Researcher: Twitter is working on Twitter Blue, a $2.99/month subscription offering with “Collections” to organize favorite tweets and an “undo tweet” function
here's what it is Charlesarthur / The Overspill : Start Up No.1550: the lifesaving tracing app, the antivax superspreaders, ransomware gangs go dark, Twitter plans subscriptions, and more Prakhar Khan...
Sources: Colonial paid ~$5M ransom in cryptocurrency within hours of the attack, but the hackers' decrypting tool was so slow that it had to use its own backups
this should significantly escalate the political pressure to finally counter the ransomware ecosystem https://www.bloomberg.com/... Barbara Malmet / @b52malmet : Maybe it was a four hundred pound eigh...
Mathematicians, professors, and others reflect on Game of Life, a simulation game devised in 1970, and its lasting influence on the field of cellular automata
watching complexity arise out of simplicity” https://www.nytimes.com/... Ankur Gupta / @ankurg90 : Such a beautiful read. “In this moment in time, it's important to emphasize that inherent unpredicta...
Thursday's OCSP service-related issues highlight the fact that macOS sends a hash of every app that users run, along with the users' unencrypted IP, to Apple
Security researcher Jeffrey Paul, writes in a blog post … Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac : Deeper look at Apple's recent server outage reveals potential Mac privacy concerns Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac : iOS ...
Q&A with Mark Zuckerberg about Russia, fake news, InfoWars, Myanmar, and why he thinks Facebook shouldn't take down posts that deny the Holocaust
Kara Swisher got … Sarah Frier / Bloomberg : Zuckerberg Walks Back Defense of Holocaust Deniers on Facebook Rhett Jones / Gizmodo : Mark Zuckerberg Has a Great Idea for How to Fix Facebook Max Read / ...
Report on Uber recommends board oversight committee, reevaluated cultural values, reducing alcohol use at work events, prohibiting boss-employee relationships
here's what people are saying Globe and Mail : Uber CEO Travis Kalanick to take leave of absence Marisa Kendall / Mercury News : Uber CEO Travis Kalanick takes leave of absence as troubles plague comp...
Uber investors Freada and Mitch Kapor, who recently called the firm's culture “toxic”, are satisfied by plans laid out after the release of report
Josh Constine / TechCrunch :
New tool decrypts WannaCry-infected computers running Windows XP, 7, and 2003, if they have not been rebooted
if you work fast Brad Linder / Liliputing : Do not reboot your PC if you get WannaCry ransomeware - try this instead Matt Suiche / Comae Technologies : WannaCry — Decrypting files with WanaKiwi + Demo...
Mitch Kapor and Freada Kapor Klein to spend $40M to aid tech firms led by women and people of color
Joe Garofoli / San Francisco Chronicle :