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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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| 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 — We're always working on making it easier for you to understand and control your data so you can make privacy choices that are right for you.
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Gizmodo, PCWorld, Thurrott.com, The Verge, 9to5Google, CNET, Engadget, 9to5Mac, VentureBeat, Android Police, BetaNews, PhoneDog, iPhone in Canada Blog, KnowTechie, Neowin, Droid Life, Mashable, MSPoweruser, and TalkAndroid.com. Tweets: @mattbrittin
| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
A look at two features Twitter is testing: “presence indicators”, which say what users are doing while they tweet, and “ice breakers” to start conversations — Executives say they want to enhance conversations on the platform — Twitter is testing new features designed …
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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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| 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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British GQ, Gamasutra, VG247, Polygon, GameSpot, IGN, PC Gamer, Windows Central, and GamesIndustry.biz
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| 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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| 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 … | Paresh Dave / Reuters: |
Facebook says its AI tools helped moderators remove 8.7M user-posted images of child nudity during the last quarter — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc (FB.O) said on Wednesday that company moderators during the last quarter removed 8.7 million user images of child nudity with the help … | Alex Heath / Cheddar: |
Leaked internal survey of Snap's ~3,000-person workforce shows 40% don't plan to stay, up 11% since Q1 2018, as Snap stock has tumbled in recent months — Snapchat employees are looking to jump ship in growing numbers after a botched app redesign and drop in stock price soured many on the company's future …
Tweets: @alexeheath
| Michelle Castillo / CNBC: |
Snap says it hired Jeremi Gorman, most recently Amazon's head of ads sales, as its chief business officer and Jared Grusd as its chief strategy officer — - Jeremi Gorman will become chief business officer, and was previously head of advertising sales for Amazon.| 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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| Wolfie Zhao / CoinDesk: |
Japan's finance regulator grants legal status to cryptocurrency exchange association as a self-regulatory industry body — The Financial Services Agency (FSA), Japan's finance regulator, has formally approved a cryptocurrency exchange association as a self-regulatory industry body.
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Reuters, The Next Web, CCN, Trustnodes, CryptoGlobe, Ethereum World News, CoinSpeaker, Cointelegraph, and Bitcoinist.com. Tweets: @coindesk
| 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.
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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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Tweets: @taylorlorenz, @wired, @ryanlawler, and @caseynewton
| 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.| New York Times: |
Google plans to reach five million schoolchildren with a digital citizenship education program, but critics say it should be disqualified from doing so — The tech giant is positioning itself in schools as a trusted authority on digital citizenship at a moment when the company's data-handling practices are under growing scrutiny.
Tweets: @fightextremism, @nytimestech, @samueljscott, @lam_barrett, @aprilaser, and @nytimes
| Reuters: |
AT&T reports a surprise net addition of 69,000 phone subscribers in Q3, but misses expectations with net income of $4.7B on revenue of $45.74B; stock down 6%+ — (Reuters) - AT&T Inc posted a surprise gain in U.S. wireless subscribers on Wednesday but quarterly profit rose less than expected …
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| 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.| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard: |
Researchers: Germany-based spyware firm Wolf Intelligence left 20GB of data on an unprotected server and a public Google Drive folder, including customer info — The Germany-based spyware startup Wolf Intelligence exposed its own data, including surveillance target's information …
Tweets: @lorenzofb and @josephfcox
| Jeff Engel / Xconomy: |
Algorand, the blockchain startup founded by MIT professor and Turing Award winner Silvio Micali, raises $62M and hires new exec team from Fuze and LogMeIn — The blockchain and cryptocurrency industry has produced a lot of hype, but it is still working to deliver practical applications that are widely used by businesses.| 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 … | 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 …
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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Huawei Mate 20 Pro review: amazing battery, performance, and display, but it isn't available in the US, software has some bugs, and camera isn't top notch — Huge battery, slick design, and a superb processor, constrained by bad software and international relations| Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
CA Veracode enterprise security report: up to 70% of bugs remain unpatched four weeks after disclosure; 25% of bugs rated critical remain after 290 days — More bugs are being squashed by the enterprise, but the time it takes to do so leaves organizations at risk.
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