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An investigation into the rise of NSO's Pegasus shows its widespread use by the CIA, UAE, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, and others; the FBI bought but didn't use it — A Times investigation reveals how Israel reaped diplomatic gains around the world from NSO's Pegasus spyware — a tool America itself purchased but is now trying to ban.
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| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Will Cathcart says WhatsApp has no plans to support RCS, as Meta launches its first marketing push for WhatsApp in the US, touting its privacy compared to SMS — The Meta-owned messaging app wants to be as popular in the US as it is everywhere else — will a big marketing push work?
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Messenger News, Bloomberg, YouTube, Protocol, iPhone in Canada Blog, Fast Company, Adweek, and Adweek
Tweets: @alexeheath, @pranavdixit, @kurtwagner8, @gartenberg, and @shiraovide
| Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents: |
Microsoft, the DOJ, and 35 US states led by Utah support Epic Games against Apple through amicus briefs filed with the Ninth Circuit appeals court — [Update] The Biden Administration is also supporting Epic. [/Update] — Apple just reported record numbers.
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Reuters, Bloomberg, CNET, Ars Technica, Thurrott, FOSS Patents, KnowTechie, Financial Times, Input, PhoneArena, 9to5Mac, PYMNTS.com, Cult of Mac, MacRumors, The Mac Observer, iMore, and GamesIndustry.biz
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| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
After a customer backlash, Google says legacy free G Suite accounts will be able to migrate their data to free, consumer accounts before the July 2022 shutdown — Last week, Google essentially told free G Suite users “pay up or lose your account.” — There is hope for users of Google's “legacy” free G Suite accounts.
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| Apple: |
Apple reports Q1 revenue of $123.9B, up 11% YoY, net income of $34.6B, up from $28.8B YoY, Services sales of $19.5B, up from $15.8B YoY, iPhone sales of $71.6B — Revenue up 11 percent to new all-time record — iPhone, Mac, Wearables, and Services revenue reach new all-time highs
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple deprecates Python 2.7 in macOS 12.3 and points developers to alternative languages like Python 3; Python ended support for version 2 on January 1, 2020 — Apple will no longer bundle Python 2.7 with macOS 12.3, according to developer release notes for the upcoming software update.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
FTC: US consumers lost $770M to social media scams in 2021, about 25% of all fraud losses for the year and up 18x from the $42M in losses reported in 2017 — A growing number of U.S. consumers are getting scammed on social media according to a new report by the Federal Trade Commission …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
Qubit Finance, a DeFi service that lets users lend and borrow cryptocurrencies, says hackers stole around $80M in cryptocurrency on January 27 — A threat actor has used an exploit to steal approximately $80 million from Qubit Finance, a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform that allows users …
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| Daren Fonda / Barron's Online: |
Source: White House is readying an executive action to task federal agencies with regulating Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as a matter of national security — The Biden administration is preparing to release an executive action that will task federal agencies with regulating digital assets …
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Cointelegraph, Bitcoin Magazine, Points And Figures, CryptoSlate, and Bitcoinist.com
Tweets: @smdiehl, @bitinn, @benshapiro, and @epro
| Alexandra S. Levine / Politico: |
A for-profit spinoff of Crisis Text Line uses anonymized data collected by the AI-driven suicide chat service to create and market customer service software — Crisis Text Line is one of the world's most prominent mental health support lines, a tech-driven nonprofit that uses big data …
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Protocol. Tweets: @ali_lev, @profcarroll, @hypervisible, @aahaworth, @kensweet, @jjvincent, @ericgeller, and @kimzetter
| Jonathan Browning / Bloomberg: |
Mike Lynch, founder of Autonomy, loses $5B court battle with HP over false accounting; UK government will now decide whether to extradite him to the US — Mike Lynch, the Autonomy Corp. founder lost his acrimonious court battle with Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. over false accounting.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
The UK's CMA says Microsoft has agreed to changes for auto-renewing Xbox subscriptions, including pro-rata refunds, canceling inactive memberships, and more — Inactive Xbox subscriptions won't continue to be billed — Microsoft is making its Xbox subscriptions a little more flexible after a UK regulator raised concerns.
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Game Developer, Pocketnow, Wccftech, PCWorld, Laptop Mag, PCMag, Tom's Guide, Pocket-lint, and Gamereactor UK
Tweets: @piershr and @keleftheriou
| Russ Mitchell / Los Angeles Times: |
Waymo sues California DMV to keep secret safety details, including descriptions of driverless car crashes, and says the data should be designated a trade secret — Waymo, the driverless car company operating an autonomous taxi fleet in San Francisco, is suing the California Department of Motor Vehicles.
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Gizmodo and The Verge
Tweets: @cloudsomethings, @canterrain, @jgfromoc, @caseynewton, @patrickmcgee_, @philkoopman, and @russ1mitchell
| P R Sanjai / Bloomberg: |
Google to invest $700M in Bharti Airtel, India's second largest telecom operator, for a 1.28% stake; an additional $300M will go to multiyear agreements — Google will invest as much as $1 billion in India's second-largest mobile phone operator, as firms race to offer inexpensive data …
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Bharti Airtel, The Economic Times, PYMNTS.com, Neowin, The Economic Times, Reuters, The Economic Times, Android Central, All India Investors, Engadget, CNN, and Entrackr
Tweets: @samidhas, @rameshsrivats, @kiranjeet_ks, @shob2811, and @sub8u
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Alphabet's Google Cloud division has formed a group to build business around blockchain applications and plans to hire a slew of blockchain experts — - Alphabet's Google Cloud division is forming a team to win blockchain business after making a concerted effort in retail and other industries.
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Cloud Blog, Blockworks, Cointelegraph, and Zash's Newsletter
| Niraj Chokshi / New York Times: |
The FAA says it has reached a deal with Verizon and AT&T to let them expand their networks near airports while allowing aircraft to land safely — The federal agency said an agreement with Verizon and AT&T would enable the wireless providers to expand their networks while allowing aircraft to land safely.
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| Saheli Roy Choudhury / CNBC: |
SoftBank confirms COO Marcelo Claure is leaving the company after nine years and names Michel Combes as CEO of SoftBank Group International — - Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group confirmed Friday that its Chief Operating Officer Marcelo Claure is leaving the company following a nine-year tenure.
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Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Financial Times, Bloomberg, Financial Times, Tech in Asia, and Financial Times
Tweets: @refsrc, @ericnewcomer, @ryanlawler, @jyarow, @litcapital, @yangcliu, @delta3halo, @gearoidreidy, @caseynewton, @sherman4949, and @alexrkonrad
| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
CB Insights: tech startups raised a record $621B in VC funding globally in 2021, more than double than in 2020, and the number of unicorns rose 69% to 959 — - Tech start-ups raised a record $621 billion in venture capital funding globally in 2021, according to CB Insights.| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
iOS 15.4 beta adds Face ID use with a mask for iPhone 12 and newer, without needing Apple Watch authentication, by recognizing “unique features around the eye” — The iOS 15.4 beta that was introduced today added a new feature designed to allow Face ID to be used with a mask and without an Apple Watch for authentication.
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