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Richard Lawler

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    BreachForums founder resentenced to three years in prison.

    Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, aka PomPompurin, is linked to crimes including the 2021 breach that sent out fake cybersecurity warning emails from the FBI. After pleading guilty to one count of access device conspiracy, one count of access device solicitation, and one count of possession of child sexual abuse material, he was originally sentenced to 20 years of supervised release.

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    Richard Lawler
    Trump extends the TikTok ban enforcement deadline again.

    As he has ever since taking office, Donald Trump again ordered the DOJ to ignore enforcing the TikTok ban law, this time until December 16th.

    The president claims a deal is close, which the WSJ reports will hand control to a US consortium of investors including Oracle, Silver Lake, and Andreesen Horowitz.

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    The Internet Archive and the record labels have reached a settlement.

    Last year, the Archive lost an appeal in its ebook lending case, and now it has settled the lawsuit over its Great 78 Project:

    The Internet Archive’s blog simply says:

    As noted in the recent court filings in UMG Recordings, Inc. v. Internet Archive, both parties have advised the Court that the matter has been settled. The parties have reached a confidential resolution of all claims and will have no further public comment on this matter.

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    Steve Ballmer’s Kawhi Leonhard controversy intersects with another scandal.

    ESPN NBA writer Brian Windhorst points out that when Aspiration signed up to be the Clippers’ jersey patch sponsor (and, allegedly, help circumvent the NBA’s salary cap) it replaced another company.

    That was Honey, the shopping tool exposed for swapping referral codes, which actually got ads featuring Kawhi.

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    If you can’t clear your Slack unread count, try refreshing.

    The app had an outage this morning, leaving many users staring at an unread count, even after reading all their messages. Slack reports it’s fixed, but if your app is still stuck, hitting CMD + Shift + R (Mac) or CTRL + Shift + R (Windows) to force refresh should clear things up.

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    Richard Lawler
    Netflix’s chief product officer Eunice Kim is leaving the company.

    Kim, who recently oversaw the launch of its new TV app, became CPO in 2023 when Greg Peters was promoted to co-CEO. Bloomberg reports Netflix didn’t give a reason for her exit; however, CTO Elizabeth Stone will fill the role for now.

    In a statement, she noted the apps’ recent changes:

    We also redesigned the product experience, expanding beyond VOD to support a much broader entertainment offering –including live events, ads, and games.