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| Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: |
WhatsApp cofounder and CEO Jan Koum leaving; sources say over Facebook's attempts to weaken WhatsApp's encryption and use its data, that he plans to leave board — SAN FRANCISCO — The billionaire chief executive of WhatsApp, Jan Koum, is planning to leave the company after clashing with its parent …
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| Joe Maring / Android Central: |
Samsung announces 128GB/256GB models for Galaxy S9/S9+ to be available from Samsung.com in US, preorders starting May 1, after the flagships launched with 64GB — Both variants will be sold exclusively through Samsung.com. — The Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ are great smartphones … | Shabana Arif / IGN: |
PUBG game developer Bluehole says Chinese police arrested and fined 15 people a total of $5.1M for making and selling cheating programs, some containing trojans — Hackers have put themselves at risk for the sake of a chicken dinner. — In an update on its latest anti-cheat efforts … | Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Fitbit to use Google's new Cloud Healthcare API to make its data available to doctors, allowing them to regularly monitor devices — Fitbit this morning announced plans to utilize Google's new Cloud Healthcare API, in order to continue its push into the world of serious healthcare devices.
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Twitter announces 30 new or renewed video content deals, details live programming from ESPN, NBCUniversal, Live Nation, Vice News, MLB, and more — Twitter is ready to pump even more premium video into your tweet-stream from a range of new and existing partners — with an emphasis on live-streamed content.
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| Joseph Cox / Motherboard: |
Facebook is investigating a report that one of its security engineers may have used privileged access to stalk women online — On Monday, a member of the information security community said they passed Facebook details concerning a security engineer allegedly using their work position to stalk women.| Dan Frommer / Recode: |
T-Mobile and Sprint merger may help them to stop wasting resources on stealing customers from each other and take on the industry goliaths AT&T and Verizon — Should T-Mobile be allowed to join forces with rival Sprint? — T-Mobile is trying to make a huge move: Yesterday … | Reuters: |
Danish citizen Salah Salem Saleh Sulaiman first to be convicted under Malaysia's fake news law after posting a YouTube video; Sulaiman to spend a month in jail — KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A Malaysian court convicted a Danish citizen on Monday for inaccurate criticism of police on social media …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Tehran court orders Iranian telecoms to block Telegram saying the app gave Islamic State “safe ground” and also citing the app's role in recent protests — Tehran court ruling prohibits the messaging platform used to organize protesters — Iran moved to shut down the messaging app Telegram …
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| Dan Levine / Reuters: |
US jury convicts former Autonomy CFO Sushovan Hussain of wire fraud and other crimes related to claims he had inflated the firm's value before its sale to HP — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. jury on Monday convicted the former chief financial officer of British software company Autonomy …
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| Bob Egelko / San Francisco Chronicle: |
California Supreme Court adopts much stricter standard for classifying workers as contractors and not employees, a ruling that may affect many gig economy firms — Companies that want to classify their workers as contractors and avoid paying them wages and benefits that state law requires …
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| Stephen Chen / South China Morning Post: |
Chinese govt-backed surveillance projects deploy headgear units across industries that detect swings in emotional states of employees by monitoring brainwaves — Government-backed surveillance projects are deploying brain-reading technology to detect changes in emotional states in employees …
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Business Insider, Fast Company, Gizmodo, MIT Technology Review, and CSO
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| Joan E. Solsman / CNET: |
Oculus is developing a new kind of VR theater experience where live actors in motion capture suits can perform around users, tentatively slated for next year — Oculus is inventing a new kind of VR experience, coming next year, that brings a virtual play with live actors into your home.| Selina Wang / Bloomberg: |
Ex-SoFi CEO Mike Cagney, who resigned after harassment allegations, raises $50M for Figure, which plans to use blockchain tech in approving home-equity loans — Cagney has raised $50 million and lined up two global banks — The blockchain will help expedite loan approvals in minutes| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Report: analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, one of the most prolific sources of Apple scoops, resigns from KGI Securities, will focus more on non-Apple firms moving forward — Ming-Chi Kuo, widely considered to be one of the best analysts covering Apple, might no longer focus his research on the iPhone maker.
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Tweets: @markgurman, @alexeheath, and @ohmdee
| Pew Research Center: |
Survey: 70% of US adults say the internet has been good for society, down 6 percentage points from 2014; 25% of those opposed cite time spent with devices — Americans tend to view the impact of the internet and other digital technologies on their own lives in largely positive ways … | Tom Foster / Inc: |
How Wharton became a hotbed for direct-to-consumer firms after Warby Parker, as 400+ startups now try to be the next Warby with toothbrushes, bras, and more — Wharton professors, venture capitalists, and entrepreneurs are fueling an entire generation of Warby Parkers.
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