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Digital privacy activist Max Schrems files official GDPR complaints against Google, Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram over forced consent — Europe's sweeping new data privacy regime came into effect this morning, and privacy activists are not wasting time in flexing their muscles.
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| Adam Satariano / New York Times: |
Head of European Data Protection Board, responsible for GDPR application, criticizes US sites limiting access from EU, says there was plenty of time to prepare — LONDON — American news outlets including The Chicago Tribune, The Los Angeles Times and The Arizona Daily Star abruptly blocked access …
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Some US news sites like the LA Times and the Chicago Tribune restrict access from EU as GDPR goes into effect — Some high-profile US news websites are temporarily unavailable in Europe after new EU data protection rules came into effect. — The Chicago Tribune and LA Times were among …
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| Joseph Cox / Motherboard: |
Leaked training documents show how Facebook classifies hate speech groups, allowing praise for white nationalism and white separatism but not white supremacy — After a white supremacist killed a protester in Charlottesville in 2017, Facebook pushed to re-educate its moderators …
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
FBI and DOJ ask users to restart routers and NAS devices to disrupt VPNFilter malware and help identify infected devices, which Cisco estimates is 500K+ devices — Feds take aim at potent VPNFilter malware allegedly unleashed by Russia. — The FBI is advising users of consumer-grade routers …
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Apple to start reporting government requests to remove apps from App Store, satisfied 79% of ~30K government requests for info on devices from July to Dec. 2017 — Apple issued one of its bi-annual transparency reports today, and apart from the usual numbers on account takedown requests …
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Report: Apple to give some developers more access to iPhone NFC chip for Apple Pay-like contactless interactions like opening doors or replacing transit cards — The Information reports that Apple will be taking a big leap in iOS 12, giving some third-party developers full access …
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| Ana Swanson / New York Times: |
Trump tweets that ZTE will have to pay $1.3B fine, give high-level security guarantees, and change its management and board to have US sanctions lifted — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration told lawmakers it had reached a deal that would keep the Chinese telecom firm ZTE alive …
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| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
Alexia Bonatsos, former co-editor of TechCrunch, unveils her new seed-stage venture fund, Dream Machine, and says the fund has made seven investments to date — Five years ago, Alexia Bonatsos, née Tsotsis, was co-editor of TechCrunch, a job that made her renowned in startup circles … | Tina Bellon / Reuters: |
Tesla agrees to settle class action lawsuit, says people who bought Teslas with $5,000 Autopilot upgrades in 2016 and 2017 will get $20 to $280 in compensation — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tesla on Thursday reached an agreement to settle a class action lawsuit with buyers of its Model S …
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| Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Pinterest revenues were up 58% in 2017 to $473M; company now has almost 250M monthly active users — - Online image service has almost 250 million monthly users — Predictable revenue growth is an important step before IPO — Pinterest Inc. sales jumped 58 percent …
Tweets: @sarahfrier, @shiraovide, @sbyrnes, and @rrhoover
| Marie Mawad / Bloomberg: |
Facebook's chief AI scientist Yann LeCun says company is designing its own energy-efficient chips to help with analyzing and filtering live video content — - Company is working on more energy-efficient semiconductors — AI scientist LeCun says more software cos working on hardware
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Some candidates complain they cannot advertise on Facebook before June 5 primaries, as they wait for authorization codes to arrive by mail under the new rules — Candidates are blocked from buying ads while they wait on authorization codes — Facebook introduced new disclosure rules … | Facebook: |
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