VIENNA-BASED GOSTUDENT, WHICH CONNECTS K-12 STUDENTS WITH ONLINE TUTORS, RAISES 300M LED BY PROSUS NV AT A 3B VALUATION (IVAN LE

Ivan Levingston / Bloomberg:Vienna-based GoStudent, which connects K-12 students with online tutors, raises 300M led by Prosus NV at a...

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DC-BASED EXPLOIT BROKER ZERODIUM IS NOW SEEKING TO BUY 0-DAYS IN EXPRESSVPN, NORDVPN, AND SURFSHARK’S PC APPS, NAMELY THOSE DISCLOSING USER INFO OR ALLOWING RCE (CATALIN CIMPANU/THE RECORD)

Catalin Cimpanu / The Record:DC-based exploit broker Zerodium is now seeking to buy 0-days in ExpressVPN, NordVPN, and Surfshark’s PC...

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TWITTER’S SPACES IS WELL POSITIONED TO CHALLENGE CLUBHOUSE AS IT’S INTUITIVE, A LOGICAL FIT FOR TWITTER, AND ADDS A MEANINGFUL NEW EXPERIENCE TO THE TWITTER APP (ALEX KANTROWITZ/BIG TECHNOLOGY)

Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology:Twitter’s Spaces is well positioned to challenge Clubhouse as it’s intuitive, a logical fit for Twitter,...

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MOZILLA LAUNCHES RALLY, A FIREFOX PLUGIN THAT LETS USERS SHARE BROWSING DATA WITH RESEARCHERS STUDYING THE WEB, STARTING WITH RESEARCHERS FROM PRINCETON (IGOR BONIFACIC/ENGADGET)

Igor Bonifacic / Engadget:Mozilla launches Rally, a Firefox plugin that lets users share browsing data with researchers studying the web,...

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PROFILE OF LAWYER AND ACTIVIST CORI CRIDER WHO IS SUING FACEBOOK AND OUTSOURCING COMPANY CPL IN IRELAND’S HIGH COURT ON BEHALF OF TRAUMATIZED CONTENT MODERATORS (ED SIDDONS/THE GUARDIAN)

Ed Siddons / The Guardian:Profile of lawyer and activist Cori Crider who is suing Facebook and outsourcing company CPL in...

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HOW PINDUODUO LEADS CHINA’S ADOPTION OF SOCIAL E-COMMERCE BY PUTTING SOCIAL MEDIA FIRST, AND GAMIFYING THE SHOPPING EXPERIENCE SO PEOPLE WIN DEALS AND DISCOUNTS (TREFOR MOSS/WALL STREET JOURNAL)

Trefor Moss / Wall Street Journal:How Pinduoduo leads China’s adoption of social e-commerce by putting social media first, and gamifying...

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JBS SAYS IT HAS MADE “SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS” TO RESOLVE THE CYBERATTACK IMPACTING OPERATIONS AND THE “VAST MAJORITY” OF ITS MEAT PLANTS WILL BE OPERATIONAL WED. (MICHAEL HIRTZER/BLOOMBERG)

Michael Hirtzer / Bloomberg:JBS says it has made significant progress to resolve the cyberattack impacting operations and the vast majority...

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APPLE RELEASES IOS 14.4.1 AND MACOS 11.2.3 TO ADDRESS A WEBKIT FLAW THAT COULD ALLOW HACKERS TO RUN ARBITRARY CODE ON DEVICES VIA MALICIOUS WEB CONTENT (IGOR BONIFACIC/ENGADGET)

Igor Bonifacic / Engadget:Apple releases iOS 14.4.1 and macOS 11.2.3 to address a WebKit flaw that could allow hackers to...

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DDOSECRETS, A WIKILEAKS-LIKE REPOSITORY RUN BY TRANSPARENCY ACTIVISTS, PUBLISHES 1TB OF DATA FROM FIVE COMPANIES THAT WAS FIRST LEAKED BY RANSOMWARE HACKERS (ANDY GREENBERG/WIRED)

Andy Greenberg / Wired:DDoSecrets, a WikiLeaks-like repository run by transparency activists, publishes 1TB of data from five companies that was...

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SEEKOUT, WHICH HELPS RECRUITERS FIND DIVERSE TALENT, RAISES $65M SERIES B, VALUING IT AT ~$500M, SAYS 6 OF THE 10 TOP US COMPANIES ARE AMONG ITS ~500 CUSTOMERS (MARY ANN AZEVEDO/TECHCRUNCH)

April 26, 2023