TECHCRUNCH – STARTUP AND TECHNOLOGY NEWS TechCrunch - Reporting on the business of technology, startups, venture capital funding, and Silicon Valley TIKTOK JUST GAVE ITSELF PERMISSION TO COLLECT BIOMETRIC A change to TikTok’s U.S. privacy policy on Wednesday introduced a new section that says the social video app “may collect biometric identifiers and biometric information” from its users AI CYBERSECURITY PROVIDER SENTINELONE FILES FOR $100M IPO SentinelOne, a late-stage security startup that helps organizations secure their data using AI and machine learning, has filed for an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). In an S-1 filing on FUJIFILM BECOMES THE LATEST VICTIM OF A NETWORK-CRIPPLING Japanese multinational conglomerate Fujifilm has been forced to shut down parts of its global network after falling victim to a suspected ransomware attack. The company, which is SOFTBANK-BACKED CONSTRUCTION GIANT KATERRA SAID TO BE After burning through more than $2 billion in funding, SoftBank-backed construction startup Katerra has told employees that it will be shutting down operations, according to a report in The WALMART ACCIDENTALLY UNVEILED ITS OWN BARGAIN-PRICED FHD Walmart accidentally scooped itself by publishing product listings for its own, onn-branded, low-cost Android TV streaming stick to the Walmart.com website ahead of its formal launch, where it INDIVISIBLE IS TRAINING AN ARMY OF VOLUNTEERS TO The grassroots Democratic organization Indivisible is launching its own team of stealth fact-checkers to push back against misinformation — an experiment in what it MERLIN LABS EMERGES FROM STEALTH TO BRING AUTONOMY TO 55 Merlin Labs emerges from stealth to bring autonomy to 55-craft King Air fleet. Aria Alamalhodaei. 9:03 AM PDT • May 26, 2021. When Merlin Labs founder Matt George was learning to EU BODIES’ USE OF US CLOUD SERVICES FROM AWS, MICROSOFT Europe’s lead data protection regulator has opened two investigations into EU institutions’ use of cloud services from U.S. cloud giants, Amazon and Microsoft, under so called Cloud II AT&T IS TURNING DIRECTV INTO A STANDALONE COMPANY AT&T just announced an agreement with private equity firm TPG that will turn DirecTV into a standalone company, albeit one that’s still majority owned by the telecom giant. Specifically, AT&T TECHCRUNCH – STARTUP AND TECHNOLOGY NEWS TechCrunch - Reporting on the business of technology, startups, venture capital funding, and Silicon Valley TIKTOK JUST GAVE ITSELF PERMISSION TO COLLECT BIOMETRIC A change to TikTok’s U.S. privacy policy on Wednesday introduced a new section that says the social video app “may collect biometric identifiers and biometric information” from its users AI CYBERSECURITY PROVIDER SENTINELONE FILES FOR $100M IPO SentinelOne, a late-stage security startup that helps organizations secure their data using AI and machine learning, has filed for an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). In an S-1 filing on FUJIFILM BECOMES THE LATEST VICTIM OF A NETWORK-CRIPPLING Japanese multinational conglomerate Fujifilm has been forced to shut down parts of its global network after falling victim to a suspected ransomware attack. The company, which is SOFTBANK-BACKED CONSTRUCTION GIANT KATERRA SAID TO BE After burning through more than $2 billion in funding, SoftBank-backed construction startup Katerra has told employees that it will be shutting down operations, according to a report in The WALMART ACCIDENTALLY UNVEILED ITS OWN BARGAIN-PRICED FHD Walmart accidentally scooped itself by publishing product listings for its own, onn-branded, low-cost Android TV streaming stick to the Walmart.com website ahead of its formal launch, where it INDIVISIBLE IS TRAINING AN ARMY OF VOLUNTEERS TO The grassroots Democratic organization Indivisible is launching its own team of stealth fact-checkers to push back against misinformation — an experiment in what it MERLIN LABS EMERGES FROM STEALTH TO BRING AUTONOMY TO 55 Merlin Labs emerges from stealth to bring autonomy to 55-craft King Air fleet. Aria Alamalhodaei. 9:03 AM PDT • May 26, 2021. When Merlin Labs founder Matt George was learning to EU BODIES’ USE OF US CLOUD SERVICES FROM AWS, MICROSOFT Europe’s lead data protection regulator has opened two investigations into EU institutions’ use of cloud services from U.S. cloud giants, Amazon and Microsoft, under so called Cloud II AT&T IS TURNING DIRECTV INTO A STANDALONE COMPANY AT&T just announced an agreement with private equity firm TPG that will turn DirecTV into a standalone company, albeit one that’s still majority owned by the telecom giant. Specifically, AT&T ELON MUSK REVEALS THE TESLA MODEL S PLAID Tesla finally held the long-awaited, and once rescheduled, “delivery event” for its ultra-fast Model S Plaid at its factory in Fremont, California. The electric vehicle company will begin with HERE’S EVERYTHING APPLE ANNOUNCED AT THE WWDC 2021 KEYNOTE iOS 15. 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TECHCRUNCH – STARTUP AND TECHNOLOGY NEWS TechCrunch - Reporting on the business of technology, startups, venture capital funding, and Silicon Valley TIKTOK JUST GAVE ITSELF PERMISSION TO COLLECT BIOMETRIC A change to TikTok’s U.S. privacy policy on Wednesday introduced a new section that says the social video app “may collect biometric identifiers and biometric information” from its users AI CYBERSECURITY PROVIDER SENTINELONE FILES FOR $100M IPO SentinelOne, a late-stage security startup that helps organizations secure their data using AI and machine learning, has filed for an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). In an S-1 filing on FUJIFILM BECOMES THE LATEST VICTIM OF A NETWORK-CRIPPLING Fujifilm becomes the latest victim of a network-crippling ransomware attack. Carly Page. 7:46 AM PDT • June 3, 2021. Japanese multinational conglomerate Fujifilm has been forced to SOFTBANK-BACKED CONSTRUCTION GIANT KATERRA SAID TO BE After burning through more than $2 billion in funding, SoftBank-backed construction startup Katerra has told employees that it will be shutting down operations, according to a report in The WALMART ACCIDENTALLY UNVEILED ITS OWN BARGAIN-PRICED FHD Walmart accidentally scooped itself by publishing product listings for its own, onn-branded, low-cost Android TV streaming stick to the Walmart.com website ahead of its formal launch, where it INDIVISIBLE IS TRAINING AN ARMY OF VOLUNTEERS TO The grassroots Democratic organization Indivisible is launching its own team of stealth fact-checkers to push back against misinformation — an experiment in what it AT&T IS TURNING DIRECTV INTO A STANDALONE COMPANY AT&T just announced an agreement with private equity firm TPG that will turn DirecTV into a standalone company, albeit one that’s still majority owned by the telecom giant. Specifically, AT&T EU BODIES’ USE OF US CLOUD SERVICES FROM AWS, MICROSOFT Europe’s lead data protection regulator has opened two investigations into EU institutions’ use of cloud services from U.S. cloud giants, Amazon and Microsoft, under so called Cloud II SAMSUNG’S NEW LAPTOPS CHARGE PHONES WITH THEIR TOUCHPAD Samsung’s new laptops charge phones with their touchpad. Some features are the result of consumer demand. Others simply make sense.

