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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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| 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, BuzzFeed News, and The Guardian
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| 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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| 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, Android Authority, Input, Cult of Mac, XDA Developers, Android Police, Thurrott, Liliputing, PhoneArena, Windows Central, Droid Life, Engadget, and MacRumors
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| Elizabeth Culliford / Reuters: |
Twitter says it will add labels and warning messages to tweets about COVID-19 with misleading or disputed content and plans to expand the labels to other topics — (Reuters) - Twitter Inc will add labels and warning messages on some tweets with disputed or misleading information about COVID-19 …
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Twitter, CNET, The Verge, Bloomberg, Engadget, and Associated Press
Tweets: @twittersupport and @bluechoochoo
| 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
| Tom Krazit / Protocol: |
Apple has gone on a cloud computing hiring spree in recent months, bringing on many well-known engineers, a sign it's committed to improving its infrastructure — Apple has for years been considered a bit of a backwater in the tech infrastructure community, far behind companies like AWS, Microsoft, Google, Facebook and Netflix.| 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
| 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 … | 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
| 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.| Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios: |
Sources: Dave McClure is raising $10M to buy out some LPs of 500 Startups' first fund using his Practical Venture Capital firm, which is raising a $100M fund — Venture capitalist Dave McClure is raising $10 million for a special purpose vehicle to buy out some limited partners in the first fund … Sponsor Posts
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