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Cybersecurity – Evernote quietly disappeared from an anti-surveillance lobbying group’s website (Zack Whittaker, TechCrunch)

In 2013, eight tech companies were accused of funneling their users’ data to the U.S. National Security Agency under the so-called PRISM program, according...

TechInnovation – Instacart hires Facebook executive as new CEO ahead of expected IPO (Natasha Mascarenhas, TechCrunch)

Instacart has appointed Facebook executive Fidji Simo as its new CEO, just seven months after she joined the grocery delivery company’s board of directors. Simo, formerly...

TechInnovation – Auto giant Stellantis to invest €30B in electrification through 2025 (Aria Alamalhodaei, TechCrunch)

Stellantis, the global automaker born out of a merger between Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and French automaker Groupe PSA, will invest €30 billion ($35.5 billion)...

Cybersecurity – The Accellion data breach continues to get messier (Carly Page, TechCrunch)

Morgan Stanley has joined the growing list of Accellion hack victims — more than six months after attackers first breached the vendor’s 20-year-old file-sharing product.  The Accellion...

TechInnovation – PowerZ raises $8.3 million for its video game focused on education (Romain Dillet, TechCrunch)

French startup PowerZ has raised another $8.3 million (€7 million at today’s exchange rate) including $1.2 million (€1 million) in debt — the rest is a...

Myanmar – Telenor signals Myanmar exit, as UN calls for urgent action (Al Jazeera)

Telenor, the Norwegian telecommunications company, says it has reached an agreement to sell its Myanmar mobile phone business to M1 Group, exiting a country...

Haiti – Haiti police blame US, Colombian suspects in president’s slaying (Al Jazeera)

A 28-member hit squad made up of Americans and Colombians assassinated President Jovenel Moise, Haitian police said Thursday, adding that eight were still at...

Haiti – What’s next for Haiti after the president’s assassination? (Al Jazeera)

The assassination of Haiti’s president is the latest upheaval for the poorest country in the Americas. Unknown gunmen raided Jovenel Moise’s home in the capital...

Afghanistan/Iran – Taliban captures key Afghan border crossing with Iran: Officials (Al Jazeera)

Taliban fighters have seized control of a key district in western Afghanistan that includes an important border crossing with Iran, Afghan security officials said,...

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