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Facebook accidentally printed messages like “Big Brother is Watching” inside tens of thousands of Oculus Touch controllers, already shipped some to developers — - Facebook said it accidentally included cryptic hidden messages in “tens of thousands” of its Oculus Touch virtual-reality controllers.
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Hackers claim they stole ~4K unique personnel records from sites related to the FBI National Academy Association, claim to have data from 1K+ more hacked sites — A hacker group has breached several FBI-affiliated websites and uploaded their contents to the web, including dozens of files containing … | Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
DHS warns about a bug in VPN apps from Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, Pulse Secure, and F5 Networks, which can give attackers remote access to enterprise networks — Several enterprise virtual private networking apps are vulnerable to a security bug that can allow an attacker to remotely break …
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| Harry McCracken / Fast Company: |
Profile of Amazon's HR chief Beth Galetti, the highest-ranking woman at the company and the only woman on the 18-person “S-Team” that reports directly to Bezos — Amazon's HR chief, former engineer Beth Galetti, is hiring hundreds of people a day. As the company's workforce swells, so do her challenges.
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Microsoft says a “limited” number of its web email service accounts were breached between Jan. 1 and March 28 using a customer support agent's credentials — On the heels of a trove of 773 million emails, and tens of millions of passwords, from a variety of domains getting leaked in January … | Katie Notopoulos / BuzzFeed News: |
Facebook's transparency tool that shows users which advertisers have used a contact list with their information is a nightmare for a normal person to use — On Facebook under Settings, there's a page in the Ads section where you can view your Ad Preferences.
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As the key trial between Apple and Qualcomm starts on Tuesday, a report details the increasingly acrimonious relationship between the company CEOs — The legal battle between Qualcomm and Apple has grown increasingly tense since it began in early 2017. A new report from The Wall Street Journal explores … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
HQ Trivia confirms Scott Rogowsky, its primetime host who had become the de facto face of the company, has left and will be replaced by Matt Richards — Quiz Khalifa aka Host Malone aka Trap Trebek aka HQ Trivia's Scott Rogowsky has been pushed out of the live mobile gaming startup.
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Current and former US officials and business execs describe hacking and IP theft by China and why they stayed silent because of the profits to be made in trade — Technology theft and other unfair business practices originating from China are costing the American economy more than $57 billion a year … | Jessica Guynn / USA Today: |
Facebook nominates PayPal exec Peggy Alford to its board, the first African-American woman, and won't nominate Reed Hastings and Erskine Bowles for re-election — SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook has nominated prominent technology executive Peggy Alford for election to its board.
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| Oliver Lee Bateman / MEL Magazine: |
How bodybuilding forums of the 2000s, which offered a safe space to learn about anabolic drug use and trade insults, laid the groundwork for internet trolling — It was never about the politics. It was always about the drugs. This is how a group of weightlifting pros …
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| Josh Horwitz / Reuters: |
In a speech to employees, Alibaba founder Jack Ma defends the “996” work culture at Chinese tech companies, calling it a “huge blessing” for young workers — SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Alibaba Group founder and billionaire Jack Ma has defended the grueling overtime work culture …
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| Charlotte West / OneZero: |
Q&A with people who still pay for email with EarthLink and AOL, which reported $600M revenue from email and dial-up in 2014 and estimated $400M in 2018 — It's not just Mike Pence and your grandma — a lot of people still use AOL and EarthLink, and pay for the privilege| Richard Lawler / Engadget: |
Disney says Disney+ will support 4K and HDR video, all content on Disney+ can be downloaded and viewed offline, and that the app will be on Roku, PS4, and more — In the fall of 2017 Disney announced plans for a subscription streaming service of its own that could compete with the likes of Netflix.
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