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TECHCRUNCH – STARTUP AND TECHNOLOGY NEWS TechCrunch - Reporting on the business of technology, startups, venture capital funding, and Silicon Valley TIKTOK JUST GAVE ITSELF PERMISSION TO COLLECT BIOMETRIC A change to TikTok’s U.S. privacy policy on Wednesday introduced a new section that says the social video app “may collect biometric identifiers and biometric information” from its users AI CYBERSECURITY PROVIDER SENTINELONE FILES FOR $100M IPO SentinelOne, a late-stage security startup that helps organizations secure their data using AI and machine learning, has filed for an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). In an S-1 filing on FUJIFILM BECOMES THE LATEST VICTIM OF A NETWORK-CRIPPLING Fujifilm becomes the latest victim of a network-crippling ransomware attack. Carly Page. 7:46 AM PDT • June 3, 2021. Japanese multinational conglomerate Fujifilm has been forced to SOFTBANK-BACKED CONSTRUCTION GIANT KATERRA SAID TO BE After burning through more than $2 billion in funding, SoftBank-backed construction startup Katerra has told employees that it will be shutting down operations, according to a report in The WALMART ACCIDENTALLY UNVEILED ITS OWN BARGAIN-PRICED FHD Walmart accidentally scooped itself by publishing product listings for its own, onn-branded, low-cost Android TV streaming stick to the Walmart.com website ahead of its formal launch, where it INDIVISIBLE IS TRAINING AN ARMY OF VOLUNTEERS TO The grassroots Democratic organization Indivisible is launching its own team of stealth fact-checkers to push back against misinformation — an experiment in what it EU BODIES’ USE OF US CLOUD SERVICES FROM AWS, MICROSOFT Europe’s lead data protection regulator has opened two investigations into EU institutions’ use of cloud services from U.S. cloud giants, Amazon and Microsoft, under so called Cloud II AT&T IS TURNING DIRECTV INTO A STANDALONE COMPANY AT&T just announced an agreement with private equity firm TPG that will turn DirecTV into a standalone company, albeit one that’s still majority owned by the telecom giant. Specifically, AT&T SAMSUNG’S NEW LAPTOPS CHARGE PHONES WITH THEIR TOUCHPAD Samsung’s new laptops charge phones with their touchpad. Some features are the result of consumer demand. Others simply make sense.

