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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researchers told Microsoft on April 12 about an RCE Windows exploit active in the wild; Microsoft called the flaw critical on May 30 but still hasn't patched it — All supported versions of Windows affected. — A critical code execution zero-day in all supported versions of Windows …
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| Greg Stohr / Bloomberg Law: |
SCOTUS blocks Texas' social media content moderation law in a 5-4 vote, putting the measure on hold while a constitutional challenge proceeds in a lower court — The US Supreme Court blocked a Texas law that critics say would fundamentally transform Twitter Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc.'s Facebook …
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
TikTok is testing a “clear mode” feature with select users that removes usernames, captions, audio information, and more for distraction-free scrolling — TikTok is testing a new feature that would allow for a distraction-free scrolling experience on the app, the company confirmed to TechCrunch.
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| Bloomberg: |
A federal judge rules IBM must pay $1.6B to BMC for swapping in its own software while servicing a mutual client, AT&T, violating an IBM and BMC deal from 2015 — International Business Machines Corp. must pay $1.6 billion to BMC Software Inc. for swapping in its own software while servicing …
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| David Heaney / UploadVR: |
Kuo: Sony will mass produce ~1.5M units of its PSVR 2 headset in H2 2022 for a possible Q1 2023 launch, depending on the development schedule of flagship games — A prominent supply chain analyst claims PSVR 2 mass production will begin in the second half of this year.
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| Tom Simonite / Wired: |
Sources claim fired senior Google researcher Satrajit Chatterjee spread misinformation on two AI researchers after they declined his bid to manage their project — Google employees claim a senior researcher fired earlier this year sought to undermine two more junior AI researchers by suggesting … | Gary Silverman / Financial Times: |
At a CFTC meeting, agricultural groups criticized FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried's plan for automated risk management and 24/7 trading in leveraged futures markets — Agricultural groups criticise FTX plan for round-the-clock risk management in leveraged futures market
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| Passant Rabie / Gizmodo: |
Elon Musk: “Starlink 2.0 satellites are almost an order of magnitude more capable than Starlink 1.0” and weigh 4.8X more, needing the upcoming Starship rocket — The generation 2 satellites are meant to be more powerful than their earlier counterparts. — Alerts
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| Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: |
Sources: the FTC has revamped its Amazon antitrust probe, shaking up the investigative team, re-interviewing potential witnesses, and asking about the MGM deal — The US Federal Trade Commission has revamped its antitrust probe of Amazon.com Inc., shaking up the investigative team … | Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Salesforce reports Q1 revenue of $7.41B, up 24% YoY, vs $7.38B est., net income down 94% YoY to $28M, and operating cash flow up 14% YoY to $3.68B; stock up 6%+ — - Salesforce earnings beat expectations on the top and bottom lines. — Management raised its earnings forecast …
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GeekWire, Gizmodo, SiliconANGLE, SiliconANGLE, Barron's Online, Bloomberg, MarketWatch, Reuters, Salesforce News, Investor's Business Daily, and Insider
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| Atlas VPN: |
Safari now has an estimated 1B+ users, making it the second browser to pass the milestone, behind Chrome's 3.37B+, but ahead of Edge's 212M+ and Firefox's 179M+ — Browsers can connect you to any place on the internet. It retrieves and renders data to show it nicely on your screen.
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Ars Technica, 9to5Mac, MobileSyrup, Tech News, MacDailyNews, AppleInsider, iThinkDifferent, Digital Trends, iPhone Hacks, Cult of Mac, iMore, and iClarified. Tweets: @9to5mac
| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Affirm makes its BNPL services available to businesses that use Stripe, following Affirm's recent partnerships with Fiserv, Shopify, WooCommerce, and Verifone — Two fintech giants are partnering up. — Affirm is making its buy now, pay later technology available to businesses who use Stripe's payments tech.
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