March 8, 2025

🔮 Sneak Peak Saturday for 2025-03-08

This edition highlights the frenzy of Friday news and shares missed stories with a sprinkle of memes.

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By Friday, everything seems to be reaching the peak of getting news turned in before a deadline or dread-line. It sometimes seems like we reach a fever pitch in news coverage throughout the week.

Peak 🏔️ vs. Peek 👀

Then there is a trope, cliché, or bromide about slow news days and the quietly mentioned news updates sent on a Friday — to try and sneak it past wider coverage. Or, in a nutshell, peak patronizing publishing.

In that spirit, here are a few stories that you might have missed on the slow news of a Friday.

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Techmeme: Experts say Sean Cairncross' nomination as national cyber director signals the White House's ONCD will lead US cyber policy across the government (Suzanne Smalley/The Record)

By Suzanne Smalley / The Record. View the full context on Techmeme.

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Techmeme: Unsealed court docs: US investigators believe hackers behind the 2022 LastPass breach stole $150M in XRP, now worth ~$700M, from one person in January 2024 (Thomas Brewster/Forbes)

By Thomas Brewster / Forbes. View the full context on Techmeme.

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Techmeme: Sources: Craig Federighi and other Apple executives voiced concerns that personalized Siri didn't work properly; some think it has to be rebuilt from scratch (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

By Mark Gurman / Bloomberg. View the full context on Techmeme.

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Techmeme: Filing: Elon Musk is set to be questioned under oath on April 3 in an investor lawsuit alleging his Twitter buyout flip-flop was a ruse to lower its stock price (Malathi Nayak/Bloomberg)

By Malathi Nayak / Bloomberg. View the full context on Techmeme.

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Techmeme: Sources: Figma has met with banks in recent weeks to discuss an IPO that could come as soon as 2025; EU and US regulators stymied its $20B sale to Adobe in 2023 (New York Times)

From New York Times. View the full context on Techmeme.

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