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Starlink's near total control of satellite internet is raising global alarms; 4,500+ Starlink satellites are in orbit, accounting for 50%+ of active satellites — The tech billionaire has become the dominant power in satellite internet technology. The ways he is wielding that influence are raising global alarms.
More: CircleID, CNET, The Verge, and Insider
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
A deep dive into Apple's plans for the new iPhones and Watches coming this fall, including iPhone 15 Pro with 1.5mm bezels, a step towards a borderless iPhone — Apple is just weeks away from introducing the iPhone 15 and next-generation watches. The new lineup will mark another stepping stone toward …
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| Tate Ryan-Mosley / MIT Technology Review: |
A look at C2PA, a standard that relies on cryptography to encode provenance information of media content, started by Adobe, Arm, Intel, Microsoft, and Truepic — An internet protocol called C2PA adds a “nutrition label” to images, video, and audio. — The White House wants big AI companies …
Threads: @carnage4life and @carnage4life
| Kashmir Hill / New York Times: |
A profile of Mike Masnick, who founded Techdirt in 1998, considered by lawmakers, CEOs, and activists as an essential guide for what's happening in tech — Mike Masnick, who founded Techdirt in 1998, writes for an influential audience of lawmakers, C.E.O.s and activists.
More: The Verge and Pixel Envy
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| CoinDesk: |
Curve, a stablecoin exchange on Ethereum, says bugs in Vyper, a programming language used by parts of Curve, are being exploited; ~$100M of crypto is at risk — More than $100M-worth of cryptocurrency could be at risk due to a bug impacting Curve, a stablecoin exchange at the center of Ethereum's DeFi ecosystem.
More: Decrypt, Bloomberg, Cointelegraph, and The Block
| Allison Parshall / Quanta Magazine: |
An interview with Yael Tauman Kalai, a Microsoft cryptographer who won the 2022 ACM Prize in Computing, on cryptography, “post-quantum” security, and more — Yael Tauman Kalai's breakthroughs secure the digital world, from cloud computing to our quantum future.
Mastodon: @nancybaym@aoir.social. Twitter: @boazbaraktcs, @andrewf11526574, @quantamagazine, @quantamagazine, and @quantamagazine
| New York Times: |
Sources: the Biden admin is looking for malware it believes China hid inside critical infrastructure, mainly aimed to disrupt the military if a conflict emerges — American intelligence officials believe the malware could give China the power to disrupt or slow American deployments or resupply operations …
More: Cryptopolitan, ChinaTechNews.com, and New York Post
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LinkedIn: Roman Quaedvlieg and Robert Metzger
Forums: r/LessCredibleDefence, r/China, r/AirForce, and r/politics
| Mark Townsend / The Guardian: |
Source: UK Home Office officials aim to lobby the ICO for expanded use of facial recognition in shops, in contrast to the EU's ban of the tech in public spaces — Covert government strategy to install electronic surveillance in shops raises issues around bias and data …
More: Reclaim The Net. Mastodon: @bobjmsn@mastodon.scot. Twitter: @edwinhayward. LinkedIn: Stewart Room. Forums: r/unitedkingdom, r/ukpolitics, and r/Labour
| Jack Shenker / The Guardian: |
An in-depth look at a January strike at Amazon's BHX4 Coventry warehouse, a carefully planned and legal effort, the likes of which Amazon UK had never faced — When staff in Coventry downed tools, they kickstarted a David v Goliath battle against one of the most powerful companies on Earth.
Mastodon: @ScepticalScot1@mastodon.scot. Twitter: @hackneylad, @nataliesedacca, @garethforest, @postfilm, @taj_ali1, @hackneylad, @hackneylad, and @hackneylad. Forums: r/unitedkingdom
| Washington Post: |
Adam Mosseri and current and former employees recount how Threads came to life with a small team focused on shipping a bare-bones app on a breakneck schedule — A company in crisis went back to basics to deliver a viral hit. But can Adam Mosseri's bare-bones Twitter clone reinvigorate an aging tech giant?
More: Cryptopolitan, Livemint, Ars Technica, The Verge, Tubefilter, and New York Post
Threads: @postsbyparker, @parkerortolani, @goldengateblond, @derektraini, @michelle.ntalami, @carnage4life, @taylorlorenz, @0xjessel, and @vishvanands
Twitter: @jason_kint, @palewire, @willoremus, and @cat_zakrzewski
| Rebecca Elliott / Wall Street Journal: |
Twitter/X reinstates Kanye West's account, suspended in December 2022, and says he won't be eligible to monetize it, and ads won't appear next to his posts — West won't be eligible to monetize his account, and ads won't appear next to his posts — X, the social-media platform formerly known …
More: Washington Post, BBC, PCMag, Newser, Deadline, Variety, Livemint, Techlusive, Fortune, NBC News, UPROXX, ET Canada, The Advertiser, Metro.co.uk, Mediaite, The Hill, and Reuters
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| Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide: |
Study: just 2% of Spotify “super listeners” drive over 18% of monthly streams on average for an artist, with the number rising to 30% for the biggest artists — MBW's Stat Of The Week is a series in which we highlight a data point that deserves the attention of the global music industry.Sponsor Posts
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