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    • Several US agencies jointly share details on a North Korean hacking campaign, as US-provided attribution for nation state-led cyber attacks becomes more common (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)

    Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: Several US agencies jointly share details on a North Korean hacking campaign, as US-provided attribution for nation state-led cyber attacks becomes more common  —  Malicious wares are used in attacks to steal money and conduct other illegal activities.  —  The US Pentagon, the FBI … Several US agencies jointly share

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    • T-Mobile’s merger with Sprint is now worth $40 billion, thanks to the bulls

    The state of New York will not appeal the approval of a $40 billion merger between wireless carriers T-Mobile and Sprint, Reuters reports. Instead of fighting the deal, the state’s Attorney General Laetitia James told reporters her office is looking towards ensuring consumers receive better service and lower prices, highlighting that T-Mobile committed to creating

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    • UrbanFootprint, which provides cloud-based urban planning software to cities and companies, raises $11.5M Series A (FinSMEs)

    FinSMEs: UrbanFootprint, which provides cloud-based urban planning software to cities and companies, raises $11.5M Series A  —  UrbanFootprint, a Berkeley, Calif.-based location intelligence and urban planning software platform provider, raised $11.5m in Series A funding. UrbanFootprint, which provides cloud-based urban planning software to cities and companies, raises .5M Series A (FinSMEs) Source: Tech Meme

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    • UK's Met Office says it will spend £1.2B to acquire the world's most powerful climate supercomputer, capable of forecasting for an area just 1,000 meters across (Steve Dent/Engadget)

    Steve Dent / Engadget: UK’s Met Office says it will spend £1.2B to acquire the world’s most powerful climate supercomputer, capable of forecasting for an area just 1,000 meters across  —  The UK’s weather service, the Met Office, will spend £1.2 billion ($1.6 billion) to acquire the world’s … UK's Met Office says it will

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    • Google says it is ending its Google Station program in India and other countries, where it provided free Wi-Fi in railway stations, as mobile data prices drop (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

    Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Google says it is ending its Google Station program in India and other countries, where it provided free Wi-Fi in railway stations, as mobile data prices drop  —  Google said on Monday that it is winding down its Station program, through which it rolled out free Wi-Fi in more than 400

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    • GitHub COO on launching in India and collaborating with governments to support the dev community

    GitHub launched its subsidiary in India last week to support a thriving developer community in the country. As part of the announcement, the Microsoft-owned company will have offices in Hyderabad and Bengaluru, and will establish teams across engineering, community, sales, and marketing verticals. However, it’s not clear as to how exactly this step will benefit

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    • London-based Unmind, a workplace mental health platform that companies can provide as an employee benefit, raises $10M Series A (Annie Musgrove/Tech.eu)

    Annie Musgrove / Tech.eu: London-based Unmind, a workplace mental health platform that companies can provide as an employee benefit, raises $10M Series A  —  Unmind, a London-based mental health platform for the workplace, has raised a $10 million Series A round led by Berlin-based Project A, with the support of existing investor Felix Capital. London-based

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