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| Alex Isenstadt / Politico: |
Trump campaign says some of its internal communications were hacked, citing a Microsoft report that Iranian hackers “sent a spear phishing email” to a campaign — The campaign suggested Iran was to blame. POLITICO has not independently verified the identity of the hacker or their motivation.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Susan Wojcicki, former YouTube CEO and a key figure in Google's creation, dies at age 56, after two years of living with cancer — Her husband, Dennis Troper, made the announcement earlier this evening: … Susan Wojcicki joined Google in 1999 as its 16th employee and first marketing manager.
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| Washington Post: |
An obituary of Susan Wojcicki, who was one of the most prominent women in Silicon Valley, helped launch and grow AdSense, and pushed for Google to buy YouTube — Ms. Wojcicki, who helped build Google, was one of the most prominent women in technology. — Susan Wojcicki, whose garage …
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| Zack Abrams / The Block: |
Celsius sued Tether on Friday in an attempt to claw back ~40K bitcoins, now worth ~$2.4B, that Celsius claims Tether sold improperly at the bottom of the market — - Celsius filed a lawsuit against Tether on Friday in an attempt to claw back Bitcoin worth $2.4 billion that the company …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
A look at Apple's future plans: iPhone 16 lineup, a new iPhone SE, a thin “Air” model in the iPhone 17 series, and a Watch SE with a plastic case in bold colors — Apple's iPhone 16 will keep sales stable until more innovative models are ready next year.
More: 9to5Mac, The Verge, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Wccftech, Patently Apple, The Verge, PhoneArena, and 9to5Mac
| Stan Alcorn / Rest of World: |
A look at the consequences of Spotify's disinvestment in podcasts in Latin America, where one survey found 90% of podcast listeners used Spotify — In Latin America, “podcast” and “Spotify” became synonymous; now the audio industry is reckoning with the company's retreat. — • BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA| Will Oremus / Washington Post: |
A look at Front Porch Forum, which counts nearly half of Vermont's adults as active members and prioritizes careful moderation and civility over engagement — On Front Porch Forum, politics is fair game but unkindness is strictly prohibited. — Imagine an online community where substantive debates …
More: CleanTechnica. Threads: @willoremus. Mastodon: @pbx@fosstodon.org and @wearenew_public …. X: @ron_fournier
| Jowi Morales / Tom's Hardware: |
AMD releases updates to mitigate the “Sinkclose” vulnerability but has no plans to update older Ryzen 1000, 2000, and 3000 or Threadripper 1000 and 2000 CPUs — AMD says some chips fall outside of the software support window. — AMD processors dating back to 2006 reportedly suffer … | M.G. Siegler / Spyglass: |
Just two of OpenAI's 11-strong founding team are active at OpenAI, after a series of exits in 2024 following the attempted boardroom coup against Sam Altman — It's probably time to change that non-profit structure for good... In late 2015, the blog post announcing OpenAI to the world was short and sweet.| Financial Times: |
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| Bloomberg: |
Q&A with Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks on the toymaker's gaming push, licensing deals, and more; Monopoly GO! has earned $3B+ in revenue since its April 2023 launch — Monopoly GO! — has become one of the top mobile games of all time and grossed billions in revenue since it launched last year.
LinkedIn: Chris Cocks
| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: |
How cybersecurity researcher Jon DiMaggio used fake personas to infiltrate LockBit and trick its alleged administrator into revealing operation details — Jon DiMaggio used sockpuppet accounts, then his own identity, to infiltrate LockBit and gain the trust of its alleged admin, Dmitry Khoroshev.| Reuters: |
Turkey says it is restoring access to Instagram after Meta agreed to cooperate with authorities regarding “catalog crimes” and “censorship imposed on users” — Turkey will restore access to social media platform Instagram at 1830 GMT on Saturday after the company agreed …
More: PCMag, TechCrunch, Bloomberg, CNBC, Associated Press, Fortune, and Engadget
X: @elerrantenomad, @yusufcan_en, @ragipsoylu, and @ragipsoylu
| Michael Weissenstein / Associated Press: |
Around 200 nations approved the UN Convention against Cybercrime, expected to win General Assembly approval; critics say it could be used to justify repression — A global deal on the criminal use of computer technology is moving ahead despite worries it will let governments around …
More: Scientific American, Euronews, United Nations, Agence France-Presse, The Cyber Express, Silicon Republic, Euractiv, and SC Media
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