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| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
The Twitter attack may have been perpetrated by Joseph James Connor, a 21-year-old English SIM swapper linked to a group that hijacked @jack's account last year — Twitter was thrown into chaos on Wednesday after accounts for some of the world's most recognizable public figures …
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Lucky225, AppleInsider, Engadget, Input, Reclaim The Net, and The Verge
Tweets: @erikgroset, @dcbyron, @derekdoestech, @envirosec, @taviso, @starfire2258, and @katebevan
| Reuters: |
Sources: the FBI is leading a federal inquiry into the Twitter hack — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is leading a federal inquiry into the Twitter hacking, two sources familiar with the situation said, after hackers seized control of accounts belonging to Joe Biden …
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Wall Street Journal, The Block, Senator Josh Hawley, Engadget, Digital Trends, and The Verge. Tweets: @pinboard
| @twittersupport: |
[Thread] Twitter says a “coordinated social engineering attack” against employees with access to internal systems and tools allowed hackers to hijack accounts — Our investigation is still ongoing but here's what we know so far:
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VICE, Engadget, BBC, The Verge, The Hill, Washington Post, blog.trendmicro.com, Bloomberg, CNN, Los Angeles Times, CNBC, Vox, CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, NBC News, CCN.com, Input, Crypto Briefing, and HackRead
| Tae Kim / Bloomberg: |
The hack on Twitter provides more ammunition for critics who question Twitter's engineering prowess, poor management practices, and anemic financial performance — The breach revealed Twitter's engineering prowess and management practices as subpar. Hedge fund Elliott Management can't be happy about its investment.| TechCrunch: |
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TechCrunch, NBC News, Search Engine Roundtable, Reuters, The Verge, The Next Web, Decrypt, Android Police, New York Times, Wired, The Diff, Forbes, Fast Company, Engadget, Gizmodo, NewsBTC, Cointelegraph, 9to5Mac, Business Insider, CoinDesk, BBC, The Hill, SC Media, International Business Times, iLounge, CoinGeek, Bloomberg, Finbold, BleepingComputer, SlashGear, FlowingData, VICE, Light Reading, 9to5Google, and Coinspeaker
| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
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VICE, New York Times, CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, Save Journalism Committee, and Decrypt
Tweets: @derrick_snyder, @tempnbcnews, @jason_koebler, and @kayvz
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft says it will offer its game streaming service, currently called Project xCloud, for free to its Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers in September — xCloud will get a new name and some bigger ambitions — Microsoft is planning to launch its game streaming service …
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Xbox Wire, GameSpot, XDA Developers, Ars Technica, Neowin, Windows Central, OnMSFT.com, WinBuzzer, VentureBeat, SlashGear, CNBC, BGR, Laptop Mag, GamingBolt, The Next Web, and KnowTechie
Tweets: @tomwarren, @xbox, @realklobb, @zhugeex, @colteastwood, @pmaka1991, @g27status, and @majornelson
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft says it is halting production of its Xbox One X and Xbox One S All-Digital Edition consoles, ahead of Series X launch — The Xbox One S will continue to be manufactured — Microsoft is officially halting production of its Xbox One X and Xbox One S All-Digital Edition consoles.
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Press Start, VentureBeat, GamesIndustry.biz, TechHive, OnMSFT.com, SlashGear, TechSpot, Gamasutra, GameSpot, CCN.com, Kotaku, Ars Technica, and Windows Central
Tweets: @tomwarren and @charlieintel
| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Netflix reports Q2 revenue of $6.15B, up 24.9% YoY, and expects 2.5M net subscriber additions for Q3 vs analyst estimates of 5.27M; stock down 9%+ after hours — - Analysts counted Netflix among the safer bets during stay-at-home orders in the U.S. and the company showed substantial subscriber growth last quarter.
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Netflix, Vox, 9to5Mac, Associated Press, Tubefilter, Quartz, The Guardian, Barron's Online, Variety, Reuters, Forbes, Bloomberg, BBC, The Wrap, MarketWatch, TechCrunch, Axios, Silicon Valley Business …, TheStreet, Hollywood Reporter, and Business Insider
Tweets: @stevekovach, @stevekovach, and @mylesudland
| CNBC: |
Netflix names Ted Sarandos co-CEO, appoints Chief Product Officer Greg Peters as COO — Netflix names Ted Sarandos co-CEO| Wall Street Journal: |
US and UK say state-backed Russian hacking group APT29 is responsible for ongoing cyberattacks against orgs involved in the development of coronavirus vaccines — Targets include universities, private companies and other organizations working on vaccine research and testing globally
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UK NCSC, BBC, New York Times, GOV.UK, Bloomberg, Financial Times, BBC, Ars Technica, ZDNet, UK Parliament, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Axios, Slate, Threatpost, HealthITSecurity, BleepingComputer, and Nextgov
Tweets: @olganyc1211, @dominicraab, @tombossert, and @tomgara
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
EU's top court strikes down flagship EU-US data transfer mechanism Privacy Shield, in a ruling that could impact thousands of companies including Facebook — A highly anticipated ruling by Europe's top court has just landed — striking down a flagship EU-US data flows arrangement called Privacy Shield.
