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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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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Spotify announces Group Sessions in beta, letting multiple Premium users control a listening session — Share DJ time with your quarantine buddies — Spotify is giving premium users a new feature that'll allow them to share DJ duties with anyone in their immediate vicinity.
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| Travis M. Andrews / Washington Post: |
Facebook, YouTube, and Vimeo say they are removing a viral 26-minute trailer for “Plandemic”, a conspiracy film that features well-known anti-vaxxers — Social media companies including YouTube, Vimeo and Facebook are removing a viral conspiracy theory video because of its claims regarding the coronavirus pandemic.
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Tweets: @profcarroll, @digiphile, @ceciliakang, @nytimes, and @jason_kint
| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon 768G processor with faster graphics performance and global 5G support — Qualcomm isn't wasting any time following up last year's Snapdragon 765G gaming chip with a more powerful model. It's unveiling the Snapdragon 768G, a follow-up that appears to address what many gamers want the most: raw performance.
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Qualcomm, Qualcomm, The Verge, VentureBeat, Android Police, Digital Trends, Pocketnow, 9to5Google, Droid Life, MSPoweruser, Android Headlines, SemiAccurate, TechRadar.com, Tom's Guide, and MobileSyrup. Tweets: @as1f_iq
| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Premium email app Newton Mail says it has been bought by new owners and will still charge $50 per year — The $50-per-year email service has been bought again by new owners — Newton Mail is returning to life once again under new ownership, marking the unexpected third life for the premium email app.
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Paper Planes, Input, Android Authority, Cult of Mac, XDA Developers, Android Police, Thurrott, Liliputing, Droid Life, PhoneArena, Windows Central, Engadget, and MacRumors
Tweets: @newtonmailapp, @cgartenberg, @dcseifert, @martinsfp, @ow, and @joshuatopolsky
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Microsoft and Intel have developed an approach to detect malware by first converting its binary form into a grayscale image then applying deep learning methods — Microsoft and Intel Labs work on STAMINA, a new deep learning approach for detecting and classifying malware.
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OnMSFT.com, Engadget, WinBuzzer, and SecurityWeek
| Sam Goree / The Conversation: |
Study of websites from the top 1,000 US businesses shows colors, layouts, and AI-generated attributes have became more similar between 2010 and 2016 — Over the past few years, articles and blog posts have started to ask some version of the same question: “Why are all websites starting to look the same?”
Tweets: @campuscodi
| 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 …
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
India-based Shiprocket, which works with multiple courier companies on behalf of direct-to-consumer sellers, raises $13M Series C led by Tribe Capital — Shiprocket, a New Delhi-based logistics aggregator that works with direct-to-consumer sellers including several social media influencers … | Max Willens / Digiday: |
Six months after the glitzy launch of Facebook News, sources at seven publishers say they have seen little impact as the company focuses on other things — Publishers who are used to seeing Facebook launch a new product with much fanfare, then have momentum fizzle, are starting to get a familiar feeling.| Tae Kim / Bloomberg: |
The pandemic is creating opportunities for Amazon rivals, from upstart Shopify to retailers such as Target and Costco — Business turmoil sparked by the Covid-19 pandemic is creating opportunities for rivals from upstart Shopify to retailers such as Target and Costco. — The e-commerce rebels are making their advance.
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Slashdot. Tweets: @firstadopter, @benedictevans, @firstadopter, @firstadopter, @bopinion, and @bgurley
| 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.Sponsor Posts
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