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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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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 … | 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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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: |
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’| 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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| Amit Katwala / Wired 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
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Amsterdam-based StuDocu, which sources and shares student-created class notes, raises $50M Series B, says it reaches 15M university students in 60 countries — Whether learning online or taking a class in person, every student knows all too well how important it is to have good notes … | Martin Selsoe Sorensen / Washington Post: |
A look at Denmark's Heartrunner app, which sends one of 100K+ first responder volunteers to nearby cardiac emergencies, who often arrive before ambulances — Denmark has seen a dramatic increase in survival from heart attacks after it began recruiting volunteers and arming …
Tweets: @joonaslinkola
| Jed Kolko / Indeed Hiring Lab: |
During the pandemic, tech job postings remained concentrated in tech hubs, and those in tech hubs were less likely to mention remote work than elsewhere — Key points: — Tech hubs had steeper declines and slower recoveries in job postings on Indeed during the pandemic than other places.
Tweets: @hotlinejosh, @jedkolko, @jedkolko, and @jedkolko
| 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
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