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Western Digital says some My Book Live devices are being compromised by malware leading to a factory reset erasing all data, believes its servers weren't hacked — Western Digital My Book NAS owners worldwide found that their devices have been mysteriously factory reset and all of their files deleted.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft announces Windows 11, with a simplified UI, new Windows store, Start menu, Teams integrated into taskbar, and more, available free to Windows 10 users — A new version of Windows is officially on the way — Microsoft is officially confirming the name for the next release of Windows today: Windows 11.
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| Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at Premise, an app that pays users around the world for tasks like taking photos, and has clients like US military using the data to gather intelligence — The Premise app pays users, many in the developing world, to do tasks like taking photos and completing surveys for clients including the U.S. military| Eva Mathews / Reuters: |
The Teamsters, one of the largest labor unions in the US, votes to support, fund, and supply resources to employees of Amazon in their unionization efforts — The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, a labor union in the United States and Canada, said on Thursday it has voted to formalize …
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| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
After approving five major antitrust bills on Wed., House committee approves the Ending Platform Monopolies Act on Thursday; all bills now head to House floor — I'm going to sleep — This story is part of a group of stories called — After nearly two years of investigations …
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| Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
A highly reliable Apple leaker known as “Kang” says they and others have received warnings from lawyers representing Apple cautioning against further leaks — The highly reliable Apple leaker known as “Kang” and a number of other unspecified leakers have reportedly received warnings from lawyers representing Apple.
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9to5Mac, iThinkDifferent, Pocketnow, phonearena.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, and Android Authority
Tweets: @drishtantr, @lukemiani, @bengeskin, @vyyyper, @maxwinebach, @leaksapplepro, and @benwilesuk
| Diane Bartz / Reuters: |
FTC's Khan appoints Erie Meyer as chief technologist, Holly Vedova as acting head of Bureau of Competition, Sam Levine as head of Bureau of Consumer Protection — Tech critic and the new chair of the Federal Trade Commission, Lina Khan, has named three top staffers in a signal that the agency … | Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: |
Instagram starts to quietly roll out the option to publish posts from its website on desktop, but iPad is not supported — After we got a sneak peek at the feature last month, Instagram has quietly rolled out the option to create and publish posts from its website on desktop (but not on iPad).| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Amazon acquires Art19, a major podcast hosting and monetization platform, for an undisclosed sum — Art19 goes to Amazon Music — Amazon Music is getting more serious about its podcast endeavors. Today, the company announced that it's acquiring Art19, a major podcast hosting and monetization platform for an undisclosed sum.
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AppleInsider. Tweets: @ashleyrcarman, @thekenyeung, @jyarow, @jesselehrich, @techwontsaveus, and @lexfri
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Researchers discover four major vulnerabilities in Dell SupportAssist's BIOSConnect feature, letting hackers remotely execute code, affecting 129 Dell models — Security researchers have found four major security vulnerabilities in the BIOSConnect feature of Dell SupportAssist …
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Dell USA, infosecurity-magazine.com, Wired, iTnews, SlashGear, HackRead, and Security Affairs
Tweets: @perilgroup, @notbind, and @alyssam_infosec
| Corrie Driebusch / Wall Street Journal: |
Twilio and Asana, both listed on NYSE, agree to list on Silicon Valley-based Long-Term Stock Exchange, the first two companies to agree to dual list on LTSE — Exchange hopes to be signal to investors of which companies have sustainable practices — A Silicon Valley stock exchange …
Tweets: @ericries, @downes_ford, @thekenyeung, @twilio, @mikeolson, @danclayellis, @gabekleinman, @shaherose, @bradsling, @obviousvc, and @alexisohanian
| Pradeep / MSPoweruser: |
A list of features that are deprecated or removed in Windows 11, including Cortana in the boot experience, Live Tiles in the Start menu, and tablet mode — Microsoft's upcoming Windows 11 OS comes with several new features and improvements. As you expect from a major OS update …
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Softpedia News, BetaNews, OnMSFT.com, Liliputing, IGN India, The Overspill, and CNX Software
Tweets: @patentlyapple, @getwired, @mniehaus, @stevekovach, and @firt
| Katie Roof / Bloomberg: |
Doximity, a networking platform for doctors, closed at $53 per share, up 104%, in its trading debut after raising about $606M, valuing the company at $9.5B — - Health-care platform reaches $9.5 billion market value — More than 80% of U.S. doctors use Doximity's platform
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CNBC, Barron's Online, PYMNTS.com, and medcitynews.com
| Shirin Ghaffary / Vox: |
Google is showing a warning on some searches that it may not have reliable sources to show, usually on trending topics — The company is notifying people when they search for rapidly evolving topics. — Google is testing a new feature to notify people when they search for a topic that may have unreliable results.
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Engadget. Tweets: @shiringhaffary, @zittrain, @alanlevinovitz, @parismarx, @hypervisible, @theophite, and @mattnavarra
| Corrie Driebusch / Wall Street Journal: |
Filing: Chinese ride-hailing company Didi Global is looking to raise ~$3.9B in its NYSE debut, sets a targeted range of $13-$14 per ADS at a $62B-$67B valuation — Chinese ride-hailing company looks to raise $3.9 billion at midpoint of its price range — Didi Global Inc. …
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