Aria Alamalhodaei / TechCrunch: Hubble Network, which is building a satellite network for Bluetooth devices, says it has made a Bluetooth connection directly to a satellite for the first time  —  Hubble Network has become the first company in history to establish a Bluetooth connection directly to a satellite …

Michael Kan / PCMag: Onur Aksoy, who pleaded guilty to selling fake Cisco equipment on Amazon and eBay from 2013 to 2022, making over $100M, is sentenced to over six years in prison  —  Some of the networking equipment sold by 40-year-old Onur Aksoy 'ended up in US hospitals, schools, and highly sensitive military …

Bloomberg: Microsoft adds deputy chief information security officers within its product groups after a spate of cyberattacks, but declines to identify the new officials  —  Ann Johnson named deputy security officer to oversee outreach and communication about company's security

Karissa Bell / Engadget: X tweaks its block feature to let users see replies to their posts even by users who have blocked them, with the aim of identifying and reporting “bad content”  —  Blocking will no longer hide your catty replies.  —  Elon Musk has made no secret that he's not a fan of the block button.

Bloomberg: Cloudflare reports Q1 revenue up 30% YoY to $378.6M, vs. $373.7M est., and forecasts Q2 revenue below estimates; NET drops 13%+ after hours  —  The San Francisco-based security company estimated that revenue would total $393.5 million to $394.5 million in the second quarter …

Nikkei Asia: Apple reports Q2 revenue down 8.1% YoY to $16.4B in Greater China, down 12.7% YoY to $6.3B in Japan, and down 17.2% YoY to $6.7B in the rest of Asia-Pacific  —  Japan and Asia-Pacific leads revenue decline in the January-March quarter  —  PALO ALTO, California — Apple CEO Tim Cook described China as …