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| Richard Lai / Engadget: |
Vivo demos Qualcomm's new ultrasonic fingerprint sensors that work under glass, metal, and water; commercial devices using them are expected in 2018 — There have been rumours of Apple exploring under-display fingerprint scanning technology, but you probably didn't expect the first of such demos to come from China.
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| New York Times: |
Ransomware attack spreads to 64 countries including the Asia-Pacific region, is said to originate in software from a Ukrainian tax accountancy firm M.E.Doc — SHANGHAI — A cargo terminal at a bustling Mumbai port lurched to a stop. Threatening text filled computer screens at a chocolate factory in Tasmania.
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NPR, Windows Security, The Guardian, blog.trendmicro.com, Tech2, Business Insider, SecurityWeek, Bloomberg, bit-tech.net, SecurityWeek, Kryptos Logic blog, The Overspill, Inquirer, Fortune, and Risk Based Security
Tweets: @mikko, @nytimesbusiness, @malwaretechblog, and @mikko
| Catalin Cimpanu / BleepingComputer.com: |
Researchers find creating a read-only “perfc” file on Windows stops the current “Petya” ransomware variant from executing locally — Cybereason security researcher Amit Serper has found a way to prevent the Petya (NotPetya/SortaPetya/Petna) ransomware from infecting computers.
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Tweets: @hackingdave, @hackingdave, @0xamit, @hackingdave, and @nicoleperlroth
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
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Tweets: @e_kaspersky, @ericgeller, @nicoleperlroth, @swiftonsecurity, @nicoleperlroth, @gossithedog, and @hacks4pancakes
| Joseph Cox / Motherboard: |
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
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| Julia Angwin / ProPublica: |
Internal documents show how Facebook polices speech, at times unfairly punishing and censoring black users or those in disputed territories like Palestine — In the wake of a terrorist attack in London earlier this month, a U.S. congressman wrote a Facebook post in which he called for the slaughter of “radicalized” Muslims.
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| Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab: |
Google News unveils desktop redesign that highlights fact checking sites, streamlines design, and offers more personalization — “To give them that multitude of facts, voices, and perspectives, you want the UI to disappear and not be a sense of overload or cognitive load on them but just be transparent."
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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Source: Lightspeed asked Stitch Fix CEO to sign non-disparagement agreement after she complained about then-board member and Lightspeed partner Justin Caldbeck — When Stitch Fix founder Katrina Lake told Lightspeed Venture Partners, an early investor in her company, that (then) …
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Silicon Valley Business …. Tweets: @danprimack, @om, @infraredflower, @mattrosoff, @mariosundar, @almostmedia, @rezendi, @aimeerawlins, and @landrew
| Emily Chang / Bloomberg: |
Source: Binary Capital is shutting down its most recent fund, which had raised about $175M, in wake of Justin Caldbeck situation — Binary Capital LLC, the venture firm whose co-founder Justin Caldbeck departed last week after admitting to misconduct with female entrepreneurs …
| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Snapchat now lets US users create, submit, and pay for custom geofilters from within its app — Snapchat introduced a way to create custom geofilters back in February of last year, and now it's making the feature easier to use. U.S. Snapchat users can now create and submit custom filters directly …
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The Next Web, The Verge, Engadget, Business Insider, and Mashable
Tweets: @db, @brianroemmele, and @imcatnoone
| Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
Microsoft to add Exploit Guard feature in this fall's Creators Update for Windows to help manage EMET-like exploit mitigations app by app — The built-in exploit mitigations are getting stronger and easier to configure. — The Windows 10 Fall Creators Update will include EMET … | Paul Chadwick / The Guardian: |
The Guardian rolls back much of its WhatsApp backdoor story, which was decried by 70+ experts, but will leave it online with a note highlighting deficiencies — The Guardian was wrong to report last January that the popular messaging service WhatsApp had a security flaw so serious that it was a huge threat to freedom of speech.
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Business Insider. Tweets: @zackwhittaker, @zackwhittaker, @oliviasolon, @imeluny, @kennethn, @jamesrbuk, @kateconger, @jonhew, @selenalarson, and @moyix
| Makiko Yamazaki / Reuters: |
Toshiba misses self-imposed deadline for chip unit sale, sues Western Digital for $1B for interfering with the sale process — Japan's Toshiba Corp (6502.T) has pushed back its timeline to clinch a sale of its prized flash memory chip unit, saying the $18 billion deal was being held up due … | Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Salesforce debuts three new AI-powered tools for developers building atop its Einstein platform, focused on sentiment and intent analysis and image recognition — Salesforce launched three AI tools for developers today at the TrailheaDX developer conference.
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VentureBeat, GeekWire, Axios, ZDNet, The New Stack, Seeking Alpha, and The Diversity Blog
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Dating apps are embracing video, with Hinge letting you import video from other social networks and Zoosk's Lively adding video chat — Dating apps are, in their own way, a form of social networking - especially as they expand into new areas like friend-finding or professional networking.
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The Verge, Tubefilter, Mashable, Engadget, and Digital Trends
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