Erin Griffith / New York Times: Former Pinterest COO accuses the company of gender bias in a new lawsuit, alleges she was fired in April after complaining about sexist treatment  —  Françoise Brougher, Pinterest´s former chief operating officer, said she was fired after speaking up about mistreatment.

Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: Report: since January, a group has been hijacking Tor exit relay nodes to perform SSL stripping attacks, peaking in May when the group ran 23.95% of all nodes  —  At one point, the group ran almost a quarter of all Tor exit nodes.  Group still controls 10% of all Tor exit nodes today.

Adi Robertson / The Verge: Nreal, which fought off IP theft suit from Magic Leap, will start shipping AR glasses in S. Korea this month for ~$586 or $295 when bundled with Galaxy Note 20  —  They cost $586 alone or $295 in a Galaxy Note 20 bundle  —  The Nreal Light mixed reality glasses are shipping in Korea alongside Samsung´s newly announced Galaxy Note 20.

Bloomberg: Source: AmEx is in advanced talks to buy SoftBank-backed online lender Kabbage for as much as $850M in an all-cash deal as soon as this month  —  American Express Co. is in advanced talks to buy the online small-business lender Kabbage Inc., which is backed by investors including Japan´s SoftBank Group Corp …

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE: In the wake of a widely protested presidential election in Belarus, nonprofits and companies including Twitter are reporting parts of the internet being blocked  —  Twitter, local journalists, and internet freedom organizations report that there are widespread internet blocks in Belarus.

Steve Evans / ReinsuranceNe.ws: Buckle, an insurer for ridesharing platforms with coverage in 47 US states, raises $31M Series A led by HSCM Bermuda and Eos  —  Buckle, an insurtech company for the ride-share industry, said it has raised $31 million in a Series A funding round.  —  The insurer said the funding round …

FinSMEs: Charleston, SC-based startup Palmetto, which helps consumers calculate potential energy costs and savings by using green tech like solar, raises $29M Series B  —  Palmetto, a Charleston, S.C.-based clean technology software and fulfillment platform company, completed a $29M Series B funding.

Gary Ng / iPhone in Canada Blog: Apple files a notice of opposition with USPTO against a startup trying to trademark a logo which resembles a pear for its recipe search app called Prepear  —  Prepear is a meal planner and grocery list app that helps people discover recipes and more.  It´s a spin off from the founders …

Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: As Zynga buys Istanbul-based Rollic Games for $168M, a look at the rapid growth of hyper-casual mobile games, where publishers may launch a new title every week  —  Games makers are scoring hundreds of millions of downloads by churning out cheaply made titles

Tripp Mickle / Wall Street Journal: How Tim Cook turned Apple into a corporate colossus and delivered one of the most lucrative business successions in history  —  The industrial engineer has turned Steve Jobs´s creation into a corporate colossus, delivering one of the most lucrative business successions in history