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Law enforcement agencies arrest two LockBit operators in Poland and Ukraine, issue three arrest warrants, offer a decryption tool, and seize 200+ crypto wallets — Law enforcement arrested two operators of the LockBit ransomware gang in Poland and Ukraine, created a decryption tool …
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| Bloomberg: |
Law enforcement agencies from 11 countries, including the FBI and UK National Crime Agency, disrupt the LockBit group and seize 11K domains used for ransomware — - Law enforcement from 11 countries joined in cyber operation — Extortion sites used by scammers seized to thwart attacks
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| Jacob Pramuk / CNBC: |
Walmart agrees to acquire TV maker Vizio for $2.3B, or $11.50/share, to boost its ad business via Vizio's SmartCast OS, which lets users stream content with ads — - Walmart is buying TV maker Vizio for $2.3 billion in cash. — The move is a bid to boost the big-box retailer's high-margin ad business.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Google engineers hacked a Sony PlayStation Portal, which can only stream PS5 games, to run games locally via a PPSSPP emulator using a “software based” exploit — Sony's new PlayStation Portal has been hacked by Google engineers to run emulated games locally.
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Samsung details its Auracast, 360 Audio, and Auto Switch features, rolling out to Buds 2, Buds FE, the S24 series, Neo QLED and OLED TVs, Book laptops, and more — None are appearing on Samsung's devices for the first time, but we now know how broadly they'll be supported across the lineup.| John Voorhees / MacStories: |
A look at ways to play games on Apple Vision Pro: spatial and iPad App Store games, streaming via MirrorPlay for PS5, NDI, Macs, browsers like Nexus⁺, and more — The lack of any kind of port significantly limits the type of gaming you can do in the Apple Vision Pro - or does it?
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple COO Jeff Williams makes a rare Taiwan visit to celebrate Foxconn's 50th anniversary, joining Apple SVP of Operations Sabih Khan at a gala event — - Foxconn is a key piece in Apple's global supply chain network — Apple relies on the Taiwanese partner for shift to India
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| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Adobe launches AI Assistant in Acrobat in beta, to summarize PDFs, answer and recommend questions, and more, letting paying users “easily chat with documents” — Adobe is adding a new generative AI experience to its Acrobat PDF management software, which aims to … | Antonia Mufarech / Bloomberg: |
Tinder plans to roll out its new ID checks in the US, the UK, Brazil, and Mexico, after tests in Australia and New Zealand, to combat AI scams and dating crimes — - Verification will require driver's license and selfie video — Criminals are using dating apps to lure victims in Colombia
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| Dade Hayes / Deadline: |
As YouTube marks one year as Nielsen's top US streaming service, a Q&A with YouTube VPs Nicky Rettke and Tara Levy on the NFL, ad innovation, creators, and more — EXCLUSIVE: YouTube has been racking up milestones lately. Its pay-TV bundle, YouTube TV, just passed 8 million subscribers.| Financial Times: |
Sources: UK digital bank Monzo is nearing a deal to raise up to £350M led by Alphabet's CapitalG at a ~£4B post-money valuation, up from ~£3.5B in December 2021 — Fintech could finalise deal in next two weeks to raise as much as £350mn
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| HouseFresh: |
How some big outlets are inundating the web with bad product recommendations without testing the products, and how Google is helping them through inaction — And why you shouldn't trust product recommendations from big media publishers ranking at the top of Google
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| Reuters: |
Microsoft President Brad Smith says the company plans to invest $2.1B in Spain over the next two years to expand its AI and cloud infrastructure in the country — U.S. software giant Microsoft (MSFT.O) will expand its artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud infrastructure in Spain through …
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