Microsoft says SolarWinds hackers were able to view some of its source code by hacking into an employee account but were unable to modify code or access emails
The hackers gained more access than the company previously revealed, though the attackers were unable to modify code or access emails.
Amazon plans to acquire podcast network Wondery, which will join Amazon Music
Wondery will be a part of Amazon Music, which launched podcasting in September. — Amazon is also exploring podcasts for Audible and local. — The company owns a sizable chunk of the smart speaker marke...
Adobe ends support for Flash today and will start blocking Flash content from January 12; major browsers will block Flash content from Jan. 1
It's the end of the line — Adobe scheduled its famous Flash software to end on December 31st, 2020, and today is the day.
Source: Amazon's acquisition of Wondery values the podcasting company, which began in 2016, at roughly $300M
The deal, valued at $300 million, is the latest in a string of acquisitions as streaming platforms expand beyond music and video. — Amazon is acquiring Wondery …
Obituary of FarmVille, which is closing on Thursday but lives on in its growth-hacking techniques that are being imitated by everything from Instagram to QAnon
The game, a phenomenon a decade ago, is shutting down on Thursday. But its legacy — for better and for worse — carries beyond gaming.
Ticketmaster agrees to pay a $10M fine after admitting to hiring an ex-CrowdSurge staffer and using his credentials to access the rival ticket seller's systems
It used stolen login credentials at a company summit — Ticketmaster has agreed to pay $10 million for breaking into a competitors' network.
Report: 10 ex-members of Apple's supplier responsibility team say it avoids or delays removing suppliers guilty of labor violations when doing so hurts business
A new report today claims that Apple is reluctant to ban suppliers found guilty of labor violations, and can take years to do so, even in the most serious of cases. Source: The Information .
NYSE says it will delist three Chinese companies, China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom, on January 7 to comply with a US EO imposing restrictions
The New York Stock Exchange said it will delist three Chinese companies to comply with a U.S. executive order that imposed restrictions …
Report: Apple removed 46K+ apps, including 39K games, from its China App Store on Thursday, as it set a year-end deadline for game publishers to get a license
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Apple removed 39,000 game apps on its China store Thursday, the biggest removal ever in a single day …
Criticism of Facebook must move beyond content moderation issues; the effort to invent and invest in public cultural institutions should be our focus instead
Every day, a Twitter account run by Kevin Roose, a technology reporter for The New York Times, posts a list of the top 10 sources … Tweets: @aaschapiro , @natematias , @steph_moore , @random_musings ,...
A new Golang-based worm has been actively dropping XMRig cryptocurrency malware on Windows and Linux servers since early December, mining Monero
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer :
Alphabet's Wing says new FAA drone rules mandating radio-frequency broadcasts for remote identification will erode privacy, suggests internet-based tracking
Alphabet Inc's drone delivery unit Wing criticized Trump administration rules issued this week mandating broadcast-based remote identification …
Despite protests against racial inequality, VC promises to do better, and special funds for minorities, Black founders are still sidelined in Silicon Valley
After a year of protests against racial inequality and industry vows to do better, Black founders are still getting left out of Silicon Valley's financial engine. Tweets: @swatipedia Tweets: Swati Myl...
Binance says US users will not be able to deposit or trade XRP beginning January 13, joining Coinbase and several other exchanges in delisting or suspending XRP
Top nine streaming services to end 2020 with combined US subscribers up 50%+ YoY; US households now subscribe to 3.1 services on average, up from 2.7 in 2019
From Hulu to Disney+, largest streaming services are expected to end the year with 50% more U.S. subscribers
Gebru's firing reveals tech's ability to co-opt and minimize criticism of its AI systems, highlighting the need for tech unions, research protection, regulation
The situation has made clear that the field needs to change. Here's where to start, according to a current and a former Googler. Tweets: @nin_sch , @math_rachel , @dataremixed , @emilymbender , @wire...
Gadget trade-in site Gazelle, one of the longest running used smartphone buyers in the US, says it will end its core trade-in program on February 1, 2021
Nick Statt / The Verge :
Study finds no correlation between growing up playing violent video games and increased levels of aggression 10 years later
Gamesage : Tweets: @sub8u Tweets: Subrahmanyam Kvj / @sub8u : Where was this study when I was growing up? 😂 https://twitter.com/...
Flexiv, a Chinese startup that makes general-purpose adaptive robots powered by computer vision and AI, raises $100M+ Series B from investors including Meituan
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A YouTube channel run from Germany by exiled Turkish journalists was shut down due to copyright claims from Turkey; one expert blames YouTube's Turkey office
Cevheri Güven / Turkish Minute : Tweets: @csagir2015 See also Mediagazer Tweets: Celil / @csagir2015 : What the f. r you doing @YouTube ? Erdoğan's censorship now targeting media outlets in Europe ht...
The Bay Area won't be displaced as the nation's top tech hub anytime soon, but lawmakers need to recognize the danger of bad governance, which fuels backlash
Bloomberg : Tweets: @bravosfpols , @business , @levinepmc , and @paton_adam Tweets: @bravosfpols : Ladies and gents, brace for impact. To all of you who voted for the current administration and their...
7 most valuable US tech companies added a combined $3.4T in market cap in 2020: Apple gained ~$1T, Amazon $710B, Microsoft $480B, Alphabet $268B, Facebook $193B
Ari Levy / CNBC : Tweets: @profgalloway Tweets: Scott Galloway / @profgalloway : Top 7 tech companies added $3.4 trillion in 2020 What needs to happen: - break them up (FB, GOOG, AMZN) to oxygenate t...
Researchers: NSO Group used location data from thousands of unsuspecting people while pitching its COVID-19 contact-tracing tech to governments and journalists
Over 66 SPACs were raised in 2020, according to PitchBook, up from 30 in 2019, amid a year of uncertainty that opened tech companies' eyes to an IPO alternative
Shakeel Hashim / Protocol : Tweets: @hkanji Tweets: Hussein Kanji / @hkanji : Next year could therefore determine whether SPACs stick around as part of the going-public arsenal, or if they're relegat...
Shopify's new AI commerce stack
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