Nēsos, which is developing a noninvasive, drug-free method to treat rheumatoid arthritis using a wearable earbud, comes out of stealth with $16.5M in funding (Christine Hall/Crunchbase News) admin December 13, 2020 Daily Updates
Sources: state-backed Russian hacking group APT29, or Cozy Bear, is behind the hacks of US Treasury, NTIA, and FireEye (Ellen Nakashima/Washington Post) admin December 13, 2020 Daily Updates
Sources: state sponsored hackers stole information from the US Treasury and Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (Christopher Bing/Reuters) admin December 13, 2020 Daily Updates
Sources: Facebook considers physical retaliation from Hindu extremist groups as a danger in India, which it ranks as a "Tier One" country for societal violence (Wall Street Journal) admin December 13, 2020 Daily Updates
EU funded security research has distributed €1.15B and funded 714 projects but scrutiny and criticism appears to be sidelined in the quest for new tech (The Guardian) admin December 13, 2020 Daily Updates
Cisco is acquiring Slovakia-based Slido, which lets people moderate Q&A sessions and set up polls in virtual conferences and live events; Slido has 7M users (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch) admin December 13, 2020 Daily Updates
How US FinCEN became a honeypot for sensitive personal data, a situation made worse by the banking industry's defensive filing of suspicious activity reports (Benjamin Powers/CoinDesk) admin December 13, 2020 Daily Updates
Arthur.ai, which develops a monitoring tool to ensure the accuracy of machine learning models doesn't slip over time, raises $15M Series A led by Index Ventures (Ron Miller/TechCrunch) admin December 13, 2020 Daily Updates
Pico, a provider of tech services from infrastructure to analytics for global financial markets, closes $135M Series C from investors including Intel Capital (Seeking Alpha) admin December 13, 2020 Daily Updates
Baltimore-based digital lending software company eOriginal to be acquired by Dutch information services company Wolters Kluwer for $280M in cash (Stephen Babcock/Technical.ly Baltimore) admin December 13, 2020 Daily Updates
