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| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
The Lapsus$ group releases ~37GB of alleged Microsoft source code, covering Bing, Cortana, and 250+ web or mobile projects; Microsoft says it is investigating — The Lapsus$ hacking group claims to have leaked the source code for Bing, Cortana, and other projects stolen from Microsoft's internal Azure DevOps server.
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| Raphael Satter / Reuters: |
Okta is investigating reports of a breach after Lapsus$ group posted alleged internal system screenshots; CEO says they could be related to a January incident — Authentication services provider Okta Inc (OKTA.O) is investigating a report of a digital breach, the company said on Tuesday …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Nvidia announces its next-gen Hopper GPU architecture, optimized for AI workloads, and the first graphics card to use it, Hopper H100, which has 80B transistors — After much speculation, Nvidia today at its March 2022 GTC event announced the Hopper GPU architecture, a line of graphics cards …
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Nvidia unveils the Grace CPU Superchip, an ARM-based discrete data center CPU with 144 high-performance cores and 1TB of secondary memory, coming in 2023 — Nvidia offered details on its Grace central processing unit (CPU) “Superchip” during CEO Jensen Huang's keynote speech at its virtual Nvidia GTC 2022 event.
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Nvidia says 150K+ creators have downloaded Omniverse, up from ~100K in January, and makes the real-time collaborative design tool available in the cloud — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said today that the Omniverse virtual simulation and its tools will be available in the cloud so that developers can use it on just about any computer.
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Report: Facebook approved eight paid ads submitted by rights group Global Witness containing hate speech and calls for violence against Myanmar's Rohingya — JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A new report has found that Facebook failed to detect blatant hate speech and calls to violence … | Catie Keck / The Verge: |
Roku announces OS 11, rolling out in the coming weeks with custom screensavers, a curated “what to watch” hub, and voice-enabled keyboards in more languages — Hello there, customizable Photo Streams — Roku device owners will soon have a whole host of new personalization features … | Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Apple announces new Podcasts Connect creator features, including follower counts, uploading MP3 files as subscriber-only audio, and custom subscription banners — Apple Podcasts is rolling out new features to incentivize podcasters to offer paid subscriptions to listeners on the app.| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Valve releases an alpha version of Steam for Chrome OS, available on select recent high-end Chromebooks, after Google announced the effort in January 2020 — It'll even support Proton — Google says that an alpha version of Steam is finally available for Chrome OS users with specific machines to test …
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| Brandy Betz / CoinDesk: |
Upshot, which provides NFT appraisals after launching in 2019 as an insurance-focused prediction tool, raises a $22M Series A2 led by Polychain Capital — The project wants to bridge the worlds of DeFi and NFT. — Upshot, a protocol that provides non-fungible token (NFT) appraisals …
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| Cade Metz / New York Times: |
CBRE: Toronto is now the third-largest tech hub in North America, behind New York and Silicon Valley, and its tech workforce is growing faster than any US hub — For all the excitement around places like Austin and Miami, the biggest tech expansion has been in Canada's largest city.| Chris Krebs / Financial Times: |
As Russia's economy deteriorates, the red lines keeping its cyber capabilities in check may evaporate and prompt Russian hackers to lash out against the West — As Russia's economy deteriorates, the red lines keeping its cyber capabilities in check may evaporate
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| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
A malicious cartoon rendering Android app that steals Facebook credentials was installed 100K+ times before it was removed from the Google Play Store — A malicious Android app that steals Facebook credentials has been installed over 100,000 times via the Google Play Store, with the app still available to download.
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| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Alibaba boosts its share buyback program from $15B to $25B through March 2024, sending its Hong Kong-listed stock up 11%+; Alibaba has so far repurchased ~$9.2B — - Alibaba said on Tuesday it will increase the size of its share buyback program from $15 billion to $25 billion, effective for a two-year period through March 2024.| Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: |
Alphabet plans to spin off quantum tech group Sandbox and its 55 employees, led by founder and CEO Jack Hidary; investors include former Google CEO Eric Schmidt — - Sandbox, Alphabet's quantum technology group, is spinning off into an independent company. — It will be led by CEO Jack Hidary.
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Instagram plans to let all US users, not just creators, tag Shopping products in the coming months, and says 1.6M users tag at least one brand per week — Instagram is expanding product tagging to everyone in the United States over the next few months, the company announced on Tuesday.Sponsor Posts
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