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Citizen Lab says it found evidence of ForcedEntry on an activist's iPhone and the exploit worked on iPads, Macs, and Watches as well, prior to today's updates — Citizen Lab says the ForcedEntry flaw affects all iPhones, iPads, Macs and Watches — Apple has released security updates …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple releases iOS 14.8, watchOS 7.6.2, iPadOS 14.8, and macOS 11.6, which fix some CoreGraphics and WebKit flaws that defeated iOS “Blastdoor” protections — Apple has published a full support document detailing what's new in iOS 14.8, watchOS 7.6.2, iPadOS 14.8, and macOS Big Sur 11.6.
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| Jeff Horwitz / Wall Street Journal: |
Internal Facebook documents detail XCheck, a program that shields VIP users from normal content enforcement policies, which included over 5.8M users in 2020 — A program known as XCheck has given millions of celebrities, politicians and other high-profile users special treatment, a privilege many abuse
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| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
Litecoin spiked ~20% after several news outlets, including Reuters and CNBC, reported that Walmart would begin accepting it based on a fake press release — GlobeNewswire, the site where the hoax release was posted, said it came from a fraudulent user account.
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| Josh Dzieza / The Verge: |
A look at the harsh reality of working for on-demand delivery apps in NYC, including fluctuating pay and relentless time pressure, and labor organizing efforts — Exploited by apps. Attacked by thieves. Unprotected by police. The city's 65,000 bikers have only themselves to count on.
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| Samantha Subin / CNBC: |
Intuit says it has agreed to acquire Mailchimp for $12B in cash and stock — - Intuit will buy email marketing company Mailchimp for $12 billion, the companies announced Monday. — Intuit said it will use the acquisition to accelerate growth among small business clients.
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| Ian Carlos Campbell / The Verge: |
Zoom is adding live translation services and will bring video meetings and Zoom Whiteboard to Facebook's VR meeting space, Horizon Workrooms, in Q1 2022 — Zoom's whiteboard feature is also getting an upgrade — Zoom plans to expand its support for automatic live transcriptions …
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Beijing wants to break up Ant Group's Alipay, which has over 1B users, and create a separate app for the company's highly profitable loans business — Chinese fintech will turn over user data to new joint venture partly owned by state — Beijing wants to break up Alipay …
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Oracle misses in Q1 with revenue of $9.73B, up 4% YoY, vs. $9.77B expected, cloud services and license support revenue of $7.37B, up 6% YoY, vs $7.41B expected — - Oracle's top business segment missed expectations, as did hardware. — The software maker announced a program …
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| Drew Harwell / Washington Post: |
Biden to nominate Georgetown law professor Alvaro Bedoya, who focuses on privacy issues, to be a commissioner at the FTC — Alvaro Bedoya has spearheaded pivotal research into how the government's use of facial recognition software hurts America's most marginalized
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| Liana Baker / Bloomberg: |
Educational software companies Blackboard and Anthology are merging, sources say at a combined value of about $3B; terms of the deal were not disclosed — - Providence-backed company to merge with Veritas-owned asset — Veritas will be majority owner of the combined company
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| Pieter Haeck / Politico: |
Dutch judge rules Uber drivers are employees, not self-employed, so Uber will have to pay drivers by the rules of the taxi industry's collective labor agreement — Dutch Uber drivers should be classified as employees rather than self-employed, a Dutch judge ruled on Monday.
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| Shane Goldmacher / New York Times: |
FEC documents show that it has dismissed accusations by Republicans that Twitter violated election laws by blocking a NY Post article about Hunter Biden — The Federal Election Commission has dismissed Republican accusations that Twitter violated election laws in October by blocking people …
Tweets: @nytimes, @richardgrenell, @shanegoldmacher, @wexler, @aaronjmate, @shanegoldmacher, @annalecta, @mzhemingway, and @shanegoldmacher
| Kalhan Rosenblatt / NBC News: |
Instagram says Saint Hoax, an influencer with 2.8M+ followers, will livestream from this year's Met Gala red carpet as its first-ever Meme Correspondent — The Met Gala red carpet has a new addition this year: A meme correspondent. — Saint Hoax, an influencer with more than 2.8 million followers …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
What to expect from Apple's September 14 event: narrower iPhone 13 notch, LTPO displays on Pro models, redesigned Watch Series 7, no M1X MacBook Pros, and more — This week: The long-awaited ruling in Apple Inc.'s suit with Epic Games Inc. arrives just before the iPhone 13 …
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| Eva Mathews / Reuters: |
Coinbase says it plans to raise around $1.5B through a debt offering, to invest in product development and M&A, after saying it will raise $1.25B in May — Coinbase Global Inc (COIN.O) is planning to raise about $1.5 billion through a debt offering to invest in product development …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Maryland-based cyber risk management company Tenable has agreed to acquire infrastructure-as-code tech provider Accurics for $160M in cash — The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now!
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Mozilla says it has bypassed Microsoft's cumbersome method for switching browsers in Windows 11, letting users set Firefox as default with one click — It's easier to switch to Firefox as default now — Mozilla has quietly made it easier to switch to Firefox on Windows recently.
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BleepingComputer, WinBuzzer, HotHardware.com News, XDA Developers, and TechSpot
Tweets: @marypcbuk and @tomwarren
| Dan Rys / Billboard: |
RIAA: music streaming revenue grew 26% YoY in H1 to $5.9B, comprising 84% of all revenue; paid sub revenue grew 26% to $4.6B, ad-supported grew 54% to $741M — Recorded music revenues in the United States in the first half of 2021 returned to double-digit growth a year after the pandemic slowed … | Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
SpotOn, a payments company focused on SMBs, raises $300M Series E led by a16z at a $3.15B valuation and acquires live events payments startup Appetize for $400M — Last year at this time, SpotOn was on the brink of announcing a $60 million Series C funding round at a $625 million valuation.| Tim Higgins / Wall Street Journal: |
Apple's booming iPhone 12 sales have been driven in part by attractive offers from carriers to boost 5G, raising questions about how long such deals will last — Apple is expected to show off its latest iPhone Tuesday as AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon fight to attract customers to their networks| Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
BitSight, which assesses the likelihood that orgs will be breached, raises $250M from Moody's at a $2.4B valuation and acquires cyber risk startup VisibleRisk — BitSight, a startup that assesses the likelihood that an organization will be breached, has received a $250 million investment … Sponsor Posts
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