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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
A look at Midnight Blizzard, also known as Cozy Bear, a Russia-linked hacking group that has allegedly recently hacked the email systems of Microsoft and HPE — Hacks by Kremlin-backed group continue to hit hard. — Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) said Wednesday that Kremlin-backed actors hacked … | Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Microsoft details the techniques that the Russian hacking group Midnight Blizzard used to breach the email accounts of its executives and other organizations — Microsoft confirmed that the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service hacking group, which hacked into its executives' email accounts in November 2023 …
More: Microsoft Security Blog, TechCrunch, The Verge, The Record, CSO, PaymentSecurity.io, and TechRadar
LinkedIn: Jeremy Dallman, Dan Taylor, and Ann Johnson
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
A look at the browser-related iOS changes in the EU, including letting users set their default out of the 12 most popular browsers in their country's App Store — The raft of iOS changes Apple dropped in the European Union yesterday, as it prepares for enforcement of the bloc's Digital Markets Act …
More: 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, Polygon, TipRanks Financial, Game Developer, WinBuzzer, Wccftech, Android Authority, Gizchina, Mobile World Live, PCMag, GSMArena.com, Lifewire, and 9to5Mac. Mastodon: @LukaszOlejnik@mastodon.social
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple's €0.50 Core Technology Fee in the EU would lead to a free or freemium app with 2M annual “first installs” paying $540K+ a year even if no money is earned — App developers in the European Union who choose to opt in to Apple's new business terms must pay an €0.50 …
More: MSPoweruser and Android Police
Mastodon: @nadim@mastodon.symbolic … and @stroughtonsmith …
X: @dhh, @carnage4life, @avichal, @morganwbender, @markopolojarvi, @mehedih_, and @vadimyuryev
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Chris Kerr / Game Developer: |
More: Engadget, MSPoweruser, and Pocket Gamer.biz
| The Verge: |
More: Apple, The Verge, Apple Developer, 9to5Mac, Computerworld, games fray, Supercharged, mjtsai.com, Metro, Axios, TechRadar, MacRumors, The Mirror, Business Today, Gizchina, Laptop Mag, Benzinga, Times of Malta, Six Colors, Anadolu Ajansı …, Appleosophy, nextpit, The Information, PhoneArena, Financial Times, The Messenger, XDA Developers, Thurrott, Independent.ie, Engadget, 9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, and 9to5Mac
| Financial Times: |
Sources: xAI is in talks to raise up to $6B from family offices in Hong Kong, Middle Eastern funds, and Japanese and South Korean investors at a $20B valuation — Tesla chief targets $20bn valuation in bid to take on OpenAI — Elon Musk's xAI is in talks to raise up to $6bn …
More: The Information, Business Today, TechStartups, Crypto Daily, MSPoweruser, and Reuters. Forums: r/singularity
| Thomas Germain / Gizmodo: |
Mysk: iOS apps like Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, X, Instagram, and WhatsApp are skirting Apple's privacy rules to collect user data through push notifications — Security researchers say apps including Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, Twitter, and countless other use notifications as a loophole to skirt privacy protections.
More: #Privacy on YouTube, Mashable, Reclaim The Net, BleepingComputer, 9to5Mac, diginomica, MacRumors, ITBusiness.ca, New York Post, 9to5Mac, MobileSyrup, Tom's Guide, The Mac Observer, and BGR
Mastodon: @ole@chaos.social and @garry@mstdn.social
Forums: Hacker News, r/gadgets, r/technology, r/privacy, and MacRumors Forums
| Tripp Mickle / New York Times: |
Some Beeper users lost access to iMessage on their Mac and were told by Apple access was revoked due to irregular activity; Beeper: ~3.5K users reported outages — Beeper Mini customers were using their Mac computers to connect to iPhone messaging on their Android phones.| Tom Dotan / Wall Street Journal: |
Source: Salesforce plans to lay off ~700 employees, or ~1% of its staff, after cutting 10% of its workforce in January 2023; the company has 1,000 open jobs — The layoffs, which will affect around 1% of its workforce, follow a 10% reduction last year — Salesforce is laying off around … | Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Q&A with Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters on not launching an app on the Apple Vision Pro, the WWE deal, content strategy, ads, competition, gaming, bundles, and more — I am pleased to welcome Netflix Co-CEO Greg Peters for a Stratechery Interview. Peters was named the co-CEO of Netflix …
More: AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Road to VR, Gizmodo, Gizchina, Dexerto, iMore, PhoneArena, Benzinga, and TechRadar
X: @markgurman, @edzitron, @darewecan, @andrewjclare, @snazzylabs, @parkerortolani, @markgurman, @markgurman, and @markgurman. Forums: Slashdot
| Bloomberg: |
Omdia: Nintendo plans to introduce a new Switch gaming console in 2024 with an 8" LCD screen; the current gen seven-year-old Switch has sold over 132M units — - The next console from Kyoto company to have 8-inch LCD — Seven-year-old Switch console has sold over 132 million units
More: Kotaku, Tom's Hardware, The Messenger, Tech Advisor, Business Post, The Verge, HotHardware, Android Authority, Laptop Mag, MobileSyrup, SlashGear, TechPowerUp, Wccftech, GameSpot, Destructoid, IGN, Gameranx, Spyglass, The Verge, GameRevolution, 9to5Toys, TechSpot, Wccftech, Game Rant, Nintendo Life, GamesRadar, Polygon, Metro, Dexerto, Video Games Chronicle, My Nintendo News, GoNintendo, T3, SlashGear, and Cryptopolitan
Mastodon: @topintech@flipboard.social. X: @6d6f636869. Forums: r/GamingLeaksAndRumours, r/nintendo, r/NintendoSwitch, r/Games, and Slashdot
| Charlie Savage / New York Times: |
An NSA letter to Senator Ron Wyden reveals the agency buys logs related to Americans' domestic internet activities from commercial data brokers without warrants — The disclosure comes amid congressional scrutiny and a Federal Trade Commission crackdown on commercial data brokers.
