Profile of Susan Headley, an influential hacker of the 1980s, who specialized in social engineering and now leads a quiet life in a large US Midwestern city (Claire L. Evans/The Verge)

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Profile of Susan Headley, an influential hacker of the 1980s, who specialized in social engineering and now leads a quiet life in a large US Midwestern city  —  She was known, back then, as Susan Thunder.  For someone in the business of deception, she stood out: she was unusually tall …

Why Facebook has stopped the users from joining this service

"We are pausing the ability for people to join CrowdTangle while we work through some staffing constraints," a Meta spokesperson said. New users can still get added to existing company accounts on the tracking tool, the spokesperson said. https://bit.ly/3o5AUBx

Elon Musk's SpaceX is targeting 52 space missions this year

Elon Musk-owned private rocket company SpaceX plans to launch 52 missions in 2022, a NASA safety panel revealed. https://ift.tt/3u7Iob7

Second-hand smartphone market in India may generate $4.6 billion by 2025: Report

The second-hand smartphone market in India is likely to generate revenue of more than $2.3 billion, at an average of Rs 6,900 per device, with 25 million devices being traded in 2021, a new report showed on Friday. https://ift.tt/3AFi2yy

Apple rolls out 'Universal Control' feature in beta

Apple announced on Friday that the first-of-its-kind 'Universal Control' feature is now available in the developer beta releases of macOS Monterey 12.3 and iPadOS 15.4. https://ift.tt/3G7OElM

China's Weibo warns users about posting Winter Olympics content

Weibo, China's equivalent of Twitter, sent out messages to its users on Friday warning them against posting any content from the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics that belonged to broadcast rights holders or risk being blocked. https://ift.tt/32HfKm0

SoftBank confirms COO Marcelo Claure is leaving the company after nine years and names Michel Combes as CEO of SoftBank Group International (Saheli Roy Choudhury/CNBC)

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SoftBank confirms COO Marcelo Claure is leaving the company after nine years and names Michel Combes as CEO of SoftBank Group International  —  - Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group confirmed Friday that its Chief Operating Officer Marcelo Claure is leaving the company following a nine-year tenure.

Realme 9 Pro, Realme 9 Pro+ are expected to launch next month in India

Realme is working on two new smartphones -- Realme 9 Pro and Realme 9 Pro+. Recently, the company confirmed that it will soon launch the Realme 9 Pro+ in the country. The company also revealed that the upcoming Realme smartphone will be powered by MediaTek Dimensity 920 5G processor. Now a new leak has surfaced online revealing the likely launch date of the two new Realme smartphones. https://ift.tt/3ubPuLN

Meet the Fifa 22 ultimate world football team

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Redmi Note 11, Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G smartphones with 5000 mAh battery launched

Xiaomi has expanded its smartphone lineup with the launch of Redmi Note 11 Pro and Redmi Note 11. The company has launched the smartphones in Europe. Both the smartphones are powered by a Qualcomm processor and run Android 11 operating system. https://ift.tt/3r3S0Sk

Spotify is removing Neil Young's music after he gave the company an ultimatum between his music and Joe Rogan's podcast with COVID-19 vaccine misinformation (Anne Steele/Wall Street Journal)

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Spotify is removing Neil Young's music after he gave the company an ultimatum between his music and Joe Rogan's podcast with COVID-19 vaccine misinformation  —  Folk-rock star had over six million monthly listeners on the service, which he blames for spreading fake info about vaccines

This may be the first phone in the Series T from Vivo

Vivo is all set to launch a new mid-range smartphone series in India. Likely to be called Series T, the upcoming range may see its first smartphone, Vivo T1 5G, launch in the coming weeks. https://ift.tt/3fZplrp

Ipsos: Apple News was the most widely used UK news app in December 2021 with 13.2M users and 1.2B minutes spent; BBC News had 12.5M users and 2.2B minutes spent (Aisha Majid/Press Gazette)

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Ipsos: Apple News was the most widely used UK news app in December 2021 with 13.2M users and 1.2B minutes spent; BBC News had 12.5M users and 2.2B minutes spent  —  The Apple News app narrowly beat BBC News to take the spot of most popular news app in the UK in December …

Apple may debut ‘e-SIM-only’ iPhone with iPhone 14 series, but why it may not be for everyone

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Klarna launches its Visa-based Klarna Card in the UK, expanding on Sweden and Germany where it has 800,000 users; the card includes Klarna's "Pay in 30" feature (Ryan Browne/CNBC)

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Klarna launches its Visa-based Klarna Card in the UK, expanding on Sweden and Germany where it has 800,000 users; the card includes Klarna's “Pay in 30” feature  —  - Klarna is launching a physical card in the U.K. that lets users delay payments on their purchases, both in-store as well as online.