Tech Vulnerabilities and Investment Trends

Really bad Android zero-day discovered, is the scooter space back? Apple makes an interesting acquisition, an exoskeleton allows a paralyzed man to walk again and of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.

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Links:

• Attackers exploit 0-day vulnerability that gives full control of Android phones (ArsTechnica)
• Bird raises $275 million Series D round at a $2.5 billion valuation (TechCrunch)
• Apple May Have Acquired Motion Capture Company IKinema [Update: Confirmed] (MacRumors)
• Apple’s AR plans may come to life after acquiring iKinema motion tech (VentureBeat)
• A brain-controlled exoskeleton has let a paralyzed man walk in the lab (MIT Technology Review)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

• The Off-the-Radar Baseball League That’s Trying to Reboot the Game (GEN)
• Inside Disney’s New York Stream Factory (Variety)
• My Time at Snap (@marko_tupper)
• Dog-walking startup Wag raised $300 million to unleash growth. Then things got messy (CNN Business)
• Where Toxic Masculinity Goes to Die (The Atlantic)
• The Fallen Worlds of Philip Pullman (The New Yorker)

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