Month: February 2021
‘Apex Legends’ comes to Nintendo Switch on March 9th
We already knew that Apex Legends, the battle royale shooter by Respawn Entertainment, was coming to Nintendo Switch. But when? Various leaks had suggested the port would come out on February 2nd, but that’s turned out to be inaccurate. Today, the re… Source
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Instagram is stopping some people from posting feed photos to stories
Instagram is disabling the ability to share (and reshare) posts from your feed to stories as part of a test to see how it changes engagement with the popular feature. The company announced the change in a notification banner sent to users in “select countries” where the test is being…
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This malware abuses Tor and Telegram infrastructure to evade detection Skull and Bones
For more than seven years, the Agent Tesla family of remote access trojan (RAT) malware has remained one of the most common threats to Windows users online as it is continually updated by its creators. A variety of cybercriminals leverage the malware to steal user credentials and other information through…
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TikTok reduces India staff after long-standing countrywide ban
More than seven months after India issued a countrywide ban on TikTok, the app is significantly reducing its staffing in the country. On Tuesday, Nikkei Asia reported that TikTok was “essentially withdrawing” from India, citing sources familiar with the company. Reached for comment, a TikTok spokesperson confirmed that it was…
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What Andy Jassy’s promotion to Amazon CEO could mean for AWS
Blockbuster news struck late this afternoon when Amazon announced that Jeff Bezos would be stepping back as CEO of Amazon, the company he built from a business in his garage to worldwide behemoth. As he takes on the role of executive chairman, his replacement will be none other than AWS…
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Google Cloud lost $5.6B in 2020
Google continues to bet heavily on Google Cloud, and, while it is seeing accelerated revenue growth, its losses are also increasing. For the first time today, Google disclosed operating income/loss for its Google Cloud business unit in its quarterly earnings today. Google Cloud lost $5.6 billion in Google’s fiscal year…
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