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Researchers find that weaknesses in Supermicro hardware would let an attacker leave a persistent and hidden backdoor on IBM's cloud “bare-metal” servers — Other providers of bare-metal cloud computing might also be vulnerable to BMC hack. — More than five years …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple has been testing a sleep tracking feature for the Watch for several months in California and could add it to a future version by 2020 — - Company holding studies at headquarters to track sleep habits — Function would compete with wearables from Fitbit and Withings
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Tweets: @tomwarren, @adampasick, and @stroughtonsmith
| Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post: |
Sources: US Cyber Command disrupted internet access for Russia's Internet Research Agency during the midterms, as the US becomes more assertive — The U.S. military blocked Internet access to an infamous Russian entity seeking to sow discord among Americans during the 2018 midterms …
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| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
FTC announces a new task force to monitor competition in “technology-related sectors” and says that it will look into previous mergers — And they're going to look at previous mergers — The Federal Trade Commission will be launching a task force to monitor competition …
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| Shannon Liao / The Verge: |
HTC Exodus 1 adds ~20 decentralized blockchain apps, integrates with Opera browser for crypto micropayments, and can be purchased for $699 from March — Now you can buy the HTC blockchain phone with regular cash — HTC's blockchain phone is getting several new apps today …
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TechCrunch, Decentraland, CNET, VentureBeat, 9to5Google, Android Authority, Android Police, The Next Web, Engadget, 9to5Mac, PYMNTS.com, The Mac Observer, ExtremeTech, Cointelegraph, iPhone in Canada Blog, Inquirer, Mashable, and TechCrunch. Tweets: @epro
| Sahil Patel / Digiday: |
Sources: Facebook has been telling news publishers that it will only renew about a third of the existing news shows that it has funded for Facebook Watch — Facebook is showing a greater willingness to ax news programming that's not working on Facebook Watch.
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Google says its AI-powered grammar checker, announced last July, will now be available on Google Docs for all G Suite users — The power of machine translation to help you improve your writing at work — Google today announced that its artificial intelligence-powered grammar checker … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook policy doc shows it wants up to a 30% cut of Fan Subscriptions, vs Patreon's 5%, and to reserve right to offer free trials with no creator compensation — Facebook will drive a hard bargain with influencers and artists judging by the terms of service for the social network's Patreon … | The Guardian: |
UK far-right activist Tommy Robinson has been permanently banned from Facebook and Instagram for repeatedly breaking policies on hate speech — Far-right founder of English Defence League repeatedly breached hate speech rules — Tommy Robinson, the far-right founder of the English Defence League …
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| Hadas Gold / CNN: |
DC appeals court rejects the Department of Justice's bid to overturn a ruling that cleared the way for AT&T's acquisition of Time Warner — London (CNN Business)An appeals court has rejected the Justice Department's bid to overturn a ruling that cleared the way for AT&T's acquisition of Time Warner.
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| Lindsey Bever / Washington Post: |
Suicide tips and other dark and dangerous content was found spliced in kids' cartoon videos on YouTube and YouTube Kids — Free Hess, a pediatrician and mother, had learned about the chilling videos over the summer when another mom spotted one on YouTube Kids.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google launches Flutter v1.2, its cross-platform UI framework, with support for Android App Bundles, better tools for in-app payments, and web-based dev tools — Google today launched version 1.2 of its Flutter cross-platform UI framework at MWC Barcelona.
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Sources: Volkswagen is planning to invest around $1.7B in Ford's Argo self-driving subsidiary, making it the nucleus of a joint venture — Volkswagen is planning to invest around $1.7 billion in a self-driving car venture with Ford's subsidiary Argo as auto makers seek to share the huge costs of developing self-driving cars.| Jim Salter / Ars Technica: |
Independent researcher finds that SEDC, which claims to provide billing software to 250+ US utility companies, was storing customers' passwords in plain text — “It's ridiculous vendors are replying to researchers via general counsel, not bug bounty.” — In September of 2018 … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Pandora launches Stories, a new marketing tool allowing artists to build music playlists combined with voice tracks, available for all users to stream — In an effort to one-up Spotify and Apple Music, Pandora this morning announced the launch of a new marketing tool for artists, called Pandora Stories.
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Pandora Blog, Digital Trends, Engadget, The Verge, Digital Music News, CNET, RAIN News, 9to5Mac, and VentureBeat
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Walmart acquires Israel-based startup Aspectiva, which analyzes UGC and browser activity using AI to recommend products to shoppers, for an undisclosed sum — Walmart, the world's biggest brick-and-mortar retailer, today made an acquisition that speaks to its ongoing efforts to build …
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Walmart, Inc., PYMNTS.com, CTech - 24/7, and PE Hub Blog
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft commits to letting others create app stores for HoloLens 2, impressing Epic Games' CEO, who pledges support, sees HoloLens 2 as a new era of openness — Microsoft has made significant commitments to being open for the third era of computing — Microsoft unveiled …
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CNET and Softpedia News
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