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Unredacted emails from Six4Three case show Facebook staff seeking to charge devs and advertisers for user data in 2012-2014; Facebook says it decided against it — Internal emails in court filings viewed by The Wall Street Journal provide a window into a document trove a British lawmaker plans to release soon
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| Jeff Barr / AWS News Blog: |
A summary of AWS launches, previews, and pre-announcements from AWS re:Invent 2018 — As promised in Welcome to AWS re:Invent 2018, here's a summary of the launches, previews, and pre-announcements from Andy Jassy's keynote. I have included links to allow you to sign up for previews, as appropriate.| Bloomberg: |
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| Shara Tibken / CNET: |
Amid worries about demand for iPhone XR, Apple VP of product marketing Greg Joswiak says it's “been our most popular iPhone” every day since it became available — Apple's iPhone XR has been outselling the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max every day since the cheaper, colorful phone hit the market last month.| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Sennheiser's HeadSetup software makes PCs and Macs vulnerable to MITM attacks due to flawed self-signed TLS certificate, which users should now manually remove — Poorly secured certificate lets hackers impersonate any website on the Internet. — Audio device maker Sennheiser has issued …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Asana, which provides work management and collaboration software for teams, raises $50M Series E led by Generation Investment Management at a $1.5B valuation — Asana, a service that teams and individuals use to plan and track the progress of work projects, is doubling down on its own project …
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google rebrands Project Fi to Google Fi and adds support for iPhones, currently in beta, and the “majority” of Android devices — Looks like the MVNO is here to stay — Three years after it first launched, Google is making its cell service a little more official today.
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| Joshua Brustein / Bloomberg: |
The US Army says Microsoft won a $480M contract for prototypes of AR systems for combat missions and training which could lead to 100K+ headset purchases — Microsoft Corp. has won a $480 million contract to supply prototypes for augmented reality systems to the Army for use on combat missions and in training, the Army said.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Dell says it detected hackers “attempting to extract Dell.com customer information”, such as customer names, email addresses, and hashed passwords, on Nov. 9 — Company says it detected an intrusion at the start of the month, but financial data was not exposed.
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Tweets: @nicolecobler, @sai, and @zackwhittaker
| New York Times: |
Law enforcement authorities, working with Microsoft, have arrested dozens of scammers in New Delhi behind fake PC virus pop-up alert ads over the past month — MUMBAI, India — You know the messages. They pop up on your computer screen with ominous warnings like, “Your computer has been infected with a virus.| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google Assistant adds Broadcast Replies, notes and lists integration, visual lyrics, and Pretty Please on Smart Displays and Google Home — With the holiday season underway, Google is announcing a slew of new features for Assistant speakers and Smart Displays.
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Instagram begins rolling out a tool that describes photos for visually impaired users using AI or user descriptions — They'll know what they're seeing — Instagram announced today that it's rolling out new features that'll make the app easier to use for people with visual impairments.
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Instagram, Social Media Today, Firstpost, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Search Engine Journal, MSPoweruser, Engadget, Thurrot, and Adweek. Tweets: @mrrossmullen
| Sam Kim / Bloomberg: |
South Korea charges nine people and two companies with illegally selling Samsung's bendable OLED screen technology to Chinese rivals — - Suspects accused of stealing tech used to bend Galaxy screens — Samsung spent 150 billion won on technology, prosecution says
Tweets: @samkimasia and @pelstrom
| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
DOJ indicts two Iranian nationals for creating and deploying the SamSam ransomware, which crippled Atlanta, caused $30M in losses, and had 200+ victims — U.S. federal prosectors have indicted two Iranian nationals for creating and deploying the notorious SamSam ransomware.
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Tweets: @zackwhittaker, @kevincollier, @ustreasury, @campuscodi, @campuscodi, @x0rz, @lookner, and @bluestein
| Alex Hern / The Guardian: |
In the UK, Facebook exempts news outlets from political ads transparency archive and enforces political ad transparency rules — Social network to act against ‘dark adverts’ with compulsory disclaimers saying who paid — Every political advert on Facebook will now be required to come …
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TechCrunch, BBC, Facebook Media, Reuters, and Axios
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook is launching its “Today In” local news section in 400 US cities, after beginning testing it in January — Facebook has a new area of its app it will have to police for fake news and biased sensationalism. Facebook is launching “Today In”, its local news aggregator … Sponsor Posts
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