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| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
The DOJ says the FBI performed a court-approved operation to “copy and remove malicious web shells” on hundreds of hacked Exchange servers across the US — The FBI obtained court approval to access vulnerable computers across the United States. — Joseph Cox
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Tweets: @kimzetter, @bkopernikus, @thegrugq, @jason_koebler, @josephfcox, @viss, @josephfcox, and @jpwarren
| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
In its April batch of patches, Microsoft fixes 108 flaws, including 19 “critical” flaws, five 0-days, and four NSA-discovered critical Exchange flaws — Today is Microsoft's April 2021 Patch Tuesday, and with it comes five zero-day vulnerabilities and more Critical Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities.
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Sophos News, Microsoft Tech Community, Securelist, CRN, ZDNet, Department of Homeland …, CyberScoop, Threatpost, WinBuzzer, SlashGear, Kaspersky official blog, and HealthITSecurity
Tweets: @nsacyber, @kaspersky, @dnvolz, @uscert_gov, and @c_c_krebs
| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
Nasdaq sets Coinbase's reference price at $250 per share for its direct listing, which would value the cryptocurrency exchange at $65.3B — - Coinbase is set to become the first major crypto business to go public in the U.S. and, should it reach a $100 billion market cap …
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Protocol, CoinDesk, Newcomer, NASDAQtrader.com, Wall Street Journal, International Business Times, Decrypt, Financial Times, FinLedger, CNBC, Crunchbase News, San Francisco Business Journal, CNBC, Insider, theblockcrypto.com, Forkast, CNBC, MarketWatch, New York Times, Bloomberg, Cointelegraph, Wall Street Journal, coinspeaker.com, New York Times, Slashdot, Insider, VICE, New York Post, Wired, CNBC, Bitcoin News, Axios, Cryptonews, Fast Company, Finbold, Blockonomi, Axios, and Bloomberg
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Kuo: 2022 iPhone lineup will feature two 6.1" and two 6.7" devices, no mini-sized 5.4"; high end models will have 48MP camera and 8K video capability — The upcoming 2022 iPhone lineup will feature two 6.1-inch devices and two 6.7-inch devices, with no mini-sized 5.4-inch iPhone …
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AppleInsider, Gizmodo, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, Macworld, CNET, iMore, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, 9to5Mac, MyFixGuide.com, Micky, iMore, BGR, iPhone Hacks, GSMArena.com, TechRadar, Pocket-lint, and BGR India. Tweets: @alexhern
| Sami Fathi / MacRumors: |
Kuo: 2023 iPhones will feature an under-display Face ID system alongside a new periscope telephoto lens — Apple plans to include an under-display Face ID system starting with its 2023 iPhones, removing the need to house the facial recognition system in a notch, according to well-respected analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.
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9to5Mac, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, iClarified, AppleInsider, iPhone Hacks, Wccftech, Cult of Mac, MacRumors, and Wccftech
| Washington Post: |
Sources: Australian company Azimuth unlocked San Bernardino shooter's iPhone for FBI, using a flaw in Mozilla's open source code used for lightning accessories — Azimuth unlocked the iPhone at the center of an epic legal battle between the FBI and Apple. Now, Apple is suing the company co-founded …
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AppleInsider, Engadget, 9to5Mac, VICE, and Philip Elmer‑DeWitt
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Ireland's Data Protection Commission says it is investigating Facebook's data leak that recently resulted in personal info of 533M accounts being posted online — Facebook's lead data supervisor in the European Union has opened an investigation into whether the tech giant violated data protection rules vis …
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Data Protection Commission, The Hill, Engadget, Insider, CNET, Bloomberg, CNBC, Android Central, and Politico
Tweets: @carolecadwalla, @nicktoumpelis, @zackwhittaker, @adrianweckler, @dpcireland, @jason_kint, and @gcluley
| Mishaal Rahman / XDA Developers: |
Leaked Android 12 build gives a look at upcoming features, including quick settings, volume panel UI, location permissions, and clipboard access notification — It's been nearly 2 months since Google released the first Android 12 developer preview, and we're expecting the third developer preview to drop at any moment.
