A look back at tech's three eras, from Bell Labs to Facebook, and why the metaverse is the fourth, defined by its bifurcation with the physical world (Ben Thompson/Stratechery) Reviewed by Jaison Peter on December 15, 2021 Rating: 5

Snap launches a preview of Story Studio, a standalone video editing app for iOS, aimed at users who make more professional content, like Spotlight creators (Mia Sato/The Verge) Reviewed by Jaison Peter on December 15, 2021 Rating: 5

Researchers spot waves of attacks targeting unpatched Apache servers with the Log4j bug, exfiltrating data, spreading botnets, installing crypto miners, more (Lawrence Abrams/BleepingComputer) Reviewed by Jaison Peter on December 13, 2021 Rating: 5

Investigation finds that a site providing directions on how to die is linked to ~45 suicides, as Google deflects responsibility for steering users to the site (New York Times) Reviewed by Jaison Peter on December 12, 2021 Rating: 5

Sources: Life360, a family safety app used by 33M people, has sold users' precise location since 2016 and is one of the data broker industry's top sources (The Markup) Reviewed by Jaison Peter on December 07, 2021 Rating: 5

Facebook Gaming announces a Play with Streamer feature that lets creators invite audience members to join a game, debuting alongside Pac-Man Community's launch (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat) Reviewed by Jaison Peter on December 07, 2021 Rating: 5

Lyft CFO Brian Roberts, who joined the company in 2014 and took it public, leaves to become CFO at NFT marketplace OpenSea (Lucas Matney/TechCrunch) Reviewed by Jaison Peter on December 07, 2021 Rating: 5

A look at efforts to manage climate data, gathered from satellites, aircraft, and ocean buoys, as US archives are expected to pass 650PB over the next decade (Robert Lee Hotz/Wall Street Journal) Reviewed by Jaison Peter on December 07, 2021 Rating: 5

Hometap, which lets homeowners get cash by taking on an investor in their house, raises $60M led by American Family Ventures, bringing its total funding to $95M (Mary Ann Azevedo/TechCrunch) Reviewed by Jaison Peter on December 07, 2021 Rating: 5

Sense, whose HR software helps recruit blue-collar workers, raises a $50M Series D led by SoftBank's Vision Fund 2; source says Sense is now valued at $500M (Manish Singh/TechCrunch) Reviewed by Jaison Peter on December 06, 2021 Rating: 5

The head of US Cyber Command says the US military has "taken actions" against ransomware groups, the first public acknowledgement of the offensive measures (Julian E. Barnes/New York Times) Reviewed by Jaison Peter on December 06, 2021 Rating: 5

Hotel Engine, an online hotel booking and management service for business travel, raises a $65M Series B at a $1.3B valuation, up from $150M in 2019 (Mary Ann Azevedo/TechCrunch) Reviewed by Jaison Peter on December 06, 2021 Rating: 5

A look at the challenges of developing a mass-market augmented reality headset as Apple reportedly prepares to launch its own mixed reality device in 2022 (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal) Reviewed by Jaison Peter on December 06, 2021 Rating: 5

Apple sues Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service challenging the order to allow developers to inform App Store users about alternative payment options (RT) Reviewed by Jaison Peter on December 06, 2021 Rating: 5

Amazon's shipping investments, like chartering cargo ships, making its own containers, and chartering long-haul planes, are helping it avoid supply chain chaos (Katie Schoolov/CNBC) Reviewed by Jaison Peter on December 05, 2021 Rating: 5

Crypto exchange BitMart says it suffered a hack resulting in the loss of $150M in crypto, after its Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain hot wallets were breached (Tim Copeland/The Block) Reviewed by Jaison Peter on December 05, 2021 Rating: 5

Life House, which offers hotel management software, raises a $60M Series C co-led by Kayak and Inovia Capital, bringing its total funding to over $100M (Mary Ann Azevedo/TechCrunch) Reviewed by Jaison Peter on December 05, 2021 Rating: 5