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| Michael McSweeney / The Block: |
Beanstalk, a credit-focused stablecoin protocol using Ethereum, was exploited for ~$182M in various crypto assets by someone who had amassed governance tokens — Beanstalk, a credit-focused stablecoin protocol built on Ethereum, was exploited Sunday morning.
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Web3 is going just great, Bloomberg, CoinDesk, Omniscia, Cointelegraph, TechRadar, CoinGeek, CryptoSlate, Waivly, Crypto Briefing, Crypto Daily, and TechCircle
Tweets: @frankresearcher, @peckshield, @beanstalkfarms, @mikeburgersburg, @beanstalkfarms, @carnage4life, @certikalert, @junhaotan_, @alice_und_bob, @carnage4life, @markjeffrey, @denschub, @milesdeutscher, @holo_of, @carnage4life, @ace_da_book, @zachhazard, @matthew_d_green, @caseynewton, and @profplum99
| The Citizen Lab: |
Investigation finds 65+ people were targeted by Pegasus and Candiru, including Catalans, likely by Spanish authorities, and details a new iOS zero-click, HOMAGE — Key Findings — The Citizen Lab, in collaboration with Catalan civil society groups, has identified at least 65 individuals targeted … | Ronan Farrow / New Yorker: |
An in-depth investigation into the global commercial spyware industry, led by Israel's NSO Group, as Citizen Lab finds Pegasus infected a device in UK's No. 10 — The inside story of the world's most notorious commercial spyware and the big tech companies waging war against it.
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The Citizen Lab. Tweets: @jsrailton, @jsrailton, @jsrailton, @rondeibert, @benhammersley, @nighatdad, @judithflanders, @jordisolef, @sheelahk, @jsrailton, @ronanfarrow, @anujsrivas, @rondeibert, and @jordiborras
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Report: Microsoft is working on a program to let select brands advertise within free-to-play Xbox games, such as on a billboard, and won't take a revenue cut — The ads supposedly wouldn't disrupt gameplay — Microsoft is reportedly working on a program that will let brands showcase …
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Insider. More:
XDA Developers, BetaNews, Kotaku, TechCircle, AdExchanger, Video Games Chronicle, Tom's Guide, Mobile Dev Memo, Game Rant, and The Economic Times
Tweets: @patrickcoffee, @eric_seufert, and @rishialwani
| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
Musk's free speech definition is utter nonsense and his suggestions for Twitter completely ignore decades of content moderation iteration on social platforms — from the not-how-any-of-this-works dept — Lots of talk yesterday as Elon Musk made a hostile takeover bid for all of Twitter.
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Livemint, Financial Times, The Overspill, Interconnected, Wccftech, TheStreet, The Economic Times, On my Om, VentureBeat, howardlindzon.com, afrotech.com, The Dig, iPhone in Canada Blog, Financial Times, Insider, New York Post, and Pixel Envy
Tweets: @chrisjbakke, @dswillner, @yishan, @yishan, @ericnewcomer, @pmarca, @seedsforbidden, @emileifrem, @pt, @44, @alecmuffett, @shoq, @mark_dow, @kfury, @vishwanathsarng, @mmasnick, @yishan, @kdbyproxy, @szhang_ds, @yishan, @willpapper, @bill_gross, @eaton, @yishan, @ekp, @waitbutwhy, @karaswisher, @infrahumano, @bretweinstein, @karaswisher, @andrewbostom, @caugustelliott, @asemota, @alison_claire, @mscott, @om, @davidsacks, @jkosseff, @anildash, @nateafischer, @mariosundar, @emptywheel, @mmasnick, @davidsacks, @brij, @techemails, @jimvandehei, @prairielaura, @ousfourita, @kudeki, @gullikyro, @akurjata, @bborrman, @katebevan, @eddie1perez, @verba_et_vertus, @marklittlenews, @eddie1perez, @ewankirk, @mehdirhasan, @rebeccaforwa, @tedcruz, @tbskyen, @mmasnick, @kateconger, @goldman, @samifathi_, @carlquintanilla, @ngrossman81, @dbfarber, @sarthakgh, @mmasnick, @arrington, @repdarrellissa, @susanlitv, @evacide, @hansmahncke, @frankluntz, @karlbode, @kevinbankston, @jayrosen_nyu, @yishan, and @rabble
