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US Department of Housing and Urban Development files charges against Facebook, saying the company's ad targeting tools enable violations of Fair Housing Act — 'Facebook is discriminating against people based upon who they are and where they live,' says HUD secretary
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| Adam Satariano / New York Times: |
UK's review of Huawei's telecommunications equipment finds “significant” security problems but does not call for an outright ban — LONDON — A British review of Huawei found “significant” security problems with the Chinese company's telecommunications equipment …
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft granted US court order to take control of 99 websites the company says are linked to Iranian hacking group Phosphorus and host them on its own servers — Microsoft has won a restraining order in a U.S. court in order to take control of domains used by an Iranian hacker group.
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Spotify is testing Premium Duo, a discounted subscription for two for €12.49 a month, that includes a playlist based on both users' listening habits — Includes a new playlist based on both your listening habits — Spotify is testing a new subscription called Premium Duo that offers …
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple releases watchOS 5.2 with support for the second-generation AirPods, extends ECG functionality to Hong Kong, the UK, and 18 other countries in Europe — Apple today released watchOS 5.2, the fifth update to the watchOS operating system that runs on modern Apple Watch models. watchOS 5.2 comes …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Kong, the open source API management platform company previously known as Mashape, raises $43M Series C led by Index Ventures — Kong, the open core API management and lifecycle management company previously known as Mashape, today announced that it has raised a $43 million Series C round led by Index Ventures.
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Google CEO Sundar Pichai met with President Trump to discuss contracts and other ongoing partnerships with the US government — ‘Meeting ended very well,’ Trump tweeted — On Wednesday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai met with President Trump to discuss contracts and other ongoing partnerships with the US government.
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Office Depot and tech support vendor Support.com to pay the FTC $35M for allegedly persuading customers to buy computer repair services using fake malware scans — Office Depot and Support.com, Inc, a tech support software provided from California, will pay $35 million and $10 million respectively … | Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Twitch launches Squad Stream, a new feature that will let up to four Twitch streamers go live simultaneously in one window, available for Partners first — A feature perfect for battle royale games — Twitch today announced a new feature designed to help creators boost the profile …
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Analysis of GPS data finds 9,800+ GPS spoofing instances since 2016, likely to protect sensitive military and VIP travel areas in the Russian Federation — EXECUTIVE SUMMARY GPS and other Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) are used in everything from cellular communication networks …
| Ryan Gallagher / The Intercept: |
Sources: Google is secretly assessing work completed on Dragonfly, its censored search engine for China, leaving some staff concerned work on it continues — Google executives are carrying out a secret internal assessment of work on a censored search engine for China, The Intercept has learned.
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| M.G. Siegler / 500ish Words: |
Apple's “It's show time” event was weird, with very little tech, a focus on content and star power, and Oprah basically pitching others to sign up with Apple — Some thoughts on Apple's truly bizarre “It's Showtime” event — Note: this preamble was adapted from my newsletter published yesterday.
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Rela, a popular Chinese lesbian dating app, exposed data on 5M users, including dates of birth, height and weight, and sexual preferences, since June 2018 — Rela (.), a popular dating app for gay and queer women, has exposed millions of user profiles and private data because a server wasn't protected with a password.
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| Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
As market for facial recognition software heats up, concerns about how and when facial data is collected remain largely unaddressed due to lack of regulations — While you weren't looking, tech companies helped themselves to your photos to power a facial recognition boom. Here's how.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
PayIt, a digital platform being used by US government agencies like DMV to accept payments and issue official documents, raises $100M Series B — Government services, for many, epitomize the worst of bureaucracy: they are, at their low point, large, lumbering organizations working under strained budgets … Thanks:@ingridlunden
| Nick Summers / Engadget: |
Xiaomi Mi 9 review: great alternative to OnePlus 6T in terms of hardware performance but has an average battery life and unreliable in-screen fingerprint sensor — I can't spend $1,000 on a smartphone. I just can't. I've walked into countless phone stores, credit card in hand, with every intention of buying the latest flagship.
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Lyft raises its IPO price range from $62-$68 per share to $70-$72 per share, targeting a valuation of up to $24.3B — Joshua Franklin, Diptendu Lahiri — (Reuters) - Lyft Inc on Wednesday raised the price range for its initial public offering, as investors looked past …
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Microsoft expands its Azure IP Advantage program to include IoT companies and donates 500 patents to the LOT Network, to protect against patent trolls — Microsoft today announced a major expansion of its Azure IP Advantage program, which provides its Azure users with protection against patent trolls.Sponsor Posts
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