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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researchers warn about critical flaws in PGP and S/MIME that can reveal the plaintext of encrypted emails, recommend uninstalling those tools from email clients — The flaws, can expose e-mails sent in the past and “pose an immediate threat.” — The Internet's two most widely used methods …
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Tweets: @seecurity, @gnupg, @tqbf, @codelancer, @dguido, @eff, @torproject, @eff, @bartongellman, @eff, @protonmail, @matthew_d_green, @astepanovich, and @dangoodin001
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Facebook suspends ~200 suspicious apps as part of investigation and audit of apps, out of “thousands” reviewed so far — Did you just notice a Facebook app has gone AWOL? After reviewing “thousands” of apps on its platform following a major data misuse scandal that blew up in March …
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Tweets: @fbnewsroom, @profcarroll, @mixblendr, @facebook, @techcrunch, @dseetharaman, @timothyrevell, @facebook, and @f_kaltheuner
| Kate Conger / Gizmodo: |
Sources: about a dozen Google employees resign in protest over the firm's continued involvement in providing image classification AI to Pentagon's Project Maven — It's been nearly three months since many Google employees—and the public—learned about the company's decision …
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Bloomberg, Engadget, 9to5Google, Digital Trends, Android Authority, Fedscoop, SlashGear, Axios, Forbes, and Android Central
Tweets: @kateconger, @business, @asteris, @joshconstine, @propublica, @mhbergen, @carnage4life, @jameeljaffer, @moiragweigel, @mhbergen, @simonestolzoff, @mhbergen, @cecianasta, @cianmw, @kateconger, and @williamturton. Thanks:@andrewcouts
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google revamps consumer storage plans, now called Google One, adds $3/mo. tier for 200 GB, drops 2 TB plan price to $10/mo., and adds free product tech support — Google is revamping its consumer storage plans today by adding a new $2.99/month tier for 200 GB of storage and dropping the price … | Tim Higgins / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Tesla engineers discussed adding eye tracking and better sensors to Autopilot to help alert drivers, were rejected over tech's ineffectiveness and cost — Executives rejected adding more tech warnings to inattentive drivers, due to concerns over effectiveness and costs
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BGR, Engadget, The Verge, Electrek, CNET, SlashGear, and CNBC
Tweets: @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @robinivski, @jowens510, and @petercampbell1
| Tim Higgins / Wall Street Journal: |
Musk tells staff that Tesla will flatten its management structure, after a senior exec leaves for Waymo and engineering chief Doug Field takes leave of absence — Move follows engineering chief talking a leave of absence and the departure of another senior executive
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CNBC, Business Insider, NBC Bay Area, and Digital Trends
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Sources: New Enterprise Associates to sell stakes in about 20 startups worth roughly $1B, in response to the slowdown in IPOs — New Enterprise Associates seeks to create new venture-capital firm that would buy its stakes in about 20 companies — New Enterprise Associates …
Tweets: @danprimack, @scottmaustin, @pkedrosky, @benedictevans, and @garrytan
| Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
As SCOTUS kills law that banned gambling on sports in most states, media firms with exposure to sports streaming events, including online betting firms, win big — Whoever had the over on DraftKings' boss Jason Robins and FanDuel chief executive Matt King being given a potential billion dollar windfall …
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ESPN, GeekWire, Wall Street Journal, CNET, Fortune, Nieman Lab, CNBC, Washington Post, Gamasutra, Bloomberg, USA Today, and The Ringer
Tweets: @howielongshort, @gregbettinelli, @esportslaw, @gregbettinelli, @gregbettinelli, @npr, and @pkedrosky
| Michael Brown / PCWorld: |
Wi-Fi Alliance introduces Wi-Fi EasyMesh certification that aims to ensure interoperability between wireless mesh routers from different manufacturers — The Wi-Fi Certified EasyMesh program that the Wi-Fi Alliance announced today promises to do for mesh networks what the Alliance has long done … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
TiVo adds Alexa voice control to its DVRs, says assistant will be able to perform tasks like changing channels, launching apps, more; roll out expected June 1 — TiVo's DVRs are getting Alexa support. The company is announcing its lineup of DVRs, including Series 4 (Premiere), 5 (Roamio) …
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Zatz Not Funny!, The Verge, Digital Trends, Engadget, VentureBeat, and CNET
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Amazon tests display ad offering letting Amazon merchants purchase spots across other sites and apps, amid its move to stop buying Google shopping ads — - New service lets merchants run Amazon ads on other sites, apps — Amazon abruptly stopped buying Google shopping ads recently
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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Ripple announces the Xpring initiative, which aims to incentivize startups, through investments, grants, and incubation, into building an ecosystem around XRP — It's finally happening. Ripple is making a push to expand the use of the XRP cryptocurrency it created into new verticals …
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Ripple, Bitcoinist.com, and Crowdfund Insider
| Valentina Palladino / Ars Technica: |
HP unveils Envy all-in-one PCs with built-in Alexa support, updates Envy and Elite device lineup with new designs, faster processors, and better displays — Better graphics, 700-nit brightness screens, and more define HP's newest PCs. — HP announced a slew of updates to its premium lines …
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