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| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Stadia was doomed from the start because Google knows next to nothing about gaming and no one wants to invest in services they don't trust Google to keep around — There's a lot of chatter right now about the “surprise” shutdown of Stadia, Google's game-streaming service.
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| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Symantec details an ongoing campaign by the Witchetty hacking group, potentially tied to a China-backed threat actor, that hides malware in a Windows logo image — Security researchers have discovered a malicious campaign by the ‘Witchetty’ hacking group, which uses steganography to hide a backdoor malware in a Windows logo.
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Bengaluru-based Juno, which works with US payroll services to offer checking accounts that give users their paychecks in digital tokens, raised an $18M Series A — Juno, a startup that provides checking accounts to crypto enthusiasts and allows them to take their paychecks in digital tokens …
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| William Gallagher / AppleInsider: |
Local media: South Korea's Fair Trade Commission raided Apple's Seoul offices over allegations the App Store is charging 33% IAP fees rather than the stated 30% — Officials from Korea's Fair Trade Commission conducted a dawn raid on Apple's offices in Gangnam-gu, Seoul …
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| Ryan Gajewski / The Hollywood Reporter: |
Bruce Willis refutes a report that he sold his digital likeness rights to Deepcake, which confirms and says the company created his “digital twin” for 2021 ads — Recent reports claimed that the star had become the first Hollywood figure to sell his rights to a company …
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| Reuters: |
Sources: Tencent is resetting its M&A strategy, seeking to own majority, or even controlling, stakes in overseas targets, mainly in European gaming companies — Tencent is resetting its M&A strategy to put more focus on buying majority stakes mainly in overseas gaming companies … | Amy Forliti / Associated Press: |
JD.com founder Richard Liu agreed to settle a US lawsuit filed by a former University of Minnesota student who alleged he raped her in 2018 — Chinese billionaire and JD.com founder Richard Liu agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by a former University of Minnesota student who alleged he raped …
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Microsoft confirms two zero-days in Exchange Server 2013, 2016, and 2019 are being exploited in the wild; security firm GTSC suspects a Chinese threat actor — Microsoft has confirmed that two recently reported zero-day vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server 2013, 2016, and 2019 are being exploited in the wild.
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| Zecharias Zelalem / Context: |
The UN Food Programme and the WHO say a nearly two-year internet and phone shutdown in Ethiopia's Tigray region is hampering aid delivery and health monitoring — As fighting rages on in Ethiopia's war-torn Tigray region, one of the world's longest telecommunications shutdowns is hampering aid deliveries …
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| Anton Wilen / Bloomberg: |
SoftBank, which bought a 10% stake in Twilio competitor Sinch in November 2020, sells its remaining 5% stake; Sinch's stock has fallen 93% since September 2021 — Japanese investor SoftBank Group Corp has sold its entire stake in Sinch AB following a share price collapse of more than 90% in the Swedish cloud-based platform provider.
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| Nate Hopper / New Yorker: |
A profile of David Mills, who created the Network Time Protocol in the 1980s, as about two dozen Internet Engineering Task Force contributors work toward NTPv5 — An obscure software system synchronizes the network's clocks. Who will keep it running? — In 1977, David Mills …
Tweets: @uhoelzle, @rlove, @nicolasnova, @yminsky, and @hannahseidlitz
| Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
As car makers cede control of their auto-operating systems to Apple and Google, the limited choice in the duopoly of smartphone OSes may soon extend to cars — In the future, your choice of smartphone ecosystem—Android or iPhone—could determine which make and model of car you choose
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