Techmeme: Thursday's OCSP service-related issues highlight the fact that macOS sends a hash of every app that users run, along with the users' unencrypted IP, to Apple (Jeffrey Paul)

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November 13, 2020, 11:50 PM

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Jeffrey Paul:

Thursday's OCSP service-related issues highlight the fact that macOS sends a hash of every app that users run, along with the users' unencrypted IP, to Apple — It's here. It happened. Did you notice? — I'm speaking, of course, of the world that Richard Stallman predicted in 1997.

More: Decrypt, Apple Terminal, 9to5Mac, Slashdot, iPhone Hacks, and OSnews

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Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica:

Comprehensive macOS 11.0 Big Sur review: the end of OS X era — Yes, you read that right—Mac OS X (or macOS 10?) is no more. — The era of Mac OS X is over. Kind of. — For the first time in almost two decades, Apple has decided to bump up the version number of the Mac's operating system.

More: The Tech Chap, MacStories, 9to5Mac, Macworld, Rene Ritchie, AppleInsider, MacRumors, MacDailyNews, and Michael Tsai

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Ars Technica:

Many Mac users experienced app slowdowns during the launch of Big Sur, possibly due to issues with Apple's OCSP service being unable to validate certificates

More: AppleInsider, Forbes, 9to5Mac, TidBITS, Purism, iPhone in Canada Blog, iMore, Protocol, and MacRumors

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Andrew Griffin / The Independent:

Interviews with Apple's Greg Joswiak, Craig Federighi, and John Ternus on the development of M1, the future of Macs, buying version one hardware, and more

More: Apple Must, The Mac Observer, Ubergizmo, and AppleInsider

Tweets: @mantia, @stevemoser, @markgurman, @markgurman, @neilcybart, @neilcybart, @arnoldkim, @tapbot_paul, @stroughtonsmith, @dcominottim, @choco_bit, @federighios, @ganeumann, @jonmasters, @gruber, and @stevesi. Thanks:@_andrew_griffin

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:

Apple releases macOS 11 Big Sur with a redesigned interface, new Control Center, redesigned Notification Center with widgets, and more

More: The Verge, Gizmodo, International Business Times, TidBITS, AppleInsider, Tech.pinions, iMore, Gizchina, and MacRumors

Tweets: @viticci, @flyosity, @stroughtonsmith, @stroughtonsmith, @johnvoorhees, and @johnvoorhees

Lauren Feiner / CNBC:

DoorDash files for IPO, says it had revenue of $1.9B and loss of $149M in the first nine months of 2020, vs. revenue of $587M and loss of $533M a year ago — - DoorDash, the leading food delivery app in the U.S., filed its IPO prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday.

Tim Hardwick / MacRumors:

Kuo: Apple plans to launch an iPad with a mini-LED display and AirPods 3 with a design similar to AirPods Pro, both in the first half of 2021 — Apple intends to launch an iPad with a mini-LED display and AirPods 3 with a design signature similar to AirPods Pro in the first half of next year …

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Tweets: @appleinsider and @benlovejoy

Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch:

Sources: Uber has been in talks since October to sell its self-driving car unit, Advanced Technologies Group, to Aurora Innovation — Eighteen months ago, Uber's self-driving car unit, Uber Advanced Technologies Group, was valued at $7.25 billion following a $1 billion investment from Toyota, DENSO and Softbank's Vision Fund.

More: Business Insider and Reuters

Tweets: @chrismaddern, @brianroemmele, and @techau

Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat:

Facebook plans to use machine learning to sort its moderation queue prior to human review, prioritizing viral and potentially severe content first — Facebook says it's using AI to prioritize potentially problematic posts for human moderators to review as it works to more quickly remove content that violates its community guidelines.

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Abner Li / 9to5Google:

Google says it will end support for Expeditions, its education-focused VR app, on June 30, 2021, and fold most of the existing tours into its Arts & Culture app — Almost every tech company was invested in virtual reality five years ago and saw it as the future.

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Cameron Faulkner / The Verge:

Oculus Quest 2 update adds support for 90Hz games; Oculus Move, an app for tracking fitness metrics while playing, rolls out next week — Plus, the mobile app will be able to record the headset's screen in late November — Oculus has rolled out its first big update for the Quest 2 …

More: Oculus Blog, CNET, VRScout, Windows Central, UploadVR, SlashGear, and Road to VR

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Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet:

Microsoft says it detected three APTs, from N. Korea and Russia, that launched attacks on at least seven companies developing a COVID-19 vaccine or treatments — The three state-sponsored hacker groups (APTs) are Russia's Strontium (Fancy Bear) and North Korea's Zinc (Lazarus Group) and Cerium.

More: Microsoft on the Issues, TechCrunch, Axios, Security Affairs, GeekWire, Threatpost, HealthITSecurity, Forbes, BBC, New York Post, Neowin, cyberscoop.com, NBC News, Windows Central, Politico, and Reuters

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Jay Peters / The Verge:

DHS says US election was the most secure, with “no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised” — “The November 3rd election was the most secure in American history.” — The November 3rd election was the …

More: CISA, Bloomberg, New York Times, Cato Institute, FactCheck.org, and NPR

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Reuters:

Sources: top US cybersecurity official Christopher Krebs told associates he expects to be fired, after CISA refused to delete content debunking election misinfo

John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal:

Filing: CFIUS extends the deadline for ByteDance to divest its US TikTok operations by 15 days until Nov. 27 — U.S. panel sets Nov. 27 as new deadline for Chinese-owned app's divestiture — WASHINGTON—Federal officials have granted TikTok and its Chinese parent ByteDance Ltd. a 15 …

More: New York Times, NBC News, Vox, Reuters, Gizmodo, Nikkei Asia, South China Morning Post, Washington Post, The Hill, CNET, dot.LA, The Verge, Bloomberg, NPR, MacDailyNews, and CyberScoop

Tweets: @nbcnews and @wsj

Tiernan Ray / ZDNet:

AI services company C3.ai files for IPO, reports revenue of $157M in the fiscal year ending April 2020, up 71% YoY, and a loss of $69M — The software-as-a-service company that has been using masses of GPUs to run deep learning programs plans to list under the ticker “AI.”

More: U.S. Securities … and Business Insider

FinSMEs:

GuideCX, which provides project management software for onboarding new customers, raises $10M Series A led by Sorenson Ventures — GuideCX, a Salt Lake City, UT-based platform for onboarding new customers, raised $10m in Series A funding. — The round was led by Sorenson Ventures …

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