Microsoft says it will shut down Skype on May 5 and directs users to migrate all their contacts and chat data to Teams; Skype had 36M+ DAUs in 2023
Microsoft has announced it is discontinuing … Thomas Stevenson / The Post Millennial : Microsoft to shut down Skype in two months, company says switch to Teams David Phelan / Forbes : Microsoft Kills ...
Twitter is showing TweetDeck for Mac users a launch message suggesting the app will be “removed” on July 1; TweetDeck for web will remain
In a surprise move, Twitter has announced that it's canceling TweetDeck for Mac prompting users to use the web version going forward.Tweets:@jamesliamcook,@joannastern,@joannastern,@lukebk,@boonerang,...
An in-depth look at Russia's offensive cyber capabilities, their potential use in Ukraine, the limitations of cyber power, and implications for the West
and cannot—play in relation to Russia's aggression against Ukraine, and what it all means for the rest of us. https://twitter.com/... @k8em0 : “The strategic vulnerability to disruption & sabotage lie...
Frances Haugen's documents have been useful to the press and groups opposing Facebook, but reporting should now expand to examine Haugen and her backers' goals
> regulators —> legislation, we're not going to get the outcome we're hoping for. 7/n Joe Bak-Coleman / @jbakcoleman : My concern is that we're going to address “move fast and break things” with “regu...
In a draft plan, the EU outlines a Joint Cyber Unit, which would let countries hit by cyberattacks request help, including rapid response teams
Laurens Cerulus / Politico : Tweets: @jamesliamcook , @laurenscerulus , @gazthejourno , and @loumariehsd Tweets: James Cook / @jamesliamcook : As everyone knows, the most effective defense against ha...
Police infiltrated Encrochat, an encrypted phone network used by organized crime, and read millions of messages for months, leading to international arrests
Incredible investigation by @josephfcox into how the French police secretly took over a global phone network for organised crime. https://www.vice.com/... Vice Uk / @viceuk : Police monitored a hundre...
Twitter will begin testing “Fleets”, letting iOS and Android users make posts that disappear after 24 hours, in Brazil, finally using a Stories-like format
Fleets Ali Salman / Wccftech : Twitter in Works to Introduce Disappearing Tweets Called ‘Fleets’ BBC : RIPTwitter trends as firm tests vanishing tweets Julio Cachila / International Business Times : F...
Leaked FTI Consulting report: investigators found a suspicious encrypted file on Jeff Bezos' iPhone, causing data transfers to jump by ~29,000%, but no malware
In February of 2019, intelligence information warning … Amy Thomson / Bloomberg : Facebook Says Bezos Hack Highlights Smartphone Vulnerabilities Stephen E. Arnold / Beyond Search : Irony, Outrage, Spe...
Report: Cloud Hopper, a hacking campaign by Chinese state-sponsored group APT10, was larger than previously thought and may have been active as late as Nov 2019
both in the total potential access to networks and how much data China ultimately stole—remains unknown to researchers and Western officials.” https://www.wsj.com/... Eric Garland / @ericgarland : WHO...
Facebook debuts logo with text that has context-dependent coloring, says it's to further distinguish the company from the Facebook app, which keeps its branding
Facebook is worried people might … Marie C. Baca / Washington Post : Move fast and capitalize things: Facebook unveils new logo Tom McKay / Gizmodo : FACEBOOK IS DOING JUST FINE, OK? Matt Southern / S...