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Foxconn subsidiary FIT Hon Teng announces it will acquire Belkin, which owns Linksys and Wemo brands, for $866M, by way of a merger — A Hong Kong-listed subsidiary of Taiwan-based iPhone supplier Foxconn said on Tuesday it had agreed to buy US consumer electronics maker Belkin International for $866m by way of a merger.
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Arizona's Governor Ducey orders Uber to suspend testing of autonomous cars in the state indefinitely, says Uber's fatal accident was an “unquestionable failure” — Arizona governor calls Uber crash an ‘unquestionable failure’ — Uber has been suspended from testing autonomous vehicles …
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| Sara Salinas / CNBC: |
FTC says it has an open non-public probe into Facebook's privacy practices; a violation of consent decree signed in 2011 could carry a penalty of $40K/violation — The FTC confirmed Monday it's investigating Facebook and its data practices in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica data scandal.
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| Roman / infosec.rm-it.de: |
iOS camera app bug means maliciously-crafted QR codes can prompt notification previewing a completely different URL destination, was reported to Apple on Dec 23 — I've learned recently that the iOS 11 camera app will now automatically scan QR codes and interpret them.
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| Camila Russo / Bloomberg: |
Coinbase says it will support Ethereum's ERC20 standard on its platform in the coming months, allowing for future support of ERC20 assets across its products — Coinbase Inc., which owns one of the largest U.S. cryptocurrency trading platforms, is opening the door to offering digital tokens based on the Ethereum network.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google unveils $329 Acer Chromebook Tab 10, the first Chrome OS tablet, with a 9.7" 2048x1536 display and Wacom EMR stylus that slides into device, coming April — Ahead of Apple's education-focused event tomorrow, which in itself is a reaction to the dominance of Chromebooks in schools …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft updates Edge browser on Android and iOS with support for tablet screen resolutions, but it doesn't support iOS 11's Split View — Microsoft started previewing its Edge browser for iPad earlier this month, and it's now releasing it for everyone using an iPad or Android tablets today.
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| Jon Evans / TechCrunch: |
Dear blockchain startups: do not promise decentralized Internet, you don't have to scale to the size of Facebook, just think small and build viable applications — Dear blockchain people: this is your hour. Abandon your transparently greedy get-rich-quick schemes, turn away from your casinos …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google starts using the mobile version of webpages for indexing on more sites that “follow the best practices” — Google today announced it has started rolling out mobile-first indexing for its search results. The company is migrating sites that follow best practices for mobile …
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| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
Sources: meditation app Calm is raising $25M+ in a round that values the company at ~$250M — - Calm has raised very little cash to date but is close to announcing a big round valuing the company at about a quarter billion dollars. — The company was named Apple's app of the year …
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| Danny Palmer / ZDNet: |
Researchers say that over a million Android users likely affected by Andr/HiddnAd-AJ malware through seven apps in the Play Store, one with 500K+ downloads — Attackers managed to serve up adware to large number of victims. — Cyber criminals have distributed malware to hundreds of thousands …
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| Dell Cameron / Gizmodo: |
Sources: Canadian data firm AggregateIQ created election software platform marketed by Cambridge Analytica, raising UK election law questions around payments — A little-known Canadian data firm ensnared by an international investigation into alleged wrongdoing during the Brexit campaign created …
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