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| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
DeFi service Qubit Finance says a hacker stole ~$80M in Binance coins on January 27 and offers them a bug bounty in exchange for returning the cryptocurrency — A threat actor has used an exploit to steal approximately $80 million from Qubit Finance, a decentralized finance (DeFi) …
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CertiK, The Verge, Qubit Finance, Decrypt, Bloomberg, Bitcoin News, CoinQuora, Blockworks, ZDNet, CryptoSlate, and Crypto Briefing
Tweets: @qubitfin, @qubitfin, @shahed, @mintroyale, @campuscodi, @counternotions, @campuscodi, @adam_k_levin, @timmaughan, @timmaughan, @fbajak, @campuscodi, @sinistarr_313, @qubitfin, @rdrv3, and @peckshield
| New York Times: |
An investigation into the rise of NSO's Pegasus shows its widespread use by the CIA, UAE, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, and others; the FBI bought but didn't use it — A Times investigation reveals how Israel reaped diplomatic gains around the world from NSO's Pegasus spyware — a tool America itself purchased but is now trying to ban.
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BleepingComputer, New York Times, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Gizmodo, AppleInsider, Fortune, The Record, 9to5Mac, and iPhone Hacks
Tweets: @markmazzettinyt, @evacide, @evacide, @evacide, @herbertnyt, @merryboffin, @johnhhaskell, @davidmanonfire, @eutyro, @rmac18, @jsrailton, @evacide, @markmazzettinyt, @markmazzettinyt, @markmazzettinyt, @nicoleperlroth, @naderalihashemi, @eamonjavers, @sheikh_saaliq, @skirchy, @ronenbergman, @metacurity, @sonaliranade, @rondeibert, @rmac18, @mkvenu1, @rondeibert, @shaunwalker7, @evanhill, @seth_hettena, @nicoleperlroth, @arvindgunasekar, @markmazzettinyt, @abuaardvark, and @globalfreemedia
| Corinne Reichert / CNET: |
Counterpoint and IDC: smartphone shipments grew about 5% to 1.35B+ units in 2021; Samsung took the top spot with 270M+ units, followed by Apple with 235M+ — Companies shipped 1.35 billion smartphones in 2021, a 5.7% increase over the previous year, market researcher IDC said Thursday.
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Counterpoint Research, IDC, NDTV Gadgets 360, Cult of Mac, Droid Life, ZDNet, Android Central, The Indian Express, TechCrunch, and Slashdot
Tweets: @hsinghwalia, @benbajarin, @neiltwitz, @idc, @chawlaarushi, @ryanreith, @nabilapopal, @neiltwitz, @neiltwitz, @neiltwitz, and @neiltwitz
| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Internal messages detail Spotify's lax health content policy; the company told staff multiple Joe Rogan podcast episodes “didn't meet the threshold for removal” — Leaked messages reveal the company has reviewed every Rogan episode and none ‘meet the threshold for removal’
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TheStreet. Tweets: @erratarob, @dylanreeve, @themadstone, @reckless, @anildash, @reckless, @mattdpearce, @mmasnick, @kimzetter, and @reckless
| Alexandra S. Levine / Politico: |
AI-driven suicide chat service Crisis Text Line shares anonymized data with for-profit spinoff Loris.ai, which uses it to market its customer service software — Crisis Text Line is one of the world's most prominent mental health support lines, a tech-driven nonprofit that uses big data …
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Protocol. Tweets: @ali_lev, @andy_sellars, @profcarroll, @extantcmw, @pt, @feraljokes, @hypervisible, @ericgeller, @hypervisible, @danielleiat, @jason_kint, @bkingdc, @abhinemani, @aahaworth, @amp6, @kensweet, @kimzetter, @shannonvallor, and @jjvincent
| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple adds unlisted app distribution to the App Store, letting developers publish an app that can only be installed via a direct link and not found via search — Apple has deployed an interesting new App Store feature called ‘unlisted app distribution’. This means a developer can now publish …
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Ubergizmo, Ars Technica, AppleInsider, iMore, MacRumors, and Global Nerdy
Tweets: @mikeymikey, @rsgnl, @keleftheriou, and @markgurman
| Chris Stead / Finder: |
Q&A with two Ubisoft executives, one of whom says NFTs are a paradigm shift in gaming and gamers “don't get what a digital secondary market can bring to them” — We talk to Nicolas Pouard, VP at Ubisoft's Strategic Innovations Lab, about the launch of Ubisoft Quartz and the Digits NFTs.
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Eurogamer.net, IGN, GameRevolution, Windows Central, Hit Points, SlashGear, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, PCMag, Destructoid, Polygon, Bitcoinist.com, Cointelegraph, GameSpot, PC Gamer, Engadget, Game Rant, Forbes, Gameranx, Dexerto, MSPoweruser, thegamer.com, purexbox.com, and Stevivor
Tweets: @kylebrussell, @quinnypig, @vgc_news, @ejwoodgates, @longearedfox, @tomfromtheweb, @scully1888, @bdsams, and @skillupyt
| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
After a customer backlash, Google says legacy free G Suite accounts will be able to migrate their data to free, consumer accounts before the July 2022 shutdown — Last week, Google essentially told free G Suite users “pay up or lose your account.” — There is hope for users of Google's “legacy” free G Suite accounts.
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Tweets: @ronamadeo, @leggett, @laurenweinstein, and @ow
| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple deprecates Python 2.7 in macOS 12.3 and points developers to alternative languages like Python 3; Python ended support for version 2 on January 1, 2020 — Apple will no longer bundle Python 2.7 with macOS 12.3, according to developer release notes for the upcoming software update.
