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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, CNET, Ars Technica, Wired, The Verge, DataBreaches.net, Gizmodo, Telegraph, The Register, Symantec, Dark Reading, Forrester, The Hacker News, Engadget, ExtremeTech, The Daily Dot, ZDNet, Channel Futures, SecurityWeek, Reuters, BleepingComputer, Digital Trends, PCWorld, Forbes, Windows Central, Computerworld, SlashGear, Neowin, PC Gamer, and TechSpot
| 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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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Apple Card has a rotating security code that is protected by Touch ID or Face ID, helping better prevent credit card fraud — Apple's new credit card has a curious security feature that will make it much more difficult to carry out credit card fraud. — The aptly named Apple Card …
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| 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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Tweets: @pkafka, @benfoxrubin, @benthompson, @stevesi, @plante, @saschasegan, @stevesi, @genevievelohcna, @ivanthek, @richdemuro, @goldmansachs, @mastercardnews, @stshank, @gartenberg, @daveleebbc, @ow, @ajs, @saschasegan, @danlinden, @calbucci, and @macjordan
| 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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Tweets: @_inside and @davegershgorn
| 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, Washington Post, iMore, MacRumors, CNET, TidBITS, iLounge, The Mac Observer, Fortune, Neowin, Android Central, Variety, Polygon, SlashGear, MacDailyNews, TechSpot, Gamasutra, Thurrott, and The Next Web
Tweets: @blakeir, @ohmdee, @slasher, @jessecox, @gavinpurcell, @siracusa, @gadinbc, @dshankar, @geoffreyfowler, @martinsfp, @tamsinrm, @reneritchie, @nibellion, and @ijustine
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Apple will commission and fund games that will be exclusive to Apple Arcade, not even appearing as paid individual apps on the iOS App Store — When Apple announced that it was launching Apple Arcade as a gaming subscription today (without revealing a price), it took a deeper step …
| 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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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
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Tweets: @ohmdee, @robpegoraro, @thekenyeung, @mkbhd, @dallaslawrence, @dsilverman, @benthompson, @modestproposal1, @stroughtonsmith, and @ishaninath
| 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
| Sam Biddle / The Intercept: |
Pentagon memo: docs about Google's Project Maven are exempt from disclosure via FOIA inquiries because they constitute “critical infrastructure security” info — In September 2017, Aileen Black wrote an email to her colleagues at Google. Black, who led sales to the U.S. government …
Tweets: @samfbiddle, @samfbiddle, @samfbiddle, @openthegov, @franticgoat, @emilymanna, @samfbiddle, and @digiphile
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Google says YouTube has not stopped accepting pitches for scripted shows, confirms it's debuting new ad-supported original programming in the coming weeks — On the heels of Apple announcing paid, monthly subscription services for video, games, and news, YouTube says it is also doubling down original video content.| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
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Cord Cutters News, Engadget, Business Insider, IGN, Silicon Valley Business …, Reuters, KnowTechie, Cult of Mac, Thurrott, 9to5Google, Digital Trends, Tubefilter, Mashable, and Android Authority
Tweets: @patrickmoorhead, @mchax, @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.Sponsor Posts
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