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Sources: nearly half of HQ Trivia's staff signed a petition seeking to depose CEO Rus Yusupov; the startup had ~$6M in the bank but is spending $1M per month — This week's banishment of host Scott Rogowsky was merely a symptom of the ongoing struggle to decide who will lead HQ Trivia.| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Samsung Galaxy Fold hands-on: feels much more stable and polished than expected and while you can see and feel the crease, it's perhaps worth the trade-off — The folding screen is good, as long as you don't stare at the crease — Two months after an announcement where Samsung talked …
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Source: Outlook, MSN, and Hotmail were affected in breach; Microsoft now says email content was also exposed for ~6% of users whose email accounts were hacked — Hackers abused a Microsoft customer support portal that allowed them to read the emails of any non-corporate account.
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| Guilherme Rambo / 9to5Mac: |
Sources: iOS 13 to include a system-wide Dark Mode, the ability for apps to have multiple windows and a new standard undo gesture for text input on iPad, more — Apple is expected to unveil iOS 13, the next major version of the iPhone and iPad operating system, at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference …
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Twitter has removed TorrentFreak's tweet pointing to a news story on recent leaks of unreleased TV shows, after a questionable DMCA takedown request from Starz — A few days ago we reported on several major leaks of unreleased TV-shows. This included several episodes from the Starz original show “American Gods”.
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| Paul Mozur / New York Times: |
Sources: how China uses AI to specifically track Uighurs, an ethnic minority, in the first known racist application of facial recognition to be widely deployed — In a major ethical leap for the tech world, Chinese start-ups have built algorithms that the government uses to track members of a largely Muslim minority group.
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| Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat: |
EU gives final approval to the new Copyright Directive, with its controversial Article 11 and 13 provisions, after 19 of the 28 member countries voted in favor — The European Union has officially approved a controversial and sweeping reform of its copyright rules to protect content creators …
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| Keith J. Kelly / New York Post: |
Sources: Apple paid Conde Nast, Hearst, Meredith, Rogers Media, and KKR a total of $100M for Texture, with $385M more to be paid out over the next 3 years — After paying at least $485 million, Apple said it will shut down Texture, its online magazine subscription service … | Yimou Lee / Reuters: |
Foxconn chairman Terry Gou says he will step away from daily operations at the company in the coming months, but will remain involved in strategic decisions — TAIPEI (Reuters) - The chairman of Taiwan's Foxconn, an assembler of Apple Inc's iPhones, said on Monday he plans to step …
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Motivate, the bike share startup owned by Lyft, is pulling its electric bikes in NYC, SFO, and Washington DC after reports of injuries due to faulty brakes — The move comes after dozens of injuries were reported — Lyft, which operates bike-share systems across the US …
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| Globes Online: |
Vimeo acquires Israel-based video creation service Magisto which has over 100M users; sources say Vimeo paid $200M — Magisto's proprietary technology enables cutting edge mobile apps and AI-powered editing tools to create videos for its 100 million users.
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Sources: Microsoft is working on AirPods-like earbuds under the codename “Morrison” — Late last year, Microsoft surprised many with the announcement of the Surface-branded headphones. The premium peripheral has opened the door to the company exploring where else they can apply …
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