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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Messaging app Signal finally rolls out usernames in beta, letting users conceal their phone numbers; Signal still requires inputting a phone number to register — We tested the end-to-end encrypted messenger's new feature aimed at addressing critics' most persistent complaint. Here's how it works.
More: Signal Messenger, The Verge, CNET, Gizmodo, PhoneArena, Cybernews.com, PCMag, BleepingComputer, Reclaim The Net, and TechCrunch
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Forums: Hacker News and r/signal
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Authorities arrest two LockBit operators in Poland and Ukraine, issue arrest warrants and a decryption tool, seize 200+ crypto wallets; US indicts two Russians — Law enforcement arrested two operators of the LockBit ransomware gang in Poland and Ukraine, created a decryption tool …
More: Europol, US Department of Justice, National Crime Agency, Wired, U.S. Department …, Ars Technica, TechCrunch, iTnews, The Guardian, The Justice Department on YouTube, BBC, Reuters, Runtime, Dark Reading, InfoRiskToday.com, The Record, Inc.com, Cybersecurity Dive, RestorePrivacy, NBC News, Neowin, CoinGape, crypto.news, Cryptopolitan, CoinDesk, TNW, Forbes, Associated Press, TechRadar, and London Evening Standard
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| Bloomberg: |
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Gary Geaves, Apple's longtime VP in charge of acoustics, is stepping down, replaced by Ruchir Davé, adding to the hardware engineering group's upheaval — - Apple acoustics chief Gary Geaves is stepping down from role — Executive has been key to development of AirPods and HomePod
More: PYMNTS.com, MacRumors, Benzinga, MacDailyNews, TweakTown, 9to5Mac, Patently Apple, and AppleInsider
| 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's acquisition of Vizio for $2.3BN was confirmed today. The European Commission rejected Amazon's acquisition of iRobot for $1.7BN.
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LinkedIn: Rich Greaves and Jason Goldberg
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| Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo: |
Demos from AI chipmaker Groq go viral after the startup's inference engine shows lightning-fast speeds when running LLMs, including for real-time conversations — Two AI companies are claiming the science fiction term, “Grok,” as their own, but only one is turbocharging the AI industry.
More: Groq, Tom's Guide, Groq, Android Headlines, Stratechery, Cryptonews, and TechPowerUp
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LinkedIn: Emil Protalinski and Will Washburn
| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple debuts a monthly Apple Music Replay, offering insights like total listening time, top songs, artists, and albums, and releases 2024's Replay Mix playlist — Apple today updated the Apple Music Replay experience, available at replay.music.apple.com, with visualizations of your favorite music habits …
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| Paresh Dave / Wired: |
A look at TDCommons, a website launched by Google in 2015 that publishes technical details of ideas from companies and individuals to head off patent disputes — TDCommons is a free space for inventors to lay claim to breakthroughs without having to file a patent. Why is it so off the radar?| 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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| David DiMolfetta / Nextgov/FCW: |
NSA Cybersecurity Director Rob Joyce plans to retire at the end of March after taking the position in 2021; Deputy Director David Luber plans to assume the role — His departure comes amid heightened security fears in 2024 and debate over whether to renew a controversial spying power.
More: National Security …, CyberScoop, Cybersecurity Dive, and The Record
X: @martinmatishak and @nsagov
| 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.
More: Nielsen, YouTube Official Blog, TechCrunch, Social Media Today, PhoneArena, Deadline, The Wrap, and The Hollywood Reporter. Forums: Slashdot
| 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?
More: 9to5Mac, iMore, Six Colors, and The Verge
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Attackers have been signing up spam accounts on smaller Mastodon servers over the past several days; Eugen Rochko said previously only big servers were targeted — A spam attack that impacted the open source X rival Mastodon, Misskey and other apps highlights how the decentralized social web … Sponsor Posts
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