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April 3, 2023, 6:30 PM
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| Zach Baron / GQ: |
An interview and profile of Tim Cook on running Apple, succeeding Steve Jobs, being an outsider, creativity, reducing smartphone time, Meta, Google, and more — As Apple CEO, he has defied his skeptics and refashioned the world's most creative company on his own exacting terms.
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LinkedIn:
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| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Western Digital reports a network breach, saying the hacker obtained some company data but the full scope is unknown; some systems, like My Cloud, are offline — Western Digital announced today that its network has been breached and an unauthorized party gained access to multiple company systems.
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Business Wire, TechCrunch, SC Media, Macworld, The Record, Ars Technica, PCWorld, The Hacker News, Silicon Valley Business …, XDA Developers, Barron's Online, Reuters, Neowin, Android Police, PCMag, The Register, HackRead, iPhone in Canada Blog, SecurityWeek, Security Boulevard, gHacks Technology News, SiliconANGLE, PetaPixel, HotHardware, Cybersecurity Dive, Tech Monitor, TechRadar, HealthcareInfoSecurity.com, Help Net Security, and Dark Reading. Mastodon:
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| Becky Peterson / The Information: |
The Saudi Public Investment Fund lists ~35 of its partnerships with US VC firms, like a16z, Coatue, Craft Ventures, Iconiq, Insight Partners, and Human Capital — For several years, venture capital firms have been cagey about whether they have raised money from Saudi Arabia …
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Bloomberg. Tweets:
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| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
Dogecoin's price spikes 25%+ after Twitter replaces its bird logo with a doge image; Elon Musk is fighting to get a dogecoin-related lawsuit dismissed — Today Twitter users are noticing that an image of a dog has been added to a place of prominence. You can see it for yourself on Twitter.com, where you will be greeted with a pup:
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| Danny Nelson / CoinDesk: |
After a revolt, the Arbitrum Foundation plans to break up its controversial governance package into separate votes, including on its 750M ARB token allocation — Arbitrum will hold a standalone vote on its 750 million token allocation. — Join the most important conversation in crypto …
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| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
The Tor Project partners with VPN maker Mullvad to launch the Mullvad browser, for Windows, macOS, and Linux, to reduce a user's “fingerprint” used for tracking — The Tor Project, the organization behind the anonymous network and browser, is helping launch a privacy-focused browser that's …
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| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
Documents: Google cuts back on fitness classes, tape, staplers, and the frequency of staff laptop replacements; non-engineers will get a Chromebook by default — - In a rare companywide memo from CFO Ruth Porat, Google kicked off “multi-year” employee service cuts.
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| Stuart Dredge / Music Ally: |
Spotify shuts down its Clubhouse-style audio app Spotify Live, previously called Locker Room, acquired as part of its €57M Betty Labs acquisition in March 2021 — Spotify is shutting down its live-audio app Spotify Live, but says it will continue experimenting with live features in its main service.
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Google Search adds travel features: a “price guarantee” tool for flights, a swipeable hotel browsing story format, and a new way to find attractions and tours — Google announced today that it's introducing three new Search features to make it easier for users to research hotels …
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| Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Sources and leaked images: the next Microsoft Surface Dock will debut in coming weeks with Thunderbolt 4 support, a slimmer design, and no proprietary connector — Here's a first look at the next Surface Dock. — What you need to know — Images of Microsoft's upcoming Surface Dock have leaked.| Diane Bartz / Reuters: |
The US DOJ settles an antitrust complaint against Activision Blizzard over salary limits in professional esports leagues for Overwatch and Call of Duty — The U.S. Justice Department filed an antitrust complaint against Activision Blizzard (ATVI.O) on Monday, according to a court filing.| Bloomberg: |
One year after Rishi Sunak pledged to turn the UK into a crypto hub, UK crypto executives say banks are less willing to support companies trading digital assets — Edouard Daunizeau's crypto company SavingBlocks has an office in East London's technology hub and more than 200 customers testing its services.
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Inside Bitcoins, Cointelegraph, Cryptopolitan, Bitcoinist.com, Decrypt, Crypto Daily, CryptoPotato, Blockworks, crypto.news, and CryptoGlobe
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@emilyjnicolle, @ingridlunden, @smtuffy, and @smdiehl
| Aaron McDade / Yahoo Finance: |
In a now-deleted tweet, Elon Musk said Twitter would give verified accounts “a few weeks grace” but take away their checkmarks if “they tell they won't pay now” — - The first day of Twitter's previously announced axing of “legacy” verified checks nearly passed without incident.
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@Green_Footballs … and @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
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Larry Madowo. Mastodon:
@AnarchoNinaWrites …, @thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io, @mimsical@mastodon.social, @mmasnick@mastodon.social, @webmink@meshed.cloud, @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social, @lauren@mastodon …, @ct_bergstrom@fediscience.org, @mmasnick@mastodon.social, and @mmasnick@mastodon.social
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@robdenbleyker, @oalexanderdk, @mayavada, @timsweeneyepic, @seanburkeshow, @hankgreen, @racheltobac, @chrismessina, @nirmaltv, @oalexanderdk, @kenklippenstein, @wongmjane, @jsamditis, @samuelaadams, @hasanthehun, @rufustsuperfly, @mc_of_a, @mountain_goats, @cwarzel, @kevinokeefe, and @getwired
| Drew Harwell / Washington Post: |
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@elonmusk, @elonmusk, @mattbinder, @cb_doge, @nicoleperlroth, @mattbinder, @shayan86, @micsolana, @isabelledotjpeg, @elonmusk, @washingtonpost, @mattyglesias, @ruthbenghiat, @robtornoe, @oliverdarcy, @drewharwell, @kenroth, @genepark, @donmoyn, @loudmouthjulia, @wongmjane, @mollyjongfast, @notabigjerk, and @wilson__valdez
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