Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: Modsy, which combines computer vision tech with human designers to help users design their homes, raises $37M Series C led by TCV, bringing total raised to …
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Tara Seals / Threatpost: Researcher shares zero-day Windows 10 local privilege escalation exploit that grants full control over files reserved for full-privilege users — A Windows zero-day exploit dropped by …
Read MoreCamilla Hodgson / Financial Times: Samsung files emergency motion to redact details of its settlement with Qualcomm last year, revealed to be $100M, made public in the FTC v. Qualcomm …
Read MoreBen Schoon / 9to5Google: Walmart launches a line of Android tablets under its Onn store brand starting at $64, which ship with Play Store and Google apps, unlike Amazon’s Fire …
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Giancarlo Valdes / VentureBeat: IHS reports cloud-based gaming earned $387M in 2018, with Sony’s Playstation Now responsible for 36% of that total, and predicts it will grow to $2.5B by …
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Laura Hautala / CNET: Researcher: since at least October, source code for thousands of Instagram profiles leaked the user’s contact info when loaded in a web browser; fixed in March …
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Bijan Stephen / The Verge: Indiegogo CEO and President David Mandelbrot steps down, citing personal reasons, will be replaced by Andy Yang, former Reddit core product lead and 500px CEO …
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Andrew Webster / The Verge: Software dev Panic unveils Playdate, a Game Boy-like device with a hand crank control, will have a “season” of games released over time, coming in …
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Olaf Storbeck / Financial Times: Deutsche Bank says a software glitch has, for almost a decade, prevented some potentially suspicious transactions from being flagged to law enforcement — A software …
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Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Instawork, a platform that connects hospitality workers with employers, raises $18M round led by Spark Capital, GV, and Burst Capital to expand across the US — …
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