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Hackers start leaking Australians' health data after Medibank ransomware attack.

Medibank breach: Hackers start leaking health data after ransomware attack

Russian-speaking cybercriminals are leaking sensitive personal and health data stolen from Australia's largest health insurance firm.

Equals secures $15M investment to supercharge spreadsheets tcrn.ch/3A1UnJo by

@kyle_l_wiggers

Equals secures $15M investment to supercharge spreadsheets

Equals, a startup aiming to disrupt the traditional spreadsheet, has raised $15 million in a Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz.

Apple’s Freeform aims to be a collaborative whiteboard for everyone tcrn.ch/3DLkvJy by

@indianidle

Apple’s Freeform aims to be a collaborative whiteboard for everyone

Apple's Freeform is an app for iOS, iPad, and Mac that can help beginners with design tools that are easy to use for everyone.

Meta confirms 11,000 layoffs, amounting to 13% of its workforce tcrn.ch/3UJyvdE by

@psawers

Meta confirms 11,000 layoffs, amounting to 13% of its workforce

Meta has confirmed a massive round of layoffs, amounting to 11,000 employees or 13% of its total workforce.

Next acquires Made.com's brand and IP as the online furniture retailer enters administration tcrn.ch/3TlfEET by

@psawers

Next acquires Made.com's brand and IP as the online furniture retailer enters administration

Made.com has officially entered administration, with high street retailer Next acquiring its brand, domain, and IP.

Celonis can now map multiple processes and present them in subway-style map tcrn.ch/3Tlg91C by

@ron_miller

Celonis can now map multiple processes and present them in subway-style map

Celonis, a German process mining startup with a $13B valuation, announced a new product today that lets companies map multiple processes.

Plain is a new customer support tool with a focus on API integrations tcrn.ch/3tgtYno by

@romaindillet

Plain is a new customer support tool with a focus on API integrations

Meet Plain, a new startup that wants to reinvent support tools. While the customer support space is a competitive industry with big tech companies like Intercom and Zendesk, Plain believes it has a...

Early results show defeat for California Prop 30, a plan to tax the rich and fund EVs tcrn.ch/3zXVWIg by

@rebeccabellan

Early results show defeat for California Prop 30, a plan to tax the rich and fund EVs

Californians seem to be voting against a proposal on the midterm election ballot that would tax the wealthiest Californians to help pay for electric vehicle tax incentives and EV charging infrastru...

Tiger Global taps TCV partner Rohit Iragavarapu tcrn.ch/3NRO0yj by

@refsrc

Tiger Global taps TCV partner Rohit Iragavarapu

Tiger Global is adding Rohit Iragavarapu, the partner at TCV Capital involved in deals such as Gitlab and Attentive, to its investment team.

Sweden's EQT Ventures closes a its third fund at €1.1B to double down on European and early-stage startups tcrn.ch/3G0UGIs by

@ingridlunden

Sweden's EQT Ventures closes a its third fund at €1.1B to double down on European and early-stage...

VC firms focusing on early-stage investing continue to attract funding, despite wider contractions in the market.

Instagram is updating its web interface to take advantage of large screens tcrn.ch/3fKXuid by

@indianidle

Instagram is updating its web interface to take advantage of large screens

If you have used Instagram on your desktop system, you know that it looks like a badly made copy of its mobile website. The company is now introducing a refreshed design that takes advantage of large...

Kuda takes digital banking play to the U.K. with its remittance product tcrn.ch/3zZIfbP by

@ulonnaya

Kuda takes digital banking play to the U.K. with its remittance product

Kuda has opted to launch its financial services in the U.K. as expansion into other African countries stall

Beekeeper, which helps companies engage with their 'deskless' frontline workforce, raises $50M tcrn.ch/3A1nI6K by

@psawers

Beekeeper, which helps companies engage with their 'deskless' frontline workforce, raises $50M

Beekeeper, a platform that helps businesses engage with frontline workers, has raised $50 million in a Series C round of funding.

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Elon Musk sells 19.5 million Tesla shares worth almost $4 billion tcrn.ch/3G0AwOM by

@rebeccabellan

Elon Musk sells 19.5 million Tesla shares worth almost $4 billion

Elon Musk is selling shares of Tesla again. On Tuesday he sold 19.5 million shares worth almost $4 billion.

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Electric Era wants to put an EV charger in convenience store parking lot near you tcrn.ch/3G13nlZ by

@Haje

Electric Era wants to put an EV charger in convenience store parking lot near you

Electric Era just raised $4 million to tackle fast-charging EV stations, especially aiming to install them at and near convenience stores.

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Why watch a movie when you can watch your corporate all hands meeting? tcrn.ch/3NNJv7L by

@asilbwrites

Why watch a movie when you can watch your corporate all hands meeting?

With Zoom, AMC Theatres will launch a product called Zoom Rooms next year. Yes, you go to the movie theater to join a Zoom meeting.

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Twitter will add an 'official' badge to high-profile accounts in lieu of verification tcrn.ch/3tccpoA by

@asilbwrites

Twitter will add an 'official' badge to high-profile accounts in lieu of verification

Twitter initially planned to roll out its new system, in which anyone can buy themselves a blue check, on Monday.

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Daily Crunch: Binance says it will buy FTX after smaller rival stumbles through 'liquidity crunch' tcrn.ch/3tgJ38s by

@christinemhall

and

@Haje

Daily Crunch: Binance says it will buy FTX after smaller rival stumbles through 'liquidity crunch'

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Humble keeps excess inventory out of the Philippines' landfills tcrn.ch/3UCZLuz by

@catherineshu

Humble keeps excess inventory out of the Philippines' landfills

Excess inventory, including returned items, from e-commerce, logistics and retail companies often end up being disposed. Manila-based Humble Sustainability is a circular economy startup that wants to...

Laid off from your tech job? Day One wants to give you $100,000 to start a company tcrn.ch/3UArX10 by

@nmasc_

Laid off from your tech job? Day One wants to give you $100,000 to start a company

Day One Ventures has launched a program aimed explicitly at those impacted by tech layoffs at Stripe, Twitter and more this year.

Salesforce confirms it has laid off hundreds of employees tcrn.ch/3FZmOvm by

@ron_miller

Salesforce confirms it has laid off hundreds of employees

Even as Salesforce aims for $50 billion in revenue by FY 2026, it is also looking to get leaner and today it confirmed layoffs.

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