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Sources: US intelligence has determined that China and Russia spy on phone calls Trump makes using his iPhones instead of his secure White House landline — WASHINGTON — When President Trump calls old friends on one of his iPhones to gossip, gripe or solicit their latest take on how he is doing …
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| Microsoft: |
Microsoft reports Q1 revenue of $29.1B, up 19% YoY, net income of $8.8B, up 34% YoY; Azure revenue grew 76%, LinkedIn revenue grew 33%, Surface revenue grew 14% — Microsoft Cloud Strength Powers Record First Quarter Results — REDMOND, Wash. — October 24, 2018 — Microsoft Corp. today announced …
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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 and 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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| Dami Lee / The Verge: |
Facebook rolls out music-related features: expanding Lip Sync Live, adding music stickers to Stories, and songs to a new music section on user profiles — Facebook is rolling out more music features today, bringing more ways to integrate its licensing partnership with all three major labels into Stories …
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| The Verge: |
Leaked Google contract stipulates that Android device makers provide at least two years of security updates for phones and tablets that have 100K+ activations — Every month, a security team at Google releases a new set of patches for Android — and every month, carriers and manufacturers struggle … | Thomas Brewster / Forbes: |
Sources: GrayKey, which some law enforcement agencies bought to break the passcodes of iOS devices, can no longer do so for any iPhone running iOS 12 or above — Apple has managed to prevent the hottest iPhone hacking company in the world from doing its thing.
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| 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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| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
AMD reports Q3 revenue of $1.65B, vs. $1.7B est., up 4% YoY, net income of $102M, up from $61M YoY, but low Q4 guidance; stock down 20%+ after hours — The company missed third quarter revenue targets and issued lower-than-expected fourth quarter guidance.
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| New York Times: |
The marked contrast between Amazon's and Sears' compensation plans shows the shift in recent years away from employees to shareholders — Half a century ago, a typical Sears salesman could walk out of the store at retirement with a nest egg worth well over a million in today's dollars, feathered with company stock.
Tweets: @nytnational, @mims, @sapna, @tiffkhsu, @kyweise, @byrosenberg, @byrosenberg, @tomgara, and @nytimesbusiness
| Angelo Amante / Reuters: |
Italian anti-trust watchdog fines Apple and Samsung €5M for phone performance throttling 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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| Heather Somerville / Reuters: |
Sources describe problems at GM's Cruise self-driving car unit, which has had delays, issues with software, and more, after landing $5B in investments — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - It's one of the biggest bets going in the world of cars. — Since May, General Motors Co …
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| Christina Farr / CNBC: |
Sources: Udi Manber, who ran engineering for Google's core search products before leaving in 2015, is joining health insurance giant Anthem as its head of AI — - The move signals that Anthem is making investments in both its core technology and customer experience.| Stephanie Condon / ZDNet: |
Amazon says Alexa for Business now works with any device with Alexa built in, including 3rd-party devices; the program was previously restricted to Echo devices — Device makers building with the Alexa Voice Service have an opportunity to reach new enterprise customers.
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| Jake Holmes / CNET: |
Waymo updates guide detailing how its self-driving cars will react when it is being pulled over by police and what first responders should do in case of a crash — Every new driver learns to pull over and stop when a police car blaring red-and-blues approaches.
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| Brian Dowling / Xconomy: |
Boston-based DataRobot, which makes tools for enterprises to automate building machine learning models, raises $100M Series D, bringing total raised to $225M — Boston startup DataRobot wrapped up a new $100 million funding round, injecting more cash into what was already one of the region's biggest bets …
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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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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Oculus begins rolling out new features, including a system-wide option for reporting abuse and the ability to cast the screen to a phone, currently in beta — Oculus is rolling out new features, including a system-wide option for reporting abuse. The update is available on the Oculus …
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Oculus Blog, UploadVR, Road to VR, Gizmodo, and Engadget
| 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 …
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| 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 …
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| Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
Two years after acquiring Drip, Kickstarter hands control of the platform to Andy Baio and XOXO co-founder Andy McMillan and provides new seed funding for it — Taylor Hatmaker @tayhatmaker / 7 hours — Two years ago, Kickstarter acquired Drip, an indie musician crowdfunding platform, on the eve of the service's untimely demise.
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