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Source: Eric Schmidt left his role as technical advisor to Alphabet in February, ending his 19-year tenure at Google — Eric Schmidt , who drove Google's transformation from Silicon Valley start-up to global titan, is no longer an adviser to the search giant and its parent Alphabet …
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Report: iPhone 12 Pro models to feature a ProMotion display with 120Hz refresh rate, improved Face ID, and 3x optical zoom for telephoto lens — Max Weinbach's latest reporting as featured in EverythingApplePro's video indicates that the iPhone 12 will feature a high refresh-rate 120Hz ProMotion display.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Microsoft starts rolling out a new Reply All Storm Protection feature to Office 365 customers that lets IT staff detect and stop Reply-All email storms — Redmond adds protection against massive “Reply-All” email storms after suffering two internal incidents in 2019 and 2020.
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| Jeremy White / WIRED UK: |
Greg Joswiak, Apple's VP of product marketing, talks about the development of AirPods, says the product has “done even better than we could ever imagine” — The wireless headphones have been a surprise hit. Here's how — If you started a business in an ultra-competitive space …
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| Art Raymond / Deseret News: |
CEO of surveillance firm Banjo resigns after a report last month that he was once a neo-Nazi and was involved in the drive-by shooting of a synagogue — PARK CITY — Embattled event detection tech firm Banjo announced Friday that the company's current CEO and founder, Damien Patton … | Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
ShinyHunters claims to have stolen 500GB+ of data from Microsoft's private GitHub repositories; Microsoft says it is investigating the claims — A hacker claims to have stolen over 500GB of data from Microsoft's private GitHub repositories, BleepingComputer has learned.| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Hacker group ShinyHunters claims it has breached ten companies, including dating app Zoosk, and is selling their 73M+ user records on a dark web marketplace — Hacker group “ShinyHunters” is selling the data of 10 companies on a dark web cybercrime marketplace.| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Report: White House is in talks with Intel and TSMC about building chip factories in the US to make chips for third party clients — The Trump administration hasn't been shy about wanting to reduce its dependence on Asia for technology, and that might soon include the processors inside PCs and phones.| Jon Caramanica / New York Times: |
Instagram Live has become the definitive medium of quarantine for rappers, producers, DJs, and other artists, with hip-hop stars leading the way — The pandemic halted in-person gatherings, but a new type of party was born on social media, with rap stars leading the charge.
Tweets: @nytimesmusic, @nytimesmusic, and @daveambrose
| Biz Carson / Protocol: |
Lime's new CEO Wayne Ting, who replaces co-founder Brad Bao, talks about Uber-led $170M investment, consolidating assets from Jump, and weathering the pandemic — Lime is receiving a much-need cash infusion from Uber and other investors as the scooter company attempts to reset its business amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Tweets: @asymco, @lukemarklin, @limebike, @kateconger, @yoda, @bizcarson, and @mcwm
| Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: |
Canada-based Tehama, a SaaS company that helps remote workers securely connect to enterprise systems, raises $10M Series A led by OMERS Ventures — Tehama, a SaaS platform that aims to offer a secure way to deploy a virtual workforce, has raised $10 million in a Series A round, the Ontario … | Joseph Marks / Washington Post: |
A number of cybersecurity companies form an alliance to offer free help to 87 hospitals and four national health services in Europe, with plans to expand to US — Cybersecurity companies and professionals are banding together to offer free digital defenses to hospitals that are being pummeled …
Tweets: @ironnetcyber
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