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A look at Facebook's “Red Team X”, an internal hacking team founded in 2020, which probes 3rd-party tech Facebook uses for hardware and software vulnerabilities 

A look at Facebook’s “Red Team X”, an internal hacking team founded in 2020, which probes 3rd-party tech Facebook uses for hardware and software vulnerabilities(Lily Hay Newman / Wired)

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A look at Facebook’s “Red Team X”, an internal hacking team founded in 2020, which probes 3rd-party tech Facebook uses ...

ByteDance says it has suspended development of its own smartphone under Smartisan, and will fold Smartisan's R&D team into ByteDance's educational hardware unit 

ByteDance says it has suspended development of its own smartphone under Smartisan, and will fold Smartisan’s R&D team into ByteDance’s educational hardware unit (Tracy Qu / South China Morning Post)

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ByteDance says it has suspended development of its own smartphone under Smartisan, and will fold Smartisan’s R&D team into ByteDance’s ...

Polywork, a business-focused social network in private beta that emphasizes the work people do over job titles, raises $13M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz 

Polywork, a business-focused social network in private beta that emphasizes the work people do over job titles, raises $13M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz(Jack Kennedy / Silicon Republic)

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Polywork, a business-focused social network in private beta that emphasizes the work people do over job titles, raises $13M Series ...

Mozilla report found more than a dozen TikTok influencers who had undisclosed paid relationships to post political messages; TikTok banned political ads in 2019 

Mozilla report found more than a dozen TikTok influencers who had undisclosed paid relationships to post political messages; TikTok banned political ads in 2019 (Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post)

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Mozilla report found more than a dozen TikTok influencers who had undisclosed paid relationships to post political messages; TikTok banned ...

Tel Aviv-based Cider Security, which helps enterprises identify security risks in their DevOps pipelines, announces a $32M Series A led by Tiger Global

Tel Aviv-based Cider Security, which helps enterprises identify security risks in their DevOps pipelines, announces a $32M Series A led by Tiger Global(Tim Keary / VentureBeat)

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Tel Aviv-based Cider Security, which helps enterprises identify security risks in their DevOps pipelines, announces a $32M Series A led ...

Veo Technologies, which makes cameras that use AI to record and analyze football and other team sports, raises €20M Series B, source says at a $100M+ valuation

Veo Technologies, which makes cameras that use AI to record and analyze football and other team sports, raises €20M Series B, source says at a $100M+ valuation(Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch)

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Veo Technologies, which makes cameras that use AI to record and analyze football and other team sports, raises €20M Series ...

Ottawa-based Assent Compliance, a SaaS provider that helps companies with product compliance, trade compliance, and ESG, raises $350M at a $1B+ valuation

Ottawa-based Assent Compliance, a SaaS provider that helps companies with product compliance, trade compliance, and ESG, raises $350M at a $1B+ valuation (Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch)

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Ottawa-based Assent Compliance, a SaaS provider that helps companies with product compliance, trade compliance, and ESG, raises $350M at a ...

Interview with Qualcomm's incoming CEO Cristiano Amon on the global chip shortage, why it won't build its own fabs, and opposition to the Nvidia-Arm deal 

Interview with Qualcomm’s incoming CEO Cristiano Amon on the global chip shortage, why it won’t build its own fabs, and opposition to the Nvidia-Arm deal(Shara Tibken / CNET)

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Interview with Qualcomm’s incoming CEO Cristiano Amon on the global chip shortage, why it won’t build its own fabs, and ...

Valve and five PC video game publishers have been fined a total of €7.8M for restricting cross-border game sales in EU's Digital Single Market 

Valve and five PC video game publishers have been fined a total of €7.8M for restricting cross-border game sales in EU’s Digital Single Market(Jon Porter / The Verge)

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Valve and five PC video game publishers have been fined a total of €7.8M for restricting cross-border game sales in ...

CA appellate court rules Amazon is responsible for the safety of third-party products it sells, rejecting Amazon's claim of merely connecting buyers and sellers 

CA appellate court rules Amazon is responsible for the safety of third-party products it sells, rejecting Amazon’s claim of merely connecting buyers and sellers (David Lazarus / Los Angeles Times)

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CA appellate court rules Amazon is responsible for the safety of third-party products it sells, rejecting Amazon’s claim of merely ...