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| David Pierce / Protocol: |
Dogecoin dropped by about a third during Elon Musk's SNL appearance; Musk conceded during the skit that Dogecoin was merely a “hustle” — Saturday night was the moment it became absolutely undeniable: tech is culture now. As Elon Musk took the stage on Saturday Night Live …
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Tweets: @askrobinhood, @kingjosiah54, @duediligenceguy, @pantibliss, @laurenthehough, @manan, @parikpatelcfa, @pt, @chrismessina, @jcoviedo6, @timgrieve, and @pierce
| The Verge: |
Clubhouse launches in beta on Android in the US, after more than a year of iOS exclusivity, but will remain invite-only — It's now available in the US and will roll out to other countries soon — After more than a year of iOS exclusivity, social audio platform Clubhouse is releasing its Android app.
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Tweets: @clubhouse, @pierce, @lanceulanoff, @clubhouse, @mikeelgan, @ahmed, and @55mmbae
| Wall Street Journal: |
Colonial Pipeline, which carries 45% of fuel consumed on the US East Coast, says it halted operations due to a ransomware attack — Colonial Pipeline carries roughly 45% of gasoline and diesel fuel consumed on the East Coast — The main pipeline carrying gasoline and diesel fuel …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: cybercrime gang DarkSide, which caused Colonial Pipeline to halt operations, stole and encrypted ~100GB of data on Thursday before demanding a ransom — - Attackers stole nearly 100GB of data in two hours on Thursday — Theft followed by locking of computers and ransom demand
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BBC, Reuters, Zero Day, Engadget, HackRead, The Guardian, and Bloomberg
Tweets: @rvawonk, @kevincollier, @cahlberg, @oxleyio, @business, @catkngai, and @williamturton
| José Adorno / 9to5Mac: |
A German security researcher claims he was able to break into the microcontroller of Apple's AirTag, allowing him to modify its NFC URL — The Apple AirTag has been released almost ten days ago. Since then, we have seen a user rebuilding an AirTag as a thinner card that fits into wallets …
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The 8-Bit, SlashGear, Ubergizmo, Wall Street Journal, iThinkDifferent, phonearena.com, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone Hacks, Wccftech, AppleInsider, and Engadget
Tweets: @ghidraninja, @ghidraninja, @ghidraninja, @cfarivar, @stevemarple, @dcuthbert, @aallan, @cybergibbons, @colinoflynn, @campuscodi, and @limitedresults
| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Memo: California DMV says Tesla is at Level 2 currently after Tesla's head of Autopilot admits that Elon Musk has been exaggerating about “full self-driving” — 'Elon's tweet does not match engineering reality' — Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been overstating the capabilities …
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Tweets: @vardi, @nouvation, @awalkerinla, @bgrahamdisciple, @rodneyabrooks, @benedictevans, @awalkerinla, @bigblackjacobin, and @sub8u
| Bloomberg: |
How ByteDance is competing with Alibaba in social commerce, including roping in influencers like Xiaomi's Lei Jun to livestream on TikTok's Chinese twin Douyin — - TikTok owner aims to challenge Alibaba in e-commerce arena — Zhang eyes global opportunity after ‘major breakthrough’
Tweets: @pingroma, @docolumide, @alecolarizi, and @quicktake
| Amit Katwala / wired.co.uk: |
DeepMind researchers are working with the UK's Premier League team Liverpool to explore the application of AI to help teams improve their soccer tactics — The Alphabet-owned company is working with Liverpool to apply AI smarts to the high-stakes world of football tactics
Tweets: @wireduk, @amitkatwala, @shivon, @karl_tuyls, @conorjtobin, and @deepmind
| Robert Hart / Forbes: |
Study of 430K+ adolescents from the US and UK finds that there is “little evidence” of a link between teens' technology use and mental health problems — There is “little evidence” of a link between teens' technology use and mental health problems, according …
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Tweets: @dougaparry, @ruskin147, @benedictevans, @drewb, @lynettetowens, @frankcatalano, @paul__armstrong, and @mindgamesweldon
| Mike Peterson / AppleInsider: |
Apple seems to have privately given Zoom access to an iPad OS API allowing camera access in Split View, raising concerns about special treatment for some devs — Zoom appears to have been granted access to a previously unknown iPad software feature that allows camera access during Split View multitasking, one developer claims.
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Tweets: @tomwarren, @thinktapwork, @thinktapwork, @alexeheath, @natisho, @tclementdev, @hallstephenj, @tolmasky, @tomwarren, @hoeglaw, and @stroughtonsmith
| Desire Athow / TechRadar: |
Q&A with David Trachy, Senior Director of Emerging Markets at storage company Spectra Logic, on the resurgence of tape for archival storage, DNA storage, more — A Q&A with David Trachy, Senior Director of Emerging Markets at Spectra Logic — In the world of archival storage, tape is the undisputed king.Thanks:@smashdawg
| Angus Loten / Wall Street Journal: |
IDC: companies around the world are on pace to spend $240.6B on edge computing through 2024, at a compound annual growth rate of more than 15% — Firms world-wide on pace to spend $240.6 billion on edge computing through 2024 — Companies are expected to raise spending over the next few years …
Tweets: @paulmiller, @rhatr, @alstom, @chrismattmann, and @edgeimpulse
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