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January 28, 2019, 2:00 AM
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Kurt Wagner / Recode:
Zuckerberg's WSJ op-ed and rumored push to unify messaging infrastructure across Facebook's apps may be signs of company's increased concern about regulation  —  It sure feels like regulation is coming for Facebook.  —  The threat of government regulation has been looming over Facebook …
Cade Metz / New York Times:
How satellite data startups like Orbital Insight and SpaceKnow track businesses, illegal mining, oil tankers, and more for clients like hedge funds and banks  —  SAN FRANCISCO — In October, the Chinese province of Guangdong — the manufacturing center on the southern coast that drives 12 percent …
Scott Shane / New York Times:
Distributed Denial of Secrets, a WikiLeaks-like online repository launched last month by transparency advocates, publishes 175 GB of leaked Russian documents  —  A group of transparency advocates on Friday posted a mammoth collection of hacked and leaked documents from inside Russia …
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet:
Japan amends law to let government staff scan 200M+ IoT devices and hack the ones with weak passwords, so they can then be secured ahead of 2020 Olympics  —  Japanese government wants to secure IoT devices before Tokyo 2020 Olympics and avoid Olympic Destroyer and VPNFilter-like attacks.
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat:
Virginia-based Urgent.ly, which offers a digital-first roadside assistance service, raises $21M Series B from venture arms of BMW, Jaguar, Porsche, and others  —  There's a healthy appetite among VCs for the vehicle assistance market — i.e., firms that connect drivers with providers that can change a tire …
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Randy Nelson / Sensor Tower:
Sensor Tower: mobile users spent an estimated $1.27B in the top 10 US streaming video apps in 2018, up 62% from $781M spent in 2017 and 3x the spending in 2016  —  Mobile users in the United States spent an estimated $1.27 billion in the top 10 subscription video on demand (SVOD) apps last year …
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James Vincent / The Verge:
Pictures of what appear to be the two models of Samsung's Galaxy S10 leak, showing “Infinity-O” display, very thin bezels, USB-C port, and a headphone jack  —  Well, the leaks start coming and they don't stop coming  —  There's less than a month to go before Samsung unveils …
Alison Griswold / Quartz:
The GOP-majority National Labor Relations Board voted that van drivers for Texas-based SuperShuttle are independent contractors, a win for companies like Uber  —  Buried by news of the US federal shutdown ending was a government decision that has staggering implications for Uber and companies like it.
Nicole Nguyen / BuzzFeed News:
Independent artists say Amazon has failed to implement even minor changes that would make it harder for merchants to sell goods that violate artist copyrights  —  Independent artists, who aren't afforded the same protection as big brands on Amazon, say that fighting copyright infringement by third-party sellers is never-ending.

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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
The NFL knows it provides must-see TV, earning $75M/game from Netflix and showing games across Amazon, YouTube, Disney, Comcast, Fox, and Paramount

CNN:
Alice Stewart, a CNN political commentator and veteran political adviser who worked on several GOP presidential campaigns, dies at 58

Sky News:
UK High Court rules that Julian Assange can appeal against his extradition to the US because judges deemed US assurances insufficient

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Will Oremus / Slate:
An overview of projects like NewsGuard, and how efforts to rank the credibility of news sites can be problematic, despite good intentions
Russell Brandom / The Verge:
Illinois Supreme Court rules that companies can be sued for collecting biometric data without opt-in consent, even if no tangible injury was demonstrated
Brookings:
Report: small US cities, rural communities, and Rust Belt states most at risk of automated job replacement; men, younger workers, and minorities most vulnerable
Raphael Satter / Associated Press:
Toronto's Citizen Lab, behind exposés of hacking tool vendors like NSO, details meetings arranged by alleged undercover agents likely to get dirt on researchers
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