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Hackers take down EU Parliament site in apparent DDoS attack — Techradar.pro

Russian hackers have attacked the website of the European Union’s Parliament and managed to take it offline for several hours, writes Sead Fadilpašić. Here is...

Checkbook raises $10M

San Mateo, California-based push payments company Checkbook has raised $10 million in a Series A funding round.

Salesforce to acquire Slack for $27.7B

Salesforce has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Slack, for approximately $27.7 billion. 

From Fitbits to Rokus, hedge funds mine data for consumer habits — Bloomberg

Some of the world’s biggest hedge funds, from Steve Cohen’s Point72 Asset Management to Ken Griffin’s Citadel, have been snapping up large swaths of...