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Apple announces an event on September 7 at 10am PT, called “Far Out”, where it is expected to announce the iPhone 14 lineup, Watch Series 8, and more — - The launch will be streamed on Apple's website and YouTube. — Apple is expected to release four new iPhone models that will likely be called the iPhone 14.
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| Joseph Menn / Washington Post: |
A profile of Peiter Zatko, aka Mudge, who worked at DARPA, Google, and Stripe before Twitter, and was a member of hacker groups L0pht and Cult of the Dead Cow — From the L0pht and Cult of the Dead Cow to DARPA and Google, Peiter ‘Mudge’ Zatko took unorthodox approaches to ‘make a dent in the universe’
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| Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post: |
Peiter Zatko will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on September 13 to examine his allegations of widespread security failures at Twitter — Peiter Zatko will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee next month pursuant to a subpoena — Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko … | CNN: |
At an all-hands, Twitter's executives pushed back against Peiter Zatko's complaint, with CEO Parag Agrawal saying a “false narrative” has been created — Twitter whistleblower alleges the company has reckless and negligent cybersecurity policies that pose a national security risk
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| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
Plex tells users to reset passwords immediately after a hacker accessed some data, including emails, usernames, and encrypted passwords — Plex users may want to change their passwords as soon as they're able. The digital media player and streaming service said a bad actor had infiltrated …
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| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Apple says iPadOS will “ship after iOS” this fall as version 16.1, skipping iPadOS 16, a break from releasing iOS and iPadOS updates concurrently — Apple this morning is rolling out iPadOS 16.1 beta to enrolled developer devices. It's a break from the standard release cadence …
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| Kharishar Kahfi / The Block: |
The Ethereum Foundation says it will begin the Merge on September 6, split into two parts, the second running between September 10-20 — - The Bellatrix upgrade for The Merge is set for September 6, and Paris will follow several days later. — Node operators must download clients updates before the Bellatrix upgrade is activated.
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| Adrienne So / Wired: |
Fitbit announces the entry-level $100 Inspire 3, with claimed 10-day battery life, alongside the $230 Versa 4 and $300 Sense 2; none run Google's Wear OS 3 — The slim, attractive updates to the Inspire, Versa, and Sense trackers do not run Google's latest wearable operating system. Honestly, that's fine.
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| Stanford Internet Observatory: |
Researchers detail a five-year influence operation on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and others to spread pro-US narratives in the Middle East and Central Asia — Stanford Internet Observatory collaborated with Graphika to analyze a large network of accounts removed from Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter in our latest report.
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Facebook fixes a bizarre bug that filled user feeds with endless posts from celebrity accounts for over three hours — Followers are posting memes to take advantage of the carnage — Facebook is currently experiencing a bizarre bug that's filling user feeds with endless posts from celebrity accounts.
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| Washington Post: |
Dune Analytics: so far, Tether is not blocking Tornado Cash accounts, potentially violating US Treasury sanctions; Tether says it has not received a request — The decision by Tether, the issuer of the world's largest stablecoin, signals broader industry resistance to the Treasury Department's sanctioning of Tornado Cash
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| Elizabeth Howcroft / Reuters: |
Elliptic: hackers, including state actors, stole NFTs worth $100M+ in the year to July, averaging $300K/scam; just $8M+ has been laundered via NFTs since 2017 — Thieves stole over $100 million worth of non-fungible tokens in the year to July, blockchain research firm Elliptic said on Wednesday …
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