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Safari now has an estimated 1B+ users, making it the second browser to pass the milestone, behind Chrome's 3.37B+, but ahead of Edge's 212M+ and Firefox's 179M+ (Atlas VPN)

Atlas VPN: Safari now has an estimated 1B+ users, making it the second browser to pass the milestone, behind Chrome's 3.37B+, but ahead of Edge's 212M+ and Firefox's 179M+ — Browsers can connect you to any place on the internet. It retrieves and renders data to show it nicely on your screen. https://bit.ly/3x3bjwQ

Menlo Microsystems, which aims to make circuit breakers and electrical switches far more efficient, raises $150M, bringing its total raised to $225M (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: Menlo Microsystems, which aims to make circuit breakers and electrical switches far more efficient, raises $150M, bringing its total raised to $225M — Menlo Microsystems unveiled its Ideal Switch recently and it also raised $150 million to shake up the electronics industry. https://bit.ly/3z7RF5y

Vendia, a blockchain-based multi-cloud enterprise data sharing service, raises a $30M Series B led by NewView Capital, bringing its total funding to $50M (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch)

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Vendia, a blockchain-based multi-cloud enterprise data sharing service, raises a $30M Series B led by NewView Capital, bringing its total funding to $50M — Vendia, a blockchain-based platform that makes it easier for businesses to share their code and data with partners across applications … https://bit.ly/3M2BdGD

A profile of Paramount three years into its streaming shift, an underdog choosing to continue alone as Netflix and Disney dominate and other streamers cut deals (Benjamin Mullin/New York Times)

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times: A profile of Paramount three years into its streaming shift, an underdog choosing to continue alone as Netflix and Disney dominate and other streamers cut deals — The dominance of Netflix and Disney in streaming has forced many companies to join forces. So far, Paramount has gone its own way. https://bit.ly/3NOHmYl

How musicians like Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo use Discord: artists share ideas, host parties, and engage with fans, who help with moderation and other tasks (Cat Zhang/Pitchfork)

Cat Zhang / Pitchfork: How musicians like Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo use Discord: artists share ideas, host parties, and engage with fans, who help with moderation and other tasks — Originally launched as a messaging app for gamers, the platform has become an intimate place for artists and fans to connect and build community. https://bit.ly/3a63jU4

BlockSec: a buggy smart contract on Mirror Protocol, a Terra DeFi app for betting on stocks using synthetic assets, was exploited for ~$90M over seven months (Vishal Chawla/The Block)

Vishal Chawla / The Block: BlockSec: a buggy smart contract on Mirror Protocol, a Terra DeFi app for betting on stocks using synthetic assets, was exploited for ~$90M over seven months — Quick Take — The exploit was accidentally discovered by a Terra community member last week. — It has been confirmed by security analysts BlockSec. https://bit.ly/38vWWsH

Report: Google, Bing, and YouTube regularly return Chinese state media content in the top US results on China's human-rights record and the origins of COVID-19 (Karen Hao/Wall Street Journal)

Karen Hao / Wall Street Journal: Report: Google, Bing, and YouTube regularly return Chinese state media content in the top US results on China's human-rights record and the origins of COVID-19 — On issues important to Beijing, official Chinese sources also enjoy strong placement on YouTube and other widely used U.S. services, a new report finds https://bit.ly/3GyyDan