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UK police arrest seven people aged 16 to 21 as part of an investigation “into a hacking group”, but did not say if the teenager behind Lapsus$ is among them — A 16-year-old from Oxford has been accused of being one of the leaders of cyber-crime gang Lapsus$.
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| Bloomberg: |
Security researchers say a 16-year-old from England is the Lapsus$ group's mastermind; source: researchers identified seven unique accounts tied to Lapsus$ — Cybersecurity researchers investigating a string of hacks against technology companies, including Microsoft Corp. and Nvidia Corp. …
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| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
A look at Lapsus$, a data extortion group that surfaced in December 2021 and specializes in stealing data from big companies by bribing or tricking employees — Microsoft and identity management platform Okta both this week disclosed breaches involving LAPSUS$, a relatively new cybercrime group …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Uber agrees to list all ~14K New York City taxis on its app, rolling out later this spring; fares will be roughly the same for taxi rides as for Uber X rides — The alliance could ease Uber's driver shortage and temper high fares while directing more business to cabdrivers … | Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Twitter finally upgrades DMs to let users search through their conversations by keyword, not just names, on the web, iOS, and Android — The search bar now scours the content of your messages — Twitter announced on Wednesday that its DM search feature has gotten a big upgrade …
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| Bloomberg: |
Apple is planning to launch a subscription service by 2023 for the iPhone and other hardware that could tie into Apple One bundles and AppleCare — Apple Inc. is working on a subscription service for the iPhone and other hardware products, a move that could make device ownership similar …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Mozilla launches MDN Plus, a $5/month or $10/month subscription for its developer network, offering notifications, article collections, offline access, and more — Mozilla today launched MDN Plus, a paid subscription product on top of the existing (and recently re-designed) Mozilla Developer Network … | Devlin Barrett / Washington Post: |
The FBI seems to be targeting disgruntled Russian embassy staff in Washington, DC via carefully geo-targeted recruitment ads on Facebook, Twitter, and Google — The FBI is trying a novel strategy to recruit Russian-speaking individuals upset about the country's invasion of Ukraine …
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| Matt Burgess / Wired: |
An attack on Viasat's satellite internet as Russia started its war impacted 27K users in Europe beyond Ukraine; thousands remain offline after almost a month — The biggest hack since Russia's war began knocked thousands of people offline. The spillover extends deep into Europe.
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Techdirt. Tweets: @andrewcouts, @mattburgess1, @mattburgess1, @mattburgess1, @wired, @mackinorbit, @citowicki, @mattburgess1, @condenast, and @karlbode
| Mehul Srivastava / Financial Times: |
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| Paresh Dave / Reuters: |
Vice PM Mykhailo Fedorov says Ukraine is using Clearview AI's tools to identify the bodies of dead Russian soldiers and to trace their families to inform them — Ukraine is using facial recognition software to identify the bodies of Russian soldiers killed in combat and to trace their families … | Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
Google employees criticized executives at an all-hands after an internal survey showed compensation concerns; Sundar Pichai said pay assessments could change — - Following an employee survey that showed Google staffers are increasingly unhappy about pay, executives were hit with a barrage of questions on the topic.
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| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Stephen Wilhite, one of the lead creators of the GIF, died last week at 74; Wilhite invented the GIF while he was employed by CompuServe in the 1980s — It's pronounced ‘jif’ — Stephen Wilhite, one of the lead inventors of the GIF, died last week from COVID at the age of 74 …
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| Stuart Dredge / Music Ally: |
Spotify reports 2021 royalty payments: $7B+ paid to music rightsholders, up from $5B in 2020, as 1,040 artists made $1M+/year and 16.5K artists made $50K+/year — Spotify launched its Loud & Clear website in March 2021, with the aim of “increasing transparency” around its payouts to the music industry.| 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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Tweets: @dsccross, @vadimyuryev, and @vadimyuryev
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google Play pilots a third-party billing option to select partners globally, starting with Spotify; Google said user choice billing still involves a service fee — Amid increasing global regulations over app stores and their commission structures, Google today announced the launch …
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Tweets: @eldsjal, @econ_marshall, @benedictevans, @andreas_schwab, @davey_burke, @mgsiegler, @rstephens, @randypicker, @randypicker, @mgsiegler, @mgsiegler, @geradinlaw, @pkafka, @hoeglaw, @nickstatt, @kifleswing, @chrismlacy, @jason_kint, @pkafka, @ow, @richlightshed, @davidmarcus, @ballmatthew, @spotifynews, @mgsiegler, @caseynewton, and @stevekovach
| David Ljunggren / Reuters: |
Roskomnadzor blocks Google News, saying the site gave access to publications and materials containing “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 … | Dave Lee / Financial Times: |
Instacart will build micro-fulfillment warehouses for grocery retailers to support 15-minute deliveries, launching in the “coming months” starting with Publix — Company embarks on ‘new trajectory’ with grocery retailers as it seeks to fend off fierce competitionSponsor Posts
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