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| Patrick Howell O'Neill / MIT Technology Review: |
A look at Positive Technologies, a Russian cybersecurity firm sanctioned by the US, which sources say provides hacking tools and ops support for Russian spies — Washington has sanctioned Russian cybersecurity firm Positive Technologies. US intelligence reports claim it provides hacking tools and runs operations for the Kremlin.
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The White House, CyberScoop, SC Media, Vox, The Block, The Register, and BleepingComputer
Tweets: @howelloneill, @dellcam, @ericgeller, @howelloneill, and @hatr
| NBC News: |
US sanctions Russia for 2020 election interference and SolarWinds hack, blacklisting six tech companies that provide support to Russian intelligence services — The United States is hitting Russia with fresh sanctions for interference in the 2020 presidential election …
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U.S. Department …, U.S. Department …, Wired, Associated Press, BleepingComputer, Washington Post, Federal Bureau …, Decrypt, Nextgov, Dark Reading, CNN, Bloomberg, HackRead, SiliconANGLE, CoinDesk, CRN, CNN, Associated Press, Bloomberg, and TechRadar
Tweets: @nsacyber, @selenalarson, @michaeldweiss, @jimsciutto, @kimmasters, @martinmatishak, @wakeywakey16, @petestrzok, @saysdana, @gossithedog, @dnvolz, @jennamc_laugh, @profwoodward, @iblametom, @gordoncorera, @dfriedman33, @peterzeihan, @selectedwisdom, @usembassykyiv, @timobrien, @natashabertrand, @wylienewmark, @x0rz, @bing_chris, @brfreed, @thegrugq, @breakingnews, @iblametom, @iblametom, @kevincollier, @craigcaplan, and @ridt
| Sam Machkovech / Ars Technica: |
Executives from Intel, Nvidia, and TSMC say the global chip shortage will likely continue at least into 2022 and maybe into 2023 — Companies reeling from natural disasters and massive demand from OEMs, consumers. — How many years will the ongoing chip shortage affect technology firms across the world?
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Reuters, New York Times, Washington Post, Bloomberg, Financial Times, SiliconANGLE, The Overspill, TechRadar, PCWorld, iTnews, Nikkei Asia, Gizmodo, TechSpot, and Windows Central
Tweets: @jimhandc, @globalfoundries, @stevestreeting, @matt_on_tech, @meaningness, and @ps5updatesuk
| David Priest / CNET: |
Jeff Bezos says Amazon Prime now has 200M+ subscribers, up 50M from the beginning of 2020, and Amazon's net profit in 2020 was $21.3B — A new letter to shareholders from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos revealed that the tech giant's Prime service now has over 200 million subscribers.
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About Amazon, Silicon Republic, Hollywood Reporter, The Verge, Platformer, Variety, CNBC, SiliconANGLE, and GameSpot
| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
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| Naaman Zhou / The Guardian: |
Australian Federal Court rules Google misled Android users into thinking it would not collect their location data when they turned location history off — Google collected data on some Android and Pixel phones even when customers ticked ‘No’ or ‘Do not collect’
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The Guardian, Australian Competition …, Federal Court Of Australia, Engadget, ABC, Reuters, The Economic Times, CNBC, The Age, MediaNama, TechRadar, ZDNet, The New Daily, Lawyerly, Australian Associated Press, iTnews, CNET, and news.com.au
Tweets: @acccgovau, @elgaree, @jpwarren, @jendudley, @manjusrii, and @chris_griffith
| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
Google's Project Zero updates its vulnerability disclosure policy to include a 30-day cushion before publishing bug details to give users time to apply patches — The Google Project Zero security team has updated its vulnerability disclosure guidelines today to add a cushion of 30 days …
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Project Zero, XDA Developers, Engadget, ZDNet, and 9to5Google
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Facebook's own ads that display the number of Facebook Dating users in a specific region show the service may have far fewer users than competitors like Tinder — Dawn Hallson has tried nearly every dating app you can think of — Tinder, Bumble, eHarmony, Plenty of Fish, and Match, just to name a few.
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Android Authority. Tweets: @ashleyrcarman, @alexeheath, @jake_k, @reckless, @stevekovach, @reckless, @mattnavarra, and @tonyromm
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Apple's App Store hosted kids' games that became crypto-based casinos if launched from some non-US locations — Kosta Eleftheriou has found another iOS scam — In popular culture, access to an illicit gambling den is as easy as stumbling into the right shop and saying the password — or greasing some palms.
