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| Raphael Satter / Reuters: |
Okta says the “maximum potential impact” of its security breach was to 366 customers, out of 15K+, whose data was accessed by contractor Sitel; Okta's down 10%+ — Hundreds of customers of digital authentication firm Okta Inc have possibly been affected by a security breach caused …
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| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Okta confirms an attacker accessed an engineer's laptop in January consistent with posted screenshots by Lapsus$, as customers struggle to grasp their exposure — Authentication firm Okta's statements on the Lapsus$ breach fails to answer key questions. — The digital extortion group Lapsus$ threw …
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Okta Inc., The Cloudflare Blog, VentureBeat, BBC, Washington Post, Forbes, CyberScoop, Forbes, Wall Street Journal, and DataBreaches.net
Tweets: @toddmckinnon, @eastdakota, @jschauma, @kimzetter, @troyhunt, @bleepincomputer, @riskybusiness, @suhail, @malwarejake, @quinnypig, @wbm312, @evacide, @gazthejourno, and @toddmckinnon
| The Verge: |
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Krebs on Security, Microsoft Security Blog, USA Today, Security Affairs, Video Games Chronicle, The Hill, Tech Monitor, GamesIndustry.biz, MobileSyrup, TechSpot, TheGamer, Petri IT Knowledgebase, TechCrunch, Thurrott, XDA Developers, and Windows Central
Tweets: @msftsecurity, @raj_samani, @shoghicp, @nixcraft, and @aiddya
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google Play debuts a pilot to let select partners, starting with Spotify, offer a third-party billing option globally; Google's commission cut was not disclosed — Amid increasing global regulations over app stores and their commission structures, Google today announced the launch …
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Spotify, Android Developers Blog, Bloomberg Law, Variety, New York Times, Engadget, The Verge, Reuters, Android Central, and CNBC
Tweets: @eldsjal, @econ_marshall, @pkafka, @richlightshed, @davidmarcus, @ballmatthew, @spotifynews, @mgsiegler, @caseynewton, and @stevekovach
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
YouTube makes nearly 4,000 TV episodes available for free with ads in the US and plans to add up to 100 shows and movies each week — The platform already offers free movies with ads — YouTube is the latest company to offer free shows TV with ads. The video giant says you'll now be able …
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YouTube Official Blog, Input, Agence France-Presse, Android Police, HotHardware.com News, TechRadar, Social Media Today, TechCrunch, Variety, Variety, PCMag, PhoneArena, Digital Trends, Thurrott, Android Central, AFTVnews, TechSpot, Protocol, The Streamable, Gizmodo, MUO, Tom's Guide, and Deadline
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Instagram rolls out chronological Following and Favorites feeds to all iOS and Android users globally, neither of which can be set as the default — Instagram today is making a chronological feed available to all users, as earlier promised, alongside another new feed filtering option …
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Instagram, Meta, CNET, BuzzFeed News, Bloomberg, Android Police, TechRadar, Insider, Android Headlines, Wall Street Journal, Livemint, iDownloadBlog.com, Protocol, Gizmodo, The Verge, 9to5Mac, CNN, and Engadget
| The Block: |
Apple acquired UK banking startup Credit Kudos, which offers APIs for lenders, sources say earlier this week; a source says the deal is valued at around $150M — Quick Take — Credit Kudos becomes the latest European open banking startup to be snapped up by a US acquirer.
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Carl Pei teases Nothing's Phone (1), a smartphone running Android with a Nothing OS skin, launching this summer — Nothing will launch its debut smartphone this summer, its CEO and former OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei announced today during a live stream. It'll be called the Phone 1 …
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Wired, Gizmodo, Silicon Republic, Nothing US, Liliputing, Gizchina, Forbes, PetaPixel, ZDNet, Neowin, Android Authority, XDA Developers, Silicon Canals, Tom's Guide, Pricebaba.com Daily, Engadget, Tech Advisor, PCMag, 9to5Google, Digital Trends, SlashGear, 9to5Google, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @nothing, @alexdobie, @rdrv3, @dcseifert, @tfadell, @dcseifert, @tomwarren, @tsuvik, and @ishanagarwal24
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Sony releases PS4 and PS5 updates; the PS5 will get Variable Refresh Rate “in the coming months”, syncing a display's refresh rate to the PS5's graphical output — Sony says VRR will be available in the coming months on the PS5 — Sony is planning to release a Variable Refresh Rate …
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PlayStation.Blog, Global, Stevivor, BGR, TechSpot, TheGamer, Tom's Guide, Dot Esports, Laptop Mag, Neowin, Twinfinite, SlashGear, Digital Trends, VentureBeat, iPhone in Canada Blog, Pocketnow, t3.com, Pocket-lint, and Video Games Chronicle
Tweets: @playstation, @tomwarren, and @fubarduck
| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Snap acquires Paris-based neurotech startup NextMind and discontinues its $400 headband that let users control aspects of a computer; NextMind had raised ~$4.5M — NextMind made a headband for controlling virtual objects with your thoughts — Meta, Apple, and a slew of other tech companies …
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Snap Newsroom, Gizmodo, The Information, Road to VR, PetaPixel, Engadget, Silicon Republic, Input, dot.LA, 9to5Mac, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @thedextriarchy, @alexeheath, @epro, and @ldignan
| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with Robinhood Chief Product Officer Aparna Chennapragada on the company's new Cash Card, managing her team, regulation, payment for order flow, and more — Aparna Chennapragada is the chief product officer at Robinhood, the popular stock and crypto trading app.