| Nathan Baschez / Every: |
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Washington Post, Social Media Today, Livemint, The Economic Times, and Associated Press
Tweets: @ericnewcomer, @jack, @carnage4life, @nbashaw, @ejang, @theaksheffect, @hkanji, @adhutchinson, @nash076, @carlquintanilla, @maxkennerly, and @decryptmedia
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
The iPad needs a “pro” mode when the device is connected to a keyboard and a trackpad, with Mac-like multitasking, a proper desktop, and more for advanced users — Ahead of Apple's developers conference, here's how I suggest fixing its iPad software conundrum: a “pro mode” …
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MacDailyNews, ExtremeTech, 9to5Mac, Benzinga, 9to5Mac, AppleTrack, Forbes, and The Register
Tweets: @jeffnolan, @stevecla, @drravipateljr, @parkerortolani, @pxy, @yoda, @jamwil, and @markgurman
| Kate Kaye / Protocol: |
Virtual classroom startup Class is testing Intel's “emotion AI” tech that claims to detect bored, distracted, or confused students, raising privacy questions — When college instructor Angela Dancey wants to decipher whether her first-year English students comprehend what she's trying …
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TechRadar, IF INTERESTED, and Fossbytes
Tweets: @katekayereports, @noopkat, @dinabass, @vickerysec, @frankcatalano, @polycrystalhd, @troy_s, @otdderamin, @katemfd, @grady_booch, @hypervisible, and @nickpopovich
| Reed Albergotti / Washington Post: |
Workers at Apple's flagship Grand Central Terminal store in Manhattan start formally collecting signatures to form a union — If successful, the effort would be the first time an Apple retail location has unionized — Workers at Apple's flagship Grand Central Terminal retail location …
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Insider, 9to5Mac, Axios, The Verge, PCMag, CNET, Mashable, iPhone in Canada Blog, Benzinga, Insider Paper, Engadget, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, AppleInsider, and Who Gets the Bird?
| Reuters: |
Didi schedules a shareholder meeting for May 23 to vote on delisting its shares from the NYSE, and reports Q4 2021 revenue of $6.4B, down about 12.6% YoY — Didi Global Inc (DIDI.N) will hold an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) on May 23 to vote on its delisting plans in the United States … | Rest of World: |
A look at adult webcam “monitors” in Colombia who train models and provide tech support; Colombia has the world's second largest camming industry behind Romania — In Colombia, camming monitors train models, translate chats, and provide tech support.
Tweets: @helenliwrites, @alexgonzor, @restofworld, @cengizyar, and @fogginsophie
| Ignacio Olivera Doll / Bloomberg: |
Fan tokens issued by Manchester City and other soccer clubs have proven to be a disappointment for hopeful fans, with prices quickly losing steam within days — As soon as rumors started buzzing that soccer star Lionel Messi would transfer from FC Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain in August …
Tweets: @schuldensuehner, @stacyherbert, @flavionunespt, @carnage4life, and @gossithedog
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
GitHub says an attacker used stolen OAuth user tokens issued to Heroku and Travis-CI to steal private repository data from dozens of organizations including npm — GitHub revealed today that an attacker is using stolen user tokens (issued to Heroku and Travis-CI OAuth) to download data from private repositories.
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The GitHub Blog and Heroku Status. More:
Metacurity, KazukiLabs NewsBites, Security Affairs, Slashdot, HackRead, Bob's Newsletter, iTnews, and The Hacker News
Tweets: @githubsecurity, @malwarejake, @nikcharlebois, @campuscodi, @jot, @rstephens, @jacobian, @marypcbuk, and @quinnypig
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