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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| Brian Barrett / Wired: |
Using PayPal for Twitter's Tip Jar could reveal tipper's address to the recipient and possibly recipient's email to the tipper; Twitter says it will add a label — Sending its users to PayPal has created all sorts of problems that Twitter should have caught ahead of time.
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| 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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| 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: @natisho, @tomwarren, @thinktapwork, @thinktapwork, @alexeheath, @tclementdev, @hallstephenj, @tolmasky, @tomwarren, @hoeglaw, and @stroughtonsmith
| Jennifer Alsever / Fortune: |
How publishers are using tech, including AI-generated voices for audiobooks, Google Lens AR, and Amazon's novella app Kindle Vella, to entice young readers — Our mission to make business better is fueled by readers like you. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today.| 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
| Shoshanna Solomon / The Times of Israel: |
US-based Valmont, which makes irrigation equipment, to buy Israel's Prospera Technologies, maker of AI-based sensors and cameras for monitoring crops, for $300M — Maker of AI-based sensors and cameras to help farmers monitor crops was founded in 2014, had raised $22 million from investorsSponsor Posts
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