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Dominic PrestonMay 22

Trump Mobile admits it suffered a data breach.

YouTuber Coffeezilla first reported the leak of customer details, now apparently fixed. Trump Mobile CEO Pat O’Brien has now confirmed to The Verge there was a breach, which he blames on “a third-party platform provider.”

“The impacted information appears to be limited to certain customer details, including names, email addresses, mailing addresses, order identifiers and mobile phone numbers.
Out of an abundance of caution, our third-party platform provider has implemented additional safeguards and enhanced monitoring measures while the matter continues to be investigated.”

Update: Added comment from Trump Mobile’s CEO.

The Trump phone is not here

Dominic PrestonMay 22

Samsung’s memory chip employees negotiated $340,000 bonuses this year

Dominic PrestonMay 22

Flipping cool.

The Flipper One is the rare piece of tech that truly feels cyberpunk. I’d love to own one, but like this commenter I know in my heart of hearts that it is beyond me.

PierogiPrince:

The vibes for this thing are extremely neat, I wish I was smart enough to use one

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Dominic PrestonMay 21

Sony’s other PS Plus plans are going up in price too.

When it announced price hikes this week, Sony focused on the cheapest Essential tier. As we suspected though, now the new prices are live, Extra and Premium have gone up too. Extra now starts at $16.99 per month, while Premium is $19.99.

Sony is raising short-subscription prices for PlayStation Plus

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Dominic PrestonMay 21

Is that a compliment?

Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary is one of the investors backing the Stratos Project, a colossal data center in Utah. It sounds like he has a few fans in the comments section.

Electric Mayhem:

Kevin O’Leary is the Donald Trump of Mark Cubans.

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Trump Mobile may be leaking customer addresses

Dominic PrestonMay 20

Android 17 is getting its own version of Apple’s Handoff

Dominic PrestonMay 20

Google’s big ask.

Yesterday Emma Roth wrote that Google’s pitch for AI at I/O demands both your trust and your personal data. Going by the comment section, that’s a trade many of you are no longer willing to make.

monterxz:

Google lost the first long ago and will never get any more of the second out of me.

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Dominic PrestonMay 19

A strong brand identity.

Look, I’m not saying Sony’s audio naming scheme is good, per se, but you can’t deny it’s distinct. Is it really willing to throw that away?

Hoto:

Are we sure the initial reporting is correct? Isn’t a Sony product more likely to be named the WH-C0113-X10N?

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