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| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
The Lapsus$ group releases ~37GB of alleged Microsoft source code, covering Bing, Cortana, and 250+ web or mobile projects; Microsoft says it is investigating — The Lapsus$ hacking group claims to have leaked the source code for Bing, Cortana, and other projects stolen from Microsoft's internal Azure DevOps server.
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Tweets: @artemr, @josephfcox, @weldpond, and @josephfcox
| Raphael Satter / Reuters: |
Okta is investigating reports of a breach after Lapsus$ group posted alleged internal system screenshots; CEO says they could be related to a January incident — Authentication services provider Okta Inc (OKTA.O) is investigating a report of a digital breach, the company said on Tuesday …
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Nvidia says Nvidia Omniverse has been downloaded 150K+ times, up from ~100K in January, and makes the design collaboration tools available in the cloud — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said today that the Omniverse virtual simulation and its tools will be available in the cloud so that developers can use it on just about any computer.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Nvidia announces its next-gen Hopper GPU architecture, optimized for AI workloads, and the first graphics card to use it, Hopper H100, which has 80B transistors — After much speculation, Nvidia today at its March 2022 GTC event announced the Hopper GPU architecture, a line of graphics cards …
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Nvidia unveils the Grace CPU Superchip, an Arm-based discrete data center CPU coming next year, with 144 high-performance cores and 1TB of secondary memory — Nvidia offered details on its Grace central processing unit (CPU) “Superchip” during CEO Jensen Huang's keynote speech at its virtual Nvidia GTC 2022 event.
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| Chris Krebs / Financial Times: |
As Russia's economy deteriorates, the red lines keeping its cyber capabilities in check may evaporate and prompt Russian hackers to lash out against the West — As Russia's economy deteriorates, the red lines keeping its cyber capabilities in check may evaporate
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The Record, VICE, SiliconANGLE, and ZDNet
Tweets: @c_c_krebs, @cisajen, @c_c_krebs, and @dave_maynor
| The White House: |
The White House again warns that Russia may expand cyberattacks against the US, citing “evolving intelligence that the Russian Government is exploring options” — This is a critical moment to accelerate our work to improve domestic cybersecurity and bolster our national resilience.
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| Associated Press: |
Report: Facebook approved eight paid ads submitted by rights group Global Witness containing hate speech and calls for violence against Myanmar's Rohingya — JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A new report has found that Facebook failed to detect blatant hate speech and calls to violence … | Catie Keck / The Verge: |
Roku announces OS 11, rolling out in the coming weeks with custom screensavers, a curated “what to watch” hub, and voice-enabled keyboards in more languages — Hello there, customizable Photo Streams — Roku device owners will soon have a whole host of new personalization features …
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| Cade Metz / New York Times: |
CBRE: Toronto is now the third-largest tech hub in North America, behind New York and Silicon Valley, and its tech workforce is growing faster than any US hub — For all the excitement around places like Austin and Miami, the biggest tech expansion has been in Canada's largest city.| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Valve releases an alpha version of Steam for Chrome OS, available on select high-end recent Chromebooks, after Google announced the effort in January 2020 — It'll even support Proton — Google says that an alpha version of Steam is finally available for Chrome OS users with specific machines to test …
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CNET, Android Authority, Gizmodo, XDA Developers, Android Police, Engadget, 9to5Google, 9to5Google, 9to5Google, TechCrunch, Android Central, YouTube, and Digital Trends. Tweets: @tomwarren
| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
A malicious cartoon rendering Android app that steals Facebook credentials was installed 100K+ times before it was removed from the Google Play Store — A malicious Android app that steals Facebook credentials has been installed over 100,000 times via the Google Play Store, with the app still available to download.
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Pradeo Blog, HotHardware.com News, ZDNet, TechRadar, BGR, TechSpot, Android Authority, KnowTechie, Laptop Mag, The Register, and Threatpost
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| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Alibaba boosts its share buyback program from $15B to $25B through March 2024, sending its Hong Kong-listed stock up 11%+; Alibaba has so far repurchased ~$9.2B — - Alibaba said on Tuesday it will increase the size of its share buyback program from $15 billion to $25 billion, effective for a two-year period through March 2024.| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Apple announces expanded creator tools for Podcasts Connect, including follower counts and the ability to upload mp3 files as subscriber-only audio — Apple Podcasts is rolling out new features to incentivize podcasters to offer paid subscriptions to listeners on the app.| Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: |
Alphabet plans to spin off its quantum tech group Sandbox, led by founder Jack Hidary; Sandbox has 55 employees — - Sandbox, Alphabet's quantum technology group, is spinning off into an independent company. — It will be led by CEO Jack Hidary. — Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai gestures during …
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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Data science collaboration service Hex raises a $52M Series B with investors including a16z, Snowflake, Databricks, Redpoint Ventures, and Amplify Partners — Hex has been moving briskly along its startup evolutionary path with its data science collaboration platform growing at a rapid pace …
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| Ashley Gold / Axios: |
The DOJ asks a judge in its Google antitrust case to sanction the company for allegedly training its staff to avoid legal discovery by copying counsel on emails — The Justice Department has asked the judge overseeing its antitrust case against Google to sanction the company … | Financial Times: |
Meta and Twitter have so far resisted calls by EU and US lawmakers to remove Russian embassy accounts that spread misinformation but have taken down some posts — Facebook resists calls from EU and US for bigger crackdown on Kremlin-directed misinformation
Tweets: @rasmus_kleis, @chassnews, @vjmallet, @javierespft, @betterknowyou, @javierespft, and @javierespft
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Instagram will let all US users tag Shopping products over the coming months, expanding the feature beyond creators — Instagram is expanding product tagging to everyone in the United States over the next few months, the company announced on Tuesday. Prior to the expansion … Sponsor Posts
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