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Sources: the FBI and DHS are preparing to accuse China of attempting to hack vaccine data from academic and private laboratories — Iran and other nations are also looking to steal data and exploit the pandemic with attacks on infrastructure, officials say.| 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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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Report: the White House is in talks with Intel and TSMC about building chip factories in the US to strengthen domestic supply chains — 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.
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| Richard Nieva / CNET: |
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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| 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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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: online used-car seller Vroom files confidentially for IPO, setting sights on a June offering after its December 2019 funding round valued it at $1.5B — Firm sets sights on a June offering after rich funding round — Online used-car seller Vroom Inc. has filed confidentially …
Tweets: @rolfewinkler
| Benedict Evans: |
A look at what could be holding back VR, as a breakthrough moment seems unlikely to materialize despite ripe conditions and nearly a decade of big bets on VR — We tried VR in the 1980s, and it didn't work. The idea may have been great, but the technology of the day was nowhere close to delivering it …
Tweets: @stefanlesser, @romchamp, @leonlinsx, @mikeconnery, @robenkleene, @helgeklein, @l4stewar, @bernardleong, @n8brown, and @benedictevans
| Art Raymond / Deseret News: |
Founder of surveillance firm Banjo resigns as CEO 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 … | 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: @benliebmann, @nytimesmusic, @nytimesmusic, and @daveambrose
| 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.| Jayne Gest / Smart Business Dealmakers: |
Ohio-based Finite State, which provides supply chain security and risk management for IoT devices, raises $12.5M Series A, bringing its total raised to $19.5M — Finite State, which provides supply chain security and risk management for IoT and embedded devices, has raised $12.5 million … | 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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EverythingApplePro, MacRumors, CNET, AppleInsider, Tom's Guide, Engadget, MacDailyNews, and Notebookcheck.net
Tweets: @detroitborg, @mkbhd, @alex, and @beirutspring
| Christine Hall / Crunchbase News: |
Medable, which wants to reduce clinical trial timelines by 50% by streamlining design, recruitment, and the collection of data, raises $25M led by GSR Ventures — Palo Alto, California startup Medable Inc. raised $25 million in funding led by GSR Ventures, to accelerate clinical drug development with digital technology.Sponsor Posts
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Pro Tips: 4 tips to overcome data problems in your CRM — Most CRM data problems don't look like problems. At a glance, your CRM looks fine: records exist, fields are filled, and reports run.
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