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Personally identifiable data of 533M Facebook users has been posted online; Facebook says the data comes from a leak that was reported on and fixed in 2019 — - The personal data of over 500 million Facebook users has been posted online in a low-level hacking forum.
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| John Cook / GeekWire: |
Amazon apologizes for tweeting “you don't really believe the peeing in bottles thing, do you?” and says the tweet didn't contemplate its large driver population — Amazon issued a rare apology Friday night, stepping back from comments made on Twitter last week in a response …
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| Danielle Abril / Fortune: |
ACLU discloses that it shares personally identifiable info of its website users and donors with platforms like Facebook, Google, and others, for ad targeting — The American Civil Liberties Union revealed that it shares data with a company it regularly criticizes for privacy blunders: Facebook.
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| NRC: |
A look at a data center in the Netherlands run by Ecatel, which has faced little action despite being investigated for years for hosting malware and child porn — Hosting In the village of Wormer, there is a data centre run by two men from The Hague. For years they have been under investigation … | Anil Dash / The Atlantic: |
The invention of NFTs was meant to give artists more control over their work, but that dream didn't come true and only led to commercially exploitable hype — The only thing we'd wanted to do was ensure that artists could make some money and have control over their work.
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Engadget. Tweets: @anildash, @frankpasquale, @rhizome, @drivenbyboredom, @theblakemorgan, @lukemulks, @glynmoody, @mdudas, @hkanji, and @counternotions
| Megan Rose Dickey / Protocol: |
A deep look at the experiences of Asian Americans in tech, including going unheard, getting passed over for promotions, and stereotyped as passive and diligent — Going unheard. Getting passed over for promotions. Stereotyped as “passive” and “diligent.”
Tweets: @aaaj_la, @kristina_wong, @aasian, @phillyinquirer, @yingyi_ma, @moorehn, @protocol, @protocol, @meganrosedickey, @caro, @yosub, @protocol, @hari, @issielapowsky, @mikechenwriter, and @owenthomas
| Tatiana Cirisano / Billboard: |
Profile of Bandcamp, profitable since 2012 without ads or major investors, which has paid out $196.3M to artists since March 2020, often foregoing its fees — Without advertisers or major investors, Bandcamp turned a profit helping musicians at all levels make a living.| Wall Street Journal: |
How Big Tech firms rely on the interplay of collaboration and competition between each other in order to protect their market position — How the tech giants are both cooperating while competing in hardware, software and technology services — Once upon a time, Amazon. com Inc. only sold books … | Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
Researcher says GitHub Actions has been actively abused to plant and run cryptominers on GitHub's server infrastructure since November; GitHub is investigating — Code-hosting service GitHub is actively investigating a series of attacks against its cloud infrastructure that allowed cybercriminals … | Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Apple complies with Russia's demand to feature Russian apps on iOS, with an easily dismissible prompt at setup, containing a list of some local App Store apps — Shortcuts to install Yandex Browser and Mail.ru's email app are now appearing — iPhones purchased in Russia now show a list … | Dan Taylor / Tech.eu: |
Amsterdam-based Otrium, an online fashion marketplace helping retailers and brands sell their unsold inventory, raises $120M Series C and eyes entry into the US — Amsterdam-based Otrium has raised $120 million in a fresh round of funding co-led by BOND and Index Ventures, and saw follow-on investment from Eight Roads Ventures.
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Otrium. More:
TechCrunch, PitchBook, The Business of Fashion, Financial Times, and EU-Startups
| Sean Lyngaas / CyberScoop: |
A look at ransomware incidents targeting the manufacturing industry, which according to Trend Micro was the most targeted sector in Q3 2020, involving 150 firms — Halvor Molland was asleep on a brisk night in Oslo, Norway's capital, two years ago when his phone rang around 3 a.m.| Brady Wang / Counterpoint Research: |
Analysis: average smartphone NAND flash capacity crossed 100GB for the first time in 2020; avg. capacity in iPhones was 140.9GB in Q4 '20 vs. 95.7GB for Android — NAND flash capacity has emerged as one of the most important considerations for consumers while purchasing a new smartphone.
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Softpedia News and Android Authority
Tweets: @passtubul, @charlie_ledezma, @sub8u, and @counterpointtr
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Code in Spotify's latest app release reveals new details of its Car Thing project, including a color screen and various mounts for attaching to a car dashboard — The new renders match previous photos submitted to the FCC — Spotify's much-anticipated in-car gadget … Sponsor Posts
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