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WeLink raises $185M to deliver high-bandwidth wireless internet to the home using 5G

TechCrunch

For the vast majority of American homes, there’s no choice of how customers get their internet access. Yet, as more and more people rely on the internet for more than just cat photos (and after recent events, maybe rely on cat photos as well for sustenance), it seems obvious the market needs more choice and competition. Cable or fiber.

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Dapper Labs backs art hardware startup Infinite Objects in $6 million seed raise

TechCrunch

The NFT world is all about reshaping the idea of digital ownership, but art hardware startup Infinite Objects sees a big opportunity in making physical copies of those assets as it looks to reshape digital art and collectibles. The startup makes screens that show a single video from a single artist and don’t do anything else.

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Mozilla acquires Active Replica to build on its metaverse vision

TechCrunch

“Mozilla has long advocated for a healthier internet and has been an inspiration to us in its dedication and contributions to the open web. ” Mozilla launched Hubs in 2018, which it pitched at the time as an “experiment” in “immersive social experiences.”

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South Korean proptech startup Zigbang acquires Samsung SDS’ smart home IoT business

TechCrunch

Zigbang , a South Korean proptech startup that provides real estate transactions service, announced on Thursday that it will acquire Samsung SDS’ home internet of things (IoT) unit to make a foray into the smart home industry. . Zigbang has been on an acquisition-expansion spree since 2018.

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Make a resolution to clean up your digital act? Here’s how

The Parallax

If you want to channel those feelings into getting safer in 2018, follow these seven steps, garnered from how-tos we’ve published this year, to better secure your digital life. And if you want to level up your two-factor security, get a YubiKey (or similar hardware key), and learn how to use it too. Step 2: Use a VPN.

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Your old router could be a hacking group’s APT pawn

The Parallax

In a newly released Symantec study he led, Grange says the hacker group is now using hijacked Wi-Fi routers, Internet of Things devices, and cloud services to cover its tracks. READ MORE ON ROUTERS AND THE INTERNET OF THINGS. Time for a Department of the Internet of Things? The long reach of Mirai, the Internet of Things botnet.

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Meltdown and Spectre: What they are, and what to do

The Parallax

The bad news is that because the vulnerabilities are in the hardware architecture of the chips that power them, patched devices may run slower. And one of the few remedies available is for the affected software and hardware makers to release security patches. For cloud providers, it depends on what hardware they use.

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