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Facebook ordered not to apply controversial WhatsApp T&Cs in Germany – TechCrunch

RoboticsBy Shiv Eswar May 11, 2021

The Hamburg data protection agency has banned Facebook from processing the additional WhatsApp user data that the tech giant is granting itself access to under a mandatory update to WhatsApp’s terms of service. The controversial WhatsApp privacy policy update has caused widespread confusion around the world since being announced — and already been delayed by…

Industrial IoT firm Seeq raises $50m Series C funding to power international push

IoT Building NewsBy Shiv Eswar May 11, 2021

Seattle-based industrial analytics company Seeq has closed a $50 million Series C funding round, led by global venture capital and private equity firm Insight Partners. The new funding means the firm, a star of industrial IoT on the venture capital scene, has achieved the (relatively rare) hop, skip, and jump of three-stage ABC seed investment,…

Lisbon’s Kitch raises $4M to help restaurants to take control of the delivery app mess – TechCrunch

Cyber AttacksBy Jessica Venkat May 11, 2021

Lisbon-based food delivery startup Kitch hopes to hands back control to restaurants dogged by the mess of food delivery apps today, by aggregating the apps onto one tablet and platform. Restaurants then get one place to manage all their delivery orders, track couriers, and update their menus across all the delivery apps. It’s now raised…

U.S. Declares Emergency in 17 States Over Fuel Pipeline Cyber Attack

Web Security NewsBy Jessica Venkat May 11, 2021

The ransomware attack against Colonial Pipeline’s networks has prompted the U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to issue a regional emergency declaration in 17 states and the District of Columbia (D.C.). The declaration provides a temporary exemption to Parts 390 through 399 of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs), allowing alternate transportation of…

5G is becoming mainstream in some markets despite rollout slowdown

Telecom NewsBy Haslinda Bt Ghani May 11, 2021

Analysts from CCS Insight report that 5G is on the verge of becoming mainstream in some advanced markets, despite a slowdown in the rollout. The analysts believe that global 5G connections will triple to 670 million this year and will still reach 3.6 billion by 2025. However, 5G fixed wireless access is likely to remain…

Christian Auty, partner, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, and leader of BCLP’s U.S. Global Data Privacy and Security Team, joins Peggy to talk about data security and data privacy and looking to the future issues. He also explains the attack surface is vast and there are 50 different data breach laws in the United States—one for…

Battlefield 6 trailer reveal officially teased for June

Smart TvsBy Shiv Eswar May 11, 2021

After an industry insider claimed that the Battlefield 6 reveal had been delayed earlier this week, the official Battlefield Twitter account has given us a clear indication of when we’ll finally get a first look at the game. Battlefield fans should mark their calendars for June. While it was originally believed that the Battlefield 6…

Amazon Blocked Billions of Counterfeit Products in 2020

DronesBy Shiv Eswar May 11, 2021

Amazon is continuing to wage war against counterfeit products, with the problem so serious that the company spent $700 million on tackling the issue in 2020 alone. Last year saw Amazon block a colossal 10 billion suspect listings before they were published on its sprawling e-commerce site. It also “seized and destroyed” more than two…

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