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Livestream of Apple's “Peek Performance” event — Watch the special Apple Event.March 8, 2022, at 10 a.m. PST.Set a reminder and we'll send you an update before the show.
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Tweets: @lapcatsoftware and @martinsfp
| The Verge: |
Live blog of Apple's “Peek Performance” event, where an updated iPhone SE, iPad Air, and new Macs are expected — The time has come for Apple's first product announcement event of 2022. Though the company has been characteristically tight-lipped about what we can expect to see at this event …
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TechCrunch, CNET, The Economic Times, AnandTech, CNET, Appleosophy, HeraldScotland, TechCrunch, iPhone in Canada Blog, Wccftech, Tom's Guide, and Ars Technica
Tweets: @benbajarin, @every_daydad, @supersaf, @mkbhd, @macworld, @bengeskin, @snazzyq, @mws, @segalink, and @reneritchie
| Monica Chin / The Verge: |
Apple debuts Mac Studio with Mac mini-like design, M1 Max or Ultra, front- and back-facing ports, up to 128GB unified memory, and support for four 6K displays — It's a Mac Mini but way more powerful — Apple has announced the Mac Studio, a desktop system that looks like the Mac Mini …
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Gizmodo, AppleInsider, TechCrunch, and iMore
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| Brian Steinberg / Variety: |
Apple announces Friday Night Baseball on Apple TV+, comprising two exclusive Major League Baseball games every week — Apple has snared rights to a Friday-night package of Major League Baseball games, extending Silicon Valley's reach into the world of sports.
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Apple, MacRumors, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, The Verge, AppleInsider, XDA Developers, CNET, 9to5Mac, Ars Technica, Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter, Pocket-lint, The Apple Post, and Cord Cutters News
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| Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: |
Apple details M1 Ultra, replacing the M1 Max as the top M1 chip, with 114B transistors, 128GB unified memory, 16 performance cores, and four efficiency cores — Apple rocked the computing world with its M1 chip, the first “Apple Silicon” hardware that turned the MacBook Air, Mac Mini and other computers into portable powerhouses.
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple announces an updated iPhone SE with 5G, a six-core A15, the classic Touch ID home button design, a 12MP camera, and more, shipping on March 18 for $429 — Apple has officially announced it's all-new iPhone SE with an A15 Bionic chip. The design is the same as the previous-generation iPhone SE.
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Tweets: @tapbot_paul, @snazzyq, @joannastern, @cinebenjamin, @stufflistings, @mkbhd, @supersaf, and @benbajarin
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Apple announces an updated iPad Air with M1, 5G, a 12MP ultra-wide front camera, and more, starting at $599 in 64GB or 256GB versions, available on March 18 — A year and a half after its last model — Apple has announced an update to the iPad Air a year and a half after it gave the tablet an iPad Pro-style redesign.
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| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
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| Mandiant: |
Google plans to acquire cybersecurity company Mandiant for around $5.4B, or $23 per share, with the deal closing later in 2022; Mandiant will join Google Cloud — Acquisition to bring Google speed and scale to Mandiant's unparalleled intelligence and expertise - at a time when security has never been more important
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Linux developers fix Dirty Pipe, a high-severity vulnerability in the kernel that let hackers carry out a host of malicious actions, like installing backdoors — Dirty Pipe has the potential to smudge people using Linux and Linux derivitives. — Linux has yet another high-severity vulnerability …
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The Dirty Pipe Vulnerability, Aqua Blog, Security Affairs, Threatpost, HackRead, Tom's Hardware, Cyber Kendra, Tech Times, and The Hacker News
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon launches Amp, an app that lets people host live “radio shows”, take calls, and play tracks licensed to Amazon Music; the app is not yet widely available — Amazon's Clubhouse competitor has arrived. The retail giant on Tuesday launched a new mobile app called Amp …
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| Lauren Kaori Gurley / VICE: |
Four Amazon delivery service partners in the US describe racking up debts of tens of thousands of dollars after the company abruptly terminated their contracts — Across the country, Amazon's delivery service partners, the small businesses, that exclusively deliver packages for Amazon …
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Insider. Tweets: @laurenkgurley, @laurenkgurley, @teletelo, @matthewstoller, @laurenkgurley, and @laurawags
| Joseph Menn / Washington Post: |
Google: Russia's Fancy Bear launched phishing campaigns against Ukrainians before the invasion and Belarus' Ghostwriter targeted Ukrainian and Polish militaries — Belarus conducted widespread phishing attacks against members of the Polish military as well as Ukrainian officials …
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The Keyword, Proofpoint, Forbes, BleepingComputer, Reuters, The Kyiv Independent, and The Verge
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| Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
Mandiant says Chinese actor APT41 breached at least six US state networks between May 2021 and February 2022, using vulnerabilities including Log4Shell — The prolific China APT41 hacking group, known for carrying out espionage in parallel with financially motivated operations …
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Mandiant, Wired, ZDNet, Bloomberg, The Verge, Wall Street Journal, and SecurityWeek
Tweets: @mandiant, @ericgeller, and @a_greenberg
| Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: |
Cloudflare, CrowdStrike, and Ping Identity form the Critical Infrastructure Defense Project, offering their services to US hospitals and utilities for free — Cloudflare Inc., CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. and Ping Identity Corp. today are teaming up to form the Critical Infrastructure Defense Project …
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Critical Infrastructure …, The Cloudflare Blog, TechRepublic, and Silicon Republic
Tweets: @jeffnolan and @corintxt
| Ben Brody / Protocol: |
Public Citizen: the number of US-based crypto lobbyists rose to 320 in 2021, up from 115 in 2018, as spending on lobbying rose from $2.2M in 2018 to $9M in 2021 — Crypto lobbying may be K Street's hottest new business, according to a new report from Public Citizen.| Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post: |
Twitter has hired Michael Sayman, formerly of Roblox, to work on experimental features as the company seeks to compete with TikTok for younger users — When Joss Robinson, 18, a freshman at the University of Connecticut, wants to catch up on what his friends are talking about, he often turns to Twitter.
Tweets: @taylorlorenz, @daveweigel, @scottnover, @kerrymflynn, @thedextriarchy, @taylorlorenz, and @taylorlorenz
| Berber Jin / The Information: |
Source: Tiger Global partners have committed $1B of their own cash, at $300M+ every year, to invest in early-stage tech funds — Tiger Global Management, the world's most active startup investor last year, is trying a new way to get the inside track. — Partners at the firm … | Khari Johnson / Wired: |
Three Black men discuss the impact of wrongful arrests made by police departments in New Jersey and Michigan using facial recognition tech — Robert Williams, Michael Oliver, and Nijeer Parks were misidentified by facial recognition software. The impact cast a long shadow. … APPLICATION
Tweets: @markhurst, @kharijohnson, @kinger_dc, @jovialjoy, @kharijohnson, @upfromthecracks, @cendemtech, and @cendemtech
| Tony Lystra / GeekWire: |
Seattle-based Swiftly, which provides software for brick-and-mortar grocery retailers, raises a $100M Series B led by Wormhole Capital — Swiftly, a Seattle startup that provides software to brick-and-mortar grocery retailers such as Family Dollar and The Save Mart Companies, raised $100 million in a Series B funding round.Sponsor Posts
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Passkeys Week for a passwordless future: Learn how Zoho is embracing passkeys — Passkeys are the modern-day alternative authentication method that was introduced to replace traditional passwords for enhanced security and convenience.
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