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YouTube has issued a warning about phishing emails that appear to come from no-reply@youtube.com, an official email address. This serves as a reminder that even if an email looks legit, always double-check to see if the content passes the sniff test so you don’t get hacked.
(Note: if a link contains the string “confirm=no_antivirus,” it does not pass the sniff test.)
Around 100 employees in Amazon’s gaming divisions are being laid off as part of the company’s broader cuts, according to a report from Bloomberg. While some of the affected employees work at the company’s game studio in San Diego, work will apparently still continue on an unannounced game.
Last week the company announced it was laying off 85 percent of its staff. Now, it’s officially started Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, according to an SEC filing.
Mike McCue, co-founder and CEO of the aggregation app, says Twitter’s new API plans are “prohibitively expensive, unreliable and frankly untrustworthy.” As of today, you won’t be able to see tweets in Flipboard.