July 17, 2020
Fri. 07/17 – Is A 21-Year-Old British Hacker Behind The Great Twitter Hijacking?
Brian Krebs has a theory of who specifically he thinks was behind the Twitter hijack, but other people have theories too. Netflix kicks off tech earnings season, but also makes a pretty interesting executive move. And of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.
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- Who’s Behind Wednesday’s Epic Twitter Hack? (Krebs on Security)
- 130 high-profile Twitter accounts targeted in hacking attack (The Guardian)
- Netflix shares fall after earnings miss, weak subscriber guidance for third quarter (CNBC)
Weekend Longreads Suggestions
- Some of Reddit's Wildest Relationship Stories Are Lies. I'd Know – I Wrote Them (Motherboard)
- Google’s secretive ATAP lab is imagining the future of smart devices (Fast Company)
- Inside Peacock’s Ambitious Plan to Crash a Crowded Streaming Field (Variety)
- Everything you need to know about Palantir, the secretive company coming for all your data (Recode)
- Sale of the Century: The Inside Story of Ethereum’s 2014 Premine (Coindesk)
- Apple Silicon: The Passing of Wintel (MondayNote)
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