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DOJ charges six Russian GRU officers who were allegedly behind NotPetya, BlackEnergy blackouts in Ukraine, cyberattacks on Olympics and French election, more — The US Department of Justice has unsealed today charges against six GRU officers believed to be members of Sandworm …
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| The Guardian: |
UK and US say Russian military intelligence services were planning a cyberattack on the Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo, originally scheduled for this summer — Patrick Wintour in London, Julian Borger in Washington — Russian military intelligence services were planning a cyber-attack …
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| Jem Aswad / Variety: |
Apple launches Apple Music TV, a free 24-hour curated livestream of popular music videos, available in the US on Apple's Music and TV apps — Apple has launched Apple Music TV, a free 24-hour curated livestream of popular music videos that will also include “exclusive new music videos and premiers …
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| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Twitter blocking NY Post's story, driven by unfair blaming of tech for the media's 2016 mistakes, undermined its role as a facilitator for information sharing — On September 8, 2004, longtime CBS anchor Dan Rather presented four documents about then-President George W. Bush's Texas Air National Guard service in the early 1970s.
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| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Google Assistant smart displays, including 3rd-party devices, get a revamp this week with dark mode, multiple account calendar support, a new home screen, more — Plus a new interface for navigating features via touch — Google is updating the look and functionality of the software …
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Leaked Apple docs say 5G speeds are not supported on iPhone 12 when using two lines in Dual SIM mode; source says Apple will enable this feature later this year — iPhone XS models and newer feature both a physical SIM slot and a digital eSIM, allowing for a feature known as dual SIM, dual standby.
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EU is investigating Instagram's handling of children's personal data, after complaints that contact information on business accounts was publicly visible — Instagram is being investigated by Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) over its handling of children's personal data on the platform.
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| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
IBM reports Q3 revenue of $17.6B, down 2.6% YoY, vs $17.54B est, total cloud revenue of $6.0B, up 19% YoY, with Red Hat revenue rising 17% YoY — The company reported non-GAAP third quarter earnings of $2.58 a share on revenue of $17.6 billion, down 2.6% from a year ago.| Andrew Tarantola / Engadget: |
Facebook announces an open source AI model that can translate directly between 100+ languages without first translating to English — Whether you're logging on from the US, Brazil, Borneo, or France, Facebook can translate virtually any written content published on its platform …
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| Reuters: |
Japan's Fair Trade Commission says the country will join US and Europe in challenging market abuses by Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon — TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will join forces with the United States and Europe to take on any market abuses by the four Big Tech companies … | Avery Hartmans / Business Insider: |
Survey of 3,023 employees at tech firms by anonymous workplace app Blind: 68% feel more burned out by WFH, including 79% at Google and 81% at Facebook — - Silicon Valley's workforce is reporting feeling more burned out than before the pandemic. — A new survey from anonymous workplace …
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| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
Juniper announces intent to acquire 128 Technology for $450M, to boost AI-based features across Juniper's networking products — The purchase adds more to Juniper's AI platform and networking portfolio. — Juniper Networks said it will acquire 128 Technology for $450 million in a move …
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