Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
Government investigation finds 73% of federal agencies at risk of being unable to detect data access attempts, 84% fail at encrypting data at rest, more — The Office of Management and Budget reports that the federal government is a shambles — cybersecurity-wise, anyway.
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Saheli Roy Choudhury / CNBC:
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says the company is on track for a 2019 IPO; source says the company has not started interviewing banks — - Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi told CNBC that the ride-hailing company is on track to go public in 2019. — The company is in a “good position” …
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Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Zynga buys Turkey-based mobile game studio Gram Games for $250M in cash; its 77 employees will stay on and operate as an independent studio inside Zynga — Zynga has acquired 1010 mobile game maker Gram Games for $250 million in cash plus other considerations.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Hulu CEO says its internet pay-TV service Hulu With Live TV has signed up 800K subscribers since its launch over a year ago — Hulu, in a little over a year since launching its $40 monthly internet-streaming “skinny bundle,” has signed up 800,000 customers for the service, according to CEO Randy Freer.
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