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| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Internal report: a Facebook bug led to a “massive ranking failure” that elevated harmful content for six months, spiking views about 30% before a March 11 fix — A group of Facebook engineers identified a “massive ranking failure” that exposed as much as half of all News Feed views to …
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| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Wyze had been aware of several remote access vulnerabilities in its home security cameras for months and years without fixing them, despite Bitdefender warnings — A Wyze Cam internet camera vulnerability allows unauthenticated, remote access to videos and images stored on local memory cards … | Rebekah Valentine / IGN: |
After announcing in January that it canceled the in-person E3 2022, ESA is informing partners that there will also be no digital event — Though a possible digital event was floated behind the scenes, that too is now off the table. — After previously canceling its in-person E3 2022 event … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft renames Your Phone, its Android phone linking app for Windows announced in May 2018, to Phone Link and updates the app to match Windows 11's design — Phone Link now has a matching Windows 11 design — Microsoft is rebranding its Your Phone app to Phone Link and updating it with a Windows 11 design overhaul.| Bradley Chambers / 9to5Mac: |
Apple Business Essentials launches for all SMBs in the US, starting at $2.99/month; the management service is getting Google Workspace integration in the spring — After a beta period with tens of thousands of businesses, Apple is ready to extend simplified device management, iCloud Drive storage …
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| Nikkei Asia: |
TSMC chairman Mark Liu warns consumer demand for smartphones, PCs, and TVs is slowing down, especially in China, and components and materials costs are rising — Rising costs could be passed on to consumers, chairman of tech titan warns — Taiwan tech titan TSMC says demand …
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CNBC, Protocol, The Mac Observer, Softpedia News, Macrodesiac, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, and iClarified
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple seeks to diversify its memory chip suppliers, weighing Micron, Samsung, and Yangtze, after Japanese supplier Kioxia lost a batch to contamination — Apple Inc. is exploring new sources of the memory chips that go into iPhones, including its first Chinese producer of the critical component …
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Tom's Hardware, iPhone in Canada Blog, Gizmodo, iThinkDifferent, Wccftech, TechRadar, 9to5Mac, Blocks and Files, MacDailyNews, AppleInsider, iMore, PhoneArena, iClarified, Reuters, and DigiTimes. Tweets: @matthewstoller
| David Yaffe-Bellany / New York Times: |
A profile of Ben McKenzie, a star of The O.C. who has become an outspoken crypto critic and is writing the book “Easy Money” with journalist Jacob Silverman — The actor, best known for his starring role in “The O.C.,” has become an outspoken critic of a volatile market driven by speculation.
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| Jack Schickler / CoinDesk: |
The EU Parliament votes to outlaw anonymous crypto payments, extending KYC rules to even the smallest transactions with unhosted or self-hosted wallets — Lawmakers are set to end even the smallest anonymous crypto transactions, and plan measures that could see unregulated exchanges cut off.| Umar Shakir / The Verge: |
Samsung partners with iFixit to launch a self-repair program, offering parts, tools, and guides, coming this summer for the Galaxy S20, S21, and Tab S7 Plus — Coming this summer for the Galaxy S20, S21, and Tab S7 Plus — Today, Samsung announced a new self-repair program …
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| CNBC: |
A look at 3C, a “grassroots” SMB group against Big Tech regulation, funded by Google and Amazon, which claims support from 20+ SMBs that haven't heard of it — - The Connected Commerce Council, which pitches itself as a grassroots movement representing small business owners …
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Politico, Newslit Daily, and Beyond Search
| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Open source containerization company Docker raises a $105M Series C led by Bain Capital Ventures at a $2.1B valuation, bringing its total funding to $163M — It wasn't that long ago that Docker looked like it was on the ropes. In 2019, it sold its enterprise business and decided …
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VentureBeat, SiliconANGLE, Crunchbase News, InfoWorld, and Protocol
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Google plans to add “highly cited” Search labels for original reporting and press releases, coming “soon” in the US on mobile and “in the coming weeks” globally — And new notices will help searchers check the validity of information
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Intel acquires AI-based workload optimization startup Granulate, sources say for $650M, in a deal set to close in Q2 2022; PitchBook: Granulate raised $45.6M — Last year, when we wrote about new investment for Israeli startup Granulate — which applies AI to high-priority computing workloads …
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Intel, CRN, The Register, SiliconANGLE, Globes Online, Silicon Republic, Haaretz, San Francisco Business Journal, and CTech
Tweets: @chernandburn and @patrickmoorhead
| Shirin Ghaffary / Vox: |
Analysis: majority of the most-viewed Reels on Meta's platforms are anonymous or reposted; Meta says Reels is Instagram's biggest engagement growth contributor — Facebook's pivot back to video shows how badly it needs young people. — Meta, the parent company of Facebook, needs to stay relevant.
