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| Ben Glickman / Wall Street Journal: |
Google agrees to pay $700M and make app store changes, like offering an alternative billing system, to settle a 2021 antitrust lawsuit by 36 US states and DC — Agreement with coalition of states resolves antitrust litigation related to app store — Google parent Alphabet agreed …
More: The Keyword, The Verge, Epic Games, TechCrunch, CNN, Associated Press, MacRumors, Gizmodo, Politico, United States District …, BNN Bloomberg, Forbes, KOIN.com, Neowin, GeekWire, MobileSyrup, WANE 15, Variety, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, The Messenger, SiliconANGLE, Cord Cutters News, Thurrott, Digital Trends, Cryptopolitan, Pocket Gamer.biz, gamedeveloper, iPhone in Canada Blog, Android Headlines, Droid Life, New York Post, BGR, SamMobile, Mashable, Beyond Search, Hartford Courant, AppleInsider, Business Insider, Metaverse Post, New York Times, 9to5Google, GSMArena.com, iThinkDifferent, Barron's Online, Sammy Fans, RTÉ, Android Authority, NPR, and Phone Scoop
Threads: @crumbler. X: @timsweeneyepic, @florian4gamers, @florian4gamers, @jason_kint, @timsweeneyepic, @lutherlowe, @mishaalrahman, @mishaalrahman, @timsweeneyepic, @jason_kint, @jason_kint, and @florian4gamers. Forums: r/Android
| Eva Dou / Washington Post: |
More: Reuters, Ars Technica, TechRadar, 9to5Google, Newser, Silicon Valley Business …, TechStartups, HotHardware, The Register, PYMNTS.com, Engadget, Android Police, Tech Xplore, and Silicon Republic
Forums: r/Android, r/news, and MacRumors Forums
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Comcast's Xfinity says hackers breached one of its Citrix servers in October 2023, two weeks after Citrix issued a patch, and stole data on 35,879,455 people — Comcast Cable Communications, doing business as Xfinity, disclosed on Monday that attackers who breached one of its Citrix servers …
More: TechCrunch, Maine.gov, Comcast, Ars Technica, Security Affairs, CSO, 9to5Mac, PCMag, The Register, Dark Reading, Deadline, ExtremeTech, TechRadar, NBC Bay Area, Digital Trends, TechSpot, Baseline, Cybersecurity Dive, ITPro, Fierce Telecom Industry News, The Record, TechStartups, Mashable, Android Headlines, DataBreaches.net, SC Media, PYMNTS.com, The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Engadget, and Cybernews.com
Mastodon: @briankrebs@infosec.exchange and @SteveD3@infosec.exchange
X: @brettcallow, @hackingdave, @lorenzofb, and @vxunderground
| Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: |
Pharmacy chain Rite Aid must stop using facial recognition for five years as part of a settlement with the US FTC, which said the tech falsely flagged customers — - FTC says chain's surveillance system falsely flagged customers — Bankrupt pharmacy chain will stop using system, delete images
More: Federal Trade Commission, The Verge, VentureBeat, Reuters, Rite Aid, Forbes, CNBC, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and The Hill
Bluesky: @pphone.bsky.social. X: @matthewstoller, @bedoyaftc, @bedoyaftc, @senmarkey, @linakhanftc, @ainowinstitute, @a_bacci, and @ainowinstitute
LinkedIn: Samuel A.A. Levine and Timnit Gebru
| Meir Orbach / CTech: |
Okta is acquiring Israeli cybersecurity company Spera, which raised a $10M seed in March 2023; source: the deal is worth ~$100M-$130M, contingent on milestones — The American identity and access management giant is making its first purchase in Israel. Spera, which raised $10 million …
More: Okta Inc., SiliconANGLE, The Information, TechCrunch, San Francisco Business Times, and PaymentSecurity.io
X: @toddmckinnon and @saas_monkey
LinkedIn: Jay Meier, Sven Kniest, Henrique Bernardes B Teixeira, and Pramod Gosavi
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researchers detail a MITM attack on SSH that can break the integrity of the protocol, the first “practical attack of its kind”; fixes face compatibility issues — Novel Terrapin attack uses prefix truncation to downgrade the security of SSH channels.
