🔮 Sneak Peak Saturday for 2025-06-21
The Friday news dump reporting tactics are evergreen.
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Ah, the Friday news dump. By Friday, everything seems to be reaching the peak of getting news turned in before a deadline or dread-line.
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.
🤔 🤨 🧐 Just a couple that caught my technologist eye…
Techmeme: Insurance giant Aflac says a cybercrime group breached its systems and may have stolen data; source: the attack bears the hallmarks of Scattered Spider (Jonathan Greig/The Record)
By Jonathan Greig / The Record. View the full context on Techmeme.
Techmeme: Microsoft suspending an ICC judge's email account raised alarms across EU about how dependent its governments, businesses, and citizens are on US tech companies (New York Times)
From New York Times. View the full context on Techmeme.
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