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The Wikileaks-style group DDoSecrets claims that Parler-like site Gab has been breached and is now set to share 70GB of passwords, private posts, and more — The transparency group DDoSecrets says it will make the 70GB of passwords, private posts, and more available to researchers, journalists, and social scientists.
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The Register, Crypto Briefing, HackRead, and Gab News
Tweets: @christopherjm, @nickmartin, @ddosecret, @robertcaruso, and @a_greenberg
| Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg: |
Pres. Biden says there should be “no coercion, no threats, no anti-union propaganda” by Amazon amid its warehouse workers' vote on whether to form a union in AL — - ‘The choice to join a union is up to the workers,’ Biden said — Mail-in voting for 6,000 workers began in mid-February
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CNBC, Tech Xplore, Financial Times, The Hill, and Washington Post
Tweets: @potus, @jeneps, @roncoleman, @nelsonlichtens1, @sensherrodbrown, @hamiltonnolan, @billmckibben, @jeneps, @josheidelson, @jeneps, @timothynoah1, and @jstein_wapo
| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
Verizon support advised its users in a now-deleted tweet to “turn on LTE”, which would turn off 5G, to preserve battery life — This, despite the carrier's relentless promotion of its 5G network — Despite its relentless promotion of 5G phones and the fact that it spent …
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The Desk, phonearena.com, Gizmodo, MUO, Mashable, Slashdot, and Huawei
Tweets: @vzwsupport, @whiskeypete8, @tomwarren, @reckless, @matthewkeyslive, @mashable, @tony_sutton, @karlbode, @jayblackisfunny, and @tmobile
| Jason Aten / Inc.com: |
A look at Clubhouse's privacy flaws: room audio is “temporarily” saved for trust and safety purposes, user accounts or personal data can't be deleted, and more — Clubhouse was sort of perfectly made for the pandemic. People aren't going out, and they're desperately searching for social connections and entertainment.
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WIRED UK, iPhone in Canada Blog, Wired, and Japan Today
| Bob Davis / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at Biden's efforts to partner with allies to boost key tech sectors and counter China, going beyond Trump-era measures like restricting sales of SMIC — Combined efforts in semiconductors, artificial intelligence seen as way to thwart Beijing's ambitions
Tweets: @tanvi_madan, @bobdavis187, @justinhendrix, @baldingsworld, and @jchengwsj
| Mark Serrels / CNET: |
Escort sex workers, from countries where their profession is legal, say they are being banned from sites like OnlyFans that are bound by the US FOSTA-SESTA law — Editors' note: This story contains sexually explicit language and descriptions not suited for younger readers.
Tweets: @njnp_dc
| Patrick McGee / Financial Times: |
Skydio raises $171M led by a16z at a valuation of $1B+, the first significant fundraising by a US-based drone maker after China's DJI was blacklisted by the US — Placement of DJI on trade blacklist has opened new opportunities for US manufacturers — California-based Skydio has become …
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TechCrunch and SiliconANGLE
Tweets: @patrickmcgee_, @benedictevans, @starfire2258, @richardbistrong, @terronk, and @alex
| Mario Gabriele / The Generalist: |
How Reddit, at ~$6B arguably one of the most undervalued companies in world, can unlock the next step-change in valuation and protect against niche competitors — One of social media's oldest companies is also its most undervalued. … — “You ever stop to realize how fragile all this is?”
Tweets: @zoescaman, @thebrowser, @mariodgabriele, @mariodgabriele, @p_j_boyle, @mariodgabriele, and @ricefield
| Antonio Garcia-Martinez / The Pull Request: |
Q&A with Lambda School's Austen Allred on how the company helps bridge the class divide for students, like setting up bank accounts for those who don't have one — Austen Allred and the class escalator — Austen Allred is the CEO and founder of Lambda School, a unique coding school …
Tweets: @antoniogm, @kaylahroxout, @koehrsen_will, @antoniogm, @sarthakgh, @elidourado, @tommycollison, @pkafka, @celinehalioua, @robkhenderson, @paulg, and @dangrover
| Soraya Permatasari / Bloomberg: |
Grab is setting up a drive-through vaccination service across Indonesia with the government, plans to vaccinate 2,500 drivers and 5K people/week in Bali center — - Grab's Bali center is capable of giving 5,000 shots a week — Government targets to inoculate 70 million people by August
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PYMNTS.com and Tech in Asia
| Tom Krazit / Protocol: |
An oral history of #hugops and the growing community of operations engineers who offer support for their peers before and during major cloud service outages — When something breaks on the internet, the people who know how to fix it just want to give their colleagues a hug — even if they're a rival.
Tweets: @rseroter, @lisaphillips, @protocol, @ejgreenberg, @tomkrazit, @timgrieve, @protocol, and @fastly
| Will Oremus / OneZero : |
Twitter Super Follows and Clubhouse portend a shift from algorithmic, scale-focused, low-attention feeds to low-volume, high-attention relationships with users — Products like Clubhouse and Twitter's “Super Follows” offer a new kind of engagement — Open Facebook, Instagram, TikTok …
Tweets: @ggreenwald, @cnyari, @willoremus, @parismarx, @ozm, @joshchapdelaine, @chrismessina, and @caseynewton
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