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New York Times, Integrity Institute, Protocol, Tech-pigułka, and Washington Post
| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Review of the $899 OnePlus 10 Pro, available in the US on April 14: sleek build but subpar cameras, no IP rating for the unlocked version, and no 5G on AT&T — It's a likable device, but OnePlus still has some work to do — The 10 Pro is OnePlus all grown up.
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PR Newswire, Forbes, Android Authority, Livemint, 9to5Google, CNET, HotHardware.com News, Android Police, ZDNet, XDA Developers, Gizmodo, Tom's Guide, Android Police, 9to5Google, PhoneArena, The Verge, Engadget, CNET, Wired, and Liliputing
Tweets: @franciscof_1990, @pierce, and @allisonjo1
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Apple releases iOS 15.4.1, iPadOS 15.4.1, and macOS 12.3.1 to fix two zero-days that “may have been actively exploited”; Apple fixed five zero-days this year — Apple has released security updates on Thursday to address two zero-day vulnerabilities exploited by attackers to hack iPhones, iPads, and Macs.
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Apple Support, CNET, XDA Developers, Macworld, MacRumors, and 9to5Mac. Tweets: @aaronjschaffer
| Sean Lyngaas / CNN: |
Interview with pseudonymous Ukrainian IT specialist Danylo, who released chat logs from the Russia-linked Conti ransomware gang, on his motivations and more — As Russian artillery began raining down on his homeland last month, one Ukrainian computer researcher decided to fight back the best …
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The Overspill. Tweets: @snlyngaas, @donie, @akiperitz, @marquardta, @snlyngaas, @ericgeller, @trellix, @daviduberti, @kimzetter, and @allthingsnatsec
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Google begins trialing its updated Privacy Sandbox tools globally, including Topics and FLEDGE APIs, starting with developers now and Chrome Beta users next — Google has just announced the next stage of trials of its Privacy Sandbox proposal — focused on ads relevance and measurement.
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Android Police, Ars Technica, Chromium Blog, Search Engine Land, Engadget, Chrome Developers, and 9to5Google
Tweets: @lukolejnik and @lukolejnik
| Molly White: |
An analysis of the Axie Infinity hack: Sky Mavis taking six days to disclose is irresponsible and users likely lost money they need to live, not just spare cash — On March 23, cryptocurrency priced at around $625 million was stolen from the Ronin network, which is the blockchain that powers the game Axie Infinity.
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Decrypt, CryptoPotato, Fast Company, The Daily Dot, GamesTX, and CoinDesk
Tweets: @molly0xfff, @johnkoetsier, @molly0xfff, @dlberes, @buzz, @abebrown716, @kansasalps, @carnage4life, and @stshank
| Bloomberg: |
FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried and others are pushing for the crypto industry to be regulated by the smaller Commodity Futures Trading Commission, instead of the SEC — It was a classic Washington networking party. Sam Bankman-Fried, the co-founder and chief executive officer of FTX …
Tweets: @allyversprille, @smdiehl, @blakereid, and @smdiehl
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Masayoshi Son told SoftBank leadership that the company needs to slow investments, amid the war in Ukraine, falling tech stocks, and China's crackdown — SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son has warned his top executives of the need to slow down further investments …
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The Economic Times and ExchangeWire.com
Tweets: @alderlaneeggs, @grantspub, @muradahmed, @financialtimes, @jasonlk, and @doombergt
| Naureen S Malik / Bloomberg: |
Texas starts requiring new large-scale cryptocurrency miners to seek permission to access its power grid, in anticipation of increasing demand for 2022 and 2023 — Texas has started requiring new large-scale cryptocurrency miners to seek permission to connect to the state's power grid … | Marlize van Romburgh / Crunchbase News: |
Chief, a social network with 12,000+ users that helps businesswomen rise into positions of power, raises a $100M Series B led by CapitalG at a $1.1B valuation — Chief, a private network designed to help more businesswomen rise into positions of power, raised a $100 million Series B investment led … | Richard Waters / Financial Times: |
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger earned $178.6M in 2021, far above Intel's initial $110M estimate; Intel's stock is down 15% since his appointment, lagging the industry — Bonus for taking helm at struggling US chipmaker was far more than company initially calculated
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