Current and former esports players and agents say many contracts are predatory, have time-based gimmicks, allow trading players without their consent, and more — Even as esports blossoms into a billion dollar industry, player contract negotiations are a veritable Wild West
TikTok suspends livestreaming and new content uploads in Russia amid the country's new law that would impose prison terms for spreading “fake news” — TikTok says it's suspending livestreaming in Russia amid the country's new “fake news” law that's aimed at silencing dissent …
[Thread] Russia/Ukraine cyberwar reportedly opened with Russia's cyberattack on Viasat's KA-SAT satellite ISP, but Ukraine now dominates the information space — Russia's opening cyber salvo was clearly tied to their war planning. They seem to have used wipers to go after gov, mil and comms systems to degrade Ukraine's defense capacity. And the attack on satellite comms was possibly related to military capacity as well. https://twitter.com/...
Kuo: a more powerful Mac mini and a more affordable 27-inch external display without mini-LED will launch in 2022, Mac Pro and iMac Pro are coming in 2023 — Ming-Chi Kuo has continued his newfound career as a Twitter leaker by today sharing his predictions for Apple's desktop roadmap.
Threat actors are using NVIDIA's code-signing certificates leaked by the Lapsus$ group to sign Windows malware and hacking tools — Threat actors are using stolen NVIDIA code signing certificates to sign malware to appear trustworthy and allow malicious drivers to be loaded in Windows.
What to expect from Apple's March 8 event: 5G iPhone SE, iPad Air, a new Mac, a possible “wild card” preview of a new display, smaller Mac Pro or iMac Pro — Apple will hold its first event of the year on Tuesday, and you can expect updates of the iPhone, iPad and Mac lines.
How Alibaba, which has a joint venture in Russia and significant sales in Ukraine, navigates challenges caused by Russia's invasion and international sanctions — The day before bombs started raining down on Kyiv, Dmytro Romashko streamed for three hours on AliExpress, Alibaba's global ecommerce platform.
For some right-wing libertarian-minded coiners, the right to freely trade crypto takes precedence over opposing a Russian invasion of a sovereign nation — Last month, a non-fungible token, or NFT, collector who goes by the pseudonymous Twitter handle @punk6529 posted a 56-part Twitter thread …
Snapchat turns off its “heatmap” feature in Ukraine as a safety precaution, no longer showing how many snaps are being taken in particular locations — Other companies have cut off sources of info on the public's movements — Snap has announced that it's temporarily turning off Snapchat's …
Many tech leaders believe work flexibility will be a staple and hiring will be more geographically dispersed even when the pandemic is over — Highly sought-after tech workers don't want to go back to the way things used to be. Their employers are making their work day more flexible and less distracting …
Q&A with Ukraine Deputy Minister for Information Transformation Oleksandr Bornyakov on Ukraine's ‘IT Army’, cybersecurity, and betting on crypto donations — An interview with the country's deputy minister for Information Transformation on its digital resistance as it braces for more conflict
Tripp Mickle / New York Times : A look at Jony Ive's work with LoveFrom; Ive bought a city block in SF's Jackson Square and could...
