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March 18, 2022, 2:15 PM
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Joseph Cox / VICE:
Maintainer of the popular open source networking tool node-ipc appears to have sabotaged the tool's code to wipe data on computers based in Russia and Belarus  —  The shortsighted protest has caused a massive uproar in the open source community.  —  Joseph Cox
Sameer Manekar / Reuters:
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission sues Meta claiming Facebook “aided and abetted” scam cryptocurrency ads with photos of famous Australians  —  Australian competition watchdog has begun proceedings against Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc (FB.O) …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft Edge now automatically fills in missing image alt text for screen readers on Windows, macOS, and Linux, to be read aloud for blind or low vision users  —  Ideal for blind or low vision web users  —  More than half of the images on the web are missing alt text, according to Microsoft.
Lily Hay Newman / Wired:
A look at the FIDO Alliance's vision of a passwordless future, based on a passkey-like “FIDO credential” manager that lets users easily switch between devices  —  After a decade of work, the FIDO Alliance says it's found the missing piece in the bridge to a password-free future.
Rowland Manthorpe / Sky News:
The UK's Online Safety Bill, introduced to Parliament in hopes of sensible reform, is an unworkable compromise whose basic elements are shrouded in confusion  —  Even after years of debate, there remain substantive differences of opinion about the nature and purpose of the bill …
James Ball / MIT Technology Review:
Russia's disconnection from Western online services adds to fears of a “splinternet”, or networks with incompatible protocols diverging from the global internet  —  If Russia disconnects from—or is booted from— the internet's governing bodies, the internet may never be the same again for any of us.
Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Amazon closes its $8.5B MGM acquisition, two days after the EU's antitrust regulator “unconditionally” approved the deal as the business overlaps are “limited”  —  Amazon has closed its $8.5 billion acquisition of MGM, the companies said Thursday.
Leah Nylen / Politico:
Sources: the FTC will not challenge Amazon's MGM Studios acquisition as Lina Khan decided not to call for a vote, anticipating opposition from GOP commissioners

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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Source: the FBI investigated NYT reporter Elizabeth Williamson after she wrote about Kash Patel's use of FBI staff for his girlfriend's security

Brian Stelter / CNN:
WBD shareholders vote early Thursday on the Paramount deal, likely to be OK'ed; David Ellison will be in DC later for Paramount's event honoring the White House

Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Filing: the NFL met with the FCC on Friday to defend the league's media rights strategy and said 87% of games are primarily aired for free on broadcast TV

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Carly Page / TechCrunch:
Google details Exotic Lily, a “financially-motivated threat actor” that works as an initial access broker for Russian hackers and ransomware gangs like Conti
Monica Chin / The Verge:
Apple Mac Studio review: compact design with lightning fast M1 Ultra and great port selection but expensive, not modular, and unimpressive graphics performance
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