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China hacked a US Navy contractor early this year and stole 614GB of classified data, including plans for a supersonic anti-ship missile for US submarines — Chinese government hackers have compromised the computers of a Navy contractor, stealing massive amounts of highly sensitive data related …
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Facebook let some partners access users' friend data after it shut off access to most devs in 2015; sources: partners included Nissan and Royal Bank of Canada — Special deals gave a small number of companies access to data after shutting off access for other developers
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| Patrick Lucas Austin / Gizmodo: |
Airbnb cancels reservations and reportedly pulls ~80% of listings in Japan before June 15 deadline of home-sharing law, will create $10M fund to repay travelers — Heading to Japan next week? You should probably double-check your Airbnb rental, because it might be cancelled.
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Source: Apple Watch to get touch-sensitive solid-state buttons that use Taptic Engine to simulate clicks this or next year, buttons may act as health sensors — The Apple Watch will be getting solid state buttons that don't move up and down but rather sense the touch of a finger … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Yahoo will shut down Yahoo Messenger on July 17, marking the end of an era that began with Yahoo Pager back in 1998 — It's the end of an era for Yahoo Messenger, one of the first instant messaging apps on the market. Today, Oath (which also owns TechCrunch) announced that it would be winding …
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| Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios: |
Although Lyft has reportedly agreed to acquire Motivate, possibly for $250M, a source says Uber is considering its own bid for the bike-sharing startup — Uber is considering a takeover offer for Motivate, the bike-share company behind such programs as CitiBike in New York and Ford GoBike in San Francisco, Axios has learned.
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| Mitchel Broussard / MacRumors: |
Snap to make Bitmoji's Friendmoji characters available outside of Snapchat app on iOS, letting you send stickers directly in the Messages app — Snapchat is expanding the use of its Bitmoji characters — specifically “Friendmojis” — for iOS users in the coming days.
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| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Bad Robot, J.J. Abrams' media production company, to partner with Tencent to form a new company, Bad Robot Games, to make games for PC, console, and mobile — Bad Robot, the media production company headed by famed nostalgia-lord J.J. Abrams, is expanding into the games industry with help from Chinese tech conglomerate Tencent.| Verizon Communications Inc.: |
Verizon names CTO Hans Vestberg CEO effective August 1, 2018, replacing current CEO Lowell McAdam — Hans Vestberg, Executive Vice President and President of Global Networks and Chief Technology Officer, named CEO, effective August 1, 2018 — Lowell McAdam to serve as Executive Chairman …
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| Aroon Deep / MediaNama: |
iOS 12 allows developers to create extensions to report call and SMS spam from call and message logs, possibly addressing concerns of India's telecom regulator — In an apparent compromise, Apple has updated their OS to natively support SMS and call spam reporting, clearing the way for TRAI …
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| Rachel Kaser / The Next Web: |
Adblock Plus now lets users block tracking from social media buttons in Chrome and Firefox, is considering whitelist options for certain social sites — Adblock today announced it was joining the fight against social media tracking by allowing users to block what has become so ubiquitous on almost every site out there.| Neer Varshney / The Next Web: |
Block.one has raised $4B via ICO, but its EOS blockchain platform missed planned June 2 launch, is plagued by bugs, poor governance, and fears of centralization — In a year-long initial coin offering (ICO), Block.one raised $4 billion for its blockchain and smart contracts platform EOS.
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