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Sources: the iPhones of at least nine US State Department employees were hacked using NSO's spyware in the past several months — Apple Inc iPhones of at least nine U.S. State Department employees were hacked by an unknown assailant using sophisticated spyware developed by the Israel-based NSO Group …
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The US plans to work with friendly nations to limit the export of surveillance tools and other tech used by authoritarian governments to suppress human rights — Administration official cites China's use of monitoring technologies, which Beijing has defended, in calling for tighter export rules
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Sources: Sony plans to launch a subscription service, codenamed Spartacus, next spring that merges PlayStation Plus and PS Now, to compete with Xbox Game Pass — - Subscription offering would blend PlayStation Now and PS Plus — Code-named Spartacus, launch is targeted for next spring
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Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal announces a major reorganization, in which head of engineering Michael Montano and design lead Dantley Davis will step down — Engineering, design leads out as Parag Agrawal announces big changes. — Twitter's new CEO, Parag Agrawal, announced a major reorganization …
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Twitter says it mistakenly suspended 12 accounts after “coordinated and malicious reports” targeted researchers and journalists, and will review the new policy — Far-right activists had urged their followers to use a new company rule to target anti-extremism researchers and journalists| Drew Harwell / Washington Post: |
An anti-fascist researcher says Twitter suspended her account after someone reported a 2019 tweet of hers following Twitter's updated Private Information Policy — Researchers fear the new ban on posts sharing people's private information will be ‘emboldening to the fascists’ eager to keep their identities concealed.
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Meta says it is testing a Split Payments feature for Messenger in the US that lets users share the cost of bills and expenses — Facebook Messenger announced today that it's starting to test out a new “Split Payments” feature that introduces a way for users to share the cost of bills and expenses through the app.
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Microsoft backtracks on Windows 11's controversial default browser changes, adds a “set default” button for browsers in a preview build — Windows 11 will now make it easier to change default browsers — Microsoft is backtracking on changes it made to Windows 11 that made it more difficult to switch default browsers.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
The FBI says Cuba ransomware actors earned at least $43.9M from ransom payments and breached at least 49 US critical infrastructure organizations this year — The US Federal Bureau of Investigations said today that the operators of the Cuba ransomware have earned at least $43.9 million …
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The FTC sues to block Nvidia's acquisition of Arm, arguing the chip deal is anticompetitive; the $40B deal has risen to ~$75B due to Nvidia's share price — The agency alleges the semiconductor deal is anticompetitive — WASHINGTON—The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday sued …
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| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
Google says it will not require US employees to return to the office on January 10 as expected but encourages them to come in to build “muscle memory” — - Google's security VP, Chris Rackow, sent a companywide email Thursday that said Google will not require employees to return to offices on Jan. 10 as expected.| Swathi Moorthy / Moneycontrol: |
Users and experts reveal Clubhouse's content moderation struggles in India, amid a deluge of 18+ rooms, adult content, harassment and bullying on the platform — Moneycontrol pieced this story from conversations with nearly a dozen people who are users, creators, psychologists, industry experts, and civil society organisations.
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