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| Amy Thomson / Bloomberg: |
T-Mobile says an investigation found 7.8M current users and 40M past and prospective users who applied for credit had information stolen in a cyberattack — - About 7.8 million current customers had information stolen — Records from former and prospective users also accessed
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T-Mobile. More:
The Record, The Verge, BleepingComputer, Popular Science, GeekWire, Thurrott, Wall Street Journal, Macworld, Financial Times, USA Today, Gizmodo, PYMNTS.com, TechCrunch, Silicon Republic, MacRumors, CNN, Axios, Insider, AppleInsider, Droid Life, FierceWireless, VICE, 9to5Mac, Reuters, CyberNews, TechSpot, Pocketnow, Neowin, and TechRadar
Tweets: @iblametom, @drewfitzgerald, @jeremy_kirk, and @jeremy_kirk
| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
As Facebook bans the Taliban, Twitter says it only takes action against accounts breaking its rules and YouTube says it will terminate Taliban-linked accounts — Who will control Afghanistan's official Facebook page? — Social platforms including Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube are coming under …
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CNN, Engadget, BBC, benzinga.com, Yahoo Entertainment, Mediaite, Daily Mail, SiliconANGLE, Gizmodo, Insider, and New York Post
Tweets: @daveyalba, @sam_l_shead, @willoremus, @b_fung, @b_fung, @b_fung, @b_fung, @markscott82, @donie, @mtracey, @daveyalba, and @rmsalih
| Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: |
WhatsApp shuts down Taliban helpline in Kabul that was allegedly for reporting violence and looting, as Facebook blocks other “official Taliban channels” — Complaints number meant to act as emergency hotline for civilians to report violence and looting
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Washington Post, Washington Post, MIT Technology Review, Forbes, The Intercept, CNBC, Protocol, Insider, TNW, MediaNama, Mediaite, The Register, Sputnik News, Reuters, and Raw Story
Tweets: @mliammccollum, @therecount, @nahaltoosi, @jkylebass, @dlknowles, @bbcyaldahakim, @sheeraf, @markscott82, @donaldjtrumpjr, @kasparov63, @sam_l_shead, @mollyemccluskey, @chizmaga, @ryanradloff, @realkunalashah, @newsmax, @3r1ng, @sam_l_shead, @b_fung, @etbrooking, @sinai, @eculliford, @hotepjesus, @jg_major, @abhirahmantx, @acmeaviation, @dineshdsouza, @realcandaceo, @cernovich, @countdankulatv, @errolwebber, @bernardkerik, @conservmillen, @ianbremmer, @micsolana, @b_fung, @b_fung, @jkylebass, @mmasnick, @dailytrix, @michaeldweiss, @ariehkovler, @aaschapiro, @aliceemross, @cr3, @mshannahmurphy, @rmac18, @_halemaw, and @frudbezhan
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Samsung confirms it will stop showing ads in default apps, including Weather, Pay, and Theme, starting later this year — Including its Weather, Pay, and Theme apps — Samsung has confirmed that it will stop showing ads in default apps including Samsung Weather, Samsung Pay, and Samsung Theme.
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SamMobile, 연합뉴 …, Gizmodo, Thurrott, Android Authority, Engadget, 9to5Google, Tom's Guide, KnowTechie, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechSpot, Wccftech, XDA Developers, Phandroid, Android Community, Neowin, SlashGear, and Android Police
Tweets: @dcseifert, @rajupp, and @shiraovide
| South China Morning Post: |
Tencent reports Q2 revenue rose 20% YoY to $21.3B, beating estimates, as profit reached $6.6B, up 29% YoY from $5.1B — The Hong Kong-listed company reported a profit of US$6.6 billion in the quarter ended June The results come amid a recent stock market rout for the country's tech sector … | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE: |
Profile of Andrey Shumeyko, who shared internal Apple docs and devices on forums while informing on other members to Apple and says Apple took advantage of him — He spent years inside the iPhone leaks and jailbreak community. He was also spying for Apple. — Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
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AppleInsider, VICE, and iMore
Tweets: @josephfcox, @lorenzofb, @lorenzofb, @martinsfp, @alexeheath, @ryanfduffy, @josephfcox, @robzacny, @howelloneill, and @katiedrumm
| Reuters: |
Apple appeals a 2019 copyright case it lost against Corellium, after settling other claims with the company relating to the DMCA this month to avoid a trial — Apple Inc (AAPL.O) on Tuesday filed a notice of appeal in a copyright case it brought against cybersecurity firm Corellium LLC in 2019.
