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| Mike Larkin / Security Boulevard: |
Microsoft engineer Andres Freund accidentally found the malicious code in versions of the XZ Utils compression tool, likely preventing thousands of infections — Yesterday's discovery of the xz backdoor was an accident. But what a fortunate accident it was.
More: Sam James on GitHub, Gist, 404 Media, OSnews, lcamtuf's thing, TechSpot, The Hacker News, openSUSE News, The New Stack, Cybersecurity Explained, Security Affairs, The Register, The Stack, Hackaday, SC Media, Dark Reading, and LWN.net
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
AT&T confirms data dumped online appears to be from 2019 or earlier and has personal data of 7.6M current and 65.4M former account holders, resets passcodes — US telco giant takes action after 2019 data breach — Phone giant AT&T is reseting customer account passcodes after a huge cache …
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| David Smith / The Guardian: |
A look at AI's impact on video game actors, as some fear their voices might be misused while others hope to collect extra payments on top of a base minimum — The increased use of AI to replicate the voice and movements of actors has benefits but some are concerned over how and when it might be used and who might be left short-changed
Threads: @carnage4life
| Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post: |
MrBeast's “retention editing”, which uses quick cuts and loud sounds, took over social media, but may fade away as the YouTuber shifts to slower, focused videos — The popularity of so-called retention editing made a generation of creators go viral, but when every video looks the same it's harder than ever to stand out
More: Forbes
| Pranav Dixit / Engadget: |
How WhatsApp became the world's default communication app, including as a political propaganda tool, a business tool, and a private social network — What was once a texting platform now runs the lives, businesses and political machinery of billions. — In 2014, WIRED asked me to write …
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X: @pranavdixit, @wavesblog, @pranavdixit, and @androideducator
LinkedIn: Sherry Comes and Ankur Gupta
| Wall Street Journal: |
Discord plans to start showing gaming ads from next week, called Sponsored Quests and offering rewards for in-game tasks; users can turn them off in settings — The chat platform, which has long avoided advertising, is latest tech company to lean into paid promotions
More: TechSpot. Threads: @thekenyeung. Bluesky: @thekenyeung.bsky.social. X: @wsj, @thekenyeung, @wsjbusiness, @joshuaogundu, @antoniogm, @qwik, and @moezulfi
Forums: r/technology and r/discordapp
| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
X says it is funding a lawsuit filed by Chloe Happe against her ex-employer Block, after being allegedly fired for her X posts about refugees and trans people — Happe accused Block of terminating her for expressing views Block didn't agree with. — X is funding a lawsuit filed by Chloe Happe … | Benj Edwards / Ars Technica: |
IEEE stops accepting papers with the “Lenna image”, featuring a 1972 Playboy model, after complaints that it makes some women feel unwelcome in computer science — Use of “Lenna” image in computer image processing research stretches back to the 1970s.
More: The Guardian and Women Love Tech
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Shein had $2B+ of profit and ~$45B of GMV in 2023, ahead of a planned NY or London IPO; documents: Shein had $700M of profit in 2022 and $1.1B in 2021 — Fast-fashion group is seeking Chinese approval for IPO in New York or London — Online fast-fashion giant Shein has more than doubled … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Dell, HP, and other US tech firms have asked their Taiwanese suppliers to boost production of AI-related hardware in Mexico to reduce reliance on China — Taiwan-based contract manufacturers step up investment south of the U.S. border for American clients
Forums: Hacker News
| Victoria Song / The Verge: |
As Gmail turns 20 on April 1, a look at its impact on online communication and its future as other messaging apps have come to dominate how we communicate — Gmail revolutionized email with fast search and a whole gigabyte of storage. But where's it headed next?
More: Associated Press and Forbes
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Forums: Hacker News, r/google, and Slashdot
| Podnews: |
Survey of Americans aged 12+: 47% of have listened to a podcast in the last month, up 12% YoY, 76% listened to online audio in the past month, and more — The portion of Americans who listen to any kind of online audio, and the portion who listen to podcasts, have both reached new record highs …
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