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Apple, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, and iMore
Tweets: @mikeymikey, @film_girl, @thomasareed, @film_girl, @dabeaz, @obra, @eevee, @dnsmichi, @drdrang, and @fuzzychef
| James Hale / Tubefilter: |
YouTuber Hank Green compares TikTok's creator fund, which pays creators less as more creators join, unfavorably to YouTube, which pays 55% of ad revenue — In 2020, TikTok established a creator fund that distributes $200 million annually to creators based in the U.S.
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Platformer. Tweets: @martinsfp, @kris10parisi, @mvzelenks, @shiraovide, @carnage4life, and @caseynewton
| Wall Street Journal: |
Crypto-rich buyers are shifting the luxury home market, as real-estate builders jump through hoops to accept crypto and sellers advertise accepting it — People who have made fortunes investing in digital currency, or who helped build the vast crypto industry, are the new darlings of the high-end residential property market
Tweets: @lmatsakis
| Jonathan Browning / Bloomberg: |
The UK approves extraditing Autonomy founder Mike Lynch to the US to face criminal fraud charges, hours after he lost a court battle with HP; Lynch can appeal — The U.K. government approved the extradition of Mike Lynch to the U.S. to face criminal fraud charges, hours after a London judge ruled …
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BBC, CNBC, and The Register
| Jonathan Browning / Bloomberg: |
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The Register, ComputerWeekly.com, The Irish Times, Financial Times, and Beyond Search
Tweets: @fletcherr, @bloomberguk, @counternotions, @jamestitcomb, @byrobdavies, @jamestitcomb, and @jamestitcomb
| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Will Cathcart says WhatsApp has no plans to support RCS, as Meta launches its first marketing push for WhatsApp in the US, touting its privacy compared to SMS — The Meta-owned messaging app wants to be as popular in the US as it is everywhere else — will a big marketing push work?
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The Verge, Bloomberg, YouTube, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, PhoneArena, iPhone in Canada Blog, Protocol, Android Police, Adweek, and Adweek
Tweets: @alexeheath, @mabrownjr, @mabrownjr, @yangcliu, @verge, @kurtwagner8, @pranavdixit, @gartenberg, @saranbyte, @rsgnl, and @shiraovide
| Jordan Pearson / VICE: |
OpenSea says 80%+ of NFTs minted for free on its service are plagiarized works, fake collections, and spam, but reverses its decision to limit free NFT creation — After reversing course on a limit to the amount of free NFTs a user can create, OpenSea said the decision was due to the amount of fraud and spam.
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Slashdot, CryptoSlate, Engadget, banklesstimes.com, and PetaPixel
Tweets: @carnage4life, @carnage4life, @counternotions, and @chrismessina
| Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents: |
Microsoft, the DOJ, and 35 US states led by Utah filed amicus briefs with the Ninth Circuit appeals court largely supporting Epic Games in its Apple case — [Update] The Biden Administration is also supporting Epic. [/Update] — Apple just reported record numbers.
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Bloomberg, Reuters, Ars Technica, CNET, The Verge, 9to5Mac, FOSS Patents, iThinkDifferent, MobileSyrup, KnowTechie, Input, Financial Times, AppleInsider, The Mac Observer, Thurrott, and PhoneArena
Tweets: @timsweeneyepic, @macton93, @timsweeneyepic, @marctech1996, @chancehmiller, @timsweeneyepic, @timsweeneyepic, @elkmovie, @markrein, @neilcybart, @om, @neilcybart, @carnage4life, @keleftheriou, and @keleftheriou. Thanks:@fosspatents
| Eva Szalay / Financial Times: |
Digital asset trading group Genesis starts accepting “blue-chip” NFTs as collateral for loans and derivatives deals — Decision to use the tokens to back crypto deals highlights boom in digital collectibles market — Digital asset trading group Genesis has started accepting non-fungible tokens …
Tweets: @gladstein and @seamusblackley
| Russ Mitchell / Los Angeles Times: |
Waymo sues the California DMV to hide its safety details, such as descriptions of driverless car crashes, and says the data should be designated a trade secret — Waymo, the driverless car company operating an autonomous taxi fleet in San Francisco, is suing the California Department of Motor Vehicles.| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
iOS 15.4 beta adds Face ID use with a mask for iPhone 12 and newer, without needing Apple Watch authentication, by recognizing “unique features around the eye” — The iOS 15.4 beta that was introduced today added a new feature designed to allow Face ID to be used with a mask and without an Apple Watch for authentication.
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The Verge, 9to5Mac, Laptop Mag, The Verge, iMore, SlashGear, Liliputing, Gizchina, Engadget, Redmond Pie, Livemint, Appleosophy, iDownloadBlog.com, GameSpot, and XDA Developers
Tweets: @brandonbutch, @viticci, @sdw, @viticci, @bzamayo, @nikostratis, @brandonbutch, @reneritchie, and @markgurman
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
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Macworld, 9to5Mac, Gizmodo, YouTube, iMore, Digital Trends, MacDailyNews, ZDNet, Redmond Pie, AppleInsider, Apple Must, and KnowTechie
Tweets: @viticci, @samifathi_, @zollotech, @dcseifert, @apple_tomorrow, @vadimyuryev, @tailosivetech, @jeffnolan, @iamevltwin, @cocoaphony, @gregotto, @gizmodo, @film_girl, and @scriptingosx
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