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The DOJ says the FBI performed a court-approved operation to “copy and remove malicious web shells” on hundreds of hacked Exchange servers across the US — The FBI obtained court approval to access vulnerable computers across the United States. — Joseph Cox
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| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
In its April batch of patches, Microsoft fixes 108 flaws, including 19 “critical” flaws, five 0-days, and four NSA-discovered critical Exchange flaws — Today is Microsoft's April 2021 Patch Tuesday, and with it comes five zero-day vulnerabilities and more Critical Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities.
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Kuo: 2022 iPhone lineup will feature two 6.1" and two 6.7" devices, no mini-sized 5.4"; high end models will have 48MP camera and 8K video capability — The upcoming 2022 iPhone lineup will feature two 6.1-inch devices and two 6.7-inch devices, with no mini-sized 5.4-inch iPhone …
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| Washington Post: |
Sources: Australian company Azimuth unlocked San Bernardino shooter's iPhone for FBI, using a flaw in Mozilla's open source code used for lightning accessories — Azimuth unlocked the iPhone at the center of an epic legal battle between the FBI and Apple. Now, Apple is suing the company co-founded …
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| Paul Resnikoff / Digital Music News: |
Spotify has now removed 42 episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, offering no explanations for the removals — Spotify is continuing to remove episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience as part of their $100 million exclusive relationship, with more nixed shows discovered this week.| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
Nasdaq sets Coinbase's reference price at $250 per share for its direct listing, which would value the cryptocurrency exchange at $65.3B — - Coinbase is set to become the first major crypto business to go public in the U.S. and, should it reach a $100 billion market cap …
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| Ian Hamilton / UploadVR: |
Oculus says v28 software update to Quest 2 will add an Air Link mode to play PC VR games wirelessly, a 120Hz refresh rate, and improvements to Infinite Office — Facebook's latest update to the Oculus Quest 2 software will add an Air Link mode to play PC VR games wirelessly.
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| Mengqi Sun / Wall Street Journal: |
Alphabet shareholder Trillium Asset Management pushes Google for better whistleblower protections, referencing the firing of Timnit Gebru and a 2020 NLRB report — Citing recent red flags, Trillium Asset Management files another shareholder proposal urging tech giant to review protections for employees voicing human rights concerns
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Sony unveils 6.5" Xperia 1 III and 6.1" Xperia 5 III flagships with variable telephoto lenses, Snapdragon 888, three 12MP rear cameras, and 4,500mAH battery — Another camera-focused iteration of Sony's flagship Android phone — Sony is announcing two new phones today, the Xperia 1 III and the Xperia 5 III.
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| Shara Tibken / CNET: |
Samsung announces its next Galaxy Unpacked event will be held on April 28, as rumors point to Galaxy Book laptops, teasing “the most powerful Galaxy is coming” — Samsung is gearing up for its third Unpacked event of 2021. On Tuesday, the company sent invitations for a virtual event scheduled for 7 a.m. PT on April 28.
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| Jake Offenhartz / Gothamist: |
Since October, the NYPD has deployed a quadruped robot called Spot to a handful of crime scenes and hostage situations, raising fears of unwanted surveillance — The NYPD's robot dog is once again stirring privacy concerns and cyberpunk prophesies of some New Yorkers, after the four-legged machine …
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| Karen Hao / MIT Technology Review: |
A glossary to help decode the language used by Google and Facebook to reassure the public about AI responsibility without inviting deeper scrutiny — 50-ish words you can use to show that you care without incriminating yourself. — AI researchers often say good machine learning is really more art than science.| Anshuman Daga / Reuters: |
Sale doc: Indonesian e-commerce company Bukalapak raises $234M round led by Microsoft, Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC, and local media conglomerate Emtek — SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Indonesian e-commerce company Bukalapak raised $234 million in capital in a funding round led by Microsoft …
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| Kate Conger / New York Times: |
The debate over retiring engineering terms like “slave” and “blacklist” has led to nearly a year of back and forth discussion at Internet Engineering Task Force — Nearly a year after the Internet Engineering Task Force took up a plan to replace words that could be considered racist, the debate is still raging.
Tweets: @meghanemorris, @bdeskin, @mnot, and @haggertyvilla
| Andrew Hutchinson / Social Media Today: |
Report: in pitch decks submitted to US advertisers about new ad formats, TikTok says it has 732M MAUs globally, 100M+ in the US, 59% of its users are under 24 — TikTok is planning to launch a range of new eCommerce focused ad offerings as it seeks to maximize its revenue potential … | Mike Dano / Light Reading: |
Comments from Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile suggest they have killed their joint Cross Carrier Messaging Initiative, which aimed to establish RCS interoperability — The biggest wireless network operators in the US announced in 2019 that they would jointly launch a Rich Communications Services (RCS) messaging app sometime in 2020.
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| Tamsin Shaw / The New York Review of Books: |
A look at Nick Clegg's role in leading Facebook's PR effort to persuade us that liberal democracy is safe with Facebook — It wasn't always this way for Mark Zuckerberg. These days, we take almost for granted that when there's organized political violence in the world …
Tweets: @nybooks, @meehawl, and @justinhendrix
| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Wire, an enterprise-focused end-to-end encrypted messaging app raises $21M Series B led by UVC Partners — Wire, the end-to-end encrypted messaging app and service, has raised a $21 million Series B funding round led by UVC Partners. As the company said a couple of years ago …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Upstack, which helps businesses choose better cloud and other digital services, raises $50M, bringing its total raised to ~$85M — Digital transformation has been one of the biggest catchphrases of the past year, with many an organization forced to reckon with aging IT, a lack of digital strategy … | Katie Robertson / New York Times: |
Over 650 tech workers at the NYT announce they have formed a union to be represented by the NewsGuild of New York and are seeking union recognition from the NYT — Tech workers at The New York Times announced on Tuesday that they had formed a union and would ask the company to recognize it.| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Plex raises $50M+ Series C from existing investor Intercap, bringing its total raised to $60M, and says it has more than 25M registered users globally — Streaming media service Plex, looking to grow its free, ad-supported video business, announced that it raised more than $50 million … Sponsor Posts
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