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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Researcher: a vulnerability affecting iOS 13.3.1 and later prevents VPNs from encrypting some traffic, potentially exposing user data or leaking IP addresses — A currently unpatched security vulnerability affecting iOS 13.3.1 or later prevents virtual private network (VPNs) …
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ProtonVPN Blog, AppleInsider, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, The Mac Observer, iPhone Hacks, SecurityWeek, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, and Security Boulevard. Tweets: @protonvpn
| Todd Haselton / CNBC: |
On Twitter, Slack CEO discussed some of the dramatic changes Slack has seen over the last few weeks, like quickly adding 9K net new customers; stock up 10%+ — - Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield posted a thread to Twitter telling a story of how wild things have been for Slack this month.
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TechCrunch, Business Wire, Slack, SiliconANGLE, Mashable, Business Insider, Seeking Alpha, MarketWatch, and ZDNet
Tweets: @stewart, @profgalloway, @rkrigney, @mkobach, @lyssaslounge, @stevesi, and @reformedbroker
| Andrew Webster / The Verge: |
Epic Games launches Epic Games Publishing, a label that will cover up to 100% of development costs while game creators retain 100% of IP and creative control — ‘The publishing model we always wanted’ — Fortnite maker Epic Games is getting into publishing in a big way.
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Epic Games Store, Remedy investors, Ars Technica, Remedy, Forbes, TechRadar.com, CCN.com, IGN, GamingBolt, TechSpot, Polygon, Windows Central, GameSpot, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, USgamer.net, Game Rant, Neowin, Kotaku, TrueAchievements, VentureBeat, PC Games Insider, Gamasutra, Destructoid, and Blue's News
Tweets: @epicgames, @tha_rami, @samlakermd, @ballmatthew, @timsoret, @benjisales, and @mikebithell
| Andy / TorrentFreak: |
AMD confirms someone claimed in December to have “test files” related to current and future graphics products; some files recently posted online were removed — Graphics cards are big business and AMD is one of the leading brands with an estimated 32% share of the discrete desktop market.
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The Register, Gizmodo, The Verge, The Next Web, Engadget, IGN, Input, The Daily Dot, SecurityWeek, TechSpot, Plagiarism Today, Thurrott, OnMSFT.com, Game Rant, HackRead, VG247, Neowin, LaptopMag, Tom's Hardware, TrueAchievements, Wccftech, SlashGear, TechRadar.com, Windows Central, and GitHub
Tweets: @xcloudtimdog and @campuscodi
| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
Zoom iOS app, like many using Facebook SDKs, sends data to FB even if there's no linked account, but Zoom's privacy policy fails to clearly mention the practice — As people work and socialize from home, video conferencing software Zoom has exploded in popularity.
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Thurrott, AppleInsider, Michael Tsai, iMore, iPhone Hacks, and Seeking Alpha
Tweets: @samwithans and @hshaban
| Airbnb Newsroom: |
Airbnb says it will subsidize hosting costs for up to 100K healthcare professionals, relief workers, and first responders around the world — - New global initiative will provide free or subsidized housing for healthcare professionals, relief workers, and first responders, typically closer to where they are working
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Tweets: @bchesky, @harrysiegel, and @airbnb
| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Interviews with 12 Amazon warehouse workers: limited options from Amazon are forcing them to work in crowded warehouses with few essentials, like sanitizers — - A dozen Amazon workers told CNBC they're terrified to go to work during the pandemic, while others have expressed frustration …
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Tweets: @lauren_feiner, @eamonjavers, @robotodd, @sarahnemerson, @jyarow, @stevekovach, and @kifleswing. Thanks:@mattrosoff
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Google says it will resume Chrome and Chrome OS releases after pausing them last week due to the adjusted employee work schedules during the pandemic — Google Chrome 81 to be released next month, on April 7. — Google paused Chrome updates last week when it canceled the Chrome 81 release …
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Google Chrome Releases, Forbes, Thurrott, Computerworld, MSPoweruser, BleepingComputer, Engadget, and TechRadar.com
Tweets: @techcrunch, @chromiumdev, and @campuscodi
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft acquires Affirmed Networks, which provides fully virtualized, cloud-native networking tech to telecom operators, with a focus on 5G and edge computing — Microsoft today announced that it has acquired Affirmed Networks, a company that specializes in fully virtualized, cloud-native networking solutions for telecom operators.
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The Official Microsoft Blog, Affirmed Networks, FinSMEs, SiliconANGLE, TheStreet, Windows Central, Light Reading, WinBuzzer, Thurrott, VentureBeat, SDxCentral, OnMSFT.com, Computer Business Review, FierceWireless, GeekWire, and ZDNet
Tweets: @dcstalder, @greengart, @yousefkazure, and @dmavrakis
| William J. Broad / New York Times: |
MIT, Princeton, Microsoft, and others form a consortium to launch the C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute to investigate big issues, like pandemics, using AI — A new consortium of top scientists will be able to use some of the world's most advanced supercomputers to look for solutions.| Maura Church / Patreon Blog: |
Patreon says 30,000+ creators signed up in the first three weeks of March; average new patron growth in 6 countries, including US and Italy, was 36.2% over Feb. — Right now is a stressful time to be a creator. In a time when so many around the world are deeply affected … | Toni Gidwani / The Keyword: |
Google sent users 40K warnings about phishing or malware attempts from nation-states in 2019, a 25% drop YoY; journalist and news outlet impersonations up — Security Engineering Manager, Threat Analysis Group — Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) works to counter targeted …
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CyberScoop, Ars Technica, ZDNet, and Wired
Tweets: @freedomofpress, @thehackersnews, and @stshank
| Celia Wan / The Block: |
Blockchain startup Block.one invests $150M in its social media app Voice, to kickstart its independent operations; Voice lets users post for token rewards — Block.one, the publisher of the EOS blockchain protocol, has invested $150 million in Voice, a social media platform launched in June last year.| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Huawei rolls out Celia, its multilingual AI assistant for phones outside China, initially on P40 in UK, France, Spain, Chile, Mexico, and Colombia — Huawei has officially announced its own voice-activated virtual assistant outside of China, as the Chinese technology titan continues to push its own versions of Google's services.
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Android Authority, The Verge, CNET, 9to5Google, and Engadget
| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
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Tweets: @greengart and @_vancajun
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Dremio, which offers a virtualization toolkit to streamline and curate data, raises $70M Series C led by Insight Partners, bringing its total raised to ~$115M — Dremio, which offers tools that help to streamline and curate data, today announced that it has raised $70 million in equity growth financing.| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Cybersecurity insurance provider Chubb confirms it is investigating a “security incident” involving the unauthorized access of data belonging to a third-party — Chubb, a major cybersecurity insurance provider for businesses hit by data breaches, has itself become a target of a data breach.| WRAL TechWire: |
CData, a Chapel Hill, NC-based provider of cloud data access and connectivity software, raises $20M Series A from Updata Partners — CHAPEL HILL - CData Software is getting ready to scale thanks to a $20 million injection from a Washington D.C.-based growth equity firm.Sponsor Posts
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