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MIT Technology Review, MobileSyrup, Forbes, iPhone in Canada Blog, Plagiarism Today, 9to5Mac, Silicon Republic, Cult of Mac, iPhone Hacks, iThinkDifferent, MacRumors, AppleInsider, and The Mac Observer
Tweets: @howelloneill, @johndcook, @howelloneill, @howelloneill, @evacide, @ryanaraine, and @corelliumhq
| Politico: |
BlackBerry discloses a critical flaw in QNX OS, impacting 200M+ cars, hospital equipment, more; sources say it resisted public disclosure until talks with CISA — A flaw in software made by BlackBerry has left two hundred million cars, along with critical hospital and factory equipment …
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BlackBerry, us-cert.cisa.gov, Forbes, Threatpost, The Hacker News, IT PRO, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechRadar, Reuters, Engadget, US Food and Drug …, PCMag, SecurityWeek, Neowin, infosecurity-magazine.com, CyberNews, ZDNet, CyberScoop, and Dark Reading
Tweets: @timclicks, @0xbanana, @ericgeller, @hrbrmstr, @icscert, @ericgeller, @jason_healey, @icscert, and @chey_cobb
| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Twitter tests adding an option for users to report misinformation in the US, Australia, South Korea, and will use the reports to study and identify trends — - Not all flagged tweets will be reviewed by fact checkers — Experiment will run in the U.S., Australia and South Korea
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The Verge, 9to5Mac, The Guardian, TechCrunch, MediaNama, Neowin, Memeburn, TechRadar, BBC, KnowTechie, ZDNet, Variety, and CNET
| Joseph Bernstein / Harper's: |
A look at the focus on disinformation by media, tech, and academic leaders, and how assumptions about disinfo effectiveness echo old media and advertising myths — In the beginning, there were ABC, NBC, and CBS, and they were good. Midcentury American man could come home after eight hours … | Nikkei Asia: |
Recent COVID-19 outbreaks are slowing plans by Apple, Google, and Amazon to shift production from China to Vietnam as governments tighten border controls — Suppliers say tighter border controls are hindering output expansion in Vietnam — TAIPEI — Recent outbreaks of COVID-19 … | Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg: |
Filing: Palantir acquired $50.7M in 100-ounce gold bars in August, in preparation for a “black swan event”, and will accept payment from clients in gold — - Company spent $50.7 million on 100-ounce gold bars in August — Customers can now pay for software in Bitcoin, though none has
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CNBC and Barron's Online
Tweets: @stevesi, @thestalwart, @bryanrbeal, @paulbuitink, @leahmcelrath, @ryan_browne_, and @caseynewton
| The Intercept: |
Sources: the Taliban have seized US military biometric devices, known as HIIDE, that could aid in the identification of Afghans who supported coalition forces — The Taliban have seized U.S. military biometrics devices that could aid in the identification of Afghans who assisted coalition forces … | Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Postman, which helps developers build, test, and iterate their APIs, raises $225M Series D led by Insight Partners at a $5.6B valuation, up from $2B in 2020 — San Francisco-based Postman, which operates a collaborative platform for developers to help them build, design, test and iterate their APIs … | David Gilbert / VICE: |
Report: militias like the Three Percenters are key spreaders of vaccine misinfo on Facebook, and some of their Facebook Group admins get a “Group Expert” badge — Violent militia groups have become “key” spreaders of vaccine misinformation on Facebook, and now those groups …
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Tech Transparency Project. More:
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Tweets: @katyperry, @chelseaclinton, @timinhonolulu, @jeffhorwitz, @ninaism, @vicenews, @jesselehrich, and @daithaigilbert
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft has made changing default browsers in Windows 11 unnecessarily complex compared to Windows 10, drawing criticism from Firefox and Opera — Competitors aren't happy — Microsoft's upcoming release of Windows 11 will make it even harder to switch default browsers and ignores browser defaults … | Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple says FaceTime's SharePlay feature, heavily promoted during WWDC, will not be released in iOS 15, arriving instead in a later update — Apple has made the decision to delay the launch of its new SharePlay feature in iOS 15. The new feature will be available in a later update to iOS 15 …
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TechCrunch, Thurrott, Pocketnow, Engadget, 9to5Mac, Neowin, Laptop Mag, iMore, The Mac Observer, Tom's Guide, iPhone in Canada Blog, OS X Daily, and iPhone Hacks
Tweets: @jamesthomson, @steipete, and @markgurman
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: several execs at Waymo, which saw a mass exodus of top talent this spring, felt frustrated about the sluggish pace of progress with its driverless tech — The world's most famous autonomous car shop has lost its CEO and is still getting stymied by traffic cones. What's taking so long?
