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The Irish health service shuts down its IT system after a “significant” ransomware attack that is having a severe impact on health and social care services — Ireland's health service has temporarily shut down its IT system after what it described as a “significant ransomware attack”.| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Starlink review: nice hardware yielding a moderately fast, very inconsistent connection, but has line-of-sight issues with even a tree able to block the signal — The problem with reality is that it is very irritating. — In our imaginations, we might dream of a satellite internet system …
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Google is leading an effort, supported by many tech giants, to maintain work authorization for tens of thousands of people whose spouses hold H-1B visas — - Google is leading an effort to maintain work authorization for tens of thousands of people whose spouses hold H-1B visas …
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A peer-reviewed study finds UK's NHS contact-tracing app reduced the second wave by roughly 25%, averting ~594,000 out of 1.89M cases from October-December 2020 — The NHS contact-tracing app had a significant impact on lowering the spread of the coronavirus in the UK, a peer-reviewed paper has found.
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Ireland's High Court rejects Facebook's bid to block Data Protection Commissioner's decision that may force the company to stop sending EU user data to the US — Ireland's High Court on Friday rejected a Facebook bid to block an inquiry by the Irish data regulator that could halt Facebook's data flows …
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Substack acquires People & Company, which focuses on community building, to expand its support infrastructure for writers, including workshops and legal support — Writers love pie — In 2014, journalist Anna Codrea-Rado, publisher of Lance, pitched a story to editors at a major news outlet … | Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Chemical distributor Brenntag paid a $4.4M ransom in bitcoin to the DarkSide ransomware gang, who claimed to have stolen more than 150 GB of sensitive data — Chemical distribution company Brenntag paid a $4.4 million ransom in Bitcoin to the DarkSide ransomware gang to receive a decryptor … | Bloomberg: |
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Tether, which claimed at launch that each tether was backed 1:1 with USD, releases a breakdown of its reserves, revealing that only 3.87% are in actual cash — Quick Take — Stablecoin issuer Tether has revealed a breakdown of its reserves. — As of March 31, 2021 …
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| Debby Wu / Bloomberg: |
Foxconn reports Q2 net profit of $1B on revenue of $48B, up 45% YoY, and says global supply crunch will worsen this quarter — - Supply shortages will be more severe in 2Q than 1Q: Liu — Hon Hai shares are down 20% from March high as crunch worsens
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Jeff Blackburn, an S-team Amazon exec who had departed in February, is returning as SVP of Global Media and Entertainment, overseeing Prime Video, Twitch, more — Jeff Blackburn, a former high-level Amazon exec who just recently left after more than two decades, is coming back … | MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
Coinbase reports Q1 revenue of $1.8B, up 207% QoQ, monthly transacting users of 6.1M, up from 2.8M last quarter, says it plans to list dogecoin in 6-8 weeks — - In Q1, Coinbase reported earnings per share of $3.05, the company reported on Wednesday. — It also brought in $1.80 billion of revenue …
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Chinese regulators expand scrutiny to ride-hailing sector, warning execs from Didi Chuxing and nine other companies against price fixing and monopolizing data — Groups warned against price fixing and monopolising data ahead of expected IPO by Didi Chuxing
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Vitalik Buterin sells large amounts of SHIB, AKITA, and ELON tokens, sent to him by coin creators, for ~$60M worth of ETH, and donates the proceeds to charities — Quick Take — Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin has offloaded a range of dog-themed meme tokens.
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Amazon says it will hire 10,000 more people in the UK, taking its total headcount in the country to 55K by the end of 2021 — - Company said Thursday it would hire 75,000 logistics workers — U.K. jobs to be in London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Cambridge
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