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[Thread] Antonio García Martínez says he did not “part ways” with Apple, was fired in a snap decision, and Apple's statement on his exit is defamatory and false — I have thus far maintained my silence on the Apple situation as I've sought to settle things amicably with the company that I admired, and at which I hoped to build the future of ads privacy. As they however are not maintaining their silence on the matter, neither will I.
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| Dr. Tom Robinson / Elliptic Blog: |
Analysis: the wallet used by DarkSide received a total of $17.5M in Bitcoin transactions since March, including a 75 BTC payment made by Colonial — Elliptic's Co-founder and Chief Scientist discusses cryptocurrency forensics, investigations, compliance, and sanctions.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
DarkSide, the gang behind Colonial attack, claims it lost control of web servers and funds, as researchers wonder whether a US takedown or exit scam is to blame — A day after US President Joe Biden said the US plans to disrupt the hackers behind the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack …
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Reporters could quickly find Biden's Venmo account and the network of his social connections on Venmo, showing why the app's friends lists are a privacy issue — BuzzFeed News found President Joe Biden's Venmo account after less than 10 minutes of looking for it, revealing a network …
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| Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: |
New Android beta APK for Apple Music describes two lossless audio options, “Lossless” and “High-Res Lossless”, at 24-bit/48 kHZ and 24-bit/192 kHz respectively — Earlier this month, our colleagues at 9to5Mac reported that Apple Music would be gaining “HiFi” streaming options, possibly with iOS 14.6.
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Roblox replaces the word “game” with “experience” on its website, after Apple argued at the Epic trial that Roblox developers don't make games — The word ‘game’ has been replaced by ‘experience’ across Roblox's website — Massively popular game creation tool Roblox …
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Ad and content licensing company Veritone launches MARVEL.ai to let celebrities, influencers, and others clone their voices using AI and license them out — Deepfake voices could be a lucrative business for influencers — Recording advertisements and product endorsements can be lucrative work for celebrities and influencers.
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| Issie Lapowsky / Protocol: |
A new Biden executive order revokes a Trump-era EO that targeted protections for social media platforms and asked the FCC to conduct a review of Section 230 — President Biden revoked the Trump-era executive order on “preventing online censorship,” which a source told Protocol last summer …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
A look at the renewed animosity between Apple and Microsoft, as they increasingly compete in everything from gaming to PCs to AR — At a virtual product launch in November for Apple's Mac reboot, actor John Hodgman appeared in a nerdy, ill-fitting suit before a white backdrop.
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| BBC: |
The Irish health service shuts down its IT system after a “significant” ransomware attack that is having a severe impact on health and social care services — Ireland's health service has temporarily shut down its IT system after what it described as a “significant ransomware attack”.| Reuters: |
Ireland's High Court rejects Facebook's bid to block Data Protection Commissioner's decision that may force the company to stop sending EU user data to the US — Ireland's High Court on Friday rejected a Facebook bid to block an inquiry by the Irish data regulator that could halt Facebook's data flows …
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| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
Bay Area tech companies racked up ~$1B on real estate impairments in the pandemic for their vacated spaces; Dropbox took $416M, Salesforce $216M, Airbnb $149M — - The amount of available sublease office space in San Francisco more than tripled during the pandemic, and tech companies are paying the price.| Will Oremus / The Atlantic: |
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