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not violate U.S.

FLIXMOBILITY RAISES $650M+ AT A $3B VALUATION TO DOUBLE As consumers around the world slowly start to get moving again — fingers crossed that new waves of COVID-19 cases do not set that back

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DEALHUB RAISES $20M SERIES B FOR ITS SALES PLATFORM DealHub.io, an Austin-based platform that helps businesses manage the entire process of their sales engagements, today announced that it has

raised a

TECHCRUNCH – STARTUP AND TECHNOLOGY NEWS TechCrunch - Reporting on the business of technology, startups, venture capital funding, and Silicon Valley PROTONMAIL GETS A SLICK NEW LOOK, AS PRIVACY TECH EYES THE 54 minutes ago · End-to-end encrypted email service ProtonMail has refreshed its design, updating with a cleaner look and a more customizable user interface — including the ability to pick from a FUJIFILM BECOMES THE LATEST VICTIM OF A NETWORK-CRIPPLING Fujifilm becomes the latest victim of a network-crippling ransomware attack. Carly Page. 7:46 AM PDT • June 3, 2021. Japanese multinational conglomerate Fujifilm has been forced to FIREEYE TO SELL PRODUCTS UNIT TO SYMPHONY-LED GROUP FOR $1.2B Cybersecurity giant FireEye has agreed to sell its products business to a consortium led by private equity firm Symphony Technology Group for $1.2 billion. The all-cash deal will split FireEye SOFTBANK-BACKED CONSTRUCTION GIANT KATERRA SAID TO BE After burning through more than $2 billion in funding, SoftBank-backed construction startup Katerra has told employees that it will be shutting down operations, according to a report in The TIKTOK JUST GAVE ITSELF PERMISSION TO COLLECT BIOMETRIC A change to TikTok’s U.S. privacy policy on Wednesday introduced a new section that says the social video app “may collect biometric identifiers and biometric information” from its users CONTENTSTACK RAISES $57.5M FOR ITS HEADLESS CONTENT 31 minutes ago · Contentstack, a startup that offers a headless content management system (or a ‘content experience platform’ in marketing speak), today announced that it SUPREME COURT LIMITS US HACKING LAW IN LANDMARK CFAA The Supreme Court has ruled that a police officer who searched a license plate database for an acquaintance in exchange for cash did

not violate U.S.

