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| Kim Zetter / Wired: |
An in-depth look inside the US DOJ and Volexity's investigation into the SolarWinds hack, one of the most sophisticated cyberespionage campaigns of the decade — The attackers were in thousands of corporate and government networks. They might still be there now. Behind the scenes of the SolarWinds investigation.
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Pixel Envy. LinkedIn:
Melanie Lombardi. Tweets:
@ericgeller, @lilyhnewman, @sherrod_im, and @kimzetter
| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Apple and Google submit a proposed industry specification to help combat unwanted location tracking by Bluetooth devices and ask for input from other companies — - Apple and Google said that they are working together to prevent lost item trackers like Apple's AirTag from being used to track people without their permission.
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Apple, IETF Datatracker, Google Online Security Blog, Ars Technica, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, The Verge, The Guardian, Washington Post, Fox Business, Android Police, TechPowerUp, Laptop Mag, SiliconANGLE, Reuters, Supercharged, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, The Register, iTnews, Gizmodo, MobileSyrup, Macworld, Appleosophy, Droid Life, Wall Street Journal, The Hill, TechSpot, SlashGear, Tech Xplore, iThinkDifferent, MobileSyrup, Cult of Mac, Tom's Guide, gHacks Technology News, Computerworld, Thurrott, iDownloadBlog.com, PCWorld, Neowin, BigTechWire, The Apple Post, IGN, AppleInsider, BGR, PYMNTS.com, WRAL TechWire, iMore, and iPhone in Canada Blog
| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Twitter restores free API access for verified government or publicly owned services tweeting weather alerts, transportation updates, and emergency notifications — Twitter's decision to shut off its free API caused more than a few problems for public institutions that depend on the functionality …
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The Verge, Associated Press, CNN, Insider, Neowin, and Mashable
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@chrismessina@mastodon.xyz. Tweets:
@twitterdev, @timfullerton, @digiphile, @amyfreeze, @ai6yrham, @paldhous, @pt, @seungylee14, @mta, @hylandwx, @karissabe, @charlesarthur, @aravosis, @mosquitocapital, @sarahmeyerdc, @mattnavarra, @lanceulanoff, @rpyers, @benhammersley, @psythor, @rmac18, and @nativesantacruz
| Bobby Allyn / NPR: |
In an unprompted email to an NPR reporter, Elon Musk asked if NPR planned to start posting on Twitter again, “or should we reassign @NPR to another company?” — Elon Musk has threatened to reassign NPR's Twitter account to “another company.” — In a series of emails sent …
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The Verge. Mastodon:
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@bgrueskin, @bobbyallyn, @ivanastradner, @timfullerton, @aniceburrito, @jsrailton, @walshfreedom, @solomonmissouri, @h_orloff, @drogon_dracarys, @mattnavarra, @arawnsley, @robtornoe, and @deggans
| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Europol, the FBI, and others take down the dark web Monopoly Market, arrest 288 vendors and customers, and seize €50.8M in cash and crypto and 850kg of drugs — An international law enforcement operation codenamed ‘SpecTor’ has arrested 288 dark web vendors and customers worldwide …
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Europol, US Department of Justice, Wired, SiliconANGLE, Los Angeles Times, The Verge, CyberScoop, Tech Xplore, Bloomberg, CNBC, Security Affairs, CryptoSlate, Sky News, The Record, and Associated Press
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@agreenberg@infosec.exchange. Tweets:
@europol, @kevincollier, @thejusticedept, @fbi, @cryptonator1337, and @bobmackin
| Adam Conway / XDA Developers: |
Leak: the Motorola Razr 40 Ultra foldable will have a 2640x1080 HDR AMOLED 120Hz main and 1056x1066 cover display, a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1, and up to 12GB of RAM — Motorola is leaning into high-end foldables with its most powerful yet. — Source: Evan Blass
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GSMArena.com, Android Authority, Android Central, and TweakTown
| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