More: BleepingComputer, Terrapin Attack, and SiliconANGLE
Threads: @nixcraft. Mastodon: @sadiedoreen@mastodon.social, @dangoodin@infosec.exchange, @dangoodin@infosec.exchange, and @drahardja@sfba.social. Forums: Ars OpenForum
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft Copilot can now compose songs, including lyrics, instruments, and voices, from a sentence, due to a new integration with generative AI music app Suno — Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft's AI-powered chatbot, can now compose songs thanks to an integration with gen AI music app Suno.
More: Bing Blogs, VentureBeat, The Verge, TechRadar, New.blicio.us, MobileSyrup, Windows Central, The Decoder, Neowin, Thurrott, and Engadget
X: @d_feldman, @yusuf_i_mehdi, and @jordirib1
| Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
The FBI, the UK, Denmark, Germany, Spain, and Australia seize ransomware gang ALPHV's dark web leak website; the US also seized “several websites” run by ALPHV — An international group of law enforcement agencies have seized the dark web leak site of the notorious ransomware gang known as ALPHV, or BlackCat.
More: US Department of Justice, Wired, SC Media, The Verge, Krebs on Security, SiliconANGLE, Dark Reading, BleepingComputer, DataBreaches.net, Bloomberg, InfoRiskToday.com, CyberScoop, The Record, HealthcareInfoSecurity.com, Hackread, Cybersecurity Dive, Flashpoint, Silicon Republic, ITPro, The Messenger, Cybernews.com, The Register, and PCMag
Mastodon: @PogoWasRight@infosec.exchange, @cR0w@infosec.exchange, @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social, @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social, @zackwhittaker@mastodon.social, @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social, and @metacurity@infosec.exchange
X: @vxunderground, @jamiemaccoll, @bushidotoken, @vxunderground, @dojcrimdiv, @nohackme, @itsreallynick, @vxunderground, @aejleslie, @azalsecurity, @sosintel, @uuallan, @ericgeller, @uk_daniel_card, and @vxunderground. LinkedIn: Jamie MacColl. Forums: Slashdot
| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Interpol: a global law enforcement operation led by South Korea seized $300M and led to the arrest of 3,500 cybercrime suspects between July and December 2023 — An international law enforcement operation codenamed ‘Operation HAECHI IV’ has led to the arrest of 3,500 suspects …
More: INTERPOL, The Register, Gizmodo, The Record, SiliconANGLE, and Cybernews.com
| Anissa Gardizy / The Information: |
Sources: AWS plans to overhaul its sales team as it aims to increase the share of Fortune 1,000 firms spending over $10M/year on AWS, from less than 20% to 80% — Matt Garman, head of sales at Amazon Web Services, plans to reorganize his more than 60,000-person team to address problems …
More: SiliconANGLE. X: @nideveloper, @nmasc_, @sunilmallya, @quinnypig, @modestproposal1, and @anissagardizy8
| David Hollingworth / Cyber Daily: |
Hackers post 1.67TB of Insomniac Games' internal data, including for an upcoming Wolverine game, HR files, Slack screenshots, and a Marvel-Sony X-Men agreement — The Rhysida ransomware gang publishes 98 per cent of leaked data minutes after the ransom deadline passes - Wolverine game files included.
More: Video Games Chronicle, Decrypt, Windows Central, Bloomberg, Ars Technica, Insider Gaming, Kotaku, Digital Trends, IGN, Polygon, Press Start, Engadget, Stevivor, Push Square, Al Bawaba, VentureBeat, GameSpot, Gameranx, GameRevolution, Forbes, Gamereactor UK, Phandroid, TechSpot, The Messenger, Destructoid, PC Gamer, Game World Observer, Aftermath, Cybernews.com, 9to5Toys, Game Rant, GamingBolt, Club386, HotHardware, MobileSyrup, iPhone in Canada Blog, Tom's Guide, Gizmodo, TweakTown, Neowin, The Verge, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Pure Xbox, Reuters, Wccftech, TheGamer, and Dot Esports
X: @tomwarren, @youtheremehere, @tamoorh, @andy_vgc, @paultassi, @phiweber, @stirpicus, @lordbalvin, @pc_focus_, @platinumequinox, @mdsveritas, @evanfilarca, @playstationsize, @pure_ps, @chellaramanan, @patrician_tv, @dannynanni, @jorraptor, @vslayerv, @ghost_motley, @bigrebo, @pawesasko, @jordanmaison, @thegamersjoint, @chitogaminglive, @iantothemax, @peter5tewart, @elysivms, @discussingfilm, @vslayerc99, @postup_sog, @sweetpeachgames, @stephentotilo, @vaultofdaedalus, @squared_nation, @tomwarren, @redgamingtech, @colleen_sculpts, @pc_clown, @vslayerv, @tha_rami, @vslayerv, @bromojumbo, and @mylesdyer
LinkedIn: David Hollingworth and Jack Chapman
