Despite a legally mandated ban enacted last year, ~2,000 Chinese surveillance cameras from Hikvision and Dahua remain active in US government networks Techmeme · 3 hours ago
Used clothing online marketplace ThredUp says it has raised a total of $175M over the past year; ThredUp is valued at ~$670M according to PitchBook Techmeme · 22 hours ago
Online mortgage service Better.com raises $160M Series C led by Activant Capital, bringing total raised to $254M Techmeme · 3 days ago
Mason, which helps businesses like Outback Steakhouse design and manufacture custom hardware like tablets, raises $25M Series A and says it's profitable Techmeme · 1 week ago
Data Breach Has Exposed Millions of Fingerprint and Facial Recognition Records Hacker News · 1 week ago
OpenSpace, which uses AI to create navigable, 360-degree images of building sites using photos from cameras attached to builders' hats, raises $14M Series A Techmeme · 1 week ago
Profile of WWT, which helps clients including the US federal government procure and install IT equipment; the company reported revenue of $11.2B last year Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
Google Warning: Tens Of Millions Of Android Phones Come Preloaded With Dangerous Malware Reddit · 2 weeks ago
Researchers: nearly two years after US banned the use of Kaspersky by the government, its software can still be found on military and other federal networks Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
Apple expands bug bounty to macOS, watchOS, and Apple TV, increases maximum payout to $1M, and will open the program to all researchers this fall Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
Russia ‘secretly’ shuts down mobile Internet to frustrate Moscow protesters: report. Reddit · 2 weeks ago
Facebook Sues Over ‘Ad Fraud’ Apps On Google Play, But Google Keeps Apps In Place (Updated) Reddit · 2 weeks ago
Website Builder Webflow (YC S13) Went from Near Bankruptcy to $72M Series A Hacker News · 2 weeks ago
Klarna Becomes Europe’s Most Valuable Fintech Firm With New $5.5 Billion Valuation Reddit · 2 weeks ago
Cybereason, an endpoint detection and response platform, raises $200M Series E led by SoftBank at a $900M valuation Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
Custom t-shirt and merch company CafePress appears to have been hacked in February, leaking 23M email addresses along with some mailing addresses and more Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
Privacy activists say Microsoft's funding of Israeli facial recognition company AnyVision contradicts its public calls for facial recognition regulation Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
Qualcomm and Tencent Games announce strategic partnership to create digital entertainment, including Snapdragon-based mobile gaming devices, AR/VR, and 5G games Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
New Solar Panel Innovation Simultaneously Generates Electricity and Purifies Water Reddit · 4 weeks ago
A profile of FaceApp CEO Yaroslav Goncharov, who says that the app has a paying customer base of roughly 1% after claiming the company is "very profitable" Techmeme · 4 weeks ago
Russia’s Secret Intelligence Agency Hacked: ‘Largest Data Breach In Its History’ Reddit · 1 month ago
Tesla And Elon Musk Might Find Their Way To Self-Driving Cars Via Neuralink And Brainjacking Reddit · 1 month ago
Viral App FaceApp Now Owns Access To More Than 150 Million People’s Faces And Names Reddit · 1 month ago
Finix, a payments infrastructure platform that lets companies own and control their payment processing, raises $17.5M Series A led by Bain Capital Techmeme · 1 month ago
How Avast, an antivirus company founded in 1988 in Czechoslovakia, survived competition with McAfee and Symantec, to become a global cybersecurity powerhouse Techmeme · 1 month ago
Profile of businesswoman Hanzade Dogan-Boyner, founder of Turkey's largest e-commerce site Hepsiburada, with $786M in 2018 revenue, as it tries to expand abroad Techmeme · 1 month ago
Sources describe a toxic work environment at Bumble co-founder Andrey Andreev's other dating app, Badoo, which has 60M users and shares London HQ with Bumble Techmeme · 2 months ago
Mole-Mapping App Miiskin Uses AI To Help Adults Detect Warning Signs Of Melanoma Reddit · 2 months ago
Profile of Omio, formerly GoEuro, a Berlin-based website and app for booking travel across Europe that has raised nearly $300M in VC funding Techmeme · 2 months ago
The $199 PineBook Pro Linux Laptop Gets An Awesome Privacy Feature And July Pre-Order Date Reddit · 2 months ago