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The Verge. Tweets: @davidzipper, @mhbergen, @mattrosoff, @bgurley, @daveleeft, @crtrud, @bradstone, @johnfraher, @mhbergen, and @asymco
| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
MobileCoin, a privacy-focused cryptocurrency that Signal is offering in the UK as a payment feature, raises $66M Series B at a $1.066B valuation — MobileCoin, a cryptocurrency business that counts founder Moxie Marlinspike of the encrypting messaging app Signal as its earliest technical advisor …
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CoinDesk, VentureBeat, and PR Newswire
| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
London-based Stacker, which offers no-code tools to build business apps, raises $20M Series A led by a16z, bringing its total funding to $23M — No code platforms have developed into a hot market, and Stacker, a London-based no-code platform is attempting to bring the concept to a new level.
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tech.eu, Andreessen Horowitz, and Stacker - Blog
| Jacob Silverman / New Republic: |
Profile of DDoSecrets, a collective formed in 2018 that has shared confidential documents from US law enforcement, Myanmar, Ukraine, Gab, and others — As Freddy Martinez tracked the latest impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump on Twitter, he saw a screencap of a CNN broadcast that struck him as odd.
Tweets: @newrepublic, @silvermanjacob, @natsecgeek, @alibreland, @silvermanjacob, @silvermanjacob, and @silvermanjacob
| Bloomberg: |
Binance says former US government cybercrime investigator Greg Monahan will lead global money laundering reporting — - Ex-IRS investigator Greg Monahan to join cryptocurrency firm — Company faces scrutiny including criminal probe and new rules — Binance has named Greg Monahan …
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The Block, Binance Blog, Cointelegraph, Gizmodo, Crypto Briefing, and Silicon Republic
| New York Times: |
Amazon has surpassed Walmart as the world's top retail seller outside China; FactSet says people spent $610B+ on Amazon in the 12 months ending in June — Proof that the online future has arrived: The biggest e-commerce company outside China has unseated the biggest brick-and-mortar seller.
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New York Times, KnowTechie, Bloomberg, Quartz, and Forbes
Tweets: @kyweise, @lanceulanoff, @stevelohr, @phkeane, @aparanjape, @nytimes, @shiraovide, and @puiwingtam
| Carrie Mihalcik / CNET: |
The Consumer Technology Association says attendees of CES 2022 will be required to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination — People attending CES 2022 in person in Las Vegas will be required to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination, the Consumer Technology Association announced on Tuesday.
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CES, PCMag, Phandroid, Las Vegas Review-Journal, The Verge, Android Central, MarketWatch, and Barron's Online
Tweets: @garyshapiro and @gregnibler
| Wall Street Journal: |
A look at the race between TuSimple, Plus, Embark Trucks, and Aurora Innovation to achieve Level 4 autonomy in trucks, after collectively raising ~$5.7B — Investors have rushed into startups that promise to have big rigs drive themselves, but a path to commercial markets remains a major challenge| Reuters: |
Baidu's Kunlun says it has begun mass producing second-generation AI chips built on a 7nm process, offering 2-3x the power of the first-gen chips from 2020 — BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese tech giant Baidu said on Wednesday it had begun mass-producing second-generation Kunlun artificial intelligence …
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CNBC, benzinga.com, and ZDNet
| Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE: |
Rapid Robotics, which is developing AI-powered industrial robots, raises $36.7M Series B led by Kleiner Perkins and Tiger Global — Kleiner Perkins and Tiger Global have led a $36.7 million funding round for Rapid Robotics Inc., a startup developing artificial intelligence-powered robots aimed at the industrial sector.
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TechCrunch, VentureBeat, and The Robot Report
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