Billionaire Facebook Investor Peter Thiel Secretly Funded A ‘Cyber Warfare’ Startup That Hacked WhatsApp
https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2022/02/01/billionaire-facebook-investor-peter-thiel-secretly-funded-a-cyber-warfare-startup-that-hacked-whatsapp/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=forbes
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Billionaire Facebook Investor Peter Thiel Secretly Funded A ‘Cyber Warfare’ Startup That Hacked WhatsApp
As Israeli spyware dealer NSO Group is facing renewed scrutiny over the abuse of its WhatsApp hacking tools, an American startup could also reportedly bypass the messaging app's security. That startup was secretly backed by the millions of billionaire Silicon…
Microsoft says that if Apple isn't stopped now, its antitrust behavior will just get worse
https://appleinsider.com/articles/22/02/01/microsoft-says-that-if-apple-isnt-stopped-now-its-antitrust-behavior-will-just-get-worse
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Microsoft says that if Apple isn't stopped now, its antitrust behavior will just get worse
Microsoft has filed an amicus brief supporting Epic Games in its appeal against Apple, and argues that, "the potential antitrust issues stretch far beyond gaming."
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Big Tech Needs to Stop Trying to Make Their Metaverse Happen
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/metaverse-big-tech-land-grab-hype
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Big Tech Needs to Stop Trying to Make Their Metaverse Happen
From Microsoft to Meta, the race is on to sell an amorphous concept that no one really wants them to build.
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The Semiconductor Heist Of The Century: ARM-China Has Gone Rogue, Operating As An Independent Company With Inhouse IP/R&D
https://semianalysis.com/the-semiconductor-heist-of-the-century-arm-china-has-gone-completely-rogue-operating-as-an-independent-company-with-their-own-ip/
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The Semiconductor Heist Of The Century | Arm China Has Gone Completely Rogue, Operating As An Independent Company With Inhouse…
Arm China has gone completely rogue, operating as an independent company with their own IP and R&D. This is the semiconductor heist of the century. There are many questions swirling about what…
FBI advises athletes to leave their personal phones at home for the Beijing Olympics
https://www.npr.org/2022/02/01/1077318617/winter-olympics-fbi-warning-cellphones-cyberattacks
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NASA plans to take International Space Station out of orbit in January 2031 by crashing it into 'spacecraft cemetery'
https://news.sky.com/story/nasa-plans-to-take-international-space-station-out-of-orbit-in-january-2031-by-crashing-it-into-spacecraft-cemetery-12530194
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NASA plans to take International Space Station out of orbit in January 2031 by crashing it into 'spacecraft cemetery'
The space agency has targeted the most remote point of the ocean to crash land the space station when its time finally comes. After that, NASA plans to buy time for its astronauts on commercial space stations.
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope turns on cameras to look at first star target
https://www.space.com/james-webb-space-telescope-turns-on-cameras
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope turns on cameras to look at first star target
Spacecraft controllers started powering up James Webb Space Telescope's four cutting-edge instruments as they prepare to take test images of the first star.
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Google remains dominant as company reports quarterly profits of $20bn
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/feb/01/google-alphabet-profits-revenues-earnings
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Google remains dominant as company reports quarterly profits of $20bn
Fourth-quarter revenues of $75.3bn for parent company Alphabet, even as big tech faces growing scrutiny over digital ad dominance
Nasa website shows what the Hubble Space Telescope saw when you were born
https://www.independent.co.uk/space/nasa-hubble-space-telescope-born-birthday-b2005267.html
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Nasa website shows what the Hubble Space Telescope saw when you were born
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured well over one billion images since it was launched in 1990
Billionaire Facebook Investor Peter Thiel Secretly Funded A ‘Cyber Warfare’ Startup That Hacked WhatsApp
https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2022/02/01/billionaire-facebook-investor-peter-thiel-secretly-funded-a-cyber-warfare-startup-that-hacked-whatsapp/?sh=1aa7db545600&utm_source=ForbesMainTwitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialflowForbesMainTwitter
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Billionaire Facebook Investor Peter Thiel Secretly Funded A ‘Cyber Warfare’ Startup That Hacked WhatsApp
As Israeli spyware dealer NSO Group is facing renewed scrutiny over the abuse of its WhatsApp hacking tools, an American startup could also reportedly bypass the messaging app's security. That startup was secretly backed by the millions of billionaire Silicon…
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Ford will spend up to $20 billion more in shift to electric vehicles
https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/1/22912841/ford-electric-vehicle-reorganization-investment
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Ford will spend up to $20 billion more in shift to electric vehicles
$20 billion on top of $30 billion already committed
Big Tech should reimburse the victims of online scams, British lawmakers say
https://www.euronews.com/next/2022/02/02/big-tech-should-reimburse-the-victims-of-online-scams-british-lawmakers-say
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Big Tech told it should reimburse victims of online scams
An influential group of British MPs have called on more responsibility to be placed on big tech companies when it comes to online scams.
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Teen monitoring Elon Musk’s jet ‘tracking Gates, Bezos and Drake too’
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/feb/02/teen-tracking-elon-musk-jet-bill-gates-jeff-bezos-drake-jack-sweeney-tesla-flight-tracker-bot
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Teen monitoring Elon Musk’s jet ‘tracking Gates, Bezos and Drake too’
Jack Sweeney, who wants Tesla CEO to hand over $50k to remove flight tracker bot, sets sights on other celebrities
Snowden Slams Ongoing Impunity for NSA's Domestic Spying | The whistleblower says "there aren't any" penalties for the agency failing to follow procedures intended to prevent abuse of a contentious surveillance law.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/02/01/snowden-slams-ongoing-impunity-nsas-domestic-spying
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Snowden Slams Ongoing Impunity for NSA's Domestic Spying
The whistleblower says "there aren't any" penalties for the agency failing to follow procedures intended to prevent abuse of a contentious surveillance law.
Nintendo music YouTuber who received 4,000 copyright strikes is closing their channel
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendo-music-youtuber-who-received-4000-copyright-strikes-is-closing-their-channel/
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Nintendo music YouTuber who received 4,000 copyright strikes is closing their channel
A YouTube user who claims to have received around 4000 copyright strikes from Nintendo for uploading video game soundtracks has announced that he is ending his channel.
A deepfreeze is coming to Texas, and no one knows if the power grid is ready
https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/02/a-deep-freeze-is-coming-to-texas-and-no-one-knows-if-the-power-grid-is-ready/
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A deep freeze is coming to Texas, and no one knows if the power grid is ready
"The Texas electric grid is more prepared for winter operations than ever before."
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European watchdog: All data collected about users via ad-consent popup system must be deleted
https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/02/europe_iab_decision/
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European watchdog: All data collected about users via ad-consent popup system must be deleted
Decision to affect Google's, Amazon's and Microsoft's online ads biz
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North Korea Hacked Him. So He Took Down Its Internet
https://www.wired.com/story/north-korea-hacker-internet-outage/
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North Korea Hacked Him. So He Took Down Its Internet
Disappointed with the lack of US response to the Hermit Kingdom's attacks against US security researchers, one hacker took matters into his own hands.
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How CNN, the New York Times, and Other Major Media Outlets Monetize Your Data and Lobby Against Regulation - The “surveillance advertising” industry makes online news possible.
https://theintercept.com/2022/02/01/surveillance-data-collection-ads-news-media/
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Major Media Outlets That Use Invasive User Tracking Are Lobbying Against Regulation
The “surveillance advertising” industry makes online news possible.