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GPS metadata from videos posted to Parler on Jan. 6 shows several users deep inside the Capitol; source: FBI has expressed interest in examining the data — At least several users of the far-right social network Parler appear to be among the hoard of rioters that managed to penetrate deep inside …
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
After reports of all of Parler's data being downloaded by third parties, analysis shows Parler lacked basic security measures to prevent such a data breach — The “free speech” social network also allowed unlimited access to every public post, image, and video.
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Washington Post, Newsweek, KnowTechie, evan.law, Tom's Guide, and OneZero
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
WhatsApp clarifies its new data sharing policy with Facebook, which mostly concerns businesses, after recent backlash and surge in Telegram and Signal downloads — The company is trying to contain fallout over a privacy policy update — WhatsApp has published a new FAQ page …
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Tweets: @elonmusk, @tayhatmaker, @snowden, @heminator, @whatsapp, @campuscodi, @zsk, @mosseri, @ericgarland, @fboversight, @ryan_browne_, @shivaroor, @nickstatt, and @tanvi_madan
| Sean O'Kane / The Verge: |
Sources: Apple held talks with EV startup Canoo in 2020; Apple was largely interested in Canoo's unique scalable electric vehicle platform — As part of the Silicon Valley giant's secretive push into the automotive space — Apple held meetings with California EV startup Canoo in the first half …
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Sony, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, MacRumors, Micromobility Industries, Nikkei Asia, iMore, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, Apple Terminal, iMore, and O'Grady's PowerPage
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| Nathaniel Popper / New York Times: |
A look at those unlucky enough to forget the password to access their bitcoin; Chainalysis says 20% of all bitcoin, or ~$140B, appears to be lost or stranded — Bitcoin owners are getting rich because the cryptocurrency has soared. But what happens when you can't tap that wealth …
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Bloomberg, Business Insider, The Verge, The Guardian, Daring Fireball, Michael Tsai, Bitcoinist.com, Slashdot, and CoinDesk
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Visa is abandoning its $5.3B planned acquisition of fintech firm Plaid after the DOJ sued over antitrust concerns in November — Justice Department sued in November to challenge $5.3 billion deal — Visa Inc. is abandoning its $5.3 billion planned acquisition of Plaid Inc. …
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Tweets: @joeysolitro, @mdudas, @arampell, @regulatorynerd, @mark_goldberg_, @rickyang, @anthony, and @lucasmtny
| Alex Heath / The Information: |
Memo: following its Trump ban, Facebook has told employees to avoid wearing company-branded apparel in public as it might put staff at risk — Facebook on Monday told employees to avoid wearing or carrying company-branded clothing and other items in public following the company's suspension …
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New York Times, Business Insider, The Verge, Telegraph, BBC, Politico, CNBC, Gizmodo, Ars Technica, The Hill, and The Information
Tweets: @alexeheath, @jamestodaromd, @alexeheath, @wbm312, @davepell, @iansherr, @theofanning, @fraying, @slpng_giants, @amir, @jason_kint, @kurteichenwald, and @joshuaogundu
| Anna Schecter / NBC News: |
How right-wing extremists are using Telegram channels, including some affiliated with Proud Boys, to call for violence against government officials on Jan. 20 — Right-wing extremists are using channels on the encrypted communication app Telegram to call for violence against government officials on Jan. 20 …
Tweets: @gottalaff
| Zoe Schiffer / The Verge: |
Report: GitHub fired an employee who used the term “Nazis” in an internal Slack during the US Capitol riot; ~200 staff signed a letter questioning the firing — Roughly 200 employees have signed an open letter asking for answers — GitHub reportedly fired a Jewish employee … | Andrei Frumusanu / AnandTech: |
Samsung unveils the Exynos 2100 flagship SoC, produced on a 5nm process node, touting 19% better single core and 33% better multi-core performance than last gen — Today, Samsung LSI took the virtual stage to announce the new Exynos 2100 flagship SoC. The new chip is quite special …
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Samsung Global Newsroom, HotHardware.com News, Android Authority, Engadget, SamMobile, ZDNet, TechPP, Pocketnow, and XDA Developers
Tweets: @universeice, @rdrv3, @mobile_dom, @maxwinebach, @anandtech, @rdrv3, and @cardyak
| Jeff Stone / CyberScoop: |
Europol says it has shut down DarkMarket, the largest online marketplace for illicit goods with 2,400+ vendors, and apprehended a suspect, an Australian man — German law enforcement has shut down an internet market where users bought and sold narcotics, stolen data and hacking tools, authorities said Tuesday.
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Tweets: @doberah and @zackwhittaker
| Jeff Grubb / VentureBeat: |
Nvidia unveils RTX 3060, 3070, and 3080 GPUs, suited for mobile gaming, and says laptops with the RTX 3070 and 3080 will start rolling out this month — Nvidia's Ampere architecture is going mobile. The company revealed its plans and partnerships to bring GeForce RTX 30-series GPUs to more than 70 laptops throughout 2021.