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| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna says the company plans to slow or stop back-office hiring, impacting ~26K staff, and ~30% could “easily” be replaced by AI in five years — International Business Machines Corp. Chief Executive Officer Arvind Krishna said the company expects to pause hiring …
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Reuters, Fox Business, Computerworld, Silicon Valley Business …, TechSpot, SiliconANGLE, Washington Post, ITPro, Fortune, Digital Trends, Metaverse Post, Brian Solis, CRN, Fast Company, Insider, New York Post, The Information, PCMag, Gizmodo, City A.M., TechRadar, and Analytics Insight
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Genevieve Roch-Decter. Tweets:
@washingtonpost, @thoughtstoby, @realjdenton, @kgroetz, @klingebeil, @robinwauters, @patrickmoorhead, @rmac18, @kaleekreider, @bcmerchant, and @atabarrok
| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
TikTok's US head of trust and safety Eric Han is leaving the company on May 12; Han played a key role in a separate entity that TikTok created to avoid a US ban — TikTok's head of trust and safety for the US, Eric Han, is leaving the company on May 12th, according to two people familiar … | Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
AMD reports Q1 revenue down 9% YoY to $5.35B, vs. $5.3B est., a $139M net loss, Client revenue down 65% YoY to $739M, and Q2 guidance below est.; AMD drops 5%+ — - AMD's report comes as the PC industry is in a deep slump, with shipments dropping 30% in the first quarter, according to IDC.
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@patrickmoorhead, @tedkempcnbc, @iancutress, @realscottcurry, @iancutress, @iancutress, and @cfromhertz
| Peter Kafka / Vox: |
Q&A with Nick Denton, Jonah Peretti, and also Ben Smith, whose book Traffic details the rise and fall of BuzzFeed and Gawker, on digital media and its reckoning — A conversation with two media pioneers — plus Ben Smith, whose new book chronicles their rise and fall.
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Newcomer, New York Times, Vanity Fair, Jewish Insider, The Verge, The Guardian, The Intercept, and Stratechery
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@brandonwenerd and @revkin
| Medha Singh / Reuters: |
Online study company Chegg suspends its full-year outlook, saying ChatGPT's popularity is pressuring its subscriber growth; CHGG drops ~50%, now down 64%+ YTD — What's the cost of students using ChatGPT for homework? For U.S. education services provider Chegg Inc (CHGG.N), it could be nearly $1 billion in market valuation.
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CNBC, The Information, Seeking Alpha, The Register, Politico, Fortune, Tech Xplore, Fast Company, The Guardian, Associated Press, Silicon Valley Business …, Bloomberg, and New York Post
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Ross Dawson, Brendan Quinn, Harsh Agarwal, Faisal Masood, and Alexander Bant
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@jowyang, @nickducoff, @minilek, and @johnkoetsier
| Frank Chaparro / The Block: |
Coinbase launches International Exchange, planning to let international users trade perpetual futures out of Bermuda, as the company tussles with US regulators — - Coinbase plans to let international users trade perpetual futures out of Bermuda through a new platform.
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Coinbase, Axios, Forbes, Bloomberg, ZyCrypto, CryptoPotato, Ethereum World News, CryptoGlobe, Cryptopolitan, Bitcoinist.com, Bitcoin News, The Daily Hodl, Livemint, Watcher Guru, The Information, CoinGape, Coinpedia Fintech News, Cointelegraph, Fortune, PYMNTS.com, CoinDesk, and Decrypt
LinkedIn:
Pranjit Kalita. Tweets:
@coinbase, @jerallaire, @canteringclark, @satoshiflipper, @antoniomjuliano, @johnedeaton1, @jebus911, @adamscochran, and @silvermanjacob
| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
US lawmakers reintroduce the Kids Online Safety Act with updates aimed at addressing potential harms, but fail to appease some activists and industry groups — - A bipartisan pair of senators reintroduced the Kids Online Safety Act on Tuesday with updates that aimed to address concerns … | Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review: |
A profile of and interview with deep learning pioneer Geoffrey Hinton, including why he now thinks neural networks are “a new and better form of intelligence” — “I have suddenly switched my views on whether these things are going to be more intelligent than us.”
