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| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Meta confirms a now-fixed Facebook bug led to a “massive ranking failure” that increased views of harmful content up to 30% over the past six months — 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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| Rebekah Valentine / IGN: |
After announcing in January that the in-person E3 2022 was canceled, ESA informs its partners that there will be no digital event equivalent this year either — Though a possible digital event was floated behind the scenes, that too is now off the table. — After previously canceling …
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| 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.
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| 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 has fixed five zero-days in 2022 — 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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| 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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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researchers: an allegedly Russia-tied wiper malware, AcidRain, which shares similarities with the malware VPNFilter, was behind the attack on Viasat in February — AcidRain is the seventh wiper associated with the Russian invasion of Ukraine — Viasat—the high-speed-satellite-broadband …
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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 … | 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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Samsung Newsroom, USA Today, iFixit News, Fast Company, SlashGear, CNN, TechRadar, Gizmodo, MacRumors, Input, Android Central, Android Headlines, TechCrunch, Android Authority, HotHardware.com News, and CNET
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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.
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| Suzanne Smalley / CyberScoop: |
Sources: Biden administration is considering to change a Trump-era policy which allowed DoD and Cyber Command to authorize cyber operations without WH approval — The Biden administration is reviewing whether and how to change a Trump-era policy which gave unprecedented authority to the Department … | 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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Fortune. Tweets: @yaffebellany, @hillibusterr, @audreycleo, @scottbix, @ezwrites, @billscher, @katienotopoulos, @debs, @ben_mckenzie, @film_girl, @mchenryjd, @daveyalba, @issielapowsky, @fortydeucetwits, @zoenone0none, @rachsyme, @cadlymack, @readingtheend, @videodrew, @silvermanjacob, @amanbatheja, @sepinwall, @kashhill, @wordsandsense, @markberman, @randrewwhite, @davidgerard, @grace_segers, @gabrielmalor, @vladagelman, @katierosman, and @smdiehl
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: The White House is split over Kaspersky sanctions, which could spur Russian cyberattacks and make enforcement hard due to the company's large clientele — Some officials are said to fear that sanctioning Kaspersky Lab could increase risk of Russian cyberattack
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| Michael H. Keller / New York Times: |
To avoid erroneously flagging CSAM, Meta's training docs tell content moderators to “err on the side of an adult” when judging people's age in photos or videos — The company reports millions of photos and videos of suspected child sexual abuse each year.| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
New York-based Black Crow AI, which delivers predictive analytics to e-commerce retailers, raises a $25M Series A led by Imaginary Ventures — In the pandemic era, where digital storefronts have become a matter of course for retailers, data analytics is proving its worth.| 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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Tweets: @applecensorship, @randypicker, and @matthewstoller
| 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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The Keyword, BGR, The Register, Social Media Today, Android Police, CNET, TechCrunch, Axios, and Search Engine Roundtable
Tweets: @chromeunboxed, @marie_haynes, @lilyraynyc, @google, @searchliaison, @mantzarlis, and @benhkaiser
| Alastair Marsh / Bloomberg: |
Q&A with Michael Chobanian, founder of Ukraine's biggest crypto exchange KUNA, on Kyiv's crypto scene before the war, crypto donations and their utility, more — Like most Ukrainians, Michael Chobanian is reaching for weapons to defend his country from the Russian invasion.
Tweets: @repagonzalez, @itskac, and @alastairjmarsh
| 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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| 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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SiliconANGLE, VentureBeat, Docker, Protocol, SDxCentral, SearchSoftwareQuality, Container Journal, Crunchbase News, The Register, and InfoWorld
Tweets: @swyx and @baincapvc
| 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 … | 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 …
Tweets: @snlyngaas, @donie, @akiperitz, @marquardta, @snlyngaas, @ericgeller, @trellix, @daviduberti, @allthingsnatsec, and @kimzetter
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Instagram rolls out updates to DMs, including 30-second song previews, the ability to reply while browsing, quick post resharing, status, and “silent messages” — Instagram today is rolling out over a half dozen new messaging features, following promises late last year that its DM …
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Meta, The Verge, iMore, Android Central, Neowin, Gizmodo, Social Media Today, Protocol, and Engadget
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