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    Colonial Pipeline paid 75 Bitcoin, or roughly $5 million, to hackers.

    Colonial Pipeline paid its extortionists roughly 75 Bitcoin, or nearly $5 million, to recover its stolen data, according to people briefed on the transaction.The...

    Biden Signs Executive Order to Bolster Federal Government’s Cybersecurity

    WASHINGTON — As the East Coast suffered from the effects of a ransomware attack on a major petroleum pipeline, President Biden signed an executive...

    Coinbase made $771 million in profit in the first quarter, benefiting from cryptocurrency mania.

    The cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase said on Thursday that its quarterly profit soared by more than 20 times from a year earlier as its revenue...

    After another canceled year in the desert, Burning Man plans for a virtual event – TechCrunch

    Last month, the organization behind Burning Man announced that the festival/experience would not be returning to the desert of Nevada this year due to...

    Alba Orbital’s mission to image the Earth every 15 minutes brings in $3.4M seed round – TechCrunch

    Orbital imagery is in demand, and if you think having daily images of everywhere on Earth is going to be enough in a few...

    Advanced tax strategies for startup founders – TechCrunch

    Peyton Carr is a financial advisor to founders, entrepreneurs and their families, helping them with planning and investing. He is a managing director of...

    Shopify helps customers build online shops, but it’s minting tech founders and investors, too – TechCrunch

    Last month, Jean-Michel Lemieux, the chief technology officer of Shopify, and chief talent officer Brittany Forsyth announced on Twitter that they are stepping down from...

    New Relic is bringing in a new CEO as founder Lew Cirne moves to executive chairman role – TechCrunch

    At the market close this afternoon ahead of its earnings report, New Relic, an applications performance monitoring company, announced that founder Lew Cirne would...

    Pinterest to test live-streamed events this month with 21 creators – TechCrunch

    Pinterest is expanding into live events. The company is planning to host a three-day virtual event that will feature live-streamed sessions from top creators,...

    Is there a creed in venture capital? – TechCrunch

    Enforcement is so unusual, it's a mostly dead-end path More posts by this contributor Analyzing the spectrum of corporate innovation from R&D to VC “Darth Ventures” and...

    PayPal acquires returns logistics business, Happy Returns – TechCrunch

    PayPal announced today it’s acquiring Happy Returns, a returns solution provider that offers online shoppers access to easier ways to send back unwanted merchandise...

    Solving billing and cash flow woes simultaneously – TechCrunch

    Krish Subramanian Contributor Krish Subramanian is co-founder and CEO of Chargebee, a global leader in subscription billing and revenue management. He began his career as a...

    The Apple and Amazon Side Hustles

    This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays.Both Apple and Amazon collect cash from...

    China’s autonomous vehicle startups AutoX, Momenta and WeRide are coming to TC Sessions: Mobility 2021 – TechCrunch

    As the autonomous vehicle industry in the United States marches towards consolidation, a funding spree continues to exhilarate China’s robotaxi industry. Momenta, Pony.ai, WeRide,...

    Google Analytics prepares for life after cookies – TechCrunch

    As consumer behavior and expectations around privacy have shifted — and operating systems and browsers have adapted to this — the age of cookies...

    These are the 25 companies presenting at Alchemist Accelerator’s 27th Demo Day today – TechCrunch

    Enterprise-focused Alchemist Accelerator is back with another one. Today marks its 27th Demo Day, with over two dozen companies expected to take the (virtual)...