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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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| 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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| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
iPadOS 16.1 beta code indicates that iOS 16.1 could let users delete the Wallet app, following EU antitrust concerns over Apple Pay — Apple on Tuesday surprised developers with the release of both iOS 16.0 beta 7 and iPadOS 16.1 beta 1. And while neither update comes with significant changes …
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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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| 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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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Amazon unveils Alexa Game Control, a natural language voice tool for gamers to perform in-game actions, arriving February 2023 on Xbox and PC with Dead Island 2 — Dead Island 2 will be the first game to feature Alexa Game Control, but only on Xbox and PC — Amazon is launching …
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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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| Andrew Welsh-Huggins / Associated Press: |
A look at Intel's challenges in building its $20B Ohio chip fabs, set to open in 2025, including finding 7,000 construction workers during a local building boom — Ohio's largest-ever economic development project comes with a big employment challenge: how to find 7,000 construction workers …
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Report: Snap settles an Illinois class action lawsuit, which accused Snapchat's filters and lenses of violating the Biometric Information Privacy Act, for $35M — Illinois Snapchat users may be eligible for a cut — Snapchat users in Illinois who used filters or lenses may be eligible for a payout.
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Capitol Music Group severs ties with FN Meka, a virtual “robot rapper” powered partly by AI with 10M+ TikTok followers, after backlash over racial stereotypes — The record company apologized to “the Black community” for insensitivity in promoting an AI-backed artist that critics said was …
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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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Yelp will add a note on crisis pregnancy center pages to distinguish them from clinics with abortion services, amid pressure on Google to clarify search results — Yelp is adding a prominent consumer notice to crisis pregnancy center listings to more clearly distinguish them from clinics …
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