FLIXMOBILITY RAISES $650M+ AT A $3B VALUATION TO DOUBLE As consumers around the world slowly start to get moving again — fingers crossed that new waves of COVID-19 cases do not set that back

— one of the

DEALHUB RAISES $20M SERIES B FOR ITS SALES PLATFORM DealHub.io, an Austin-based platform that helps businesses manage the entire process of their sales engagements, today announced that it has

raised a

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— one of the

INDIVISIBLE IS TRAINING AN ARMY OF VOLUNTEERS TO The grassroots Democratic organization Indivisible is launching its own team of stealth fact-checkers to push back against misinformation — an experiment in what it MOLECULE.ONE GROWS ITS DRUG SYNTHESIS AI PLATFORM WITH A Molecule.one grows its drug synthesis AI platform with a $4.6M seed round. Devin Coldewey. 10:03 AM PDT • June 1, 2021. Polish computational chemistry outfit EU BODIES’ USE OF US CLOUD SERVICES FROM AWS, MICROSOFT Europe’s lead data protection regulator has opened two investigations into EU institutions’ use of cloud services from U.S. cloud giants, Amazon and Microsoft, under so called Cloud II FINTECH STARTUP VISE RAISES $65 MILLION IN SERIES C LED BY Vise today announced a $65 million Series C financing round led by Ribbit Capital, with participation from existing investors, including Sequoia. The startup confirmed to TechCrunch that this TESLA SUPPLIER DELTA ELECTRONICS INVESTS $7M IN AI CHIP The $7 million investment boosts the startup’s total financing to over $100 million to date. As part of the deal, Kneron also agreed to buy Vatics, a part of Delta Electronics’ subsidiary AT&T IS TURNING DIRECTV INTO A STANDALONE COMPANY AT&T just announced an agreement with private equity firm TPG that will turn DirecTV into a standalone company, albeit one that’s still majority owned by the telecom giant. Specifically, AT&T TECHCRUNCH – STARTUP AND TECHNOLOGY NEWS TechCrunch - Reporting on the business of technology, startups, venture capital funding, and Silicon Valley FUJIFILM BECOMES THE LATEST VICTIM OF A NETWORK-CRIPPLING Fujifilm becomes the latest victim of a network-crippling ransomware attack. Carly Page. 7:46 AM PDT • June 3, 2021. Japanese multinational conglomerate Fujifilm has been forced to SOFTBANK-BACKED CONSTRUCTION GIANT KATERRA SAID TO BE After burning through more than $2 billion in funding, SoftBank-backed construction startup Katerra has told employees that it will be shutting down operations, according to a report in The FLIXMOBILITY RAISES $650M+ AT A $3B VALUATION TO DOUBLE As consumers around the world slowly start to get moving again — fingers crossed that new waves of COVID-19 cases do not set that back

— one of the

INDIVISIBLE IS TRAINING AN ARMY OF VOLUNTEERS TO The grassroots Democratic organization Indivisible is launching its own team of stealth fact-checkers to push back against misinformation — an experiment in what it MOLECULE.ONE GROWS ITS DRUG SYNTHESIS AI PLATFORM WITH A Molecule.one grows its drug synthesis AI platform with a $4.6M seed round. Devin Coldewey. 10:03 AM PDT • June 1, 2021. Polish computational chemistry outfit EU BODIES’ USE OF US CLOUD SERVICES FROM AWS, MICROSOFT Europe’s lead data protection regulator has opened two investigations into EU institutions’ use of cloud services from U.S. cloud giants, Amazon and Microsoft, under so called Cloud II FINTECH STARTUP VISE RAISES $65 MILLION IN SERIES C LED BY Vise today announced a $65 million Series C financing round led by Ribbit Capital, with participation from existing investors, including Sequoia. The startup confirmed to TechCrunch that this TESLA SUPPLIER DELTA ELECTRONICS INVESTS $7M IN AI CHIP The $7 million investment boosts the startup’s total financing to over $100 million to date. As part of the deal, Kneron also agreed to buy Vatics, a part of Delta Electronics’ subsidiary AT&T IS TURNING DIRECTV INTO A STANDALONE COMPANY AT&T just announced an agreement with private equity firm TPG that will turn DirecTV into a standalone company, albeit one that’s still majority owned by the telecom giant. Specifically, AT&T GLOBAL SMARTPHONE MARKET CONTINUES REBOUND WITH 26% Q1 20 hours ago · There are more signs of the global smartphone market righting the ship after a disastrous 2020. New figures from Gartner point to 26% increase in global sales year over year for the first