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Daring Fireball, Gizmodo, AppleInsider, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @keleftheriou, @parkerortolani, @tolmasky, @nsexceptional, @tomwarren, @adora, @keleftheriou, @charlesarthur, @brentdirks, and @gartenberg
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft launches a Kids Mode for Edge, with two age range options of between 5 to 8 years or 9 to 12 years — A free and simple tool for parents — Microsoft is launching a new Kids Mode for its Edge browser today. It's built directly into Microsoft Edge on Windows and macOS …
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Windows Experience Blog, Windows Experience Blog, XDA Developers, Windows Central, Gizmodo, SlashGear, Trusted Reviews, PCWorld, 9to5Google, 9to5Mac, OnMSFT.com, Thurrott, BleepingComputer, Laptop Mag, and Neowin
Tweets: @juliesbrill and @frankcatalano
| Wall Street Journal: |
FBI Director Wray says social media companies play a key role in disseminating the messaging of domestic violent extremists, similar to foreign disinformation — Christopher Wray's warning comes amid rise in homegrown attacks — WASHINGTON—Social-media companies play a central role …
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New York Times. Tweets: @stuntpants, @anthony, @malinowski, @jgreenblattadl, @reneritchie, @clearing_fog, and @dnvolz
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Walmart-owned Flipkart says it will acquire India-based online travel and hotel ticketing company Cleartrip; source says the deal values Cleartrip at about $40M — Flipkart said on Thursday it has agreed to acquire online travel and hotel ticketing firm Cleartrip as the Walmart-owned e-commerce firm looks … | Cameron Faulkner / The Verge: |
Oculus says developers can now sell recurring subscriptions to their Quest apps, and each subscription will have a free trial period — Each subscription will have a free trial period — Developers who have apps or games on the Oculus Store can now sell recurring subscriptions to their titles …
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Oculus, Laptop Mag, CNET, Ars Technica, Siliconera, UploadVR, UploadVR, UploadVR, SlashGear, Input, The Information, TechCrunch, and VentureBeat
Tweets: @top_keko, @lixiantv, @pms_jordan, and @boztank
| Reuters: |
Massachusetts seeks revocation of Robinhood's broker-dealer license, charging that it encourages inexperienced investors to place risky trades without limits — Massachusetts regulators on Thursday sought the revocation of Robinhood's broker-dealer licenseafter charging …
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Under the Hood, Insider, CNN, Wall Street Journal, Cointelegraph, Bloomberg, SiliconANGLE, The Boston Globe, Forbes, and Crowdfund Insider
Tweets: @robinhoodapp, @kr00ney, @jmihaljevic, @sheeltyle, @reuterslegal, @knieriemen, and @epro
| Megan Graham / CNBC: |
KKR-backed mobile gaming company AppLovin closes down 18.5% on its first day of trading, after raising $2B in its IPO at a valuation of $28.6B — - Nine-year-old AppLovin, which has a portfolio of mobile games and also sells marketing services to game companies, began trading Thursday.
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TheStreet, Adweek, Silicon Valley Business …, Yahoo Finance, Investor's Business Daily, MarketWatch, CNBC, CNN, Crunchbase News, Bloomberg, Bloomberg, and AppleInsider
Tweets: @megancgraham, @johnkoetsier, @mattrosoff, and @w_chloe
| James Rundle / Wall Street Journal: |
For the first time, NATO wargames include scenarios exploring the impact of widespread cyberattacks on financial infrastructure — Financial industry helped plan scenarios in which widespread disruption would hit banks and other firms — One of the world's largest cyber wargames is …
Tweets: @natesibley
| Mars W. Mosqueda Jr / DealStreetAsia: |
Netstars, a payments aggregator and fintech company, raises $60.6M led by KKR; Netstars' StarPay is used by 280K+ merchants in Japan — Netstars Co Ltd, the operator of Japan's largest QR code payment gateway, has raised 6.6 billion yen ($60.6 million) in its latest funding round led …
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netstars.co.jp, PYMNTS.com, Finextra, and PYMNTS.com
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Google updates Earth with historical 3D time lapses that show the devastating effects of climate change, using satellite photos from the last 37 years — The new feature will be available Thursday — Google Earth is getting a new 3D time-lapse feature that lets you observe how Earth …
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The Keyword, Silicon Republic, Android Authority, Livemint, The Economic Times, TechRadar, ZDNet, Pocket-lint, Digital Trends, Android Police, TechCrunch, Wired, Gizmodo, and BBC
Tweets: @sundarpichai, @googleearth, @muo_official, @chrismessina, @jmpyper, @morganssong, @dmarvs, @uhoelzle, @googlemaps, @usgs, @ketanj0, @nasaearth, @kent_walker, @google, @google, @lifeofc, and @google
| FinSMEs: |
Cart.com, which provides end-to-end software and services to scale e-commerce businesses, raises $25M Series A led by Mercury Fund and Arsenal Growth — Cart.com, a Houston, TX-based end-to-end e-commerce services provider delivering a fully integrated and owned suite of software …
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| David Folkenflik / NPR: |
Officials say USAGM CEO Michael Pack and others pushed to subsidize software built by Falun Gong adherents, diverting OTF money from other tech for dissidents — Of all the disruptions unleashed by the Trump White House on how the federal government typically works, the saga of one small project … Sponsor Posts
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