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Tom Phillips / Eurogamer.net: Sony plans to remove Horizon Zero Dawn, one of its biggest first-party games, from PlayStation Plus on May 21; the game is PS4-only, hinting at a PS5 release  —  Horizon Zero Dawn to leave later this… Read More »Sony plans to remove Horizon Zero Dawn, one of its biggest first-party games, from PlayStation Plus on May 21; the game is PS4-only, hinting at a PS5 release (Tom Phillips/Eurogamer.net)

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Microsoft confirms the April 2024 Windows security update breaks VPN connections across client and server platforms on Windows 11, 10, and Server 2008 or later  —  Microsoft has confirmed that the April 2024 Windows security updates… Read More »Microsoft confirms the April 2024 Windows security update breaks VPN connections across client and server platforms on Windows 11, 10, and Server 2008 or later (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)

Sarah McBride / Bloomberg: Karius, which uses AI to help analyze blood tests in 400 hospitals, raised $100M led by Khosla, after raising $165M in early 2020 led by Vision Fund II  —  Karius’ technology is already being used to… Read More »Karius, which uses AI to help analyze blood tests in 400 hospitals, raised $100M led by Khosla, after raising $165M in early 2020 led by Vision Fund II (Sarah McBride/Bloomberg)

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Google says 400M+ Google Accounts have used passkeys since the rollout, logging 1B+ authentications, and expands passkeys to its Advanced Protection Program  —  Google is kicking off World Password Day by updating us on its… Read More »Google says 400M+ Google Accounts have used passkeys since the rollout, logging 1B+ authentications, and expands passkeys to its Advanced Protection Program (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)

Bloomberg: Starlink users in some unauthorized regions can seemingly still use the internet, despite SpaceX telling users the service would be unavailable to them by May 1  —  – Company told users it would crack down in unlicensed areas  —… Read More »Starlink users in some unauthorized regions can seemingly still use the internet, despite SpaceX telling users the service would be unavailable to them by May 1 (Bloomberg)

Tess Owen / Wired: Tech Transparency Project: US extremist militias are quietly coordinating across ~200 Facebook groups and profiles, after lying low since the January 6 riot  —  After lying low for years in the aftermath of January 6, exclusive… Read More »Tech Transparency Project: US extremist militias are quietly coordinating across ~200 Facebook groups and profiles, after lying low since the January 6 riot (Tess Owen/Wired)

Kate O’Keeffe / Bloomberg: Sources and documents: Huawei is secretly funding cutting-edge research at US universities including Harvard via an independent Washington-based foundation  —  – Chinese telecom maker is sole funder of optics competition  — Blacklisted company’s role kept private… Read More »Sources and documents: Huawei is secretly funding cutting-edge research at US universities including Harvard via an independent Washington-based foundation (Kate O’Keeffe/Bloomberg)

Steve Lohr / New York Times: A profile of US District Court judge Amit P. Mehta, who is presiding over the US v. Google case, which could set a precedent for other US tech antitrust cases  —  Amit P. Mehta,… Read More »A profile of US District Court judge Amit P. Mehta, who is presiding over the US v. Google case, which could set a precedent for other US tech antitrust cases (Steve Lohr/New York Times)

Justin Ling / Wired: A look at Ukraine’s combat drone startup industry, based on commercial first-person-view or photography drones; an estimated ~200 local companies produce drones  —  Ukraine needs small drones to combat Russian forces—and is bootstrapping its own industry… Read More »A look at Ukraine’s combat drone startup industry, based on commercial first-person-view or photography drones; an estimated ~200 local companies produce drones (Justin Ling/Wired)

Molly White / Citation Needed: As people yearn for the web’s “good old days”, bringing those days back is possible with new tech, the possibility of new protocols, and more internet users  —  Many yearn for the “good old days”… Read More »As people yearn for the web’s “good old days”, bringing those days back is possible with new tech, the possibility of new protocols, and more internet users (Molly White/Citation Needed)