Brian Heater / TechCrunch:
Sense, which uses AI to provide homeowners with real-time data on home energy use, raises a $105M Series C led by Blue Earth Capital  —  I assumed there was some sort of typo the last time I checked my energ…

CoinDesk:
DeFi lender Rari Capital, which merged with Fei Protocol in December, loses ~$80M in a hack that exploited a reentrancy vulnerability in Rari’s Fuse protocol  —  Decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms Rari Capital and Fei Pro…

Mike Butcher / TechCrunch:
Swvl, a booking platform for private buses that went public via a SPAC merger in March, acquires on-demand coach service Zeelo, sources say for ~$100M  —  Mass transit group Swvl has confirmed to TechCrunch …

Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Sources: Google’s upcoming Pixel Watch will be powered by a 300mAh battery and will support cellular connectivity  —  While the look of Google’s upcoming Wear OS device has thoroughly leaked, many questions abou…

Associated Press:
Experts raise concerns about the use of a predictive child welfare algorithm in Allegheny County, PA, and its potential to harden racial disparity in the system  —  Inside a cavernous stone fortress in downtown Pitts…

Andrew Deck / Rest of World:
A look at Zenly, a Snap-owned social mapping app still operating in Russia amid bans and exits of other Western apps; Zenly had 51M+ downloads in Russia in 2021  —  The app saw 51 million downloads in Russ…

Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal:
A look at the challenges Apple is facing as it develops its own wireless modem, expected to replace Qualcomm chips in 2023 iPhones  —  A series of moves by the tech giant, as well as signals fro…

Aditya Kalra / Reuters:
India’s Enforcement Directorate says it has seized $725M from Xiaomi’s bank accounts over allegedly illegal royalty payments to its foreign subsidiaries  —  India said on Saturday it had seized $725 million fro…

The onslaught was delivered through HTTPS, which puts more strain on a target, and it suggests that attackers are getting more powerful.

Plus: Trump backers breach election systems, Microsoft tracks Russia’s war prep, a new Facebook leak reveals a mess, and Bored Ape Yacht Club gets hacked.