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At least two dozen federal lawsuits have been filed against Equifax in the United States — (Reuters) - More than two dozen lawsuits have been filed in the United States against Equifax Inc (EFX.N) after the credit reporting company said thieves may have stolen personal information …
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| Zack Whittaker / ZDNet: |
Equifax's credit report monitoring site, which was set up in the wake of security breach, is vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks — The site has at least one vulnerability that allows a hacker to trick users into turning over sensitive data. — Equifax's site used to set … | Zeynep Tufekci / New York Times: |
Regulations should include greater penalties for corporations like Equifax that provide inadequate security for sensitive personal data — Last week, Americans woke up to news of yet another mass breach of their personal data. The consumer credit reporting agency Equifax revealed …
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| Christina Farr / CNBC: |
Sources: Apple working with partners including Stanford and telemedicine firm American Well to test whether Watch can be used to detect common heart conditions — - The company is working on the tests with partners including Stanford and telemedicine company American Well, according to two people familiar.
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
tvOS 11 firmware leak suggests “Apple TV 4K” name, potential Siri Remote update with haptic feedback, references to “HDR Modes” in settings — Following 9to5Mac's iPhone X feature discoveries from the iOS 11 GM leak we received over the weekend …
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| New York Times: |
SoFi CEO and co-founder Mike Cagney to step down following sexual harassment suit; sources say he skirted risk and compliance controls while expanding business — Social Finance, an online lender that has been one of the more prominent financial technology start-ups, said on Monday …
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Amazon reportedly working on new Fire TV models with 4K HDR video at 60 FPS: a Chromecast-like dongle for 2017 and a cube-shaped set-top box with far field mics — I can now confirm that Amazon is working on two new Fire TV models which will both be capable of 4K HDR video at 60 fps.
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| The Daily Beast: |
Russia-linked accounts used promoted Facebook Events to organize anti-immigrant protests in US in 2016; company confirms it shut down several promoted events — Russian operatives hiding behind false identities used Facebook's event management tool to remotely organize and promote political protests … | Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios: |
GM, Cruise announce plans for mass-produced auto with self-driving hardware based on updated Bolt EV platform; no date for car's launch or self-driving feature — Cruise, the self-driving car startup that sold to General Motors last year, has reached a new milestone: it has a self-driving car model …
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TechCrunch, Kyle Vogt, SiliconANGLE, Recode, Tech Times, Engadget, San Francisco Chronicle, Forbes, Electrek, CleanTechnica, and Business Insider
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Rackspace acquires Datapipe, one of its largest competitors, which has raised more than $310M in equity funding since 1998 — Rackspace today announced its intention to acquire Datapipe, one of its largest competitors in the managed public and private cloud services business.
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The Official Rackspace Blog, Marketwire, Xconomy, Talkin' Cloud, ZDNet, The Register, Fortune, and SiliconANGLE
| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Xiaomi unveils Mi Mix 2 with Snapdragon 835 and 5.99" display starting at ~$500 in China, alongside a special edition with full unibody ceramic design, 8GB RAM — As statements of intent in phone design go, it's hard to think of a stronger one than the original Mi Mix.
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| Kyle Samani / Multicoin Capital: |
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