More: CNN, AppleInsider, PCMag, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden …, Engadget, TechCrunch, TechSpot, 9to5Mac, Metacurity, Neowin, TechRadar, Nextgov/FCW, The Record, Reuters, The Messenger, and The Verge
Forums: Hacker News, r/privacy, and Slashdot
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
A review of Honor's Magic V2 foldable, launching in the UK and Europe for £1,700 and €2,000: thin and durable but a dated OS and processor, and software issues — It's thin and light enough to feel like a regular smartphone when folded. That's impressive. I just wish Honor's software were as svelte.| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
A profile of Israel-linked Predatory Sparrow, whose cyberattacks on Iranian civilian targets are some of the most aggressive offensive hacking incidents ever — From repeatedly crippling thousands of gas stations to setting a steel mill on fire, Predatory Sparrow's offensive hacking …
Mastodon: @simontsui@infosec.exchange and @agreenberg@infosec.exchange
X: @a_greenberg, @soheilsec, and @cecalli_helper
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Lightspeed Venture Partners seeks to sell stakes in 10 startups, worth ~$1B, to a private equity-style continuation fund, to let investors cash out — Venture capital firm plans to roll holdings into continuation fund as sector seeks ways to return cash to investors| Sheila Chiang / CNBC: |
Baidu partners with Samsung to integrate its Ernie chatbot into Galaxy S24 smartphones in China, allowing users to translate calls in real time and more — - Chinese tech giant Baidu will partner Samsung to integrate its Ernie chatbot capabilities into Galaxy S24 smartphones.
More: SiliconANGLE, Engadget, The Economic Times, 9to5Google, Cybernews.com, The Verge, SamMobile, TechNode, Gizmochina, GSMArena.com, and Sammy Fans
| Turner Wright / Cointelegraph: |
A federal judge sentences OneCoin lawyer Mark Scott to 10 years in prison for his role in laundering millions of dollars through the crypto scheme — A court convicted Mark Scott of two felony counts related to bank fraud and money laundering in November 2019. — Total views Total shares
More: Bloomberg Law, Reuters, Crypto Daily, CCN.com, crypto.news, Cybernews.com, Cryptopolitan, Cryptonews, Bitcoin Insider, and CoinGape. Forums: r/ethtrader
| Katharine Gemmell / Bloomberg: |
The UK CMA launches the first stage of its review of Vodafone and Three UK's merger, and sets March 22, 2024 as a deadline to decide for an in-depth probe — - The CMA sets a March 22 deadline for an in-depth probe — Deal will create largest UK mobile operator by revenue| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Epic Games plans to launch its Epic Games Store, which will include its popular game Fortnite, on iOS in the EU in 2024 — Epic Games plans to bring its Epic Games Store to the iPhone and the iPad under Apple's new alternative app store policy in the European Union, Epic Games announced today.
More: 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, PC Gamer, GSMArena.com, Fortune, iThinkDifferent, Pocket Gamer.biz, Digital Trends, Proactive, TechRadar, Gameranx, iMore, Gizchina, T3, Video Games Chronicle, Thurrott, PhoneArena, GameSpot, The Information, Esports.gg, Shacknews, GamesRadar, Hypebeast, Kotaku, Eurogamer.net, Wccftech, IGN, and The Verge
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. X: @fortnitegame, @epicnewsroom, @epicgames, @amir, @carnage4life, @tailosivetech, @vadimyuryev, and @tomwarren
Forums: Hacker News and MacRumors Forums
| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
More: The Messenger, TNW, iClarified, Coalition for App Fairness, HEY, Silicon Republic, Business Insider, The Verge, Android Headlines, GamesIndustry.biz, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Supercharged, Digital Content Next, and AppleInsider
X: @timsweeneyepic, @nikitabier, @timsweeneyepic, @dhh, @jason_kint, @dhh, @ashleygullen, @lutherlowe, @eric_seufert, @eric_seufert, @nikitabier, @florian4gamers, @ericmigi, @dhh, @dhh, @eldsjal, @timsweeneyepic, @timsweeneyepic, @appfairness, @timsweeneyepic, @brucel, @t3dotgg, @t3dotgg, @firt, @eric_seufert, @magnushambleton, @carnage4life, @dhh, @mgsiegler, @lewis_crofts, @megangra, @games_fray, and @lutherlowe
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