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| Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal: |
FireEye says its internal systems were hacked by state actors, compromising its Red Team tools used to test defenses of its customers; source points to Russia — The cybersecurity company said the attack compromised its software tools used to test the defenses of its thousands of customers
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Tweets: @dalperovitch, @bing_chris, @dnvolz, @dalperovitch, @joseph_marks_, @thomasareed, @bing_chris, @bing_chris, @jonathanmaze, @dnvolz, @eddiepereztx, @file411, @wylienewmark, @jameshohmann, @nakashimae, @nakashimae, @dalperovitch, @carolleonnig, @underthebreach, @bing_chris, @chey_cobb, @nicoleperlroth, @thegrugq, @campuscodi, @swiftonsecurity, @shanvav, @robertmlee, @lobotc2dfw, @ivanthek, @gossithedog, @jeremiahg, @ericgeller, @dnvolz, and @alex
| Washington Post: |
An internal Huawei document, found on its website, says Huawei tested facial recognition with a “Uighur alarm” to alert Chinese police when it detected Uighurs — An internal report claims the face-scanning system could trigger a “Uighur alarm,” sparking concerns that the software …
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Apple announces AirPods Max, over-ear headphones with noise cancellation, adaptive EQ, spatial audio, and audio sharing, available from December 15 for $549 — The first over-ear headphones with an Apple logo on them — It turns out Apple has one more major hardware announcement …
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Cloudflare and Apple say they have developed a new protocol called Oblivious DNS-over-HTTPS, which decouples DNS queries from internet users for more privacy — Engineers at Cloudflare and Apple say they've developed a new internet protocol that will shore up one of the biggest holes …
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The Cloudflare Blog, Ars Technica, Gizmodo, The Cloudflare Blog, TechRadar, MobileSyrup, IT Management, Schneier on Security, Apple Terminal, CircleID, iPhone Hacks, and Apple Must
Tweets: @da_667, @gchampeau, @jfslowik, @jgrahamc, @grittygrease, and @aallan
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: as Bob Mansfield retires, Apple puts AI chief John Giannandrea in charge of self-driving car project Titan; Doug Field runs the project day to day — - Company has been developing autonomous vehicle tech for years — AI executive Giannandrea takes lead after Bob Mansfield leaves
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The Verge, AppleInsider, MacRumors, iMore, SlashGear, 9to5Mac, Patently Apple, Trusted Reviews, and iDownloadBlog.com
Tweets: @jwangark, @jyarow, and @parkerortolani
| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with Substack CEO Chris Best on why it is not a media company, content moderation, making a reader app for users to easily read their newsletters, and more — On today's episode of Decoder, I'm talking to Chris Best, co-founder and CEO of Substack, the subscription newsletter startup that's taken …
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The Verge. Tweets: @sarahnemerson, @michaelmiraflor, @mathewi, @mathewi, @gustaf, @eduardosuarez, @navalang, @studyhallxyz, @reckless, @mvzelenks, @sashak, @mims, @mathewi, @reckless, @timfernholz, @willmanidis, @walldo, @kenlowery, @alex, @sub8u, and @backlon
| BBC: |
China bans TripAdvisor from its app stores, along with 104 other apps it said were violating cyber laws aimed at fighting pornography, gambling, and violence — China has removed 105 apps from its app stores as part of a campaign to get rid of content related to pornography, prostitution, gambling and violence.
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CNN, TechRadar, Boston Business Journal, Gizmochina, Reuters, and Associated Press
Tweets: @julianku, @jedimarkus77, and @cnn
| Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: |
Google says it is opening up its open source Fuchsia OS to outside developers, the first formal announcement about the project — For the past four years, Google has been developing a new operating system, Fuchsia, from the ground up. Starting today, Google's Fuchsia OS is now being developed more openly …
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Google Open Source Blog, The Verge, SiliconANGLE, Fuchsia, Thurrott, HotHardware.com News, and Neowin
Tweets: @ziromr, @suka_hiroaki, @ohmdee, and @googleoss
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Samsung's SmartThings will support Google Nest devices starting in January 2021 — Support for Nest products through the SmartThings app arrives next month — Google and Samsung are bringing their smart home platforms together for the first time. Samsung's SmartThings …
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The Keyword, Samsung Global Newsroom, Ars Technica, Android Police, Droid Life, Engadget, Chrome Unboxed, SlashGear, and Wccftech
Tweets: @smartthingsbeat and @samsungnewsus
| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Researchers detail vulnerabilities found in four open source TCP/IP stacks used in millions of embedded IoT devices, collectively called Amnesia:33 — Amnesia:33 is the latest in a long line of vulnerabilities that affect countless embedded devices. — YES, AT THIS point it's a cliche that cheap …
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Threatpost, Forescout, Dark Reading, AppleInsider, ZDNet, Associated Press, and HealthITSecurity. Tweets: @campuscodi
| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
Florida police raid home of former state employee and COVID whistleblower, claiming she breached a messaging system despite all its users sharing one password — This is insane. Earlier this year, we wrote about Rebekah Jones, the data scientist working for Florida, who put together …
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Tallahassee Democrat, NPR, CNN, WLRN, Sun-Sentinel, Washington Post, and Tampa Bay Times
Tweets: @georebekah, @malwarejake, @rulajebreal, @kylegriffin1, and @doctorow
| Associated Press: |
Pornhub will no longer let users download videos or unverified users upload videos, after a NYT report alleged that it was hosting videos of rape, underage sex — NEW YORK (AP) — Pornhub said Tuesday it was halting unverified users from uploading video material after a report alleged …
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VICE, The Hill, The Verge, Engadget, PCMag, Reuters, Benzinga, HotNewHipHop.com, The Daily Beast, and Mashable
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| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
Google announces Look to Speak, an experimental project for Android that helps users with speech and motor impairments by selecting phrases with their eyes — The Android app is designed to make communication easier for people with motor and speech impairments
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The Keyword, Experiments with Google, Releases, Lifehacker, 9to5Google, Engadget, CNET, and VentureBeat
Tweets: @dangerot, @thedicea, @krliu_advocate, and @lilririah
| Karl Bode / VICE: |
Senate votes 49-47 to appoint Trump ally Nathan Simington to the FCC for a five-year term, which could mire the FCC in partisan gridlock — Nathan Simington's was chosen to attack free speech and net neutrality. He could gridlock internet policy for the next five years.| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
GitHub expands its Sponsors program to let companies directly fund open source projects, starting with Amazon, AmEx, Daimler, Stripe, and others — Amazon.com Inc., American Express Co., Daimler AG and Stripe Inc. are among those joining a new GitHub program that will let companies directly …
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The GitHub Blog, Windows Central, Developer Tech News, MakeUseOf, BetaNews, and ZDNet
| Scott Chipolina / Decrypt: |
Square commits $10M to fund efforts to mine bitcoin with renewables; Dorsey believes “that cryptocurrency will eventually be powered completely by clean power” — Payments company Square has launched a Bitcoin Clean Energy Investment Initiative.
