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| Dana Priest / Washington Post: |
Investigation: Israel-based NSO Group's malware infected 23 phones belonging to government officials, reporters, execs, and activists, out of 67 checked — Dana Priest, a reporter at The Washington Post for 30 years, covers national security issues. Recently, she has investigated Russian …
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| Bill Marczak / @billmarczak: |
[Thread] Amnesty International and Citizen Lab found zero-click iMessage exploits being deployed against iPhones, even with iOS 14.6, to install malware — THREAD with a couple of interesting bits from @AmnestyTech's new report on what they learned from looking for NSO Group's spyware on phones https://www.amnesty.org/...
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| Guy Rosen / About Facebook: |
Facebook says their data shows a 50% decline in vaccine hesitancy among US users, refuting Biden's claim that it's “killing people” by allowing COVID-19 misinfo — At a time when COVID-19 cases are rising in America, the Biden administration has chosen to blame a handful of American social media companies.
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| Carl T. Bergstrom / @ct_bergstrom: |
[Thread] The response to Biden from Facebook's VP of Integrity is a textbook example of bluster and obfuscation — After Biden's criticism of @Facebook for their inaction on antivax propaganda, @fbnewsroom is going on the offensive. They issued a press release that is a textbook example of bluster, obfuscation, and agnatogenesis. Here's the link. Let's take a look. https://about.fb.com/...
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| GlobeNewswire News Room: |
Zoom says it will acquire Five9, which makes cloud-based call center software for sales, marketing, and support, in an all-stock deal valued at ~$14.7B — The combination of Zoom's robust communications platform with Five9's intelligent cloud contact center will enable organizations …
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| Bliss Broyard / New York Times: |
A look at the state of community Wi-Fi providers in NYC, including NYC Mesh, a nonprofit covering ~800 households, which seeks to end the “telecom oligopoly” — NYC Mesh, a band of a few dozen tech volunteers, takes on Verizon and the big “incumbent providers,” with the promise of inexpensive community internet.
Tweets: @blissbroyard, @nytmetro, and @saschasegan
| Flavia Rotondi / Bloomberg: |
An Italian museum is using cameras to monitor people looking at artwork, to define a work of art's “attraction value” and accordingly change museum layouts — As Italy's museums and galleries welcome back tourists and try to recoup some of the 190 million euros ($225 million) …
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| Muvija M / Reuters: |
Tencent to buy British video game developer Sumo Games for $1.27B, a 43% premium on Sumo's Friday closing price — Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings (0700.HK) will buy video game company Sumo Group (SUMO.L) in a deal that values the British firm at 919 million pounds ($1.27 billion), the companies said on Monday.
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| Shilpa Phadnis / Times of India: |
Blackstone is acquiring a majority stake in Bengaluru-based Simplilearn, which offers bootcamps for AI, ML, and more, for $250M, valuing the startup at $400M — BENGALURU: Blackstone is investing $250 million to acquire a majority stake in Bengaluru-based online digital skilling platform Simplilearn.
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Overview of short-form audio apps like Racket, Beams, and Quest that let users record and share voice clips, as Facebook aims to enter the space with Soundbites — “So I've identified a few metrics and KPIs that I'm going to start tracking in order to better my overall life experience,” …
Tweets: @ashleyrcarman, @sarthakgh, @dhmontgomery, @richlightshed, and @donasarkar
| Lewis Gordon / The Verge: |
Interviews with digital artists and game makers who are pushing the boundaries in Roblox by creating interactive art projects and MMO games — Like so many Roblox players, digital artist Everest Pipkin has their own abandoned birthday world. — Last year, when the pandemic …
Tweets: @c0up, @v21, @lewis_gordon, @talewindgames, and @roblox_rtc
| Helen Rosner / New Yorker: |
Experts say consent and disclosure are key to the ethical use of synthetic media, amid controversy surrounding Bourdain's deepfake voice in a new documentary — The new documentary “Roadrunner” uses A.I.-generated audio without disclosing it to viewers. How should we feel about that?
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