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An interview with Citizen Lab founder Ronald Deibert about the US adopting authoritarian digital practices, the research group's accomplishments, and more (Finian Hazen/MIT Technology Review)

Finian Hazen / MIT Technology Review:
An interview with Citizen Lab founder Ronald Deibert about the US adopting authoritarian digital practices, the research group's accomplishments, and more  —  Ronald Deibert and his research group, the Citizen Lab, have rigorously worked to unveil alarming digital threats for the past two decades.

Apple settles with a Brazilian regulator to allow alternative app stores; report: Apple will charge a 5% fee for alt app stores and 15% on App Store link-outs (Hartley Charlton/MacRumors)

Hartley Charlton / MacRumors:
Apple settles with a Brazilian regulator to allow alternative app stores; report: Apple will charge a 5% fee for alt app stores and 15% on App Store link-outs  —  Brazilian regulators have approved a settlement that will require Apple to change how the App Store operates on iPhone in the country …

A 3D Tour Inside Trump’s Oval Office

Terrific interaction design from The New York Times. Not so terrific interior design from the president.

Xiaomi unveils the $995+ Xiaomi 17 Ultra in China with a 200MP periscope camera, a 50MP 1" sensor, and an ultrawide; Leica edition gets a mechanical zoom ring (Siddharth/GSMArena.com)

Siddharth / GSMArena.com:
Xiaomi unveils the $995+ Xiaomi 17 Ultra in China with a 200MP periscope camera, a 50MP 1" sensor, and an ultrawide; Leica edition gets a mechanical zoom ring  —  The Xiaomi 17 Ultra has finally been unveiled in China as the brand's flagship phone.  Alongside the standard model …

The Revenant at 10: Leonardo Dicaprio's divisive Oscar-winner is better than you remember

Revisiting The Revenant: Leonardo DiCaprio's Oscar-winning performance and the film's breathtaking cinematography deserve more recognition 10 years later.