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Click Studios, maker of the enterprise password manager Passwordstate, notified its 29K customers about a supply chain attack deployed via an update of the app — A mysterious threat actor has compromised the update mechanism of enterprise password manager application Passwordstate …
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| Will Sattelberg / Android Police: |
Latest Google app beta on Android suggests that Google is working on Assistant features like answering calls and stopping alarms without a “Hey Google” prompt — Unlike most other developers, unfinished features constantly appear in Google's updates, hinting at plenty of new content in the works.
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| Andrew Griffin / The Independent: |
Interview with Apple's marketing head Greg Joswiak and hardware chief John Ternus on why the company has no plans to merge iPad and Mac product lines — In an exclusive interview, the company's marketing and hardware chiefs explain the creation of the tablet - and why they don't want you to call it that
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Sources: the new 12.9" iPad Pro, which is 0.5mm thicker than its predecessor, is incompatible with the original $349 Magic Keyboard folio case for older models — Looking to upgrade? You'll have to shell out an extra $349 for a new keyboard — Apple's new 12.9-inch iPad Pro has a big catch …
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| Bloomberg: |
China's move to rein in its tech behemoths is part of its national refocusing on data as an economic driver, as evidenced partly by new data usage laws — - China forecast to hold about a third of world's data by 2025 — ‘A complete national refocusing on data as an economic driver’
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| Bloomberg: |
Turkish crypto exchange Thodex halts operations amid local media reports that its CEO has fled the country and its losses may be as high as ~$2B — - Government blocks bank accounts of crypto exchange Thodex — Whereabouts of 27-year-old CEO Faruk Fatih Ozer unknown
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| Nilesh Christopher / Rest of World: |
As COVID surges in India, online crowdsourcing and social media have become essential for sharing critical public health information, like ICU bed availability — With little state resources, citizen-led online initiatives are helping people find everything from oxygen to ICU beds.
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| Washington Post: |
How Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google have used extensive acquisitions to expand into new areas, creating new revenue streams and outflanking competitors — You're probably reading this on a browser built by Apple or Google. If you're on a smartphone, it's almost certain those two companies built the operating system.
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| BBC: |
After decades of legal battles, 39 former UK postmasters who were convicted of fraud due to faulty accounting software from Fujitsu have their names cleared — Judges have quashed the convictions of 39 former postmasters after the UK's most widespread miscarriage of justice.
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| CyberNews: |
A researcher tricked ransomware operators into revealing their ransom payout structure, cash out schemes, and target acquisition strategies — During an undercover interview, a CyberNews researcher tricked ransomware operators affiliated with Ragnar Locker into revealing their ransom payout structure … | Brian Contreras / Los Angeles Times: |
Trump's last post on Facebook, which now has 700K+ comments, has become a weird internet memorial where his fans and critics still converge to argue and troll — At first glance, Donald Trump's Facebook page seems like it's been dead for months. — The former president's last post …
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| Heather Landi / FierceHealthcare: |
Current Health, whose tech helps healthcare organizations provide and manage patient care remotely, raises $43M Series B following a 3,000% YoY rise in revenue — At-home healthcare was a growing trend before the COVID-19 pandemic, but the current health crisis has only accelerated the shift …
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