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A new Golang-based worm has been actively dropping XMRig cryptocurrency malware on Windows and Linux servers since early December, mining Monero — A newly discovered and self-spreading Golang-based malware has been actively dropping XMRig cryptocurrency miners on Windows and Linux servers since early December. Source
A look at the rise and fall of Xiami, Alibaba’s discontinued music streaming service, which only had 22.4M MAUs by Oct. vs. 450M+ for Tencent’s three music apps — Once a leader, Xiami saw its monthly active users (MAUs) fall to 22.4 million by October 2020, a tiny fraction of the 450 million. Source
Profile of Tencent, China’s most valuable company at ~$900B, with a powerful ecosystem including WeChat, and local and overseas startup investments worth ~$259B Source
Interview with Drupal founder Dries Buytaert as it marks 20 years, on importance of user experience, open source, API first approach, JavaScript bloat, and more Source
Profile of ShareChat, an India-centric social network which lacks English language support and has 160M MAUs, 100M of which signed up in the last year Source
1Password acquires secrets management service SecretHub and launches Secrets Automation, a tool for companies to safeguard enterprise credentials — Password-management platform 1Password is expanding into the “secrets management” space, helping developer teams across the enterprise safeguard. Source
Chris Sacca on his move to climate investing, Jack Dorsey’s inability to confront big questions, and Travis Kalanick’s weakness in managing company culture — A conversation with Chris Sacca about climate investing — and Travis Kalanick. — Chris Sacca apologized for joining our Zoom call a few minutes late. Source
An interview with a16z’s Jonathan Lai on Games Fund One, the VC firm’s new $600M fund for games that will invest in studios, infrastructure, and consumer apps — Andreessen Horowitz has raised a $600 million fund to invest in games. The storied venture capital firm is already a big investor in games. Source
FCC chair notified Congress that US service providers have requested ~$5.6B for removing and replacing network equipment and services provided by Huawei and ZTE — WASHINGTON Today, Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel notified Congress that providers have initially requested approximately $5.6 billion. Source
