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Recurring revenue streams from SaaS startups may soon get securitized, ushering in various debt financing products that may upend VC growth financing model (Alex Danco)

Alex Danco: Recurring revenue streams from SaaS startups may soon get securitized, ushering in various debt financing products that may upend VC growth financing model  —  Ten years from now, what seismic change will we reflect back on and think, “well that was pretty obvious, in retrospect”? Recurring revenue streams from SaaS startups may soon

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Filing indicates that Facebook has acquired London-based Scape, which is working on computer vision-based location tech it says is far more accurate than GPS (Steve O'Hear/TechCrunch)

Steve O’Hear / TechCrunch: Filing indicates that Facebook has acquired London-based Scape, which is working on computer vision-based location tech it says is far more accurate than GPS  —  Scape Technologies, the London-based computer vision startup working on location accuracy beyond the capabilities of GPS … Filing indicates that Facebook has acquired London-based Scape, which

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Facebook agrees to improve its security procedures to settle a class action lawsuit over the 2018 data breach that exposed personal data of 29M users (Peter Blumberg/Bloomberg)

Peter Blumberg / Bloomberg: Facebook agrees to improve its security procedures to settle a class action lawsuit over the 2018 data breach that exposed personal data of 29M users  —  Facebook Inc. pledged to improve security protocols to resolve a lawsuit blaming the company for a 2018 data breach that exposed personal data of 29

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Some ransomware rings have started stealing data before they encrypt to use stolen data as leverage, ensuring that even victims with backups make the payment (Sean Gallagher/Ars Technica)

Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica: Some ransomware rings have started stealing data before they encrypt to use stolen data as leverage, ensuring that even victims with backups make the payment  —  Ransomware operators stealing data before they encrypt means backups are not enough.  —  Not every ransomware attack is an unmitigated disaster. Some ransomware rings

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