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A Hacker Tried to Poison a Florida City's Water Supply, Officials Say. Around 8am on Friday morning, an employee of a water treatment plant in the 15,000-person city of Oldsmar, Florida noticed that his mouse cursor was moving strangely on his computer screen, out of his control, as local police would later tell it. (Andy Greenberg via WIRED)
Electronic Arts to Decide Fate of Anthem Game This Week. Electronic Arts Inc. will hold a meeting this week to determine whether it will continue trying to create a new version of the failed online game Anthem, according to three people familiar with the matter. (Jason Schreier via Bloomberg)
Mark Cuban is co-founding a podcast app where hosts can talk to fans live and monetize their conversations. Mark Cuban is getting in on the audio and podcasting hype. Alongside co-founder Falon Fatemi, he’s planning to launch Fireside, a “next-gen podcast platform” that facilitates live conversation, according to an email sent to possible creator partners seen by The Verge. (Ashley Carman via The Verge)
Americans angry they may no longer qualify for $1,400 stimulus checks, say it feels like a 'targeted attack' on middle class. Though she has kept her job as an executive assistant throughout the pandemic, Marie, who asked to be identified by her middle name to protect her privacy, says her budget has still been stretched thin. (Alicia Adamczyk via CNBC)
$15 Minimum Wage Would Cut Employment by 1.4 Million Jobs, Lift 900,000 From Poverty, CBO Study Finds. Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025 could deliver raises for 27 million workers and lift 900,000 Americans above the poverty threshold—but the policy would cost 1.4 million Americans their jobs over the next four years, according to a study released by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office Monday. (Eric Morath via Wall Street Journal)
Can The FBI Can Hack Into Private Signal Messages On A Locked iPhone? Evidence Indicates Yes. Signal has become the de facto king of secure messaging apps of late, stealing users from WhatsApp and gathering millions of others looking for private forms of communication. (Thomas Brewster via Forbes)
Reddit raises $250 million in Series E funding. Reddit has raised a new funding round, totalling $250 million. This is the company's Series E round of financing, and it comes hot on the heels of renewed public attention on the site that has dubbed itself ‘the front page of the Internet' (Darrell Etherington via TechCrunch)
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