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| Eamon Javers / CNBC: |
DarkSide, the group behind the pipeline attack, claims it wants to make money, not cause “problems for society”, and it'll add “moderation” to picking targets — - A hacker group called DarkSide is behind the cyberattack on Colonial Pipeline that shut down a major oil pipeline over the weekend.
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| Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal: |
Colonial Pipeline says it is working on “substantially restoring operational service by the end of the week”; FBI confirms DarkSide was behind the attack — DarkSide, a ransomware organization believed to be based in Eastern Europe, says it has no connection to foreign governments
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Colonial Pipeline, which carries 45% of fuel consumed on the US East Coast, says it halted operations due to a ransomware attack — Colonial Pipeline carries roughly 45% of gasoline and diesel fuel consumed on the East Coast — The main pipeline carrying gasoline and diesel fuel …
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| Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg: |
Sony warns that the PlayStation 5 will remain in short supply through 2022, citing challenges despite a supply boost, with a goal of selling 14.8M units this FY — - CFO said hard to catch up with demand even with supply boost — Sony sees imbalance as indicative of PlayStation's popularity
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| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Facebook says it's testing a prompt that encourages users to open unread articles before sharing them, about a year after Twitter debuted a similar prompt — The new pop-up is being tested starting today — Facebook has announced on Twitter that it will start testing a pop-up that asks users …
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| Issie Lapowsky / Protocol: |
AGs from 44 states urge Facebook to abandon plans to launch a version of Instagram for kids under 13, citing research about the harm social media can cause kids — In a letter sent to Mark Zuckerberg Monday, attorneys general from 44 states urged the Facebook CEO to abandon plans to launch a version of Instagram for kids under 13.
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| Wayne Ma / The Information: |
Investigation: seven Apple component suppliers are linked to alleged forced labor involving Uyghurs and minorities in China; some received thousands of workers — Advanced-Connectek has made unglamorous but critical computer components for Apple for more than a decade.
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| John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal: |
The Pentagon says it is reviewing the JEDI cloud computing project, which has been mired in litigation from Amazon after being awarded to Microsoft — With $10 billion contract mired in litigation from Amazon, defense officials are reviewing other options to move forward
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| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
Apple awards $45M from its Advanced Manufacturing Fund to Corning, bringing its total investment in the precision glass maker to $495M — Apple today announced it is awarding its longtime iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch glass supplier Corning an additional $45 million from its Advanced Manufacturing Fund …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
Report: twice in 2021, 25%+ of Tor's entire exit node capacity was known to be malicious and involved in a scheme targeting users accessing crypto-related sites — For more than 16 months, a threat actor has been seen adding malicious servers to the Tor network in order to intercept traffic …
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| Ian Hamilton / UploadVR: |
Sources: Sony's next-gen VR headset for PlayStation 5 will have improved resolution of 2000×2040 per eye, inside-out tracking, foveated rendering, and more — Sony's next-generation VR headset for PlayStation 5 has significantly higher resolution, inside-out tracking, a vibration motor …
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| Damon Beres / VICE: |
Some independent repair experts say the MacBook schematics released by ransomware group REvil are helpful in understanding and fixing devices — Hacked and leaked schematics won't help you make a counterfeit MacBook. They will help repair experts recover lost data, though. — DB
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| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
Cloud stocks plunge to six-month low, with Snowflake among the worst performers, closing at $193.82, down from about $314 in mid February — - An index of cloud software stocks dropped for the seventh day in eight days, reaching its lowest since November. — Investors have been moving … | Nikkei Asia: |
A look at Samsung's struggles to compete with TSMC as it tries to acquire advanced chip manufacturing equipment from ASML — SEOUL — Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong flew to the Netherlands in fall 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic, seeking crucial semiconductor production …
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