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Android Authority, iMore, Tom's Guide, Android Police, BGR India, Android Central, TechRadar, MacRumors, SlashGear, and PhoneArena
Tweets: @gautam_thapar, @caseynewton, @mishaalrahman, and @mishaalrahman
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Parallels releases Desktop 16.5 with native Apple Silicon support, letting users run Windows 10 ARM Insider Preview on M1 Macs, and touts improved performance — M1 Mac users now have a new way to virtualize Windows on their machines. Parallels has officially released Parallels Desktop 16.5 today …
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ZDNet, MacRumors, Parallels, Parallels Blog, The Verge, Thurrott, Forbes, Engadget, Windows Central, AppleInsider, OnMSFT.com, Apple Must, and iMore
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google announces Assistant updates, including helping find misplaced iPhones, even those in silent mode, and improvements to online food ordering checkout — Google today announced a handful of new Assistant features, while making others more widely available.
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The Keyword, Gizmodo, XDA Developers, CNET, Android Authority, Engadget, Android Police, The Verge, Digital Trends, BGR, Droid Life, Pocket-lint, and SlashGear
| Jake Offenhartz / Gothamist: |
Since October, the NYPD has deployed a quadruped robot called Spot to a handful of crime scenes and hostage situations, raising fears of unwanted surveillance — The NYPD's robot dog is once again stirring privacy concerns and cyberpunk prophesies of some New Yorkers, after the four-legged machine …
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Futurism. Tweets: @1800spoiled, @clarknova1, @gothamist, @itsradishtime, @kallos, @akilahobviously, @jaredtruesqueer, and @foxcahn
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Instagram says it is running a global test to let users turn off Like counts on their own or others' posts; Facebook says it will also run a similar test — Instagram today will begin a new test around hiding Like counts on users' posts, following its experiments in this area which first began in 2019.
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The Verge, Associated Press, USA Today, 9to5Mac, The Economic Times, Engadget, CNN, Observer, Bloomberg, Insider, and CNET
Tweets: @mosseri, @mosseri, @mosseri, and @caseynewton
| Karen Hao / MIT Technology Review: |
A glossary to help decode the language used by Google and Facebook to reassure the public about AI responsibility without inviting deeper scrutiny — 50-ish words you can use to show that you care without incriminating yourself. — AI researchers often say good machine learning is really more art than science.| Shara Tibken / CNET: |
Samsung announces its next Galaxy Unpacked event will be held on April 28, as rumors point to Galaxy Book laptops, teasing “the most powerful Galaxy is coming” — Samsung is gearing up for its third Unpacked event of 2021. On Tuesday, the company sent invitations for a virtual event scheduled for 7 a.m. PT on April 28.
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The Verge, Samsung US Newsroom, KnowTechie, Windows Central, iPhone in Canada Blog, Silicon Republic, and HotHardware.com News
Tweets: @backlon and @caseynewton
| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Google's decision to fire two of its top AI ethics researchers has triggered waves of protest from academics, as some say its research can't be trusted any more — Google has worked for years to position itself as a responsible steward of AI. Its research lab hires respected academics … | William Gallagher / AppleInsider: |
University of Washington researchers partner with Apple to study how Apple Watch may be used to predict respiratory illnesses such as COVID-19 or flu — Researchers at the University of Washington have partnered with Apple to study how Apple Watch may be used to predict illnesses such as coronavirus, or flu.| Kate Conger / New York Times: |
The debate over retiring engineering terms like “slave” and “blacklist” has led to nearly a year of back and forth discussion at Internet Engineering Task Force — Nearly a year after the Internet Engineering Task Force took up a plan to replace words that could be considered racist, the debate is still raging.
