23andMe agrees to M settlement over data breach that targeted Jewish and Chinese users

23andMe agrees to $30M settlement over data breach that targeted Jewish and Chinese users

[ad_1] The genetic testing company 23andMe has agreed to pay $30 million to American plaintiffs to settle a lawsuit over a data breach last year that specifically targeted customers of Ashkenazi Jewish and Chinese ancestry. The breach, which occurred last October, affected more than 6.9 million customers and included users’ personal details such as their…

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EyeEm, the bankrupt photo sharing network acquired by Freepik last year, will license users’ photos to train AI if the images are not deleted within 30 days (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

EyeEm, the bankrupt photo sharing network acquired by Freepik last year, will license users’ photos to train AI if the images are not deleted within 30 days (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

[ad_1] Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: EyeEm, the bankrupt photo sharing network acquired by Freepik last year, will license users’ photos to train AI if the images are not deleted within 30 days  —  EyeEm, the Berlin-based photo-sharing community that exited last year to Spanish company Freepik after going bankrupt, is now licensing its users’ photos…

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VMware users warned to brace for next big upheaval as latest Broadcom changes rumble on

VMware users warned to brace for next big upheaval as latest Broadcom changes rumble on

[ad_1] VMware’s end-user compute products are set to undergo substantial changes imminently, with service providers and customers bracing for the impact of yet another potentially colossal shakeup by Broadcom. An email seen by The Register is reportedly warning service providers of VMware’s Horizon range to either face increased costs or an architecture change. The changes…

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Midas, which lets users in Turkey invest in US and Turkish equities, raised a M Series A, after a M seed in 2022, and plans crypto trading and more (Mike Butcher/TechCrunch)

Midas, which lets users in Turkey invest in US and Turkish equities, raised a $45M Series A, after a $11M seed in 2022, and plans crypto trading and more (Mike Butcher/TechCrunch)

[ad_1] Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: Midas, which lets users in Turkey invest in US and Turkish equities, raised a $45M Series A, after a $11M seed in 2022, and plans crypto trading and more  —  Midas, a fintech startup that allows people in Turkey to invest in U.S. and Turkish equities, says it has raised…

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China’s richest person has a new headache: Chinese social media users are claiming his bottled water brand Nongfu Sping is pro-Japan

China’s richest person has a new headache: Chinese social media users are claiming his bottled water brand Nongfu Sping is pro-Japan

[ad_1] Zhong Shanshan, China’s richest person, knows the value of a corporate reputation. He built Nongfu Spring, his bottled water company by arguing that he got his water direct from the source, making it better than his competitors. “The reputation of a company in the market economy is greater than its fixed assets,” he told…

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Inside "Are We Dating The Same Guy?" Facebook groups, which have a reported 3.5 million members, as some users say the dating forums cause more harm than good (Washington Post)

Inside "Are We Dating The Same Guy?" Facebook groups, which have a reported 3.5 million members, as some users say the dating forums cause more harm than good (Washington Post)

[ad_1] Washington Post: Inside “Are We Dating The Same Guy?” Facebook groups, which have a reported 3.5 million members, as some users say the dating forums cause more harm than good  —  Some users say the dating forums cause more harm than good  —  She had cut off contact with her ex, put a thousand…

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Inside "Are We Dating The Same Guy?" Facebook groups, which have a reported 3.5 million members, as some users say the dating forums cause more harm than good (Washington Post)

Baidu reports Q4 revenue up 6% YoY to ~$4.9B and net income down 48% YoY to ~$366M, as chatbot Ernie, which has 100M+ users, began to augment its ads business (Zheping Huang/Bloomberg)

[ad_1] Zheping Huang/Bloomberg: Baidu reports Q4 revenue up 6% YoY to ~$4.9B and net income down 48% YoY to ~$366M, as chatbot Ernie, which has 100M+ users, began to augment its ads business  —  Baidu Inc.’s revenue rose 6% after its ChatGPT-style service began to augment advertising sales, helping the Chinese AI leader weather a…

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