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HERE’S EVERYTHING SAMSUNG JUST ANNOUNCED AT UNPACKED 2020 Greg Kumparak @grg / 8:23 pm GMT • February 11, 2020

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At least once a year, Samsung pulls hundreds of reporters, analysts and industry folk into one big room for an event it calls “Samsung Unpacked,” where the company shows off all of their latest flagship devices. The first Unpacked of 2020 was held this morning in San Francisco — and from $1,400 folding smartphones to handsets with cameras packing 100x zoom, it was a doozy. Don’t have time to watch the one-hour live stream yourself or read through a bunch of different articles to catch up? Here’s the most

important bits:

GALAXY Z FLIP

And there it is! After a handful of leaks — and an entire friggin’ commercial that aired during the Oscars over the weekend — Samsung’s flip phone-style folding smartphone is officially

official

.

Called the Galaxy Z Flip, it should start shipping by February 14th for the somewhat eye-popping base price of $1,380. Unfolded, the screen comes in at 6.7 inches. Folded, a small exterior display allows for some lightweight functionality— things like notifications, battery life indicators and quick selfies. There’s also a sort of halfway unfolded, laptop-style mode (pictured above) that Samsung calls “Flex mode,” which they pitch as being particularly good for hands-free video calls. Samsung’s earlier prototypes of a folding phone saw issues with dust and debris getting into the hinge and damaging the screen from behind; Samsung says it addressed this with a layer of fibers inside the hinge meant to keep stuff out.

GALAXY S20

2018 brought the Galaxy S9. 2019 brought the Galaxy S10. In 2020, Samsung is skipping a few numbers, rocketing the naming scheme right

up to Galaxy S20

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It’ll come in three variants: the S20, S20+ and S20 Ultra — starting at $999, $1,199 and $1,399, respectively. Three phones, three display sizes: S20 comes in at 6.2″, S20+ at 6.7″ and S20 Ultra at 6.9″. All three displays run at 120hz, though you’ll have to drop the native Quad HD+ resolution down to 1080p for that. All three

models support 5G.

Like many smartphones launched recently, Samsung’s main focus here is the camera — and the specs here, at least on paper, are pretty

mind-blowing.

The S20 has three cameras, the beefiest of which is a 64-megapixel telephoto lens. The S20+ and S20 Ultra bump it up to four cameras with the introduction of a depth sensor, and the S20 Ultra alone packs a rather wild 108-megapixel sensor on the wide angle lens. The camera specs vary quite a bit from model to model and it can all get pretty confusing, so here’s Samsung’s spec sheet breakdown for reference: The S20 and S20+ will support up to 30x “Space” (digital) zoom; the S20 Ultra bumps it up to _100x_. All three phones will also shoot 8K video. A feature Samsung calls “Single Take” allows you to take one short video and get multiple options to choose from in return — boomerangs, looping clips, AI-enhanced photos, etc. As a fun surprise, Samsung revealed midway through Unpacked that the live stream itself was being shot and streamed from S20s: Samsung says pre-orders should start by February 21st, with the devices hitting shelves on March 6th.

GALAXY BUDS+

Samsung’s answer to Apple’s AirPods are getting an upgrade

.

While the Galaxy Buds+ look pretty much identical to the original Buds, the (already quite solid) sound quality should be improved across the board; they’re shifting from a single driver system to a dual driver system, and bumping the number of microphones up from two

to three.

Samsung says that the Buds+ should be able to run for up to 11 hours on a full charge, with the companion charging case providing another 11 hours of charge in a pinch. If you’ve got a compatible Galaxy phone, meanwhile, it’ll be able to charge the Buds+ wirelessly through the “PowerShare” feature the company debuted last year; hold the Buds+ case against the phone for just 3-4 minutes, says Samsung, and it’ll give them a full hour of juice. The Buds+ are expected to ship on February 14th for $149.

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