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    Meta fined $263 million for 2018 data breach.

    The Irish Data Protection Commission announced the fine following an investigation into a data breach that affected 29 million Facebook users. The incident stemmed from an exploit of Facebook’s video upload feature, allowing hackers to obtain users’ names, email addresses, phone numbers, and more.

    Meta, which has already faced several fines from the DPC, plans to appeal the decision, according to the Associated Press.

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    Emma Roth
    WordPress.org’s login screen now forces you to confirm “Pineapple is delicious on pizza.”

    Last week, WordPress cofounder Matt Mullenweg was ordered to remove the checkbox that asked users to verify that they’re not affiliated with WP Engine when logging in — and he seems to have replaced it with this:

    Screenshot: The Verge
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    Emma Roth
    Apple Sports now lets you track a game’s biggest plays.

    Along with bringing a key plays section to the Play-By-Play tab, the latest Apple Sports update adds pregame lineups for soccer and baseball games as well.

    You can also schedule Live Activities for more games and view league standings that show “which teams have qualified for the postseason and which have been eliminated.”