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| Dave Nyczepir / FedScoop: |
White House launches the National AI Initiative Office, which will implement national AI strategy and coordinate research across gov., industry, and academia — The White House on Tuesday fulfilled its requirement to establish an office responsible for coordinating artificial intelligence research …
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The White House, The Hill, The Next Web, VentureBeat, and Nextgov
Tweets: @whostp, @mark_riedl, @uscto, @tiffanycli, and @willknight
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
AMD unveils its Ryzen 5000 Series, 8-core x86 chips for gaming laptops and thin-and-light notebooks coming in February, alongside third-gen Epyc server chips — Advanced Micro Devices showed off some impressive Ryzen 5000 mobile processors today and teased the performance of its 3rd Gen Epyc server chips.| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
CrowdStrike details Sunspot, a newly discovered malware strain that was the first to be used in the SolarWinds supply chain attack, beginning in September 2019 — CrowdStrike, one of the two security firms formally investigating the hack, sheds some light on how hackers compromised the SolarWinds Orion app build process.
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Krebs on Security, Orange Matter, BleepingComputer, Dark Reading, Nextgov, SecurityWeek, and Security Affairs
Tweets: @malwaretechblog and @briankrebs
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook expands its Access Your Information tool, adding six new categories of data, a search tool, and more, available now on its Android and iOS apps — Facebook today is rolling out an update to its Access Your Information tool with the goal of making the tool easier to both use and navigate …
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About Facebook, 9to5Mac, MobileSyrup, Adweek, MacRumors, Social Media Today, iPhone Hacks, Neowin, iDownloadBlog.com, and Vox. Tweets: @alexvoica
| Jason Koebler / VICE: |
Salesforce said it had “taken action” against RNC to stop it from sending emails that may lead to violence; RNC says it has stopped all online fundraising — The Donald Trump campaign has not used its millions-strong email list since the riots at the Capitol.
Tweets: @jason_koebler and @vice
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Google details a sophisticated hacking operation first detected in early 2020 that used several novel Chrome exploits to compromise users on Android and Windows — The attackers used a combination of Android, Chrome, and Windows vulnerabilities, including both zero-days and n-days exploits.
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Project Zero and Security Affairs
| Jay Greene / Washington Post: |
Amazon says it will begin removing QAnon products from its site and third-party merchants attempting to list QAnon goods may have selling privileges revoked — The e-commerce company will block sales in the coming days of products that reference the baseless conspiracy theory whose adherents … | Twitter: |
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New York Times, New York Times, The Wrap, The Verge, ZDNet, infosecurity-magazine.com, and KnowTechie
Tweets: @janelytv, @imani_barbarin, @hypervisible, @ddale8, @mathiasssemanda, @twittersafety, @tinu, @epro, and @slpng_giants
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Affirm priced its IPO at $49 per share, above the marketed range of $33 to $38 set earlier this week, raising roughly $1.2B — - Affirm is first big technology IPO of this year set to trade — Consumers use Affirm to finance Peloton bikes, other items
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| Bloomberg: |
Zoom says it is seeking to raise $1.5B through a new stock offering — Zoom Video Communications Inc. is seeking to raise $1.5 billion through a stock offering, capitalizing on surging demand for the video-conferencing platform during pandemic. — Zoom said in a statement Tuesday it expects …
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Zoom, CNBC, Wall Street Journal, Barron's Online, and Business Insider
| Pew Research Center: |
Survey of 9,220 US adults: 53% get news from social media at least sometimes; 36% regularly get news from Facebook, 23% from YouTube, 15% from Twitter — Facebook stands out as a regular source of news for about a third of Americans … As social media companies struggle to deal …
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Social Media Today, TechCrunch, and Nieman Lab
Tweets: @pewjournalism, @epro, @getongab, @jasminramsey, @pewresearch, and @pressgazette
| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
E-commerce infrastructure startup Nacelle closes $18M Series A led by Inovia, after closing a $4.8M seed round in mid-2020 — Consumer online shopping habits have led to a windfall of revenues for these web storefronts, but COVID-era trends have also breathed new life into the market … | Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
House Democrats plan to investigate the role of Facebook, Twitter, and other social media in the Capitol riot as part of broad inquiry into disinformation — House Democrats are planning to look into social media's role in Capitol riot as part of a broad disinformation inquiry.
Tweets: @b_fung, @blackamazon, @tonyromm, and @evelyndouek
| Will Knight / Wired: |
After an outcry, HireVue, which offers automated assessments of job applicants, will stop using facial analysis but will still analyze intonation and behavior — But it's still using intonation and behavior to assist with hiring decisions. — JOB HUNTERS MAY now need to impress …
Tweets: @jdmar3, @tsimonite, @linadencik, @varoonmathur, @_jack_poulson, @christinebannan, @jevanhutson, @mer__edith, @scottthurm, @drewharwell, @wired, and @hypervisible
| Faiz Siddiqui / Washington Post: |
Gig workers and unions sue in CA Supreme Court to have Prop 22 overturned, alleging it violates the state constitution and limits the power of legislators — The lawsuit alleges Prop 22 violated the state constitution, and limited the powers of legislators to provide labor protections they are authorized to grant.
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Los Angeles Times, The Verge, CBS News, Engadget, San Francisco Chronicle, TechCrunch, CNN, Gizmodo, Axios, and Bloomberg
Tweets: @_bayrising and @veenadubal
| David Z. Morris / Fortune: |
Modern Treasury, which develops software to help integrate direct banking services with online services, raises $38M led by Altimeter Capital — Our mission to make business better is fueled by readers like you. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today.| Maggie Miller / The Hill: |
European Medicines Agency says that hackers leaked third-party documents on COVID-19 vaccines and medicines as part of a breach discovered late last year — The European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced Tuesday that hackers had leaked information on COVID-19 vaccines stolen as part of a breach discovered late last year.
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European Medicines Agency, CyberScoop, iTnews, Security Affairs, and Bloomberg
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