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| Victor Swezey / The Daily Beast: |
Twitter appears to have restored verification checkmarks to many accounts with 1M+ followers, saying they are subscribed to Blue; some deny they paid for Blue — Across Twitter on Saturday, some of the platform's biggest names expressed surprise when their fickle checkmarks suddenly reappeared.
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| Mike Pearl / Mashable: |
Some critics of Twitter Blue, such as @dril, Kara Swisher, and Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, say they have been given unwanted Blue checkmarks — If you can't beat 'em verify 'em. … The latest speed bump in the rollout of Twitter's revamped verification policy under new owner Elon Musk is here: Spite checkmarks.
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| Matt Binder / Mashable: |
In a campaign called #BlockTheBlue, some Twitter users, including popular ones like @dril, are asking people to block anyone who subscribes to Twitter Blue — After Elon Musk removed legacy verified users' checkmarks, Twitter's biggest users are blocking everyone who pays.
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@ian_schwartzman, @dril, @mattbinder, @usingcigarettes, @nycsouthpaw, @paultoo, @mattbinder, @stephenking, @timsweeneyepic, @shayan86, @dril, @mattbinder, @kattenbarge, @scobleizer, @mcuban, @lebassett, @steinkobbe, @drvolts, @kenroth, @kawaiifoxita, @terawhunter, @photomatt, @palafo, @steinkobbe, @esesci, @dril, @chrissyteigen, @noz_trey, @dieworkwear, @tomcoates, @heyjenbartel, @hotdogsladies, @steinkobbe, @katienotopoulos, @mischiefsyt, @megynkelly, @_megconley, @oneunderscore__, @elijahschaffer, @teroterotero, @daniel_rubino, @teroterotero, @mrnastynodrama, @rachelneedsanap, @klobstar, @sriramk, @carnage4life, @rdrv3, @nataliesurely, @pt, @pt, @reportbywilson, @radishharmers, @scalzi, @williamlegate, @mattbinder, @keithboykin, @parismarx, @timsweeneyepic, @mattbinder, @tomcoates, @limitlessjest, @billmckibben, @eve6, @dazey_ghost, @halomancer1, @taylorlorenz, @harrymccracken, @mattnavarra, @eve6, @atrachelgilmore, @nic__carter, @jonkay, @malcolmnance, @oneunderscore__, and @tonyatamanuik
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: details on Apple XR headset's external battery pack and charging cable, and a look at its app strategy - throw everything but the kitchen sink at users — Apple is taking a scattershot approach to the upcoming Reality headset's features, hoping that a wide variety of options will get consumers to try the product.| Jaron Lanier / New Yorker: |
AI's mythology as a technology for creating intelligent beings instills fear; “data dignity” and seeing AI as a social collaboration could address worries — There are ways of controlling the new technology—but first we have to stop mythologizing it.
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TechCrunch and Politico
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Mark Stouse. Tweets:
@newyorker, @carnage4life, @drdrasko, @newyorker, @newyorker, @econandrew, and @nicolasnova
| Rishabh Jaiswal / Reuters: |
Filing: Sundar Pichai received compensation of ~$226M in 2022, including stock awards of ~$218M; Alphabet announced plans to cut 12,000 jobs in January 2023 — Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) Chief Executive Sundar Pichai received total compensation of about $226 million in 2022 …
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| Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk: |
A California judge rules that the RR/BAYC NFTs, which featured primates in similar poses to the BAYC under the pretense of satire, violated Yuga Labs' copyright — Use of BAYC trademarks by Ripps' RR/BAYC was intended to confuse consumers, a U.S. judge in California has ruled
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CourtListener.com, CourtListener.com, Decrypt, Bitcoinist.com, crypto.news, Cryptopolitan, TechnoLlama, NFT Evening, and Cointelegraph
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Veon Szu Khaw, Daniel Zohny, and Mohamad Syahrul
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@ashkernen, @neermcd, @tfine, @akylles___, @eliana_esq, and @katekittywong
| Financial Times: |
Sources: in its most advanced chipmaking effort, Arm plans to work with manufacturing partners and build a test chip to showcase the capabilities of its designs — Company to build test chip with factory partners, stoking fears it could in future compete with its biggest customers| Monica Chin / The Verge: |
Report: cheap Chromebooks, due to their short lifespans and lack of repairability, are less sustainable and more expensive for schools than pricier devices — Back in early 2020, as the covid pandemic drove classrooms online, school districts found themselves needing to bulk purchase affordable laptops …
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goto.vsta.org, iFixit News, and Insider
LinkedIn:
Rafael Brown. Tweets:
@kwiens, @carnage4life, @paytobreed, @rossfeingold, @bronwynwrites, @davidtobin100, and @beckykeene
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Proliferation of hacker group naming schemes complicates tracking of threat actors, but the fog of war in cybersecurity research makes this issue hard to fix — Pumpkin Sandstorm. Spandex Tempest. Charming Kitten. Is this really how we want to name the hackers wreaking havoc worldwide?
Mastodon:
@GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social and @agreenberg@infosec.exchange
Tweets:
@wired and @crispinburke
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
On April 7, Google patched the GhostToken GCP vulnerability that could have allowed attackers to backdoor Google accounts using malicious OAuth applications — Google has addressed a Cloud Platform (GCP) security vulnerability impacting all users and allowing attackers to backdoor …
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Astrix Security, SecurityWeek, Dark Reading, PR Newswire, The Hacker News, and SC Media. Tweets:
@shomikghosh21
| Financial Times: |
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