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| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
DarkSide, the gang behind Colonial attack, claims it lost control of web servers and funds, as researchers wonder whether a US takedown or exit scam is to blame — A day after US President Joe Biden said the US plans to disrupt the hackers behind the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack …
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| Dr. Tom Robinson / Elliptic Blog: |
Analysis: the wallet used by DarkSide received a total of $17.5M in Bitcoin transactions since March, including a 75 BTC payment made by Colonial — Elliptic's Co-founder and Chief Scientist discusses cryptocurrency forensics, investigations, compliance, and sanctions.
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| @antoniogm: |
[Thread] Antonio García Martínez says he did not “part ways” with Apple, was fired in a snap decision, and Apple's statement on his exit is defamatory and false — I have thus far maintained my silence on the Apple situation as I've sought to settle things amicably with the company that I admired, and at which I hoped to build the future of ads privacy. As they however are not maintaining their silence on the matter, neither will I.
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| BuzzFeed News: |
Reporters could quickly find Biden's Venmo account and the network of his social connections on Venmo, showing why the app's friends lists are a privacy issue — BuzzFeed News found President Joe Biden's Venmo account after less than 10 minutes of looking for it, revealing a network …
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| BBC: |
The Irish health service shuts down its IT system after a “significant” ransomware attack that is having a severe impact on health and social care services — Ireland's health service has temporarily shut down its IT system after what it described as a “significant ransomware attack”.| Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: |
New Android beta APK for Apple Music describes two lossless audio options, “Lossless” and “High-Res Lossless”, at 24-bit/48 kHZ and 24-bit/192 kHz respectively — Earlier this month, our colleagues at 9to5Mac reported that Apple Music would be gaining “HiFi” streaming options, possibly with iOS 14.6.
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Starlink review: nice hardware yielding a moderately fast, inconsistent connection, and there are line-of-sight issues with even a tree able to block signal — The problem with reality is that it is very irritating. — In our imaginations, we might dream of a satellite internet system …
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| Reuters: |
Ireland's High Court rejects Facebook's bid to block Data Protection Commissioner's decision that may force the company to stop sending EU user data to the US — Ireland's High Court on Friday rejected a Facebook bid to block an inquiry by the Irish data regulator that could halt Facebook's data flows …
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Roblox replaces the word “game” with “experience” on its website, after Apple argued at the Epic trial that Roblox developers don't make games — The word ‘game’ has been replaced by ‘experience’ across Roblox's website — Massively popular game creation tool Roblox …
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| Issie Lapowsky / Protocol: |
A new Biden executive order revokes a Trump-era EO that targeted protections for social media platforms and asked the FCC to conduct a review of Section 230 — President Biden revoked the Trump-era executive order on “preventing online censorship,” which a source told Protocol last summer …
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Electronic Frontier Foundation, The White House, CNN, and The Daily Dot. Tweets: @issielapowsky
| Gabriel Geiger / VICE: |
eBay says it is closing its “Adult Only” section, banning the sale of most “sexually-oriented” content including films, anime, and books, starting June 15 — The e-commerce giant will no longer permit the sale of “sexually-oriented” content.| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Google is leading an effort, supported by many tech giants, to maintain work authorization for tens of thousands of people whose spouses hold H-1B visas — - Google is leading an effort to maintain work authorization for tens of thousands of people whose spouses hold H-1B visas …
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Sources: Apple hired former HTC design head Scott Croyle last year to oversee Beats product design — There was a wild rumor making the rounds last year that Apple planned to phase out its successful Beats hardware brand and go all in with Apple-branded audio hardware. 9to5Mac reported …
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