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Apple sues NSO Group in US federal court, seeking to ban NSO from using Apple products and alleging NSO illegally targeted Apple users with surveillance tools — Apple accused NSO Group, the Israeli surveillance company, of “flagrant” violations of its software, as well as federal and state laws.
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Apple plans to notify targets of state-sponsored spyware attacks like NSO's ForcedEntry and commits $10M to cybersurveillance researchers and advocates — Apple also announced a $10 million contribution to support cybersurveillance researchers and advocates
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| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
Internal email chain shows over 600 Google employees have signed a document opposing Google's vaccine mandate, which Google says it firmly stands behind — - Several hundred Google employees have signed and circulated a manifesto opposing its widened Covid vaccine mandate, according to internal communications viewed by CNBC.
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| The Verge: |
Samsung says it will build a ~$17B, 1,200+ acre chip factory in Taylor, Texas, operational in H2 2024 and roughly 30 miles away from its Austin facility — Creating 1,800 jobs in the city of Taylor — Samsung officially announced a new advanced chip-making plant in Texas …
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| Jordan Pearson / VICE: |
ConstitutionDAO's organizers say the project has run its course and will shift its Discord channel into read-only mode in two weeks — The attempt by crypto fans to buy a copy of the Constitution has been defined by chaos since it failed. Now, it's dead. — Jordan Pearson
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Spotify debuts Netflix Hub, collecting official soundtracks, playlists, and podcasts for top Netflix content, in seven countries including the US, UK, and India — Looking for the soundtrack from your favorite Netflix show? Now, it will be easier to find thanks to an expanded partnership between Netflix and Spotify.
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Reddit is shutting down the Dubsmash app on February 22, after acquiring it last December, as the Dubsmash team adds video creation tools to Reddit's main app — You can now try out Reddit-exclusive lenses — Reddit will shut down its short-form video platform, Dubsmash, on February 22nd, 2022.
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| CoinDesk: |
Indian government submits a bill to ban most cryptocurrencies and aims to create a framework that would facilitate the creation of a CBDC — While the bill might be the same as the draft submitted in January, expectations had grown that the government would submit a final version that would be accommodative to crypto.
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| Patrick Howell O'Neill / MIT Technology Review: |
Sources: French officials were in the final stages of buying NSO's Pegasus spyware in July, but opted not to after claims that French politicians were targeted — French officials were close to buying controversial surveillance tool Pegasus from NSO earlier this year.| Nikkei Asia: |
Sources: Apple taps TSMC to mass produce 4nm 5G modem chips for the iPhone in 2023, in an effort to reduce its reliance on Qualcomm — U.S. company aims to cut reliance on Qualcomm for key components — Apple plans to adopt TSMC's 4-nanometer chip technology for its 5G modems as it seeks to cut reliance on Qualcomm.
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple delays the release of its digital ID feature in the Wallet app for iOS and watchOS until early 2022 — Apple recently updated its website to indicate that an upcoming iOS 15 and watchOS 8 feature that will let you add your driver's license or state ID to your iPhone and Apple Watch …
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| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
CoreStack, which offers companies AI-powered cloud governance software, raises a $30M Series B led by Avatar Growth Capital, bringing its total funding to $45M — The news: Seattle-area startup CoreStack raised a $30 million Series B round led by Avatar Growth Capital.| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
Startups like Royal, which helps musicians create and sell NFTs, could potentially upend predatory record deals and further shift power to artists and fans — Royal's Justin Blau and Paradigm's Fred Ehrsam on how selling royalties directly to fans could end predatory record deals
Tweets: @broderick, @espiers, @caseynewton, @broderick, @beebimbop, @caseynewton, @fka_tabs, and @armchairdude
| Stephanie Condon / ZDNet: |
VMware beats in Q3 with revenue of $3.19B, up 11% YoY, vs. $3.12B estimated, and Subscription and SaaS revenue of $820M, up 21% YoY — The company reported 25% growth in Subscription and SaaS annual recurring revenue. — VMware on Tuesday published its third quarter financial results … | Slate: |
A look at the case of former Facebook engineer Behdad Esfahbod, who was detained in Iran in 2020, the company's response, lessons for Facebook, and more — Among software engineers, Behdad Esfahbod is something of a celebrity. He created HarfBuzz, a tool that allows programs to render scripts …
Tweets: @maasalan, @theophite, and @behdadesfahbod
| Bloomberg: |
Dell beats estimates with Q3 revenue of $28.4B, up 21% YoY, with revenue from PCs rising 35% YoY to $16.5B, and net income of $3.89B, up 341% YoY — Dell Technologies Inc. posted revenue that beat Wall Street estimates, powered by corporate and consumer spending on personal computers … | Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Conduktor, which provides an all-in-one GUI that simplifies working with Apache Kafka clusters, services, and applications, raises a $20M Series A led by Accel — Sign up here. — Confluent's blockbuster IPO this year shone a huge spotlight on the value of open source software when packaged … | Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
HP beats in Q4 with revenue of $16.7B, up 9.3% YoY, Personal Systems revenue of $11.8B, up 13% YoY, and Commercial PCs revenue up 25% YoY — CEO Enrique Lores said HP saw strong demand in the fourth quarter and is well positioned with its portfolio of hardware, software and subscriptions.
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| Elizabeth Howcroft / Reuters: |
Decentraland says it sold a virtual real estate plot for $2.4M in crypto to Tokens.com subsidiary Metaverse Group, claiming it to be its largest transaction — A patch of virtual real estate in the online world Decentraland sold for a record $2.4 million worth of cryptocurrency …
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| Kyle Alspach / VentureBeat: |
Resilience, a cyber insurer that also offers policyholders services for defending against ransomware, raises a $80M Series C from General Catalyst and others — Resilience, a cyber insurance firm that also aims to help shore up policyholder defenses against ransomware …
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