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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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| @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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| Alex Hern / The Guardian: |
Twitter says 130 accounts were affected in Wednesday's hack, and the attackers were able to gain control and send tweets from a small subset of those accounts — Social network investigating whether users' private data was compromised — More than a hundred high-profile Twitter accounts have been hacked …
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| New York Times: |
Personal assistant arrested in the NYC killing of Fahim Saleh, founder of prank call app PrankDial and motorcycle ride-sharing apps in Bangladesh and Nigeria — Mr. Saleh, 33, was found dismembered and decapitated inside his Manhattan apartment. — The former personal assistant …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Sensor Tower: US App Store's downloads have surpassed China's for the first time since 2014, seeing a 27.4% YoY growth compared to 2.1% YoY in China — The U.S. App Store's downloads have surpassed China's downloads for the first time since 2014, in a new milestone.
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| Bloomberg: |
Pegatron, the second-largest iPhone assembler, is setting up a local subsidiary in India, joining rivals Foxconn and Wistron — Apple Inc. assembly partner Pegatron Corp. is making preparations for its first plant in India, adding to a large influx of foreign tech investments in the country this year.
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| Dara Khosrowshahi / Uber Newsroom: |
Uber wants to become “actively anti-racist” by doubling Black leadership by 2025, tying exec compensation to diversity metrics, and supporting Black-owned SMBs — With a resurgence of cases, it can feel that our collective attention has moved back to the COVID-19 pandemic and away …
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| Malathi Nayak / Bloomberg: |
US District Judge says WhatsApp's malware case against NSO Group can move forward, rejecting NSO's claim that it qualified for foreign official immunity — WhatsApp and its parent Facebook Inc. can press ahead with a lawsuit accusing Israeli spyware maker NSO Group of creating accounts …
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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
A purported 360-degree render of the rumored Samsung Galaxy Note 20 leaks — We've seen a lot of Samsung's Note 20 Ultra to date, but there haven't been any notable appearances of the smaller model. Today, a detailed 3D render of the Galaxy Note 20 has hit the web, giving us a clear look at this phone and what sets it apart.
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Global Alliance for Responsible Media, an industry body of ad companies including Google and Facebook, agrees to evaluate mutual definition of hate speech — The Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM), an industry body consisting of the world's biggest advertising companies …
Tweets: @ajb_sf and @sarafischer
| The Intercept: |
In a leaked bulletin from May, DHS indicated concern that the widespread use of masks could interfere with police facial recognition systems — While doctors and politicians still struggle to convince Americans to take the barest of precautions against Covid-19 by wearing a mask …
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The Verge. Tweets: @people4bernie, @evagolinger, @michaelboldin, @mikeelgan, @zackwhittaker, @stevenbodzin, @theintercept, @davenewworld_2, @mauve_sky, @nikiblack, and @theintercept
| 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, Input, 9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, and AppleInsider
Tweets: @pixel, @elektrojunge, @netnewswire, @b3ll, @s_m_i, @twostraws, @reneritchie, and @stshank. Thanks:@stshank
| CNBC: |
Netflix names Ted Sarandos co-CEO, appoints Chief Product Officer Greg Peters as COO — Netflix names Ted Sarandos co-CEO
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