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Under the Hood, The Verge, Reuters, and Coinspeaker
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple adds driver's licenses and state IDs to Wallet in Arizona, the first state with the feature; Colorado, Hawaii, Mississippi, Ohio, and Puerto Rico are next — Apple today announced that Arizona has become the first U.S. state to support driver's licenses and state IDs in the Wallet app on the iPhone and Apple Watch.
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Apple, 9to5Mac, PYMNTS.com, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, Protocol, ZDNet, USA Today, Engadget, azdot.gov, Tom's Guide, TechEBlog, Neowin, Macworld, The Mac Observer, StateScoop, XDA Developers, Digital Trends, TechCrunch, iOS Hacker, iThinkDifferent, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, iDownloadBlog.com, Apple Must, The Verge, CNBC, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @macrumors, @markgurman, @petrillic, @tylerg39, @rsgnl, and @joannastern
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
DSCC report: Apple is planning a MacBook Air with a ~15-inch display and an entry-level iPad with a display bigger than the current 10.2-inch for 2023 — Apple has new form factors in store for the MacBook Air and entry-level iPad for 2033, according to a new report from Display Supply Chain Consultants.
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MacRumors, AppleInsider, iDownloadBlog.com, Cult of Mac, and iPhone in Canada Blog
| Amber Burton / Protocol: |
Microsoft expands its cybersecurity skills initiative beyond the US to 23 more countries, including Australia and India, to help fill 3.5M jobs globally by 2025 — Microsoft announced on Wednesday that it will expand its cybersecurity skilling initiative to 23 additional countries.
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The Official Microsoft Blog, GeekWire, and Windows Central
Tweets: @katebehncken and @msftissues
| David Anders / CNET: |
The FBI says internet crime victims in the US reported losing over $6.9B in 2021, up from $4.2B in 2020, and it received 847,376 complaints in 2021, up 7% YoY — The FBI releases its annual Internet Crime Report, detailing the most prevalent cybercrimes in 2021.
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Tweets: @brettcallow, @fbiwfo, and @ericgeller
| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Google plans to remove the Movies & TV section from the Play Store in May 2022, and directs users to buy, rent, or watch movies and shows from the Google TV app — The Play Store used to sell tons of content, but now it offers only apps and books. — Google Play Movies & TV—and the Google Play brand in general—seems doomed.
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9to5Google, The Verge, Techdirt, Slashdot, MobileSyrup, Android Police, TechCrunch, The Streamable, Digital Trends, Pocketnow, Engadget, Neowin, and Phandroid. Tweets: @killedbygoogle
| Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: in Q2 2022, Spotify plans to rename its live social audio app from Greenroom to Spotify Live and integrate the content into its main app — Spotify Technology SA is renaming its live conversation product and integrating the content into its main streaming app to make the service …
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Android Police, The Verge, MobileSyrup, SlashGear, Digital Trends, Android Headlines, Engadget, 9to5Mac, and PCMag
Tweets: @patbits, @lucas_shaw, @ashleyrcarman, and @joeovies
| Wall Street Journal: |
Meta's top executives are embracing remote work, as sources say Mark Zuckerberg spends extended periods in Hawaii; Sandberg is taking a sabbatical this spring — Executives are scattering to locations far from Silicon Valley headquarters, working from Hawaii, Cape Cod, Europe| David Ljunggren / Reuters: |
Roskomnadzor has blocked Google News, saying it provided access to “inauthentic” information about Russia's war in Ukraine — Russia's communications regulator has blocked Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google News, accusing it of allowed access to what it calls fake material …
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| Nelson Renteria / Reuters: |
El Salvador postpones its $1B bitcoin-backed bond, planned for March 15-20, citing unfavorable market conditions; BTC is down ~35% from its November 2021 peak — SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - El Salvador postponed an unprecedented issue of a bitcoin-backed bond planned for last week …
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The Block, Decrypt, Kryptovaluta Oppsummering, CryptoPotato, Protocol, Coinspeaker, and Cointelegraph
| Anna Kramer / Protocol: |
Instacart launches Instacart Platform, which offers software management services for e-commerce, fulfillment, ads, insights, and other data for grocery stores — Instacart will now start offering software services to all grocery stores, moving beyond the company's primary focus on food delivery through gig work.
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| Bloomberg: |
FIFA adds Crypto.com as a sponsor for the 2022 soccer World Cup in Qatar, months after Crypto.com replaced Staples as the title sponsor for Los Angeles' arena — Fifa has added Crypto.com as one of the sponsors for this year's soccer world cup in Qatar, the latest step in the cryptocurrency …
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fifa.com, Bitcoin Magazine, Cointelegraph, crypto.news, Ad Age, and Crypto Daily
| Thomas Seal / Bloomberg: |
Tarana Wireless, which develops fixed wireless tech to deliver high-speed broadband, raised $170M in February at a $1B+ valuation, and plans an IPO in 2023 — Tarana Wireless Inc.'s valuation has more than doubled to $1 billion on the promise of technology that can beam broadband into homes …
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