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Marriott International says 500M records from the guest reservation database of Starwood Hotels were stolen in a massive data breach — Starwood Hotels has confirmed its hotel guest database of about 500 million customers has been stolen in a data breach. — The hotel and resorts giant …
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Sources say Sandberg asked Facebook staff to research George Soros's finances, though she denied knowledge of hiring Definers, the firm tasked to research Soros — Sheryl Sandberg asked Facebook's communications staff to research George Soros's financial interests in the wake …
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| Liz Moyer / CNBC: |
SEC settles with Floyd Mayweather and DJ Khaled on charges of promoting ICOs without disclosing payments; Mayweather to pay $600K+ in fees, Khaled to pay $150K+ — Pro boxer Floyd Mayweather and music producer DJ Khaled pumped up initial coin offerings without telling investors …
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| Ryan Gallagher / The Intercept: |
Sources detail the measures Google took to keep Dragonfly under wraps, including shutting out some members of the security and privacy teams from key meetings — The secrecy surrounding the work was unheard of at Google. It was not unusual for planned new products to be closely guarded ahead of launch.
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| Gabe Rivera / Techmeme News: |
Techmeme now publishing paid and free “Leaderboards” showing the most influential reporters around a specific news topic — Today Techmeme has begun publishing Topic Leaderboards, which list the top authors and publications covering 24 topic areas such as cloud computing, autonomous vehicles … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Instagram is launching a “Close Friends” list on iOS and Android to let users share Stories with a limited group of friends — They're Finstagram Stories — No one wants to post silly, racy, or vulnerable Stories if they're worried their boss, parents, and distant acquaintances are watching.
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| Yogita Khatri / CoinDesk: |
FBI arrests Jared Rice, Sr., CEO of cryptocurrency platform AriseBank, for defrauding investors out of $4M+ and charges him with securities and wire fraud — The FBI has arrested the CEO of cryptocurrency platform AriseBank after he was indicted over an alleged multi-million dollar scam.| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Coinbase Pro says it is adding Zcash to its professional trading platform in the US, UK, European Union, Canada, Singapore, and Australia — Crypto exchange Coinbase Pro is adding privacy coin zcash to its listings. — The platform announced Thursday that customers can transfer zcash …
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| Dan Thorp-Lancaster / Windows Central: |
Intel to start distributing drivers for its graphics chips as Universal Windows Drivers, a single driver package that can run on different device types — Intel this week announced that, starting this month, it will begin distributing drivers for its products as “modern” Universal Windows Drivers (via Neowin).| James Titcomb / Telegraph: |
Local reports say Apple has removed 700+ apps, including apps by Sogou and Pinduoduo, from the Chinese App Store for pushing app updates without Apple's review — Apple has removed hundreds of iPhone apps from its App Store in China, in the company's latest crackdown in one of its biggest markets.
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Apple Music will be available on Amazon Echo devices beginning the week of December 17 — Apple Music is coming to Echo devices in the coming weeks. — Music has always been one of Alexa's most popular features and today we're excited to announce that Apple Music will be available on Echo devices beginning the week of December 17.| The Verge: |
Alt-right commentator Laura Loomer handcuffed self to Twitter NYC door to protest her ban from the service; NYPD cut cuffs at Loomer's request after a few hours — 'They may have banned me from Twitter but now I'm handcuffed to Twitter' — Earlier this afternoon, alt-right Jewish commentator … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
A Nielsen report says US viewers spend nearly 8B hours per month streaming content via connected devices like Roku, Apple TV, and Amazon Fire TV — With the rise of streaming services and the trend toward cord cutting, the way U.S. consumers are watching video is also changing.| Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
YouTube begins rolling out Stories, which last for seven days on its mobile app and can be viewed by everyone, to accounts with over 10,000 subscribers — Amid some concern from the community — YouTube is expanding its Instagram-like Stories capability to more creators today …
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Tweets: @phillyd, @loudmouthjulia, @pulsarplatform, @mattnavarra, @heavenlycontrol, @savinthebees, and @crankgameplays
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft rolls out a search function, powered by Bing, for SwiftKey on Android in the US, UK, India, France, Canada, and elsewhere — Microsoft-owned mobile keyboard company SwiftKey is today rolling out a search feature for Android users that lets them browse the internet for content directly from within the keyboard.
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SwiftKey Blog, The Verge, Firstpost, The Next Web, XDA Developers, Android Police, and Engadget
| Erika Kinetz / Associated Press: |
Over 200 car manufactures operating in China, including Tesla, BMW, and Ford, are sending position info and other data to government-backed monitoring centers — SHANGHAI (AP) — When Shan Junhua bought his white Tesla Model X, he knew it was a fast, beautiful car.
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Business Insider and Engadget
Tweets: @peterinexile, @lopezlinette, @ap, @teslaagnostic, and @ap
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft debuts redesigned icons for its Office suite, alongside other cosmetic changes, and says Outlook Mobile is getting a redesign soon — A new modern look — Microsoft is modernizing its Office icons as part of a broader focus on design for its various Office apps.
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