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USA – Moderate Democrats rebuke defense budget cuts (Joe Gould, Defense News)

In the upcoming budget debate, a group of moderate Democrats are trying to set a floor for 2022 defense spending before progressive Democrats try to push it lower. Moderate...

Cybersecurity – The builder for Babuk Locker ransomware was leaked online (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

The builder for the Babuk Locker ransomware was leaked online, threat actors can use it to create their own ransomware strain. The builder for Babuk Locker ransomware...

Cybersecurity – Six typosquatting packages in PyPI repository laced with crypto miner (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

Researchers discovered six rogue packages in the official Python programming language’s PyPI repository containg cryptocurrency mining malware. Six typosquatting packages in PyPI repository laced with crypto...

TechInnovation – Vietnamese investment app Infina lands $2M seed round (Catherine Shu, TechCrunch)

The pandemic has spurred interest in saving and investment apps around the world, especially ones geared toward newer investors. In Southeast Asia, startups in this...

TechInnovation – BreezoMeter, the iPhone tool that measures air quality, raises a $30M Series C (Marcella McCarthy, TechCrunch)

Ran Korber and his asthmatic and pregnant wife were looking to buy a house in Israel. As an environmental engineer, he knows that air...

TechInnovation – Robotic beverage maker Botrista raises $10M (Brian Heater, TechCrunch)

Drink making probably isn’t at the top of your list of jobs most likely to be fully automated. The past year-and-a-half have, however, brought...

TechInnovation – PayMaya owner Voyager Innovation raises $167M from KKR, Tencent and IFC, to launch digital bank in the Philippines (Catherine Shu, TechCrunch)

Voyager Innovations, the Manila-based owner of PayMaya, one of the Philippines’ most popular payment and financial services apps, announced today it has raised $167 million...

TechInnovation – Vietnamese investment app Infina lands $2M seed round (Catherine Shu, TechCrunch)

The pandemic has spurred interest in saving and investment apps around the world, especially ones geared toward newer investors. In Southeast Asia, startups in this...

Space – Unique use of ESA spacecraft ‘housekeeping’ data reveals cosmic ray behaviour (ESA)

Using data originally gathered for spacecraft ‘housekeeping’ aboard ESA’s Rosetta and Mars Express missions, scientists have revealed how intense bursts of high-energy radiation, known as cosmic rays, behave...

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