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Attorneys general from 22 states file lawsuit to stop FCC's repeal of net neutrality rules; Mozilla, other net neutrality advocates also filed suits against FCC — The Bits newsletter will keep you updated on the latest from Silicon Valley and the technology industry.
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Kaspersky Lab says it's found an Android spying app, likely by Italian vendors, that relies on five exploits to gain root access and can steal WhatsApp messages — Skygofree is among the most powerful spy platforms ever created for Android. — Last year, researchers found …
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| Diane Bartz / Reuters: |
Sources: US lawmakers, citing national security concerns, urge AT&T to cut commercial ties with Huawei and oppose China Mobile's plans to enter the US — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers are urging AT&T Inc, the No. 2 wireless carrier, to cut commercial ties to Chinese phone maker …
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China Labor Watch report finds some workers at Catcher iPhone plant worked around noxious chemicals when safety equipment was not present; Apple, Catcher deny — Rights group alleges 14 violations of Apple supplier standards — Apple says it investigated claims, found no standards breached
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| Ben Treynor Sloss / The Keyword: |
Google plans to build three new undersea fiber optic cables and add five new cloud regions in Montreal, Netherlands, Los Angeles, Finland, and Hong Kong — At Google, we've spent $30 billion improving our infrastructure over three years, and we're not done yet.| Evelyn Cheng / CNBC: |
Cryptocurrency values decline sharply, with Ethereum dropping as much as 30%, Bitcoin down 25%+, and Ripple down 40%+ at one point on Tuesday — - Ripple, the third-largest digital currency by market capitalization, briefly drops 46 percent below $1, according to CoinMarketCap.| Bloomberg: |
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
YouTube says new creators will need 4K hours of watch time and 1K subs to join Partner Program for ad revenue; Google Preferred videos to be reviewed by humans — YouTube is making its creator revenue-sharing program more restrictive and will start manually reviewing all videos …
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Inside AdWords, New York Times, Engadget, TechCrunch, Recode, YouTube Creator Blog, 9to5Google, The Verge, and Hollywood Reporter
Tweets: @talentsyfam, @chrismessina, and @georgepaskl
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Google and Coursera launch program to train more IT support professionals, written by Googlers and subsidized by Google, available globally for $49/month — After a big fundraise and subsequent reorganization last year at Coursera — which saw a change of CEO, as well as the departure of its COO …
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| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
Ripple and its investors hold many billions of dollars worth of XRP cryptocurrency, which is not meaningfully tied to Ripple's core tool used by banks, xCurrent — - Ripple could bring in hundreds of millions of dollars a month by selling a tiny fraction of its XRP holdings.| Saqib Shah / Engadget: |
Contraceptive app Natural Cycles, used by over 500K women, reported to regulator by Swedish hospital after reportedly causing 37 unwanted pregnancies — A contraceptive app used by more than 500,000 women has come under fire after reportedly causing 37 unwanted pregnancies.
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Digital Trends, CNET, The Verge, Mashable, thecut, Fortune, TechSpot, Tech Times, London Evening Standard, Telegraph, 9to5Google, and Business Insider
Tweets: @bspeed8, @joshtpm, and @morninggloria
| Zeynep Tufekci / Wired: |
Free speech online has grown even as Facebook, Google, Twitter control more attention; most effective censorship now is meddling with trust, not muzzling speech — FOR MOST OF modern history, the easiest way to block the spread of an idea was to keep it from being mechanically disseminated.| Olivia Zaleski / Bloomberg: |
Instacart acquires Toronto-based coupon and voice-shopping startup Unata; sources say the deal totals ~$65M — Unata makes voice-ordering software for grocery chains — Deal will help Instacart expand to more markets in Canada — Instacart Inc. said it agreed to acquire Toronto-based …
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