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| Brad Smith / Microsoft On the Issues: |
Microsoft identified 40+ customers targeted in the SolarWinds hack, 80% in the US, says the attack is “ongoing” and calls for a global cybersecurity response — The final weeks of a challenging year have proven even more difficult with the recent exposure of the world's latest serious nation-state cyberattack.
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| Washington Post: |
CISA issues an alert that says evidence suggests attackers used malware to access US systems, beyond SolarWinds vulnerabilities, but offers no other details — Federal investigators reported Thursday on evidence of previously unknown tactics for penetrating government computer networks …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Microsoft says compromised SolarWinds apps were on its networks but that no customer data was stolen; it denies report hackers used its systems to attack others — Microsoft denies that hackers pivoted to production systems and abused its software to attack customers.
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| Politico: |
Sources: Energy Dept. and NNSA, which maintains the US nuclear weapons stockpile, have evidence that their networks were accessed as part of the SolarWinds hack — The Energy Department and National Nuclear Security Administration, which maintains the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile …
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| Scott Simmie / DroneDJ: |
China-based drone maker DJI is among the companies the US Commerce Department has added to its blacklist — An updated “Entity List” is bad news for the world's largest drone manufacturer. DJI has been put in the company of Huawei and others, a move that will have negative consequences for the firm.
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| Reuters: |
US to add ~80 more Chinese companies and affiliates, including SMIC, to the trade blacklist — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is set to add dozens of Chinese companies, including the country's top chipmaker SMIC, to a trade blacklist on Friday, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday.
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Sony is removing Cyberpunk 2077 from PlayStation Store until further notice, and offering full refunds to people who bought it, amid reports of it being buggy — You can request a refund now — Sony is pulling Cyberpunk 2077 from the PlayStation Store and offering full refunds for anyone …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter launches Spaces, its Clubhouse-like service, in private beta on iOS, limited to select individuals, largely from under-represented backgrounds — Last month, Twitter announced it would soon begin testing a new social experience on its platforms involving audio-only chat rooms …
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| Jack Morse / Mashable: |
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| Dr. Will Roper / Popular Mechanics: |
The US Air Force details how an AI copilot successfully flew a U-2 spy plane on December 15, marking the first time AI has controlled a US military system — - The U.S. Air Force flew an artificial intelligence (AI) copilot on a — in California. — The flight marked … | Patience Haggin / Wall Street Journal: |
As its revenue surges, Roku has become increasingly forceful in its negotiations with media companies, as evidenced by its fights with Fox and WarnerMedia — The maker of the leading streaming-media player has taken up brash negotiating tactics over its terms to carry services like HBO Max and Peacock| Patricia Nilsson / Financial Times: |
An investigation into who owns MindGeek, the secretive company behind Pornhub, which had $460M in revenue in 2018 and has 115M+ daily visitors to its sites — Mario Salieri was shooting a pornographic movie in a lavish Prague villa two decades ago when he first caught sight of the computer geeks who were about to upend his industry.
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| Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
Coinbase says it has confidentially filed for an IPO — Cryptocurrency giant Coinbase announced on Thursday that is has confidentially filed for a public offering, becoming the latest in a parade of high-profile startups to pursue an IPO in 2020. — Founded in 2012 as a simple way for consumers … | Russ Frushtick / Polygon: |
Q&A with Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser on COVID-19's impact, Animal Crossing, plans for 2021, Switch Online, and more — The president of Nintendo of America on the last year and looking ahead to 2021 — It's hard to imagine a company weathering 2020 much better than Nintendo.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Amazon launches group video and audio calling for up to seven participants on Echo devices — It's also coming soon to the Alexa app — Amazon is launching a new group video or audio calling feature for Echo devices today, just in time for the holidays.
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| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
Apple clarifies power-saving modes of AirPods Max, says they enter low power mode after 5 minutes of non-use and ultralow power state after 18 hours in the case — When Apple unveiled AirPods Max last week, it revealed that they don't come with an on/off power button, but instead enter an …
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The Verge, MacRumors, AppleInsider, Engadget, 9to5Mac, SlashGear, Redmond Pie, MacStories, Tom's Guide, CNET, iPhone Hacks, and iMore. Tweets: @snazzyq
| Gilad Edelman / Wired: |
A look at allegations in Texas AG's antitrust suit, accusing Google of giving Facebook special privileges in exchange for not supporting a competing ad system — A new antitrust case against Google alleges that the two companies made a deal to reduce competition in online advertising.
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