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BBC, Insider, Associated Press, Telegraph, Financial Times, Bloomberg, Insider, Search Engine Journal, AppleInsider, The i Paper, Washington Post, Fortune, and Silicon Republic
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Carey Anne Nadeau, Daniel Erickson, Michael Strange, Niall Firth, and Ra'ad Siraj
| Lucas Ropek / Gizmodo: |
The Writers Guild of America strikes after negotiations over pay and AI issues with Netflix, Disney, Apple, Amazon, Sony, and others failed; nearly 12K may join — The Writers Guild of America, the union that bargains on behalf of Hollywood's screenwriters, has called a strike after negotiations …
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Reuters, 9to5Mac, Writers Guild America West, WGA Contract 2023, Polygon, The Verge, Deadline, Variety, CNN, WGA Contract 2023, The Hollywood Reporter, NBC News, Observer, OnMSFT.com, Tubefilter, The Atlantic, dot.LA, GameSpot, The Hill, Variety, Variety, Axios, The Wrap, Engadget, The Hollywood Reporter, New York Times, The Hollywood Reporter, and Financial Times
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@wgawest, @adamconover, @rweingarten, @wgawest, @variety, @wgawest, @neilhimself, @pmiscove, @moreperfectus, @emilystjams, @hollywood_labor, @travishelwig, @siddhantadlakha, @discussingfilm, @moreperfectus, @carnage4life, @mc_of_a, @variety, @massawyrm, @jfcdoomblade, @hyperprisms, @akilahobviously, @conorsen, @adamconover, @beingjanine, @elizaskinner, @alexnpress, @passionweiss, @nofilmschool, @franklinleonard, @metaplexmovies, @riverag3000, and @wgawest
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Simpplr, which sells an internal social network for companies, raised a $70M Series D led by Sapphire Ventures and claims 700+ clients including Moderna and AAA — Several years ago, entrepreneur Dhiraj Sharma's first company, a software consultancy, was hired by an HR tech firm to develop … | Aaron Holmes / The Information: |
Sources: Microsoft plans to sell a ChatGPT version on a dedicated cloud server in Q2 that separates the data from that of other clients and costs up to 10x more — Not everyone trusts OpenAI's ChatGPT. — While the new artificial intelligence-powered chatbot has proved popular …
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Ars Technica, MacRumors, OnMSFT.com, BigTechWire, Neowin, and SC Media
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@0x, @aaronpholmes, @jessicalessin, and @theinformation
| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
Inflection AI, founded by Reid Hoffman, Mustafa Suleyman, and Karén Simonyan, debuts Pi, a chatbot that's more sounding board than “repackaged Wikipedia answer” — Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of the year-old startup that's already raised $225 million and claims to run …
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SiliconANGLE, Financial Times, Bloomberg, Tech Startups, Fast Company, and Reuters
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@kenrickcai, @forbes, @heypi_ai, @marshallk, @inflectionai, @mustafasuleymn, @alexrkonrad, and @reidhoffman. Thanks:@alexrkonrad
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Meta adds Reels to the top of the Facebook Watch tab and introduces controls that let users customize what types of content they want to see more or less often — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced today that the company is introducing new features that make it easier for users to discover …
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Meta, iPhone in Canada Blog, Search Engine Land, and Engadget
| Josh Scott / BetaKit: |
ODAIA, whose software uses AI to help pharmaceutical firms bring drugs to market, raised a $25M Series B co-led by Threshold Ventures and Monograph Capital — Roster of big pharma clients helped Odaia nab latest funding round. — Toronto-based software startup Odaia has secured $34 million CAD … | Akash Sriram / Reuters: |
Match Group reports Q1 revenue down 1% YoY to $787M, vs. $794M est., paying users down 3% YoY to 15.9M, revenue per paying user up 2% YoY; announces $1B buyback — Match Group (MTCH.O) on Tuesday forecast second-quarter revenue below analysts' expectations, but said it is seeing signs … Sponsor Posts
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