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Over 20,000 U.S. organizations breached through Microsoft email flaw: source

March 5, 2021

More than 20,000 American organizations have been compromised through a back door installed via a recently patched flaw in Microsoft Corp’s flagship email software program, a person familiar with the U.S. government’s response to the hacking spree said on Friday.It is the latest indication of how problems in widely used software can be used as jump...

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Japan supercomputer shows doubling masks offers little help preventing viral spread

March 5, 2021

TOKYO – Japanese supercomputer simulations showed that wearing two masks gave limited benefit in blocking viral spread compared with one properly fitted mask. The findings in part contradict recent recommendations from the US Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that two masks were better than one at reducing a person’s exposure to the c...

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Twitter explores ‘undo send’ feature for paying users

March 5, 2021

Twitter is testing an “undo send” function that would give users a short time to withdraw a tweet before it is posted, the company confirmed Friday. App researcher Jane Manchun Wong, who discovers unannounced social media features by looking at the sites’ code, tweeted an animation showing a tweet with a spelling error where an ‘undo’ button was av...

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Typing my way down the mechanical keyboard rabbit hole with the Drop CTRL

March 5, 2021

It's a beauty: The Drop CTRL keyboard Iljitsch van Beijnum As seen from the left... Iljitsch van Beijnum Closer. Closer. Iljitsch van Beijnum Even though it's a customizable pre-built (versus a total custom job), you can of course change the aesthetic of the Drop CTRL... Iljitsch van Beijnum Each key has its own set of RGB LEDs that ...

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Cryptocurrency trading exploded last month after Tesla’s bitcoin buy

March 5, 2021

Cryptocurrency trading surged to record levels in February as the price of bitcoin swung wildly following Tesla’s $1.5 billion investment, new data show. Crypto trading volumes soared 17 percent to more than $2.7 trillion last month as the electric-car maker and other major companies started to embrace digital currency, according to a Friday report...

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YouTube removes 5 channels run by Burma military for violating community standards

March 5, 2021

YANGON, Myanmar — YouTube removed five channels run by Myanmar’s military for violating its guidelines, it announced Friday, as demonstrators defied growing violence by security forces and staged more anti-coup protests ahead of a special UN Security Council meeting on the country’s political crisis. YouTube said it is watching for any further cont...

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Robinhood exec wants users to stop worrying about its business model

March 4, 2021

Beleaguered no-fee trading app Robinhood is now turning to its chief operating officer to help quell backlash over its response to the “Reddit rally” in January. In a Thursday blog post, Robinhood COO Jim Swartwout vowed to “demystify” the company’s controversial practice of selling order flow to Wall Street. Swartwout, a 50-year-old former executi...

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YouTube will lift ban on Trump channel when risk of violence decreases: CEO

March 4, 2021

Alphabet’s YouTube will lift its suspension on former President Donald Trump’s channel when it determines the risk of real-world violence has decreased, the company’s CEO, Susan Wojcicki, said on Thursday. YouTube suspended Trump’s channel for violating policies against inciting violence after the assault on the US Capitol by the former president’s...

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‘I will shoot whoever I see’: Myanmar soldiers use TikTok to threaten protesters

March 4, 2021

SINGAPORE – Armed Myanmar soldiers and police are using TikTok to deliver death threats to protesters against last month’s coup, researchers said, leading the Chinese video-sharing app to announce it was removing content that incites violence. Digital rights group Myanmar ICT for Development (MIDO) said it had found more than 800 pro-military video...

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Amazon opens first UK checkout-free grocery store in London

March 4, 2021

Enlarge Image The Amazon Fresh grocery store opens in London, Thursday March 4, 2021, where a sign explains for shoppers to pick up items and walk out of the store, contactless, without the need for a till. AP LONDON — Amazon has opened a cashier-free supermarket in London, its first bricks and mortar expansion outside the US as the company bets...