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Business Wire, InsideBitcoins.com, and Crypto Briefing
Tweets: @square, @apompliano, @markjeffrey, and @timccopeland
| Michael Larabel / Phoronix: |
CentOS, a free Linux distro functionally compatible with its upstream source, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, says it's ending support for recently announced CentOS 8 — Well here is a surprise for those that have long used CentOS as the community-supported rebuild of Red Hat Enterprise Linux …
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lists.centos.org Mailing Lists. Tweets: @nixcraft, @chris_dag, @0x47df, @phoronix, and @gaveen
| Max Weinbach / Android Police: |
Sources: Samsung Unpacked will take place on January 14, and official marketing teasers for Galaxy S21, S21+, and S21 Ultra appear to have leaked — Samsung's next-gen Galaxy S21 series is just about a month away, and with that official debut coming up fast, renders of the device are inevitably …
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CNET, The Next Web, Android Authority, GSMArena.com, Pocket-lint, Pocketnow, XDA Developers, 9to5Google, The Verge, Tom's Guide, and TmoNews
| CNBC: |
Sources: DoorDash is expected to price shares in its IPO at $102, valuing the company ~$38.7B fully diluted, well above last week's $90 to $95 range — - DoorDash sold shares at $102 a piece in its IPO, above its range of $90 to $95, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, New York Times, and PYMNTS.com. Thanks:@mattrosoff
| Phil LeBeau / CNBC: |
Uber is selling its flying car project, Elevate, to Joby Aviation and is investing $75M into the company as part of the deal; terms were not disclosed — - The move will allow Joby to use Uber's app to offer air taxi rides when the company's aircraft eventually enters service, which could be as soon as 2023.
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New York Times, Axios, Silicon Valley Business …, Business Insider, TechCrunch, Engadget, PR Newswire, Bloomberg, and SlashGear. Tweets: @stevekovach
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Facebook adds carts to WhatsApp, allowing users to add multiple items from a business to the cart then send the order request as a message to the business — WhatsApp said on Tuesday it is adding a new shopping feature to its business app as the Facebook -owned instant messaging service looks …
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WhatsApp.com, MakeUseOf, Social Media Today, Neowin, and Android Central
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Paris-based NextMind says its wearable $399 Dev Kit, offering a claimed real-time brain computer interface, will begin shipping — NextMind has started shipping its real-time brain-computer interface Dev Kit for $399. The device translates brain signals into digital commands …
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| Jarred Walton / Tom's Hardware: |
Radeon RX 6900 XT review: at $999, the GPU only provides a minor performance bump compared to the 6800 XT, but is competitive with Nvidia's pricier RTX 3090 — A small step up from RX 6800 XT performance, a bigger step up in price. — The AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT is officially AMD's new halo product …
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The Verge, PCWorld, PC Gamer, AnandTech, ExtremeTech, HotHardware.com News, and SlashGear
Tweets: @videogamenews, @bradchacos, @amd_uk, and @pcgamer
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Amazon launches a preview of HealthLake, a HIPAA-eligible service for health organizations to store, transform, and analyze life science data in AWS — During its re:Invent 2020 virtual keynote today, Amazon launched Amazon HealthLake, a service that enables health care organizations to store …
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| Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
Apple says Fitness+, its workout class subscription service, will launch on December 14 in the US, UK, Australia, Canada, Ireland, and New Zealand — Apple has today announced that its fitness subcription service, Apple Fitness+, is set to launch on Monday, December 14.
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Apple, Wall Street Journal, Ars Technica, 9to5Mac, iMore, AppleInsider, ZDNet, iDownloadBlog.com, 9to5Mac, Gizmodo, and Redmond Pie
Tweets: @steven_aquino, @llofte, and @ashleyrcarman
| New York Times: |
Driven by the shift to e-commerce during the pandemic, Etsy shares are up over 250% this year, following a rocky few years as a public company — Shares of Etsy, the online marketplace, are up 250 percent this year, a rise fueled by skyrocketing pandemic mask sales and a push by investors to run its business better.
Tweets: @hollykmichels
| Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
Netflix rolls out Kids Activity Report tool for parents to monitor their child's frequently watched shows, favorite character, and recommendations on new shows — Netflix is rolling out a new tool for parents to better understand and monitor what their kids are watching.
Tweets: @hshaban, @hshaban, and @hypervisible
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