Forums: r/GamingLeaksAndRumours, r/GamingLeaksAndRumours, and Slashdot
| Nickolas Diaz / Android Central: |
Samsung's Self-Repair program includes foldable devices for the first time, the Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Z Fold 5, and expands to 30 additional countries in Europe — Its latest smartphone series and laptop join in, too. — What you need to know — Samsung has expanded coverage …
More: Samsung Newsroom, 9to5Google, Android Police, The Verge, PhoneArena, Neowin, Engadget, and Droid Life
| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with Flexport co-founder Ryan Petersen on returning as CEO after firing Dave Clark, acquiring Deliverr and Convoy, Amazon, the Vision Fund, growth, and more — His replacement got the boot barely a year into the job. What brought Petersen back? … Today, I'm talking with Ryan Petersen.| Michael Kan / PCMag: |
HughesNet debuts a $110/month 100Mbps satellite internet plan, double its previous top speed; Starlink offers 220Mbps, but US Ookla data shows many get ~70Mbps — HughesNet's speed boost comes courtesy of the recently launched Jupiter 3 satellite, which is designed to serve customers in the Americas.
More: CNET, ExtremeTech, Cord Cutters News, and Fierce Wireless Industry News
| Paige Smith / Bloomberg: |
Walmart expands its Affirm partnership and says more than 4,500 Walmart stores now offer BNPL options at self-checkout kiosks; AFRM jumps 15%+ — - Partnership grows to more stores, a self-checkout option — Affirm building out its presence during in-store transactions
More: Affirm Holdings, Inc., The Information, Reuters, PYMNTS.com, Investor's Business Daily, and CNBC. X: @curiousjorge65
| Isabel Gottlieb / Bloomberg Law: |
Harvey, which builds generative AI tools for law firms, raised an $80M Series B co-led by Elad Gil and Kleiner Perkins at a $715M valuation — Harvey.ai raised an additional $80 million, it announced Tuesday, valuing the generative AI legal technology platform at $715 million.| Matthew Connatser / Tom's Hardware: |
Chinese GPU maker Moore Threads unveils the MTT S4000, which lags Nvidia's Ampere from 2020, and taps Chinese companies like Lenovo to boost its KUAE ecosystem — Beefy clusters with 200 petaops of AI compute. — Chinese GPU manufacturer Moore Threads announced the MTT S4000 …
More: VideoCardz.com, TechPowerUp, and Wccftech
| Emilia David / The Verge: |
Stability AI debuts Stability AI Membership, with free, $20/month, and custom pricing enterprise tiers, limiting commercial use of its models to the paid tiers — Stability AI, the maker of the text-to-image model Stable Diffusion, is now offering a subscription service that standardizes …
More: 9to5Toys
| The Guardian: |
Internal messages: TikTok told some moderators to let users under 13-years-old stay on the platform if they claimed their parents were overseeing their accounts — Questions for tech giant over claims underage users can remain on platform if they say parents are overseeing their account| David Heaney / UploadVR: |
Meta updates its OpenXR extension with tongue tracking, letting developers use the feature in the Quest Pro, but hasn't added support to the Meta Avatars SDK — Quest Pro's face tracking now includes your tongue. — In our review of Quest Pro last year, we pointed out how sticking …
More: Digital Trends, Android Central, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechRadar, Social Media Today, and The Verge
Threads: @mattnavarra. Bluesky: @oremus.bsky.social. X: @pushmatrix, @the_real_nagia, @amarchare, @makofukasametv, @sadlyitsbradley, and @naeruruu
| Pranshu Verma / Washington Post: |
NewsGuard: since May 2023, websites hosting AI-created fake news articles have grown from 49 to 600+; some post “hundreds if not thousands of articles” per day — AI is making it easy for anyone to create propaganda outlets, producing content that can be hard to differentiate from real newsSponsor Posts
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UiPath Unveils 10 Innovations that Will Shape the Agentic Future — Orchestration engine, API workflows and agentic testing among key features of new UiPath Platform™ for agentic automation, launched at UiPath DevCon 2025
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Zoho:
AI meeting assistants: A game-changer in communication — We've come a long way from live video call demonstrations at world's fairs. What was once considered a futuristic idea is now a vital part of how we collaborate …
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