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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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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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| 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 … | 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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Fortune, AppleInsider, MacRumors, ZDNet, 9to5Mac, International Business Times, Ubergizmo, SlashGear, and iPhone Hacks. Thanks:@mattrosoff
| Brad Frost: |
The notifications Facebook uses to keep people coming back have gotten overt and aggressive — Several months ago, I turned off notifications from Facebook on my phone. Last week, I went ahead and removed the Facebook app from my phone. — Now, I genuinely enjoy Facebook.
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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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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook says it's testing Instant Videos that can be downloaded and cached on Wi-Fi, watched later — Facebook doesn't want you to burn through your mobile data plan just to keep watching its videos. That's why it's testing a new feature called Instant Videos that downloads … | 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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O'Grady's PowerPage, Recode, 500ish Words, International Business Times, Ubergizmo, BGR, MacRumors, AppleInsider, GeekWire, Tom's Guide, Cult of Mac, iPhone Hacks, Wired, Redmond Pie, Investor's Business Daily, Fortune, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, The Guardian, Pocket-lint, and AppAdvice.com. Tweets: @_inside
| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
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| 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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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Facebook has pulled Instant Articles off Messenger, says it's now focusing its resources on Instant Articles on its core app — While Facebook prepares to offer readers a way to subscribe and pay for news directly from inside its app, the social network continues to tinker with how it presents publishers' content elsewhere.Sponsor Posts
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