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Court of Justice of the European Union, EU Policy Blog, Ars Technica, Protocol, The Register, The Guardian, CNBC, U.S. Department of Commerce, Fortune, EAID, Engadget, Android Headlines, CNET, Reuters, Bloomberg Law, Politico, WIRED UK, Gizmodo, TechSpot, Techdirt, EDRi, Forrester, Reuters, and SiliconANGLE
Tweets: @eucourtpress, @maxschrems, @tconnellyrte, @maxschrems, @edmundheaphy, @juliesbrill, @kierenmccarthy, @stevepeers, @marcrotenberg, @mikarv, @mikarv, @sophieintveld, @tconnellyrte, @wolfiechristl, @narcaware, @jason_kint, @paulbernaluk, @europaulb, @alanbeattie, @1br0wn, @linnetelwin, @hadas_gold, and @paultang
| Christine Fisher / Engadget: |
Facebook adds screen sharing to Messenger video calls on its iOS and Android apps — The next time you're video chatting with a friend on your Facebook Messenger mobile app, you'll be able to quickly share your screen. Today, Facebook added screen sharing to Messenger video calls on its iOS and Android mobile apps.
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Messenger News, CNET, MacRumors, MobileSyrup, Ubergizmo, and Android Headlines
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google's Area 120 launches Shoploop, an interactive shopping app that's designed to introduce users to new products with short videos — Google's latest experiment is a video shopping platform designed to introduce consumers to new products in under 90 seconds.| Sean Lyngaas / CyberScoop: |
DHS' CISA issues its third ever emergency order, giving agencies 24 hours to patch or mitigate the “wormable” Windows DNS Server vulnerability — The Department of Homeland Security's cybersecurity division on Thursday ordered federal civilian agencies to apply a security fix … | Reuters: |
AG Barr accuses Apple, Google, and Microsoft of collaboration with CCP, says iPhones wouldn't be sold in China if they were “impervious to penetration” by China — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General William Barr took aim at Hollywood companies, including Walt Disney Co …
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U.S. Department of Justice, Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, Forbes, Fox News, PCMag, AppleInsider, New York Times, Washington Post, Bloomberg, CNBC, and Politico
Tweets: @cbs_herridge, @johncornyn, @loweringthebar, @esaagar, @rlheinrichs, @alexlindsay, and @kamvtv
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook confirms it will launch Instagram Reels, its answer to TikTok, in the US, UK, Japan, Mexico, and ~50 other countries in the coming weeks — Instagram confirmed it's preparing to soon launch its TikTok competitor, known as Reels, in the U.S. The company expects to bring the new video feature … | Ina Fried / Axios: |
T-Mobile announces ScamShield, a free service to block robocalls for all T-Mobile, Metro, and Sprint customers — T-Mobile announced Thursday it will offer ScamShield, a free scam-blocking service to all T-Mobile, Metro and Sprint customers. — Why it matters: Robocalls remain the scourge … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter unveils a new, fully rebuilt developer API with features like conversation threading, poll results in tweets, and pinned tweets, launching next week — Twitter is still recovering from the fallout of yesterday's sizable attack on high-profile accounts, but it's continuing to move forward …
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9to5Mac, The Verge, XDA Developers, ProgrammableWeb.com, CNET, Engadget, ZDNet, Android Police, and VentureBeat
Tweets: @rlux and @martinsfp
| Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
Apple updates its Style Guide with more inclusive language, such as replacing blacklist/whitelist with deny list/allow list and master branch with main branch — Apple has joined an industry trend toward more inclusive language in its technical domain, replacing terms with racial overtones like a …
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Apple Developer, AppleInsider, and iMore
| Ryan McCarthy / ProPublica: |
Analysis shows voting misinformation flourishes on Facebook: about 50% of top 50 posts that have mentioned voting by mail since April 1 were false or misleading — On April 3, Terrence K. Williams, a politically conservative actor and comedian who's been praised by President Donald Trump … | Aoife White / Bloomberg: |
EU antitrust regulators launch sectorial inquiry into IoT, including interoperability of devices and how smart assistants like Siri or Alexa use collected data — - Vestager warns that voice assistants may offer less choice — Some 400 firms to be quizzed, EU to present results in 2021
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CNET, Reuters, TechHive, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, and MacRumors. Tweets: @realdanstoller
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