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| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Okta confirms an attacker accessed an engineer's laptop in January consistent with posted screenshots by Lapsus$, as customers struggle to grasp their exposure — Authentication firm Okta's statements on the Lapsus$ breach fails to answer key questions. — The digital extortion group Lapsus$ threw … | The Verge: |
Microsoft confirms Lapsus$ compromised “a single account” and stole portions of source code for some products, but says no customer code and data was involved — Lapsus$ says it has accessed data from Okta, Nvidia, Samsung, and Ubisoft — The hacking group Lapsus$ …
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Microsoft Security Blog, ZDNet, Bloomberg, BleepingComputer, VentureBeat, and Neowin
Tweets: @msftsecurity, @krisnova, @runasand, and @billdemirkapi
| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
The Lapsus$ group releases Microsoft source code, claiming the ~37GB dump spans Bing, Cortana, and 250+ other web or mobile projects — The Lapsus$ hacking group claims to have leaked the source code for Bing, Cortana, and other projects stolen from Microsoft's internal Azure DevOps server.
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The Verge, VICE, Ars Technica, BleepingComputer, Cyber Kendra, TechRadar, Threatpost, XDA Developers, PCMag, VentureBeat, Channel Futures, SiliconANGLE, Tom's Guide, Gameranx, MUO, SlashGear, The Record, TheGamer, Silicon Republic, Windows Central, MSPoweruser, The Hacker News, TechSpot, Security Affairs, Digital Trends, Petri IT Knowledgebase, Thurrott, OnMSFT.com, Neowin, PCWorld, The Register, TechCrunch, AppleInsider, DataBreaches.net, CRN, Volcker Shock, PC Gamer, TechCircle, Gizmodo, Benzinga, Candid.Technology, and Beyond Search
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Yuga Labs, the owner of three of the top NFT brands including Bored Ape Yacht Club, raises $450M at a $4B valuation led by a16z to build an NFT media empire — The funding values Yuga Labs at $4 billion — Yuga Labs, the owner of three of the biggest NFT brands on the market …
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Business Wire, Bloomberg, ZDNet, CryptoPotato, SiliconANGLE, Cointelegraph, Crypto Briefing, CryptoSlate, Variety, The Creative Block, Tubefilter, CoinDesk, Protocol, TradingBTC.com, JPEG Journal, My Two Satoshis, Blockworks, Zima Red, and Tech News
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
For the second day in a row, Apple's App Store, Music, Podcasts, and other services were disrupted; Apple's System Status page says the issues are resolved — Apple's services and apps appear to be experiencing yet another outage, with complaints on Twitter about problems with Apple Maps …
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Tweets: @markgurman, @detroitborg, @caseynewton, @dcseifert, @dcseifert, and @maxwinebach
| Kate Rooney / CNBC: |
Crypto VC Katie Haun, who left a16z in 2021, raises $1.5B, the largest debut fund by a female VC yet, allotting $500M for early- and $1B for late-stage startups — - Crypto investor Katie Haun has raised $1.5 billion for her new firm after a surprise departure from Andreessen Horowitz last year.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Nvidia announces its next-gen Hopper GPU architecture, optimized for AI workloads, and the first graphics card to use it, Hopper H100, which has 80B transistors — After much speculation, Nvidia today at its March 2022 GTC event announced the Hopper GPU architecture, a line of graphics cards …
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NVIDIA, NVIDIA, HPCwire, VideoCardz.com, The Register, NVIDIA, Forbes, Engadget, insideHPC, Protocol, Network World, SiliconANGLE, ZDNet, The Verge, Bloomberg, The Register, and AnandTech
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
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Tweets: @peteryared, @stephennellis, @stephennellis, @iker_garciaf, and @ryansmithat
| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Zoom launches Avatars, which lets users show up to meetings as Memoji-like animals, and plans to add new video filter avatar options in the future — Or a variety of other animals — Zoom will let you show up to your next meeting as a rabbit, fox, dog, or another type of animal …
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Zoom Blog, TechCrunch, TNW, SiliconANGLE, 9to5Mac, Pocket-lint, Digital Trends, Engadget, and govtech.com
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| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Valve releases an alpha version of Steam for Chrome OS, available on select recent high-end Chromebooks, after Google announced the effort in January 2020 — It'll even support Proton — Google says that an alpha version of Steam is finally available for Chrome OS users with specific machines to test …
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Nvidia says 150K+ creators have downloaded Omniverse, up from ~100K in January, and makes the real-time collaborative design tool available in the cloud — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said today that the Omniverse virtual simulation and its tools will be available in the cloud so that developers can use it on just about any computer.
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YouTube, XDA Developers, NVIDIA, ZDNet, and The Register
Tweets: @ethancaballero and @bhutanisanyam1
| The Information: |
Sources: Sam Altman's Worldcoin is raising $100M in a token sale from investors including Andreessen Horowitz, a previous backer, and Khosla, at a $3B valuation — Worldcoin, the cryptocurrency startup co-founded by former Y Combinator president Sam Altman, is raising $100 million … | Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
Twitch launches a portal where users facing account suspensions can appeal rulings and monitor requests, and updates its reporting system with search and menus — Twitch is updating its appeals and reporting processes, following through on product updates the company promised late last year.| Loren Grush / The Verge: |
SpaceX increases the prices of Starlink's starter kit to $599, up $100, and its monthly internet service to $110, up $11, according to an email to customers — It's going to be $11 more a month — SpaceX's internet-from-space program Starlink is increasing prices for both the purchase …
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SpaceNews, Digital Trends, PCMag, Engadget, CNBC, TheStreet, and Gizchina
Tweets: @jeff_foust, @stanphylcap, @karlbode, @karlbode, and @trengriffin
| Tiernan Ray / ZDNet: |
Adobe reports Q1 revenue of $4.26B, up 9.1% YoY, Digital Media revenue of $3.11B, up 9% YoY, and Digital Experience revenue of $1.06B, up 13% YoY — Adobe said that its having halted all sales to Russia this month will result in a shortfall of $75 million in sales this year.| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Apple announces new Podcasts Connect creator features, including follower counts, uploading MP3 files as subscriber-only audio, and custom subscription banners — Apple Podcasts is rolling out new features to incentivize podcasters to offer paid subscriptions to listeners on the app.| Associated Press: |
Report: Facebook approved eight paid ads submitted by rights group Global Witness containing hate speech and calls for violence against Myanmar's Rohingya — JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A new report has found that Facebook failed to detect blatant hate speech and calls to violence …
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