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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Tim Cook attacks the “data industrial complex” and calls for comprehensive US privacy laws in speech at conference on data protection and privacy in Brussels — Apple's CEO Tim Cook has joined the chorus of voices warning that data itself is being weaponized again people and societies …
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Tweets: @tim_cook, @ceciliakang, @waltmossberg, @ceciliakang, and @tonyromm
| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Coinbase adds its first stablecoin, a Circle-issued coin called USDC tied to the US dollar, which US customers outside NY state can buy and sell — Crypto exchange Coinbase announced support for the Circle-issued stablecoin Tuesday. — In a blog post, the exchange said U.S. customers outside …
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| The Daily Beast: |
Amazon pitched its facial recognition surveillance tech to ICE and continued its dialogue with the US immigration agency in the midst of critical media coverage — Amazon employees are up in arms about possible collaborations with law enforcement. That hasn't stopped Amazon reps from pitching ICE on its face-scanning tech.
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| Jessica Toonkel / The Information: |
Sources: Apple plans to offer TV subscription service in 100+ countries, debuting in US in first half of next year, will offer free shows to Apple device owners — Apple is planning to launch its upcoming TV subscription service in more than 100 countries, three people familiar with the company's plans told The Information.| Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News: |
Investigation reveals a network of 125+ Android apps and websites that are part of a massive ad fraud scheme; the apps were installed an estimated 115M+ times — Last April, Steven Schoen received an email from someone named Natalie Andrea who said she worked for a company called We Purchase Apps.
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Facebook rolls out a redesigned Messenger app with a focus on simplicity, using more white space and fewer tabs, and plans to add a dark mode in coming months — A powerful utility goes back to basics — Facebook is releasing a redesigned version of Messenger today that attempts to put the focus back on your chats.
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Motorola and iFixit partner on DIY battery and screen repair kits that include official parts and cost $40 to $200; faulty repair of a phone may void warranty — Phone companies usually want to stop you from repairing your own devices, or even going to a third-party repair shop.
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard: |
FireEye says it has linked Triton malware that inadvertently shut down a Saudi petrochemical plant in 2017 to a Russian government-owned research institute — Cybersecurity firm FireEye points the finger at the Russian government and a government-linked facility for creating a destructive malware.
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| Angelo Amante / Reuters: |
Italian anti-trust watchdog fines Apple and Samsung €5M over phone throttling complaints and Apple an additional €5M over lack of info on battery replacement — ROME (Reuters) - Italy's anti-trust watchdog said on Wednesday it was fining Apple Inc. (AAPL.O) and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd …
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| Dami Lee / The Verge: |
Mozilla launches Firefox 63, introducing Enhanced Tracking Protection, which blocks third-party trackers to increase privacy but is off by default, and more — Mozilla has released Firefox 63, which introduces Enhanced Tracking Protection, a feature that blocks third-party trackers to increase your privacy online.
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| Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal: |
iPhone XR review: despite some drawbacks, the XR has a better price, battery, and more colorful design than the XS, making it hard to recommend the XS over XR — The iPhone XR has a few price-cutting compromises, but great battery life, Face ID and a colorful design make it the best iPhone to buy
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
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Tweets: @geoffreyfowler, @ow, @sdw, @benbajarin, @daringfireball, @gruber, @mattbirchler, @_am1t, @backlon, @backlon, @wsj, @benedictevans, @llsethj, and @reckless
| Kate Clark / TechCrunch: |
Josh Kushner's Thrive Capital has raised $1B for its sixth flagship fund, with $600M allocated for late-stage deals and $400M for early-stage startups — Kate Clark @kateclarktweets / 7 hours — It's a good week to be Josh Kushner, venture capitalist, founder of the health insurance unicorn Oscar … | Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Coinbase gets approval from NY regulators to create the Coinbase Custody Trust Company, which will offer custody services for Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, and more — Coinbase has received approval from New York regulators to form a qualified custodial firm for cryptocurrencies.
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Department of Financial …, Bitsonline, SludgeFeed, NewsBTC, CryptoGlobe, CoinSpeaker, and Bitcoin Magazine. Tweets: @jenwieczner
| Cecilia Kang / New York Times: |
Snapchat says it helped more than 400K US users register to vote during a recent two-week period, following an in-app push to encourage registration — WASHINGTON — Taylor Swift has nothing on Snapchat — at least when it comes to persuading people to register to vote.
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Axios, 9to5Mac, Engadget, Deadline, Firstpost, CNET, and socalTECH.com
Tweets: @nytimesbusiness, @nytimesbusiness, @amir, and @nytimestech
| Jason Schreier / Kotaku: |
Interviews with dozens of employees detail Rockstar Games' culture of “crunch”, after a studio co-founder's 100-hour weeks remark triggered industry discussion — In the final year of development on Red Dead Redemption 2, the upcoming Western game, the top directors decided …
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Gamasutra, PC Gamer, VG247, GamesIndustry.biz, Windows Central, and Polygon
Tweets: @jaredr, @synaesthesiajp, @amytdesign, @patrickklepek, @stubbystan, @lazaregvimradze, @kotaku, @rosanna20736, @newsmary, @jasonschreier, @gaohmee, @tha_rami, and @jfgnord
| Michael Liedtke / Associated Press: |
Court filing: Verizon and Altaba agree to pay $50M in damages and up to $37.5M in legal fees to settle with Yahoo users affected by the 2013 breach — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo has agreed to pay $50 million in damages and provide two years of free credit-monitoring services … | Wired: |
Conflicting goals, mutual suspicion, and a view that AI and other advanced tech are a winner-take-all game are pushing the tech sectors of US and China apart — IN THE SPRING of 2016, an artificial intelligence system called AlphaGo defeated a world champion Go player in a match at the Four Seasons hotel in Seoul.| Eric Miraglia / The Keyword: |
Google now lets users review and delete their recent search activity and provides easier access to privacy controls, on desktop today, on mobile apps later — Director of Product Management, Privacy and Data Protection Office … We're always working on making it easier for you to understand …
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| Kashmir Hill / The Root: |
A look at the unregulated practice of undercover cops friending people on social media as part of dragnet surveillance operations — Your browser does not support HTML5 video tag.Click here to view original GIF — Terrance Everett has been on the wrong side of the law for most of his adult life.
Tweets: @kashhill
| Martin Giles / MIT Technology Review: |
Dutch research institute QuTech aims to build a secure quantum network connecting four cities by 2020, which would be impervious to hacking and surveillance — The fast train from Paris to Rotterdam was an hour late leaving the Gare du Nord. When it finally deposited me in the Dutch city …
Tweets: @valaafshar and @techreview
| Arti Kulkarni / Facebook: |
Facebook spent $12M+ on ads related to its election integrity efforts and getting out the vote, issues report on US groups that paid for political ads since May — Today we're introducing the Ad Archive Report for ads in the US related to politics and issues of national importance.
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Tweets: @robleathern and @tonyromm
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Israel-based EyeSight, which tracks gaze, eye openness, head position and uses AI to detect driver distraction, raises $15M round, bringing total raised to $50M — Distracted driving causes approximately 25 percent of all car crash fatalities in the U.S., according to the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI).
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