Automattic (owner of Wordpress) raises $300 million at $3 billion valuation from Salesforce Ventures ~tech Article 653 words 5 votes
Twitter announces bugs in their advertising settings that resulted in sharing and using users' data even if they explicitly opted out ~tech privacy social media Article 1254 words 8 votes
Sneaker and fashion marketplace StockX was hacked, with almost seven million records stolen ~tech privacy security Article 379 words 9 votes
Patreon raises $60M series D, targets international growth and more customization ~tech social media Article 670 words 9 votes
Highlights from Facebook's Libra hearing with the Senate Banking Committee ~tech Article 454 words 8 votes
The sinkhole that saved the internet: Keeping the 'kill switch' alive is the only thing preventing another WannaCry outbreak ~tech internet security.cyber Article 3380 words 20 votes
Apple pushes a silent Mac update to forcibly remove hidden Zoom web server ~tech apple privacy Article 325 words 24 votes
HQ Trivia lays off ~20% as it preps subscriptions—Just 8% as many downloads as last year ~finance business Article 707 words 10 votes
Imgur has raised $20M from Coil, a micropayment tool for creators that Imgur has agreed to build into its service ~tech social media Article 655 words 14 votes
Bill Gates on making “one of the greatest mistakes of all time” ~tech android microsoft Article 742 words 10 votes
Samsung spilled SmartThings app source code and secret keys ~tech android privacy Article 608 words 5 votes
Study finds Reddit’s ban of its most toxic subreddits worked ~tech social media Article 649 words 17 votes
Walmart unveils an AI-powered store of the future, now open to the public ~tech Article 747 words 6 votes
Slack hands over control of encryption keys to regulated customers ~tech privacy Article 376 words 5 votes
Telegram gets three million new signups during Facebook apps’ outage ~tech facebook social media Article 407 words 7 votes
Google has quietly added DuckDuckGo as a search engine option for Chrome users in ~sixty markets ~tech privacy google browsers Article 477 words 21 votes
Disney's Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge is a tour de force of technology and world building ~tech Article 7506 words 11 votes
Facebook's terms for its Patreon-like "Fan Subscriptions" feature include taking up to 30% of revenue, offering free trial subscriptions, and a perpetual license to all content ~tech facebook social media Article 2461 words 16 votes
Even years later, Twitter doesn’t delete your direct messages ~tech social media privacy Article 587 words 4 votes
Spotify will now suspend or terminate accounts it finds are using ad blockers ~tech Article 339 words 55 votes
Reddit is raising another $150 million to $300 million in venture capital ~tech social media Article 777 words 53 votes
These are all the federal HTTPS websites that’ll expire soon because of the US government shutdown ~tech security internet Article 580 words 8 votes
Transparency-seeking OPEN Government Data Act signed into law ~tech privacy Article 338 words 7 votes
Square poaches Blizzard Entertainment CFO, just days after Netflix poaches Activision Blizzard CFO ~games Article 186 words 8 votes
Netflix stops paying the ‘Apple tax’ on its $853M in annual iOS revenue ~tech ios apple.app store Article 568 words 14 votes
Gaming chat startup Discord raises another $150M, surpassing $2B valuation ~tech Article 274 words 14 votes
At Blind, a security lapse revealed private complaints from Silicon Valley employees ~tech security privacy Article 1127 words 13 votes
Amazon admits it exposed customer email addresses, but refuses to give details ~tech amazon privacy security Article 601 words 14 votes
Unsecured database of millions of SMS text messages exposed password resets and two-factor codes ~tech security Article 726 words 19 votes
TikTok surpassed Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube in downloads last month ~tech social media Article 441 words 14 votes
After canceling ‘Rift 2’ overhaul, Oculus plans a modest update to flagship VR headset ~tech Article 602 words 10 votes
Modern STEM toys don't do a good job of educating because they're just toys, not tools ~life parenting education Article 1358 words 11 votes
Waymo has been granted the first permit in California to begin driverless testing on public roads ~transport Article 414 words 7 votes
Whole Foods workers seek to unionize, says Amazon is ‘exploiting our dedication’ ~finance business Article 413 words 13 votes
Blind loyalty - How a social network is redefining the future of corporate culture ~tech social media privacy Article 1793 words 14 votes
Google adds warning for users searching for Fortnite in Play Store, could lose $50 million or more in 2018 from Fortnite bypassing it ~games Article 720 words 18 votes
MoviePass keeps plan at $10, but limits subscribers to three movies a month ~movies Article 448 words 19 votes