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FBI says a man phished thousands of iCloud accounts via an email scam where he impersonated customer support, stealing 620K photos and 9K videos until mid-2018 (Michael Finnegan/Los Angeles Times)

FBI says a man phished thousands of iCloud accounts via...

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Researchers: Trump tweets with fact-check labels spread further on Twitter than those without; messages blocked by Twitter remained popular on Facebook, Reddit (Jessica Guynn/USA Today)

Researchers: Trump tweets with fact-check labels spread...

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Groovy Bot, which lets Discord users play music from YouTube videos and other services, is shutting down Aug. 30 after YouTube sent a cease-and-desist notice (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Groovy Bot, which lets Discord users play music from YouTube...

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Tom Warren / The Verge:Groovy Bot, which lets Discord users play music from YouTube...

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Some are raising concerns about harmful uses of "netflow data", which helps map traffic flow across networks and that some ISPs allow to be sold to 3rd parties (Joseph Cox/VICE)

Some are raising concerns about harmful uses of "netflow...

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Joseph Cox / VICE:Some are raising concerns about harmful uses of “netflow data”,...

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Shield AI, which develops AI and self-driving tech for military and commercial aircraft, raises $210M as part of its Series D at a valuation of about $1.25B (Joshua Brustein/Bloomberg)

Shield AI, which develops AI and self-driving tech for...

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California expands lawsuit against Activision Blizzard to include temp workers and says the game maker interfered with investigation by shredding pertinent docs (Axios)

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Axios:California expands lawsuit against Activision Blizzard to include temp workers...

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Cerebras Systems claims its hardware can now run a neural network with 120 trillion parameters, targeting a nascent market for massive NLP AI algorithms (Will Knight/Wired)

Cerebras Systems claims its hardware can now run a neural...

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Study details how people use hashtags, video effects, and music on TikTok to promote hate against Asians, women, Muslims, Jews, and Black and LGBTQ people (Jessica Guynn/USA Today)

Study details how people use hashtags, video effects, and...

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Hunters, a cybersecurity startup that builds tech known as extended threat detection and response (XDR), raises $30M Series B led by Bessemer Venture Partners (Sean Michael Kerner/TechCrunch)

Hunters, a cybersecurity startup that builds tech known...

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Interview with Discord CEO Jason Citron, who says user numbers doubled and revenue tripled to $130M in 2020, and Discord is developing its own in-house games (Hannah Murphy/Financial Times)

Interview with Discord CEO Jason Citron, who says user...

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A look at Vaccine Talk, a tightly moderated Facebook group for vaccine skeptics with ~70K members that aims to change their minds with evidence-based info (Washington Post)

A look at Vaccine Talk, a tightly moderated Facebook group...

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Washington Post:A look at Vaccine Talk, a tightly moderated Facebook group for vaccine...

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Why Biden will end the final mission in Afghanistan in just 7 days

Why Biden will end the final mission in Afghanistan in...

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Afghan withdrawal leaves allies to face harsh reality of US's departure from world stage

Afghan withdrawal leaves allies to face harsh reality of...

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The sudden fall of Kabul and the Taliban's near-total takeover of Afghanistan has...

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New concerns Taliban have seized US digital databases left behind

New concerns Taliban have seized US digital databases left...

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There are rising fears that the Taliban has ceased US military digital data and...

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Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts dies at 80

Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts dies at 80

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Charlie Watts, the unassuming son of a truck driver who gained global fame as the...

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Real Madrid make £137m bid for Mbappe

Real Madrid make £137m bid for Mbappe

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Real Madrid have made a £137m (€160m) bid to sign Kylian Mbappe from Paris Saint-Germain.