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Hackers exploited a newly discovered vulnerability in a popular file transfer tool used by thousands of organizations to launch a new wave of mass data exfiltration attacks, alarming security researchers. MOVEit Transfer, developed by Ipswitch, a subsidiary of Progress Software, allows organizations to share large files and data sets over …

Shopify announced Friday that its Shop app will offer Shop Cash rewards. Shopify funds the new program that gives shoppers 1% back on Shop Pay purchases. After a purchase, Shop Pay wallets in the Shop app will show rewards. Shop app purchases can use these rewards. Shoppers can pay with …

Boeing and NASA announced Thursday that new technical issues with the Starliner capsule would delay its first crewed flight test. After being delayed from April, the first crewed mission flew two NASA astronauts on July 21. In a media briefing, Boeing’s VP of commercial crew, Mark Nappi, said leadership would …

Ella Irwin, Twitter’s head of trust and safety, confirmed her resignation to Reuters on Thursday. Irwin replaced Yoel Roth, who left during Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover. Irwin seemed to agree with Musk’s views, which have welcomed neo-Nazis and increased hate speech on Twitter. Roth disagreed. Irwin and Musk hadn’t commented …

Hyperspectral photography firm Pixxel raised $36 million to launch new remote sensing and analytics capabilities. Google, known for its maps and search engine, invested in the L.A. and Bangalore startup. In an interview, Pixxel CEO Awais Ahmed stated Google’s Series B capital round did not start their relationship. He explained …

BeReal claims 20 million daily active users. Despite a $60 million Series B financing, the app has no ads or paid services, limiting its revenue possibilities. BeReal will try a conversation feature in Ireland. At debut, users can message friends, share a private BeReal (no time limit, just a front-back …

In its first six days, industry leader OpenAI’s ChatGPT smartphone app had over half a million downloads. Character, an a16z-backed AI app, is claiming launch success.AI app claims 1.7 million installs in less than a week. The AI app company, which raised $150 million in Series A funding earlier this …

Today, the Linux Foundation Europe launched the RISC-V Software Ecosystem (RISE) project. RISE brings together many software and hardware vendors to accelerate “the availability of software for high-performance and power-efficient RISC-V cores running high-level operating systems for a variety of market segments.” Google, Intel, MediaTek, Nvidia, Qualcomm Technologies, Red Hat, …

Today, end-to-end machine learning platform Predibase announced a $12.2 million Series A funding round expansion. The company also released its low-code, declarative ML platform for developers. Last year’s beta period saw over 250 models trained on the platform. Now that Predibase is generally available, these users can deploy their own …

“Black Mirror” season six premiered Wednesday on Netflix with a disturbing trailer. The streamer debuts the series on June 15. The trailer begins with a glimpse of the first episode, which, like all “Black Mirror” episodes, is terrifying. Episode one, “Joan is Awful,” features “Streamberry,” a Netflix clone that plays …