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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Researcher: PCs with Thunderbolt ports have an unpatchable flaw letting hackers with physical access circumvent data safeguards; some new PCs are not affected — The so-called Thunderspy attack takes less than five minutes to pull off with physical access to a device, and affects any PC manufactured before 2019.
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| Siva Vaidhyanathan / Wired: |
In its quasi-judiciary role, Facebook Oversight Board is neutered from the start since it can not mandate codes of conduct or effectively help minimize harm — The company's new review board is designed to move slowly and keep things intact. — My late colleague, Neil Postman …
Tweets: @danengber, @elibietti, @elinor_carmi, @wired, @ptnoo, @sulliview, @memplexx, @evanselinger, @sarahdrinkwater, @jenny_domino, @moonalice, @frankpasquale, @mer__edith, and @sivavaid
| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Report: the White House is in talks with Intel and TSMC about building chip factories in the US to strengthen domestic supply chains — The Trump administration hasn't been shy about wanting to reduce its dependence on Asia for technology, and that might soon include the processors inside PCs and phones.
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SiliconANGLE, TweakTown News, The Verge, Associated Press, Gizmodo, HPCwire, AppleInsider, and VentureBeat
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Microsoft starts rolling out a new Reply All Storm Protection feature to Office 365 customers that lets IT staff detect and stop Reply-All email storms — Redmond adds protection against massive “Reply-All” email storms after suffering two internal incidents in 2019 and 2020.
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The Verge, USA Today, SiliconANGLE, Engadget, Gizmodo, BetaNews, SlashGear, Ubergizmo, and Thurrott
Tweets: @stevesi, @campuscodi, @sachinrekhi, @mr_considerate, @innov8tr, @biancawylie, @rayredacted, @michaelhoffman, @sub8u, and @tomwarren
| Benedict Evans: |
A look at what could be holding back VR, as a breakthrough moment seems unlikely to materialize despite ripe conditions and nearly a decade of big bets on VR — We tried VR in the 1980s, and it didn't work. The idea may have been great, but the technology of the day was nowhere close to delivering it …
Tweets: @mikeconnery, @bernardleong, @l4stewar, @n8brown, @robenkleene, @stefanlesser, @benedictevans, @helgeklein, @leonlinsx, and @romchamp
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: online used-car seller Vroom files confidentially for IPO, setting sights on a June offering after its December 2019 funding round valued it at $1.5B — Firm sets sights on a June offering after rich funding round — Online used-car seller Vroom Inc. has filed confidentially …
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25iq, PYMNTS.com, and SiliconANGLE
Tweets: @d_mccar, @d_mccar, @trengriffin, and @rolfewinkler
| Ben Smith / New York Times: |
As Australian and French regulators plan to make tech companies pay publishers for news content, leaders from Ireland to Malaysia say they are paying attention — News organizations have long hoped that tech platforms would pay them for news. Now regulators abroad are moving to make that happen.
Tweets: @benyt, @vijayshekhar, @marietjeschaake, @mazmhussain, @kirstinestewart, @seyitaylor, @ninabernstein1, @megankstack, @jason_kint, and @ewong
| Jeremy White / WIRED UK: |
Greg Joswiak, Apple's VP of product marketing, talks about the development of AirPods, says the product has “done even better than we could ever imagine” — The wireless headphones have been a surprise hit. Here's how — If you started a business in an ultra-competitive space …
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9to5Mac, Patently Apple, iPhone in Canada Blog, iMore, MacRumors, and AppleInsider
Tweets: @reneritchie, @sportschris, @wireduk, and @wireduk
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Hacker group ShinyHunters claims it has breached ten companies, including dating app Zoosk, and is selling their 73M+ user records on a dark web marketplace — Hacker group “ShinyHunters” is selling the data of 10 companies on a dark web cybercrime marketplace.| Richard Nieva / CNET: |
Source: Eric Schmidt left his role as technical advisor to Alphabet in February, ending his 19-year tenure at Google — Eric Schmidt , who drove Google's transformation from Silicon Valley start-up to global titan, is no longer an adviser to the search giant and its parent Alphabet …
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SiliconANGLE, Engadget, 9to5Google, AppleInsider, Beyond Search, Thurrott, CNBC, and Seeking Alpha
Tweets: @lutherlowe, @_shankarganesh, @richardjnieva, @dangercart, @cnet, and @richardjnieva. Thanks:@techledes
| Jon Caramanica / New York Times: |
Instagram Live has become the definitive medium of quarantine for rappers, producers, DJs, and other artists, with hip-hop stars leading the way — The pandemic halted in-person gatherings, but a new type of party was born on social media, with rap stars leading the charge.
Tweets: @nytimesmusic, @benliebmann, @daveambrose, and @nytimesmusic
| Christine Hall / Crunchbase News: |
Medable, which wants to reduce clinical trial timelines 50% by streamlining design, recruitment, and the collection of data, raises $25M led by GSR Ventures — Palo Alto, California startup Medable Inc. raised $25 million in funding led by GSR Ventures, to accelerate clinical drug development with digital technology.| Art Raymond / Deseret News: |
Founder of surveillance firm Banjo resigns as CEO after a report last month that he was once a neo-Nazi and was involved in the drive-by shooting of a synagogue — PARK CITY — Embattled event detection tech firm Banjo announced Friday that the company's current CEO and founder, Damien Patton … Sponsor Posts
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