Mark Zuckerberg says Threads now has over 30M signups, up from 10M within seven hours of launch, 5M in four hours, and 2M in two hours
what you need to know Tyler Lee / Phandroid : Twitter should be worried as Threads racks up 30 million sign ups in less than 24 hours Livemint : Elon Musk hits out at Zuckerberg as Threads seems ‘Thre...
Elon Musk says Twitter has temporarily limited verified accounts to reading 10K posts/day, unverified 1K, and new unverified 500, due to “extreme” data scraping
Censorship Expert Says Musk ‘Has Stepped on a Rattlesnake’ Jonas Mäki / Gamereactor UK : Twitter stops data collection by adding lots of restrictions Brayden Lindrea / Cointelegraph : Elon Musk impose...
Apple expands App Store ads from the Search tab and Search results to the App Store's Today homepage and individual app pages
ads on individual app pages—shows lawmakers and regulators must press ahead Mike Peterson / AppleInsider : Apple testing new App Store ad placements very soon Nick Heer / Pixel Envy : Apple Adding Ads...
New book claims Elon Musk demanded to be made Apple CEO during Tesla buyout talks in 2016, before Tim Cook cursed and hung up; Musk says he never spoke to Cook
you’ MacDailyNews : Elon Musk denies demanding to become Apple CEO; says Apple's App Store fees are a ‘de facto global tax on the internet’ Gary Ng / iPhone in Canada Blog : Apple's App Store Fees Cal...
Researcher details an exploit for Apple's Find My network that allows packets of arbitrary data to be transmitted by simulating a Find My broadcast
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REvil ransomware gang says it has hacked Apple contractor Quanta Computer; source says it's demanding $50M ransom or it will leak more Apple product schematics
From Bloomberg's “Apple Targeted in $50 Million Ransomware Hack of Supplier Quanta” posted early Wednesday: David Bisson / Cybereason I Cybersecurity Software … : Sodinokibi Ransomware Gang Extorts Ap...
As Blackout Tuesday posts fill Instagram feeds, many say they are drowning out vital information shared under the BLM and BlackLivesMatter hashtags
We have mixed feelings about #BlackoutTuesday, too. Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac : Apple Music joins wider music industry Black Out Tuesday awareness campaign with app takeover The Verge : Spotify, Apple M...
A security researcher who has shared iOS flaws before demos a macOS Keychain exploit, won't share details with Apple because of the lack of a macOS bug bounty
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Apple says there was an issue with iOS 10 software updates impacting some devices during first hour of availability, and affected users can update via iTunes
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How Apple's assertive negotiating style alienated cable providers and networks, and hurt its efforts to revolutionize the TV industry
report John Gruber / Daring Fireball : The WSJ on Apple's ‘Hard-Charging’ Negotiations With TV Networks Terry Collins / CNET : Apple's arrogance likely squashed its streaming TV service Shawn Knight /...