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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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Thunderspy, Technology@Intel, Forbes, Engadget, GitHub, BleepingComputer, Gizmodo, AppleInsider, Threatpost, YouTube, The Next Web, Android Authority, Windows Central, CNET, Appleosophy, Input, The Hacker News, BetaNews, iPhone in Canada Blog, Mashable, New York Post, Tom's Guide, The Verge, gHacks Technology News, TechSpot, SlashGear, SecurityWeek, TechPowerUp, Neowin, MSPoweruser, Wccftech, KnowTechie, 9to5Mac, Silicon Republic, TechRadar.com, Slashdot, and The Mac Observer
| 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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TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, Thurrott, Engadget, iPhone Hacks, and iDownloadBlog.com
Tweets: @irvinebroque, @wongmjane, @ericajoy, @paulgelb, @ldrogen, @markcwebster, and @caseynewton
| 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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New York Times, New York Times, and BuzzFeed News
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 …
Tweets: @rafat, @stefanlesser, @romchamp, @leonlinsx, @mikeconnery, @robenkleene, @helgeklein, @l4stewar, @bernardleong, @n8brown, and @benedictevans
| 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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