.

17 hours ago

Daily Crunch: Lemonade says website security flaw that exposed customer data is "by design"

Engadget

Facebook has trained an AI to treat irrelevant data like spoiled milk

Facebook researchers hope to help future AIs pay better attention by giving data an expiration date.

3 hours ago

Facebook has trained an AI to treat irrelevant data like spoiled milk

WIRED

Tech Companies Don't Need to Be Creepy to Make Money

The unlikely success of DuckDuckGo suggests a way to escape surveillance capitalism.

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Tech Companies Don't Need to Be Creepy to Make Money

WIRED

Live Audio Apps Lure Creators With Money and Promises

Talk is cheap, unless you're an in-demand content creator for platforms like Clubhouse and its many clones.

5 hours ago

Live Audio Apps Lure Creators With Money and Promises

Engadget

Crypto exchange Binance faces US money laundering probe

Binance, the world's leading cryptocurrency exchange, is reportedly being probed by the DoJ and IRS amid allegations that it is being used to launder money.

2 hours ago

Crypto exchange Binance faces US money laundering probe

Fast Company

Why millennial women are turning to theSkimm (yes, theSkimm) for money advice

Millennial-centric media company theSkimm, best known for its breezily written news digests, is broadening its personal finance offerings. In addition to a weekly Skimm Money newsletter and a dedicated finance vertical on its website (sample headline "Let's Talk About Why Everyone's Crazy for Crypto&x201D;) ...

8 hours ago

Why millennial women are turning to theSkimm (yes, theSkimm) for money advice

WIRED

The Apple Designer You've Never Heard of Is Making Noise

Plus: The iPod's cultural importance, the fate of Loon's balloons, and the price of an SNL appearance.

3 hours ago

The Apple Designer You've Never Heard of Is Making Noise

Engadget

Engadget Podcast: Why are Apple and Epic fighting?

This week, Cherlynn and Devindra chat with Mike Futter, author of the GameDev Business Handbook and co-host of the Virtual Economy podcast, about the ongoing legal battle between Epic Games and Apple.

4 hours ago

Engadget Podcast: Why are Apple and Epic fighting?

Fast Company

A 20-year Apple veteran just unveiled a wild new kind of speaker

From the still-iconic iPod to the human curation of Apple Music to or the meticulous design of the digital instruments in Logic X, it's pretty clear that music is deep in Apple's DNA. That's why it's worth paying attention when a 20-year veteran of the company's industrial design group goes off to start ...

6 hours ago

A 20-year Apple veteran just unveiled a wild new kind of speaker

TechCrunch

Deadline extended: Apply to Startup Battlefield at TC Disrupt 2021

When you're head-down and nose to the grindstone " I"m looking at all you hard-working early-stage startup founders " it's easy to miss a deadline for an outstanding opportunity. Case in point: competing in Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 in September. We want every game-changing, innovative ...

1 hour ago

Deadline extended: Apply to Startup Battlefield at TC Disrupt 2021

Fast Company

Parents, this is what happens to your child tax credit if you don't file by the Monday deadline

Pandemic parents everywhere are woefully behind on 2020 accounting. Don't fret: If you don't file your taxes by the extended deadline on Monday, May 17, you likely won't receive monthly checks for the newly expanded child tax credit. But you're not completely out of luck. The March 2021 American Rescue ...

5 hours ago

Parents, this is what happens to your child tax credit if you don't file by the Monday deadline

Fast Company

WhatsApp's privacy deadline is Saturday. These alternatives are rising

WhatsApp's deadline to accept its controversial new privacy policy is fast approaching. In just one more day&x2013;on May 15, 2021&x2013;if uses don't accept the app's new privacy policy, WhatsApp will slowly begin blocking features of the app until it becomes fully nonfunctional to the point where ...

10 hours ago

WhatsApp's privacy deadline is Saturday. These alternatives are rising

TechCrunch

Fisker and Foxconn sign deal to build electric vehicles

Electric car startup Fisker signed an agreement with Foxconn, the Taiwanese company that assembles iPhones, to co-develop and manufacture a new electric vehicle. Production on the car, which will be sold under the Fisker brand name in North America, Europe, China and India, will begin in the U.S. by ...

14 hours ago

Fisker and Foxconn sign deal to build electric vehicles

Engadget

Google inks cloud deal with SpaceX's Starlink internet service

SpaceX will install Starlink ground stations within Google's data center properties under a new deal between the two companies.

4 hours ago

Google inks cloud deal with SpaceX's Starlink internet service

Engadget

Fisker, Foxconn deal to build EVs in the US is 'signed and sealed'

The iPhone manufacturer is teaming up with Fisker to build an electric car.

12 hours ago

Fisker, Foxconn deal to build EVs in the US is 'signed and sealed'