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Twitter says around 130 accounts were affected in Wednesday's hack, and the attackers gained control of and sent tweets from a subset of those accounts — - “We believe approximately 130 accounts were targeted by the attackers in some way as part of the incident," Twitter said Thursday.
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| New York Times: |
A person involved in Twitter hack may have gained access to Twitter's internal dashboard using credentials pinned in one of the company's Slack channels — Several people involved in the events that took down Twitter this week spoke with The Times. What might have been a pursuit of Bitcoin spun out of control.
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[Thread] Twitter says a “coordinated social engineering attack” against employees with access to internal systems and tools allowed hackers to hijack accounts — Our investigation is still ongoing but here's what we know so far:
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| New York Times: |
Personal assistant arrested in the NYC killing of Fahim Saleh, founder of prank call app PrankDial and motorcycle ride-sharing apps in Bangladesh and Nigeria — Mr. Saleh, 33, was found dismembered and decapitated inside his Manhattan apartment. — The former personal assistant …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: the FTC is considering deposing top Facebook executives, including Zuckerberg and Sandberg, as part of its anti-trust probe — Facebook officials have prepared for potential depositions — The Federal Trade Commission is considering taking sworn testimony from Facebook Inc. Chief … | Kate Clark / The Information: |
Coursera, the online learning startup founded by Andrew Ng, raises $130M Series F led by NEA, at a valuation of around $2.5B — Another education technology company is flourishing amid the coronavirus pandemic, as people stuck at home flock to online classes.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Sensor Tower: US App Store's downloads have surpassed China's for the first time since 2014, seeing a 27.4% YoY growth compared to 2.1% YoY in China — The U.S. App Store's downloads have surpassed China's downloads for the first time since 2014, in a new milestone.
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| Bloomberg: |
Pegatron, the second-largest iPhone assembler, is setting up a local subsidiary in India, joining rivals Foxconn and Wistron — Apple Inc. assembly partner Pegatron Corp. is making preparations for its first plant in India, adding to a large influx of foreign tech investments in the country this year.
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Tweets: @amitmalviya, @economictimes, @c_aashish, @chaonmh, and @rmantri
| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Amazon settles with Brian Hall, the former AWS VP it had sued for allegedly violating the non-compete clause after taking a VP job with Google Cloud — Amazon has reached a confidential legal settlement with Brian Hall, a former Amazon Web Services vice president of product marketing … | Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
FCC unanimously approves rules that let carriers block calls from “bad-actor” phone companies that profit from robocalls — Safe harbor lets phone companies block all calls from “bad-actor” telecoms. — “Bad-actor” phone companies that profit from robocalls could be blocked … | Sarah Emerson / OneZero : |
Lyft, which gave some drivers free PPE, launches a PPE store for drivers; it's unlikely it can give away PPE regularly without conceding drivers are employees — The company can't easily give away materials without conceding that its drivers are employees — Lyft has launched a marketplace … | Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Global Alliance for Responsible Media, an industry body of ad companies including Google and Facebook, agrees to evaluate mutual definition of hate speech — The Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM), an industry body consisting of the world's biggest advertising companies … | Dara Khosrowshahi / Uber Newsroom: |
Uber wants to become “actively anti-racist” by doubling Black leadership by 2025, tying exec compensation to diversity metrics, and supporting Black-owned SMBs — With a resurgence of cases, it can feel that our collective attention has moved back to the COVID-19 pandemic and away …
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Tweets: @saraashleyo, @tonywest, @uber, @nikolenka, and @dkhos
| Nikkei Asian Review: |
Sources: AirPods and Apple Watch assembler Luxshare buys an iPhone assembly plant from Wistron in Kushan, China for ~$472M — Key Foxconn rival to acquire facility from smaller assembler Wistron for $472m — TAIPEI — Luxshare Precision Industry of China is acquiring its first iPhone assembly plant …
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Netflix names Ted Sarandos co-CEO, appoints Chief Product Officer Greg Peters as COO — Netflix names Ted Sarandos co-CEO
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