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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Hackers are using Mirai-based botnets to DDoS the domain hardcoded into WannaCry in an attempt to reduce effectiveness of the kill-switch, revive the ransomware — Over the past year, two digital disasters have rocked the internet. The botnet known as Mirai knocked a swath of major sites off …
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
New tool decrypts WannaCry-infected computers running Windows XP, 7, and 2003, if they have not been rebooted — A tool released on Friday decrypts PCs running a fuller suite of Windows versions. — New hope glimmered on Friday for people hit by last week's virulent ransomware worm … | Kim Hart / Axios: |
Uber threatens to fire Anthony Levandowski if he does not cooperate with a court's order to return any files he has back to Waymo — Uber has asked Anthony Levandowski, the executive at the center of a major lawsuit with Waymo, to cooperate with a court's order to return any files he has back to Waymo … | Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Twitter warns Vine users that email addresses and phone numbers were exposed for less than 24 hours — Apparently getting shut down wasn't bad enough — Vine as we once knew it has already been shut down, but unfortunately that doesn't mean the information you provided to the Twitter-owned company is secure.
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| Christina Farr / CNBC: |
Source: Tim Cook was spotted at the Apple campus test-driving a prototype glucose-tracker connected to his Apple Watch — - Tim Cook has been test-driving a glucose monitor to understand how his blood sugar responds to factors like food and exercise — CNBC reported last month that Apple …
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| Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg: |
Uber's head of product Daniel Graf talks about the route-based pricing used in some cities, and how Uber will deal with driver discontent about pricing changes — The ride-hailing giant is using data science to engineer a more sustainable business model, but it's cutting drivers out from some gains.
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Engadget, Consumerist, Motherboard, and Axios
Tweets: @ericnewcomer, @mikeisaac, @caseynewton, @zeynep, @noahpinion, and @ellenhuet
| April Glaser / Recode: |
Federal court says that FAA drone registration rules violated the law; users do not have to register non-commercial drones anymore — Surprisingly, the drone industry isn't thrilled. — If you buy a new drone in the U.S. to fly non-commercially, you no longer have to register your drone … | Evan Blass / VentureBeat: |
Images leak of Microsoft's refreshed Surface Pro ahead of May 23 event in Shanghai — Microsoft is holding an event on Tuesday, May 23 in Shanghai, China where it will unveil a widely anticipated refresh of its Surface Pro 4 laptop-class Windows 10-powered tablet, known simply as the Surface Pro.
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| Reinhardt Krause / Investor's Business Daily: |
Shopify shares dip 3.5% after it announces secondary stock offering of 5.5M shares at $91, raising $500.5M — E-commerce platform provider Shopify (SHOP) could be a buyer as opposed to takeover bait for the likes Adobe Systems (ADBE), Amazon.com (AMZN) or eBay (EBAY) following its surprise $490 million stock offering.
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Bloomberg, obj.ca, PYMNTS.com, and Business Wire
| Phil Wahba / Fortune: |
Walmart online sales grew 63% YoY in Q1 as the number of items sold on Walmart.com increased to 50M from 10M a year ago — Walmart's wmt massive e-commerce investments are starting to pay off. — The discount chain reported on Thursday that U.S. online sales rose a staggering 63% …
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Bloomberg, Forbes, PYMNTS.com, PYMNTS.com, eSellerCafe, NASDAQ.com, Business Insider, news.walmart.com, Digital Commerce 360, ZDNet, and Retail Dive
Tweets: @mims, @mdudas, and @walmartnewsroom
| Daniel Roth / LinkedIn: |
LinkedIn Top Companies 2017 list shows five most in-demand companies to work for include Alphabet, Amazon, Facebook, Salesforce, and Uber — From Amazon to Allergan and Salesforce to Starbucks, this year's LinkedIn Top Companies represent brands we know and love — as well as the firms …
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Business Insider, TechSpot, Fortune, GeekWire, Tech.Co, Business Insider, On MSFT, and Adweek
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Apple told WeChat and other Chinese social apps to disable “tip” functions, says tips are in-app purchases, entitling Apple to a 30% cut — Apple's challenges have multiplied in the all-important China market over the past year or so and its effort to wring more revenue …
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The Verge, BGR, Fortune, Tech in Asia, The Mac Observer, MacRumors, INSIDER, Stock Market News …, iPhone in Canada Blog, Cult of Mac, iLounge, Digital Trends, MacDailyNews, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, and iPhone Hacks
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