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T-Mobile investigates claims that hackers stole data from its servers, including phone numbers, names, SSNs, and driver's license info, related to 100M+ people — Hackers selling the data are claiming it affects 100 million users. — Joseph Cox — T-Mobile says it is investigating …
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Q&A with Alex Stamos on Apple's proposed child safety features, his reservations about the company's announcement and approach to child safety online — Earlier this month Apple dropped a privacy bombshell. After years of touting its strong commitment to privacy …
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple details its CSAM detection system, says it expects to set a match threshold of 30 known CSAM images before an iCloud account is flagged for manual review — Apple today shared a document that provides a more detailed overview of the child safety features that it first announced last week …
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In a new lawsuit, a US-based contractor claims Huawei stole its tech and pressured it to build a “back door” into a sensitive surveillance project in Pakistan — Small U.S. software maker alleges Chinese telecom giant sought live access to data in Pakistan; Huawei denies claim
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Google and Facebook say they will participate in a new subsea cable system for 2024 linking Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, Guam, the Philippines, and Indonesia — Alphabet Inc.'s Google and Facebook Inc. announced their participation in a new subsea cable system for 2024 set to improve internet connectivity across the Asia-Pacific region.
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Twitter says it is changing the contrast of its new buttons, as users complain about headaches after its redesign that some experts say isn't very accessible — After teasing its new font in January, Twitter made some major changes to its website and app design this week.
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Mashable, iPhone in Canada Blog, Engadget, Gizmodo, The Verge, ScreenRant, MobileSyrup, PCMag, iThinkDifferent, and Slate
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| Globes Online: |
Cisco confirms it has acquired Epsagon, an Israel-based cloud application monitoring startup; sources say Cisco will be paying $500M — Cisco EVP Liz Centoni: When the acquisition closes, the Epsagon team will join our strategy, incubation and applications group.
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Cisco Blogs, The Stack, and CTech
Tweets: @editortargett, @lizcentoni, @chuckrobbins, and @cisco
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Interview with Niantic CEO John Hanke about the company's vision for the metaverse and how it could become a dystopian nightmare — The metaverse, the concept of an alternative, shared digital world that originated in sci-fi, has bubbled up to the surface of tech chatter during the later days of the pandemic.
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Niantic, Protocol, Game World Observer, NME, Wired, IGN, Eurogamer.net, Comic Book, Dot Esports, Game Rant, Techonomy, and New World Notes
Tweets: @johnhanke, @cman2k, @davegirouard, @henrikjoreteg, @edzitron, @skarredghost, @protocol, @karynelevy, @protocol, @robaeprice, @lexnfx, @gavinsbaker, @timbray, @nianticlabs, @kavyapearlman, @ethlucius, @gabecunn, @jaycuthrell, @fastcompany, @lauriespin, @nickstatt, @sub8u, and @om. Thanks:@lauriespin
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A look at chipmakers' race to capitalize on a wave of subsidies, as the US and other western countries reassess their industrial policies to slow China's rise — U.S. semiconductor maker's appeal for subsidies plays on national security fears during chip shortage; ‘Never let a good crisis go to waste’| Kyle Chayka / New Yorker: |
Profile of @images_ai, a Twitter account launched by a music student in June, that uses neural networks, including OpenAI's CLIP, to generate surreal art — The Twitter account @images_ai has gained a following for its feed of surreal, glitchy, sometimes beautiful images created through machine learning.
Tweets: @newyorker, @renois, @newyorker, @chaykak, @chaykak, and @chaykak
| Bill Hathaway / YaleNews: |
Study of 12.7M tweets shows social media amplifies expressions of moral outrage, as users learn that such language gets rewarded with more “likes” and “shares” — Social media platforms like Twitter amplify expressions of moral outrage over time because users learn …
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Neville Hobson, The Overspill, Science, UPI, Popular Science, Telegraph, CTVNews, Tech Times, Axios, Silicon Republic, SlashGear, and Fast Company
Tweets: @charlesarthur, @privacydigest, @samkya, @heather_hear, @gtinari, @stepshep, and @quinnypig
| Tony Zerucha / Crowdfund Insider: |
Cloud-based bill payment tech provider Paymentus to buy Payveris, which provides software for money transfers and bill payments, for $152.2M in cash and stock — Cloud-based bill payment technology firm Paymentus has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Payveris, itself a cloud-based bill payment software provider.
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