Journals

Lisa Stiffler / GeekWire: Cybersecurity company ExtraHop raises $100M in new funding from existing investors and says it ended 2023 with ~$200M ARR, double what it reported in 2021  —  Cybersecurity company ExtraHop announced $100 million in new funding from… Read More »Cybersecurity company ExtraHop raises $100M in new funding from existing investors and says it ended 2023 with ~$200M ARR, double what it reported in 2021 (Lisa Stiffler/GeekWire)

Jon Porter / The Verge: Asus revamps the Zenbook Duo with two 14″ 120Hz OLED displays and a detachable bluetooth keyboard; in the UK it will debut in late January for £1,699  —  Asus is back with another Zenbook Duo,… Read More »Asus revamps the Zenbook Duo with two 14″ 120Hz OLED displays and a detachable bluetooth keyboard; in the UK it will debut in late January for £1,699 (Jon Porter/The Verge)

New York Times: Elections and disinfo are colliding like never before in 2024, as social networks reduce protections and state influence campaigns and AI-fueled disinfo ramp up  —  A wave of elections coincides with state influence operations, a surge of… Read More »Elections and disinfo are colliding like never before in 2024, as social networks reduce protections and state influence campaigns and AI-fueled disinfo ramp up (New York Times)

Eric Geller / The Messenger: Source: the US is planning rules would require hospitals impose new cybersecurity requirements to get federal funding, amid a barrage of hacks in the industry  —  The White House sees the policy as essential for… Read More »Source: the US is planning rules would require hospitals impose new cybersecurity requirements to get federal funding, amid a barrage of hacks in the industry (Eric Geller/The Messenger)

Nelson Aguilar / CNET: Google and Samsung merge their respective Nearby Share and Quick Share features under the Quick Share name, for a more unified cross-Android sharing option  —  The new version of Quick Share brings a unified sharing experience… Read More »Google and Samsung merge their respective Nearby Share and Quick Share features under the Quick Share name, for a more unified cross-Android sharing option (Nelson Aguilar/CNET)

Carly Page / TechCrunch: In a first, the US FTC bans the data broker X-Mode Social, now known as Outlogic, from selling phone location data and orders it to delete collected data  —  The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has banned… Read More »In a first, the US FTC bans the data broker X-Mode Social, now known as Outlogic, from selling phone location data and orders it to delete collected data (Carly Page/TechCrunch)

Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: Micron announces LPCAMM2, thinner and lighter laptop RAM that may replace SODIMM, the nearly 25-year-old standard, as Samsung, Dell, and more also make progress  —  It’s thinner and lighter than standard notebook RAM, and it’s upgradeable… Read More »Micron announces LPCAMM2, thinner and lighter laptop RAM that may replace SODIMM, the nearly 25-year-old standard, as Samsung, Dell, and more also make progress (Devindra Hardawar/Engadget)

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: PerformYard, which offers staff retention, management, and upskilling tools, raised $95M from Updata Partners after being mostly bootstrapped besides a $3M seed  —  Employee performance reviews take time and effort — and aren’t always conducted very… Read More »PerformYard, which offers staff retention, management, and upskilling tools, raised $95M from Updata Partners after being mostly bootstrapped besides a $3M seed (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Thomas Germain / Gizmodo: X suspends several podcasters and journalists, including The Intercept’s Ken Klippenstein and Texas Observer’s Steven Monacelli, with little to no explanation  —  Elon Musk’s “free speech” social media platform banned a number of accounts recently critical… Read More »X suspends several podcasters and journalists, including The Intercept’s Ken Klippenstein and Texas Observer’s Steven Monacelli, with little to no explanation (Thomas Germain/Gizmodo)

Harry McCracken / Fast Company: Microsoft finds a material that could replace ~70% of lithium in a battery, by using Azure Quantum Elements HPC resources to run simulations and AI models  —  Recently, Microsoft built a clock.  —  Well, “built”… Read More »Microsoft finds a material that could replace ~70% of lithium in a battery, by using Azure Quantum Elements HPC resources to run simulations and AI models (Harry McCracken/Fast Company)