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April 22, 2023, 6:20 AM
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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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@mattbinder, @halomancer1, @eve6, @mattnavarra, @malcolmnance, @atrachelgilmore, @harrymccracken, @nic__carter, @dazey_ghost, @eve6, and @jonkay
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
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Madhu B. and Caroline Giegerich
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@rodhilton@mastodon.social, @jsrailton@mastodon.social, @brendannyhan@mastodon.social, @thedextriarchy@mastodon …, @chrismessina@mastodon.xyz, @fxshaw@mastodon.social, @Markoff@sfba.social, @rodhilton@mastodon.social, and @dcseifert@mastodon.social
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@stephenking, @jonathanmayer, @alexeheath, @catturd2, @jsrailton, @elmo, @mattbinder, @uscpsc, @eladnehorai, @mrseanhaines, @halleberry, @jason, @finallevel, @donswaynos, @johnbiggs, @timjhogan, @spenolpalinusa, @halleberry, @masonmount, @oneunderscore__, @tonyatamanuik, @josephmenn, @taylorlorenz, @briangaar, @modestproposal1, @fed_speak, @danprimack, @fridaghitis, @rdrv3, @alexvtunzelmann, @scotusblog, @ciara, @profgalloway, @steinkobbe, @mattbinder, @superpixels, @paulg, @billbrasky2620, @carolinebano, @benstiller, @danprimack, @doctorow, @alexeheath, @bromojumbo, @tmz, @euan_macdonald, @bbcworld, @mkbhd, @harddrivemag, @dicebourbon, @keyawnce3, @theregister, @shayan86, @lorakolodny, @goldman, @oliverdarcy, @mer__edith, @refsrc, @k8em0, @rnaudbertrand, @benfrubinstein, @astridwilde1, @plasticmartyr, @atrupar, @danrather, @atrupar, @kashprime, @danprimack, @sukiwaterhouse, @ow, @nikitabier, @natalieegenolf, @golikehellmachi, @hmfaigen, @willoremus, @jamestitcomb, @rvawonk, @thor_benson, @howelloneill, @zsk, @tomcoates, @tomcoates, @eve6, @mattrosoff, @fmanjoo, @saeeddicaprio, @ashleyfeinberg, @_cingraham, @saeeddicaprio, @phillipspobrien, @brandyzadrozny, @vladsavov, @teroterotero, @arictoler, @sorayadarabi, @nmsonline, @digiphile, @internethippo, @teroterotero, @kendrickperkins, @tomwarren, @leokelion, @eve6, @teroterotero, @kurtwagner8, @tnkgrl, @matthew_d_green, @mattgertz, @ashleyfeinberg, @evanhill, @jamieeast, @jperlow, @waltmossberg, @johnbiggs, @digiphile, @jamiewiikinson, @shaneharris, @rsgnl, @cwarzel, @panzer, @rdrv3, @mattnavarra, @dogfather, @edzitron, @edzitron, @arictoler, @fredericl, @willoremus, @jamesrbuk, @kalhanr, @yoda, @jonathanchait, @sherman4949, @shiringhaffary, @willoremus, @sjvn, @inafried, @scottnover, @kattenbarge, @adamsinger, @pbump, @wongmjane, @schillingc, @joannastern, @jbrodkin, @film_girl, @taylorlorenz, @strngwys, @strngwys, @isaach, @rustybrick, @kurtwagner8, @tomwarren, and @sifill_
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Humane co-founder Imran Chaudhri demoed an AI-powered screenless wearable with a projector to display info, voice and gestures for input, and no phone required — Humane, the startup founded by ex-Apple employees Imran Chaudhri and Bethany Bongiorno, has given a first live demo of its new device …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Lyft plans to lay off 1,200+, or 30%+ of its 4,000+ staff, days after its new CEO took over, aiming to cut its costs by 50%; Lyft cut ~700 jobs in 2022 — Latest cuts could impact 30% or more of company's over 4,000 employees — Lyft Inc. plans to cut 1,200 or more jobs …
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| Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
WhatsApp introduces Keep in Chat, an option that allows recipients of disappearing messages to save them if the sender consents — Something to consider before sending a risky text via WhatsApp is that now, disappearing messages are a bit more optional. Mark Zuckerberg is announcing …
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| 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, Dark Reading, PR Newswire, The Hacker News, SC Media, and SecurityWeek. Tweets:
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| Financial Times: |
Sources and analysts share insights on Apple's plans in financial services, as the company lays the technical groundwork for taking a bigger share of the market — The tech giant's ventures into financial services signal greater ambitions to take on Wall Street| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
Sources: Google halted construction of its 80-acre campus in San Jose, California, after the first demolition phase, and doesn't plan to revive the project soon — - Google has halted construction of its proposed 80-acre campus in San Jose, California, after the first demolition phase.
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Mercury News, Livemint, The Verge, Silicon Valley Business …, Engadget, AppleInsider, Slashdot, and NBC Bay Area
| Dara Kerr / NPR: |
Sources: Twitter removed its “visibility filtering rules”, or “shadow bans”, for Russian, Chinese, and Iranian government accounts and state-affiliated media — Dmitry Medvedev, a leading government official and former president of Russia, took to Twitter earlier …
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Ars Technica, Hong Kong Free Press HKFP, Fox News, The Drum, Mashable, and The Verge
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@shannonpareil, @jesselehrich, @inafried, @dfrlab, @davidgura, @omunderdal, and @kenroth
| Jahnavi Nidumolu / Reuters: |
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LinkedIn:
Anders Borg Sundgren. Mastodon:
@jonkeegan@mastodon.social, @b_fung@masto.ai, @w7voa@journa.host, and @JosephMenn@infosec.exchange
| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
The US Department of Homeland Security announces a task force to explore potential uses of AI to protect the country, including better cargo screening systems — - The Department of Homeland Security will establish a new task force to examine how artificial intelligence technology can be used …
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Department of Homeland …, Reuters, USA Today, Al Jazeera, Fox News, Washington Examiner, GovTech, Voice of America, Nextgov, PCMag, Metaverse Post, CyberScoop, The Hill, and SC Media. Tweets:
@secmayorkas
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Mandiant says the North Korea-linked hack of VoIP company 3CX's customers is the first confirmed incident of one software-supply-chain attack enabling another — The mass compromise of the VoIP firm's customers is the first confirmed incident where one software supply chain attack enabled another, researchers say.
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Krebs on Security, Zero Day, The Hacker News, BleepingComputer, Security Boulevard, Metacurity, and CSO
LinkedIn:
Brian Krebs. Tweets:
@a_greenberg, @a_greenberg, @esetresearch, @kimzetter, @kimzetter, @argvee, and @kimzetter
| Blake Brittain / Reuters: |
A federal jury in Texas orders Samsung to pay $303M to computer memory company Netlist for infringing five patents related to improvements in data processing — Computer-memory company Netlist Inc (NLST.PK) convinced a federal jury in Texas on Friday to award it more than $303 million … | Maddy Crowell / Columbia Journalism Review: |
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