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Twitter complies with an emergency order from India and hides 50+ tweets, some of which were critical of Modi's handling of COVID-19, from users in the country — You're reading it here first: Twitter has complied with government requests to censor 52 tweets that mostly criticised India's handling …
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Dan Kaminsky, the celebrated security researcher widely known for his work on discovering crucial DNS security flaws and Sony Rootkit infections, has died at 42 — The celebrated security researcher, Dan Kaminsky, widely known for his work on discovering crucial DNS security flaws …
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DoD's Defense Digital Service says it started a “pilot effort” advertising its IP space, as an obscure company started managing 175M IP addresses from Jan. 20 — After decades of not using a huge chunk of the Internet, the Pentagon has given control of millions of computer addresses … | Danny Nelson / CoinDesk: |
US Marshals Service signs a $4.5M contract with BitGo to manage seized cryptocurrencies; USMS occasionally auctions off seven-figure troves of seized crypto — The custodian will manage potentially tens of millions of dollars in seized cryptocurrencies, according to documents published Wednesday.| 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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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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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 … | Wall Street Journal: |
As its trial with Apple approaches, a look at Epic's antitrust arguments in court docs, and its previous, successful fights with gaming giants like Sony — Tim Sweeney is responsible for one of the world's most successful videogames. Does he have what it takes to defeat the world's biggest company?
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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 … | Shelly Banjo / Bloomberg: |
TikTok has earned loyalty from the musicians on its platform by paying college tuition, providing tech support, connecting them with brands, and more — When Megan Thee Stallion took off her bright orange mask and walked onstage to accept her Grammy on March 14, she fought back tears and thanked God … | Jack Bandy / Technically Social: |
Study finds that Twitter's algorithmic timeline greatly reduces exposure to external links when compared to the chronological timeline — New research on Twitter's timeline curation algorithm sheds light on how it shapes what we're exposed to. — How does Twitter's algorithm change what users see in their timelines?| 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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