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| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Coinbase says a threat actor stole cryptocurrency from 6,000 customers between March and May 20 using a vulnerability in its SMS multi-factor authentication — Crypto exchange Coinbase disclosed that a threat actor stole cryptocurrency from 6,000 customers after using a vulnerability to bypass …
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Financial Times, Benzinga, PCMag, The Block, Reuters, CoinDesk, The Record, Cointelegraph, Bitcoin Magazine, cryptonews.com, and KnowTechie. Tweets: @gregbensinger
| Wall Street Journal: |
Google scraps plans for mobile-first bank accounts service Plex; sources say the move follows April departure of a Google Pay exec who championed the project — Tech giant had partnered with Citigroup and other banks on ‘Plex’ accounts that would sync with Google Pay
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft details Office 2021 features and pricing ahead of Oct. 5 release: Office Home and Student will cost $150 and Office Home and Business will cost $250 — Microsoft is launching Office 2021 on October 5th, and the company is finally detailing the features and pricing today.
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Microsoft 365 Blog, Gizmodo, SiliconANGLE, PCWorld, PCMag, Macworld, HotHardware.com News, Windows Central, Thurrott, Engadget, AppleInsider, ZDNet, MacRumors, MSPoweruser, and SlashGear. Tweets: @tomwarren
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple rolls out iOS 15.0.1 and iPadOS 15.0.1, with bug fixes for multiple issues, including Unlock with Apple Watch on iPhone 13 — One week after the release of the iPhone 13 and iOS 15, Apple is rolling out a bug fix update with some notable improvements. iOS 15..1 and iPadOS 15..1 …
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| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Senators grilled Facebook exec Antigone Davis at a hearing about Instagram's impact on teens and were frustrated by her reticence to answer questions directly — Last night, Facebook published two annotated slide decks in an attempt to contextualize the documents that the Wall Street Journal published …
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| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
DeFi staking protocol Compound's founder threatens to doxx users to IRS if they don't return $90M worth of tokens mistakenly sent due to a bug — - About $90 million has mistakenly gone out to users of popular DeFi staking protocol Compound and the founder is begging users to voluntary return the tokens.
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CoinDesk, BleepingComputer, Bloomberg, The Block, Decrypt, PYMNTS.com, BitcoinExchangeGuide, cryptonews.com, Coinspeaker, Input, Bitcoinist.com, Benzinga, and Crypto Briefing
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| Joyce Lee / Reuters: |
South Korean ISP sues Netflix over costs for traffic surge from hit shows, after a court said Netflix should “reasonably” pay ISPs for network usage — South Korean Internet service provider SK Broadband has sued Netflix (NFLX.O) to pay for costs from increased network traffic …
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The Verge, Insider, iPhone in Canada Blog, Input, CNBC, Benzinga, Light Reading, and PCMag
Tweets: @muchnerve, @bergmayer, @stevekovach, @andrewhorowitz, and @karlbode
| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Clubhouse announces several features, including Clips, letting listeners snip 30 seconds of audio, and Replay, which lets hosts record a room — Clubhouse announced today that it is unveiling four new features: Clips, Replay, Universal Search and spatial audio for Android (which already exists on iOS).
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Clubhouse Blog, Social Media Today, The Verge, Memeburn, XDA Developers, Reuters, and 9to5Mac
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| Sean Lyngaas / CNN: |
President Biden to convene a 30-country meeting this month to try to ramp up global efforts to address the ransomware threat — (CNN)The White House will convene a 30-country meeting this month to try to ramp up global efforts to address the threat of ransomware to economic and national security … | Matt Novak / Gizmodo: |
Slack says the service has been down for many users worldwide since late Thursday afternoon due to a DNS issue — The workplace messaging app might not be restored until 5 p.m. ET on Friday for some people. — Alerts — It's not just you. Slack has been down for many people worldwide …
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Slack System Status, AppleInsider, Digital Trends, and The Verge
Tweets: @filosottile, @jschauma, @slackstatus, and @thebluematt
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Zoom says it no longer plans to acquire cloud-based call center software maker Five9, following the FCC's review of the $14.7B deal on national security grounds — - Zoom's attempted acquisition of cloud contact center software maker failed to win sufficient approval from Five9 shareholders.
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Zoom Blog, Financial Times, Business Wire, Wall Street Journal, The Register, Financial Times, TechCrunch, The Verge, Five9, Inc., GlobeNewswire News Room, New York Times, Coinspeaker, CRN, TechRadar, Silicon Republic, iTnews, The Economic Times, and SiliconANGLE
Tweets: @arashmassoudi, @rowantrollope, @neiltwitz, @collabjonathan, @kate_okeeffe, @baldingsworld, @carnage4life, and @levynews
| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
Google announces a $1M sponsorship for Linux Foundation's Secure Open Source, a new pilot program to enhance the security of critical open source projects — Google has announced today a $1 million sponsorship for a new pilot program aimed at enhancing the security of critical open source software projects.
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Google Online Security Blog, BetaNews, Security Boulevard, SiliconANGLE, and TechRepublic. Tweets: @infernosec
| The Markup: |
A look at the $12B location data industry, including how collectors, aggregators, and marketplaces monetize user data — A huge but little-known industry has cropped up around monetizing people's movements — Companies that you likely have never heard of are hawking access to the location history on your mobile phone.
Tweets: @jonkeegan, @seanodiggity, @torproject, @harpermitchell, @dangillmor, @darakerr, and @brendannyhan
| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
Retailer Neiman Marcus says it notified 4.6M customers that their personal info, including credit card numbers, may have been exposed in a May 2020 data breach — The retailer told 4.6 million customers their personal information including names and credit card data may have been affected
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NMG, The Record, Ars Technica, Threatpost, The Hill, CNN, CNET, SiliconANGLE, and PYMNTS.com. Tweets: @campuscodi
| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Vareto, which makes software to help companies with financial planning, raises $4.2M seed led by Menlo Ventures and $20M Series A led by GV — Vareto, a startup aiming to help companies conduct more forward-looking financial planning and analysis, is coming out of stealth today with $24 million in total funding.| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Biden administration is considering ways to impose bank-like regulation on stablecoin issuers, including prodding them to register as banks — Move would aim to address concerns that the digital currency could fuel financial panics — WASHINGTON—The Biden administration …
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Bloomberg, The Block, PYMNTS.com, CoinDesk, and Cointelegraph
Tweets: @timdraper, @amacker, @vtg2, @ldrogen, and @amacker
| Stephanie Chan / Sensor Tower Blog: |
Global consumer spending on mobile apps reached $33.6B in Q3 2021, up 15.1% YoY, with App Store spending up 13.2% to $21.5B, and Play Store up 18.6% to $12.1B — Worldwide consumer spending and first-time installs of mobile apps climbed to $33.6 billion and 35.7 billion, respectively … | Zoe Schiffer / The Verge: |
A look at the rise of employee dissent at Apple, including pushback against returning to the office, fighting for pay equity, and increasing leaks — On June 14th, 2021, Apple's remote work advocacy group sent an anonymous email to Tim Cook. — “We all agree that we are here at Apple …
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iThinkDifferent, iPhone in Canada Blog, and 9to5Mac
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