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GitHub hit with the largest ever DDoS attack of 1.35Tbps on Feb. 28; attacker abused publicly accessible memcached instances, taking the site down for 6+ mins — ON WEDNESDAY, AT about 12:15pm ET, 1.35 terabits per second of traffic hit the developer platform GitHub all at once.
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Former recruiter sues Google, says YouTube set minority hiring quotas, stopped hiring white and Asian males last year for tech jobs, fired him for complaining — A former employee alleges tech firm set quotas for hiring minorities — YouTube last year stopped hiring white and Asian males …
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| Robert Hackett / Fortune: |
Garrett Camp proposes Eco, a cryptocurrency that would run on verified nodes at universities and research institutes and have collective mining incentives — In November, Garrett Camp had just returned from his first trip to Africa—an “eye-opening” experience, he said …
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Instagram may be preparing to launch audio and video calling within its direct messaging system according to files and icons buried in its APK — Instagram wants to be your phone, not just your camera. And it wants to be better at it than Snapchat. Files buried in Instagram …
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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Dropbox says it's partnering with Google to bring G Suite integration to Dropbox by end of the year — It's been an eventful week for Dropbox coming off its announcement last Friday that it was finally going public, but that doesn't mean the business stops.
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| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
Facebook says it's ending test in six countries that moved Pages' posts from News Feed to secondary Explore Feed, is also ending Explore Feed bookmark globally — Facebook has ended a test that put publishers in one feed and friends in another. — Facebook has decided it's a bad idea …
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| Colin Lecher / The Verge: |
Twitter says it's seeking proposals from experts to assess its “health” and whether it's fostering positive debate or enabling “abuse, spam, and manipulation” — Twitter, like other major tech companies, has faced a year of punishing criticism, as it's been roiled by misinformation …
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| Dan Thorp-Lancaster / Windows Central: |
Microsoft launches Soundscape as a free iPhone app in US and UK that uses 3D audio to help the visually impaired locate points of interest — In recent years, Microsoft has worked on a number of projects to assist people with visual impairments. Those have taken the form of everything … | Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
IDC data for Q4 2017 wearable shipments: Apple on top with 8M, up 57.5% YoY, ahead of Fitbit with 5.4M, down 17.3% YoY, and Xiaomi with 4.9M, down 4.5% YoY — As demand for wearable electronics continues to grow, Apple has taken a decisive lead away from rivals Fitbit and Xiaomi, IDC reports today.
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| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
VMware reports mixed results with Q4 revenue of $2.31B, up 14% YoY, loss of $440M, a $970M tax-law charge, and record full-year revenue of $7.92B, up 12% YoY — VMware continues to deliver strong growth as it is a go-to vendor in hybrid cloud deployments. — Hybrid cloud and virtualization …
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Germany says hackers infiltrated government computers; sources point to Russian group APT28, say malware could have been in system for up to a year — German security services have admitted they uncovered a cyberattack on the government in December. Sources say the malware had been planted … | Lily Katz / Bloomberg: |
Amid reports that the SEC is expanding its crackdown on ICOs, Overstock says its tZero token sale is being probed, causing its shares to fall as much as 10% — Regulator requested documents related to firm's coin offering — Disclosure came as SEC sent wave of subpoenas related to ICOs
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| Dana Cimilluca / Wall Street Journal: |
Microchip Technology to acquire Microsemi, the largest US commercial supplier of military and aerospace semiconductor equipment, for ~$8.35B — Microchip to pay $68.78 a share for Microsemi, or $8.3 billion — Microchip Technology Inc. MCHP .10% agreed to buy Microsemi Corp. MSCC -.92% …
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