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Security flaws found in a popular guest Wi-Fi system used in hundreds of hotels Dec 20, 2021

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A security researcher says an internet gateway, used by hundreds of hotels to offer and manage their guest Wi-Fi networks, has vulnerabilities that could put the personal information of their guests at risk.

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Fuzey takes in $4.5M to charge up its management tools for service-based businesses Dec 17, 2021

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The company's tools digitize for small businesses what was traditionally done manually and on paper, like invoices.

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Spotify acquires podcast tech company Whooshkaa which turns radio broadcasts into on-demand audio Dec 17, 2021

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Spotify is continuing its investments in podcasts with today’s news that’s it’s acquired another podcast technology company, Whooshkaa, an Australia-based all-in-one platform for hosting, managing, distributing, promoting, monetizing and measuring podcasts.

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Silverflow nabs $17M for its updated, cloud-based take on payments processing technology Dec 16, 2021

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When it comes to online payments, the front end of the system has seen a massive amount of disruption in the last several years, with companies like Stripe, Adyen, PayPal, Square and others building APIs.

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Amazon to lower its cut of Alexa skill developer revenue starting in 2022 Dec 16, 2021

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Amazon is joining other tech giants by lowering its cut of developer revenue generated by voice apps, known as Alexa skills, which run on Amazon’s smart speakers and other Alexa-powered devices.

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Papaya raises $50M to give you a way to pay bills via its mobile app Dec 15, 2021

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Paying bills is hardly a fun thing. So I think it’s safe to say that any technology that can make the process easier is welcome by all.

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Six more women sue Tesla over workplace sexual harassment Dec 15, 2021

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In the wake ofÂ Jessica Barraza’s lawsuit last month, six more current and former female employees have come forward to accuse Tesla of fostering a culture of rampant sexual harassment at its Fremont factory in California. In separate complaints filed on Tuesday with the Superior Court in Alameda County, the women said they were consistently subjected to catcalling, unwanted advances, physical contact and discrimination while at work.

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Mesh Payments racks up $50M to help corporate users manage spend and payments Dec 14, 2021

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Now that the world appears to have settled longer-term into working in a significantly more distributed way in the wake of Covid-19, companies are getting more serious about using tools to manage how their teams operate within those new parameters.

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The race is on to patch Log4Shell, the bug that’s breaking the internet Dec 14, 2021

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Security teams around the globe are scrambling to fix Log4Shell, a critical security flaw in Log4j, an open source logging software that’s found practically everywhere from online games to enterprise software and cloud datacenters.

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Mozilla expects to generate more than $500M in revenue this year Dec 13, 2021

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The Mozilla Foundation today released its financial report for 2020. As usual, this gives us a good picture of the organization’s financial health from a year ago, but for the first time this year, Mozilla also provided us with more recent data.

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