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Kaspersky: ASUS pushed a malicious backdoor to ~500K Windows machines for at least five months last year, after its live software update tool was compromised — The Taiwan-based tech giant ASUS is believed to have pushed the malware to hundreds of thousands of customers through …
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Securelist, Kaspersky Lab Blog, TechCrunch, Wired, CNET, DataBreaches.net, Gizmodo, Telegraph, The Verge, The Register, Ars Technica, Engadget, Dark Reading, Digital Trends, Forrester, Symantec, TechSpot, ExtremeTech, The Daily Dot, The Hacker News, ZDNet, Channel Futures, SecurityWeek, Reuters, BleepingComputer, PCWorld, Forbes, Windows Central, Computerworld, SlashGear, Neowin, and PC Gamer
| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Apple launches Apple News+ in US and Canada, a subscription service with news pubs like WSJ and 300+ mags, for $9.99/month and free sharing with family accounts — The new subscription service is launching in the US and Canada today — Apple has just revealed its new Apple News Plus service …
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| Guilherme Rambo / 9to5Mac: |
Images hidden in iOS 12.2 offer a first look at Apple's new “Powerbeats Pro” wireless sport earbuds with an AirPods-like case — Last week, a report suggested that Apple is planning to release a “truly wireless” version of Beats Powerbeats headphones next month.
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The Verge, Engadget, CNET, AppleInsider, MacRumors, Neowin, Appleosophy, MSPoweruser, SlashGear, BGR, iPhone Hacks, iPhone in Canada Blog, and iDownloadBlog.com
Tweets: @davegershgorn and @_inside
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple releases iOS 12.2 with Apple News+, new Animoji, HomeKit and AirPlay 2 support for some smart TVs, a streamlined Wallet interface, Safari updates, more — Apple today released iOS 12.2, the second major update to the iOS 12 operating system that first launched in September 2018. iOS 12.2 comes …
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Macworld, Ars Technica, The Verge, CNET, Gotta Be Mobile, and iDownloadBlog.com. Tweets: @kifleswing
| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Apple unveils Apple Card, a Mastercard credit card with 3% cashback on Apple purchases, 2% on Apple Pay transactions; rewards deposited daily to a user's Wallet — Today, Apple announced... a credit card. The Apple Card is designed for the iPhone and will work with the Wallet app.
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Apple, The Verge, Engadget, CNET, Axios, Macworld, Gizmodo, VentureBeat, Yahoo Finance, Wired, Ars Technica, MacRumors, ZDNet, iMore, Vox, Global Hub, Thurrott, Silicon Valley Business …, The Next Web, MacRumors, Forbes, Neowin, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Independent, and Lifehacker
Tweets: @pkafka, @benfoxrubin, @benthompson, @stevesi, @plante, @saschasegan, @stevesi, @genevievelohcna, @ivanthek, @richdemuro, @goldmansachs, @mastercardnews, @stshank, @gartenberg, @ow, @ajs, @saschasegan, @danlinden, @calbucci, and @macjordan
| William Gallagher / AppleInsider: |
Apple announces Apple TV+, its new ad-free streaming service with original content from Spielberg, JJ Abrams, and others, coming to 100+ countries in the fall — At Apple's March special event, Apple has revealed its much-awaited Apple TV Channels streaming video service to the world …
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Apple, Quartz, Bloomberg, Macworld, CNET, The Next Web, and Variety
Tweets: @ohmdee, @obrien, @willoremus, @chris_ciaccia, @reneritchie, @joannastern, @bzamayo, @panzer, @chris_ciaccia, @mkbhd, @pkafka, @mattrosoff, @ow, @johnwilson, @ballmatthew, and @pkafka
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
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Engadget, iMore, Macworld, AppleInsider, AdExchanger, The Next Web, Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, Silicon Valley Business …, TechCrunch, Softpedia News, Ars Technica, and CNET
| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Apple announces an ad-free game subscription service, Apple Arcade, bundling 100+ paid offline-playable iPhone and iPad games, coming this fall, pricing TBD — Apple wants to tilt the balance from ad-laden freemium gaming titles towards upfront gaming experiences that can be downloaded across platforms on iOS and macOS.
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Apple, iMore, Washington Post, CNET, iLounge, MacRumors, KnowTechie, GameSpot, Thurrott, Gamasutra, The Next Web, IGN, The Mac Observer, Fortune, Neowin, Android Central, Variety, and Polygon
Tweets: @blakeir, @ohmdee, @slasher, @jessecox, @gavinpurcell, @siracusa, @gadinbc, @dshankar, @reneritchie, @geoffreyfowler, @martinsfp, @tamsinrm, @nibellion, and @ijustine
| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Telegram debuts anonymous sending, which strips forwarded messages of author's info; now lets users delete messages from both sender's and recipient's devices — To further increase privacy, Telegram announced today that they have added a feature that allows users to delete any message … | Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab: |
The history of Medium, told through a timeline of tweets, articles, and Ev Williams' own statements about the site — Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me seven times, well...how much money do you have, again? — Less than a year after Medium abruptly canceled …
Tweets: @bnox, @mathewi, @laurahazardowen, @raju, @mattbors, @caseyjohnston, @majelbstoat, @tomcritchlow, @litherland, @niemanlab, and @laurahazardowen
| Steve Dent / Engadget: |
Report: Nintendo could launch two new Switch consoles this year, a high-end model aimed at serious gamers and a cheaper model with a focus on portability — Nintendo might launch two new Switches as early as this summer, reports the WSJ. As previously rumored, one would likely be a smaller …
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Tweets: @mochi_wsj, @serkantoto, @mochi_wsj, and @kobunheat
| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Sources: YouTube has canceled plans for high-end dramas and comedies as it pulls back from earlier plans for a paid service with Hollywood-quality shows — - Google video unit is said to cancel plans for high-end series — Executive Susanne Daniels is said to be looking to move on
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Business Insider, Engadget, CNET, IGN, Reuters, Silicon Valley Business …, KnowTechie, Cult of Mac, Thurrott, 9to5Google, Digital Trends, Tubefilter, Mashable, Android Authority, The Verge, Fortune, TechSpot, Variety, and Android Police
Tweets: @patrickmoorhead, @mchax, @lucas_shaw, @digitalshields, @lucas_shaw, @tvgrimreaper, and @lucas_shaw
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Google launches Realtime Content Insights, a tool to help journalists identify trending news stories that could attract more readers — It's been just over a year since Google announced its $300 million News Initiative, which included funding for independent journalism efforts along with products developed by Google.| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
Palmer Luckey says the redesigned Oculus Rift S headset won't properly fit around 30% of users' eyes, up from the original Rift's ~10% of users — Since leaving Oculus in 2017, consumer virtual reality pioneer Palmer Luckey has occasionally used his personal blog to discuss minor and not-so-minor issues at the company he founded.
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The Blog of Palmer Luckey, TechSpot, VRFocus, and Road to VR
Tweets: @iball, @markandster, @adariostrange, @robaeprice, @palmerluckey, and @joshuaogundu
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