Tweets: @meghanemorris, @bdeskin, @mnot, and @haggertyvilla
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Amazon unveils second-gen Echo Buds with a 20% smaller design and enhanced noise cancellation for $120 or $140 with a wireless charging case — The second-gen Echo Buds are 20 percent smaller and priced very aggressively — Amazon is today introducing its second-generation pair of Echo Buds.
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Tweets: @chriswelch, @dcseifert, @backlon, and @backlon
| Jeremy Kahn / Fortune: |
Scale AI, which helps companies manage data for AI applications, raises $325M at a $7.3B valuation, up from a $3.5B valuation in December 2020 — Subscribe to Eye on A.I. for expert weekly analysis on the intersection of artificial intelligence and industry, delivered free to your inbox.| New York Times: |
Hundreds of executives and companies, including Alphabet, Apple, and Amazon, sign a statement opposing “any discriminatory legislation” around voting — Amazon, Google, G.M. and Starbucks were among those joining the biggest show of solidarity by businesses over legislation in numerous states.
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GeekWire, The Guardian, Hollywood Reporter, and Axios
Tweets: @dgelles, @counternotions, @jrubinblogger, @dgelles, @dgelles, @payrovi2, @dolcicakes, @enjoyceinglife, @enjoyceinglife, @billkristol, @dgelles, @dgelles, @davidcorndc, and @paulg
| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Sunday, which helps restaurants improve their checkout flow, raises $24M seed at a $140M post-money valuation led by Coatue — Meet Sunday, a new startup that is going to attract some headlines as it has raised a $24 million seed round at a $140 million post-money valuation.| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Sony unveils 6.5" Xperia 1 III and 6.1" Xperia 5 III flagships with variable telephoto lenses, Snapdragon 888, three 12MP rear cameras, and 4,500mAH battery — Another camera-focused iteration of Sony's flagship Android phone — Sony is announcing two new phones today, the Xperia 1 III and the Xperia 5 III.
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Mynewsdesk, Android Authority, HotHardware.com News, TechSpot, XDA Developers, Xperia Blog, Android Police, Tom's Guide, Trusted Reviews, Phandroid, Forbes, CNET, 9to5Google, techadvisor.co.uk, Pocketnow, Pocket-lint, Android Central, Xperia Blog, SlashGear, Mashable, techadvisor.co.uk, TechRadar, Android Headlines, phonearena.com, MSPoweruser, Wccftech, and techadvisor.co.uk
Tweets: @backlon, @sondesix, @backlon, @zuby_tech, @backlon, @whathifi, and @dcseifert
| Charlie Warzel / Galaxy Brain: |
Twitter's Trending Topics, designed to surface significant news, invariably leads to context collapse, where disparate audiences are lecturing past each other — Adventures in context collapse. — 1 hr ago … We Need To Get Rid Of Twitter Trending Topics
Tweets: @ezraklein, @ezraklein, @ezraklein, @ambernoelle, @alexbrucesmith, @trevinwax, @ezraklein, @karenmcgrane, and @rottenindenmark
| Paul Resnikoff / Digital Music News: |
Spotify has now removed 42 episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, offering no explanations for the removals — Spotify is continuing to remove episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience as part of their $100 million exclusive relationship, with more nixed shows discovered this week.| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources detail how Amazon uses its power across markets to compel vendors in one market to accept its terms in others, including threatening punitive action — A heavyweight in retail, cloud computing, digital advertising, streaming and smart speakers, the tech giant compels vendors in one market to engage with it in others
Tweets: @jbflint, @danamattioli, and @danamattioli
| Andrew Hutchinson / Social Media Today: |
Report: in pitch decks submitted to US advertisers about new ad formats, TikTok says it has 732M MAUs globally, 100M+ in the US, 59% of its users are under 24 — TikTok is planning to launch a range of new eCommerce focused ad offerings as it seeks to maximize its revenue potential … Sponsor Posts
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