Techmeme: Samsung and independent experts to release findings of investigation into Galaxy Note7 explosions at 10AM KST on January 23 in Seoul (8PM ET January 22) (Nick Statt/The Verge)

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January 20, 2017, 8:50 AM

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Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

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Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

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Nick Statt / The Verge:

Samsung and independent experts to release findings of investigation into Galaxy Note7 explosions at 10AM KST on January 23 in Seoul (8PM ET January 22) — The press conference takes place in Seoul — Samsung announced today that it would reveal its investigative findings on the recalled Galaxy Note 7 this Sunday evening.

More: Samsung Global Newsroom, AppleInsider, TmoNews, PhoneDog.com, Android Police, TechCrunch, Droid Life, and Android Central

James Vincent / The Verge:

WSJ sources: Samsung investigation finds Galaxy Note7 fires were caused by irregularly sized batteries that didn't properly fit the phone, manufacturing issues

More: VentureBeat, BGR, TechCrunch, and Wall Street Journal

Kate Conger / TechCrunch:

Security and privacy experts raise questions about viral selfie app Meitu's app permissions like GPS, call and carrier info, more that are unrelated to core use — You've probably seen a Meitu selfie in your Instagram or Facebook feed in the past 24 hours.

Jack Nicas / Wall Street Journal:

Analysis finds Google placed ads for its own products atop 91% of 25K searches for related items; after Google was told, only 19% had Google product ads atop — A Wall Street Journal analysis found that Google often pushes its growing list of hardware products, from Pixel phones to Nest smart thermostats …

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Brent Kendall / Wall Street Journal:

Uber agrees to pay $20M fine to settle FTC suit alleging the company overstated potential driver earnings in 20 cities — Uber Technologies agreed Thursday to pay $20 million to resolve Federal Trade Commission allegations that it misled drivers about potential earnings and vehicle financing.

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Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:

Brian Krebs accuses founder of DDoS mitigation provider ProTraf Solutions as co-author of Mirai IoT worm; founder denies involvement — On September 22, 2016, this site was forced offline for nearly four days after it was hit with “Mirai,” a malware strain that enslaves poorly secured Internet of Things …

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Tweets: @briankrebs, @briankrebs, and @briankrebs

Larry Dignan / ZDNet:

Atlassian reports a quarterly net loss of $1.7M and $148.9M in revenue, up 36% year-over-year, and expects $4M revenue from Trello in fiscal 2017 — For fiscal 2017, Atlassian projected revenue between $611 million to $615 million as it integrates Trello. — Atlassian's active customer count …

More: SiliconANGLE, GlobeNewswire News Room, VentureBeat, Tech Trader Daily, and Investor's Business Daily. Tweets: @thufirhawat

Kurt Wagner / Recode:

Twitter says it beat “many” internal workplace diversity targets in 2016, including promoting minorities and women to leadership positions — Twitter's workforce is a little more diverse, but still predominantly white and male. — Most Silicon Valley tech companies have workforces …

More: The Twitter Blog, Axios, TechCrunch, SlashGear, Fortune, SocialTimes, jencotton, Engadget, Mic, USA Today, and Bloomberg

Tweets: @cfair1, @justinpulitzer, @twitterwomen, @jguynn, @jack, and @melaniehannah

Pranav Dixit / BuzzFeed:

How WhatsApp's intimacy and immediacy have greatly increased the spread of misinformation in India, its largest market — At 8 p.m. on Nov. 8, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi unexpectedly banned 86% of the country's legal tender from circulation. The goal was to wipe out “black money” …

Tweets: @stephaniemlee, @mat, @joemfbrown, @anniegowen, and @nitashatiku. See also Mediagazer

Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:

Snap to enable ad targeting using 3rd-party data from offline purchases, after signing deal with Oracle Data Cloud, following lead of Google, Facebook, Twitter — Mobile app company follows lead of Google, Facebook and Twitter by working with Oracle Data Cloud

More: TechCrunch, Adweek, Social Media Today, The Tech Portal, Digital Trends, International Business Times, Marketing Land, and Business Insider

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