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Cloudflare fixes bug active since September 2016 that leaked private user info, says search engine caches have now been cleared of sensitive information — Service used by 5.5 million websites may have leaked passwords and authentication tokens. — Cloudflare, a service that helps optimize …
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Google announces more carrier support for its implementation of RCS, rebrands Messenger to Android Messages, makes app default on phones from LG, ZTE, others — When text messaging was simple, SMS worked beautifully. You could send 160 characters to anyone with a cellphone, and they'd receive it the same way they would a phone call.
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Uber women confront CEO Travis Kalanick in leaked audio from Thursday meeting with 100+ female engineers — Uber CEO Travis Kalanick joined a group of more than 100 female engineers on Thursday to discuss the explosive allegations of sexual harassment and sexism recently leveled against the ride-hailing company.
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Alphabet's Waymo sues Otto and parent company Uber for trade secret theft, unfair competition, and patent infringement, claiming Otto founder took LiDAR designs — The Alphabet subsidiary is accusing its former employee, Otto co-founder Anthony Levandowski, of downloading 14,000 confidential files before he left the company.
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Apple says iOS 10.2.1 reduced unexpected shutdowns of iPhone 6, 6s devices by more than 70% — Over the past couple of iPhone versions users have complained of “unexpected” shutdowns of their devices. Some iPhone 6, 6s, 6 Plus and 6s Plus devices could basically go dark unexpectedly …
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Tech giants including Alphabet, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, Salesforce, and Yahoo criticize Trump's reversal of protections for transgender students — Companies from Apple to Lyft have issued statements following the administration's announcement on Wednesday. — by
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Source: Amazon considers bundling upgraded WorkMail, WorkDocs, and Chime apps in a new AWS productivity suite to compete with G Suite and Office 365 — Amazon Web Services dominates the market for cloud server and storage services and has made inroads in other enterprise technologies like databases.| Katie Benner / New York Times: |
Sources: early Snap investor Lightspeed added terms effectively giving it veto power over later investments; Snap founders tightened grip on company in response — When Snap goes public next month, one of the biggest winners will be Lightspeed Venture Partners.
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Samsung announces Exynos 9 8895, a 10nm octa-core SoC with dual-camera system support; integrated Samsung LTE modem supports 1 Gbps downloads, 150 Mbps uploads — Even though Mobile World Congress doesn't kick off for another few days, Samsung isn't wasting any time in getting started.| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Messaging platform provider Layer acquires text messaging app Cola, raises $15M Series B led by Greycroft Partners — Layer, the messaging platform that won TechCrunch's Startup Battlefield back in 2013, is making two big announcement today: It's raised $15 million in Series B funding, and it's acquiring another startup, Cola.| Bérénice Magistretti / VentureBeat: |
Open source compliance firm Fossa raises $2.2M seed round led by Bain Capital, with participation from Marc Benioff and YouTube co-founder Steve Chen — Open source code can be a nightmare for engineers who are developing software. Fossa, which announced today a seed round of $2.2 million …
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Sources: Roku in advanced discussions to raise $200M at a post-money valuation of ~$1.5B — This article first appeared in Term Sheet, Fortune's newsletter about deals and dealmakers. Sign up here. — Roku is in advanced discussions to raise at least $200 million in new funding … Sponsor Posts
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