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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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EU Press Room, Reuters, SiliconANGLE, Engadget, TorrentFreak, Thurrott, PYMNTS.com, The Register, AppleInsider, Mashable, The Next Web, and Inquirer
Tweets: @junckereu, @senficon, @glynmoody, @newbeanon, @eu_commission, @dsmeu, and @dangillmor
| 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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Washington Post, CNET, Wired, Fast Company, CNET, USA Today, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, AT&T, Fortune, Tech.pinions, BGR, ZDNet, TechRadar.com, Engadget, Tom's Guide, ExtremeTech, TechnoBuffalo, 9to5Google, Android Beat, PCWorld, TechSpot, Mashable, and Telegraph
Tweets: @joannastern, @geoffreyfowler, @reckless, @markgurman, @ow, @geoffreyfowler, @wired, @eliblumenthal, @bryfitz, @laurengoode, @mishaalrahman, @rdrv3, and @wired
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
YouTube showed a link and description of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, as part of its fact checking, underneath live streams of the Notre Dame Cathedral fire — A fire has broken out at the iconic Notre Dame Cathedral today, and as you'd expect, many news networks are offering live coverage of the breaking situation.
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| Ernesto / TorrentFreak: |
After the news went viral about Starz getting Twitter to remove TorrentFreak's tweet, Starz successfully applied DMCA takedowns to many others' tweets about it — American entertainment giant Starz is continuing to remove tweets that link to a TorrentFreak news report about leaked TV-shows.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation, Ars Technica, The Register, Motherboard, Columbia Journalism Review, Deadline, and Boing Boing
Tweets: @eff, @torrentfreak, @mathewi, @pt, @rakeshlobster, @crankycatcoder, @jilliancyork, @pt, @manan, @dangillmor, @eff, @whvholst, @justin_ling, @dsilverman, @brokep, and @torrentfreak
| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Starz apologizes for “inadvertently” issuing DMCA takedown notices for tweets to stories merely reporting about TV show leak, says it suffered a security breach — Facing a backlash over overzealous copyright enforcement, Starz issued an apology for inadvertently taking down tweets to articles about TV show piracy Monday.
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| Bloomberg: |
Foxconn will mass produce iPhones in India this year, including newer models, according to Foxconn's chairman Terry Gou, who will step away from day-to-day role — - Apple's main production partner is prepping an output shift — Foxconn's Terry Gou says he'll step back from the day-to-day
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South China Morning Post, Reuters, The Verge, PYMNTS.com, Cult of Mac, Firstpost Tech, TechSpot, AppleInsider, and iPhone in Canada Blog. Tweets: @menakadoshi
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
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.
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Android Authority and GamesIndustry.biz
Tweets: @joshconstine, @mekosoff, @bendhalpern, @joshconstine, @riklomas, @pkafka, @kerrymflynn, and @pkafka
| Dave Gershgorn / Quartz: |
Satya Nadella says that Microsoft is making changes to how HR investigates incidents, creates an Employee Advocacy Team to help staff through complaint process — Microsoft employees have been telling executives in recent weeks how workplace harassment and discrimination has pervaded unchecked throughout …
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GeekWire, CNET, GamesIndustry.biz, CNBC, MSPoweruser, and Vox
Tweets: @morelli_law, @ohhoe, @sladner, @wegladlyfeast, @idiot_girl, @jessfraz, @ireneista, and @mer__edith. Thanks:@davegershgorn
| Karissa Bell / Mashable: |
Despite publicly pausing verification, Twitter has verified 10,000+ accounts in recent months but withheld the privilege from anyone without backchannel access — Jack Dorsey's mother and father, the '80s band Whitesnake, a “war room” associated with Donald Trump's reelection campaign …
Tweets: @karissabe, @karissabe, @caseynewton, @caseynewton, @ws, @byardduncan, @caseynewton, @martinsfp, @karissabe, @karissabe, @karissabe, @kerrymflynn, and @mattnavarra. Thanks:@karissabe
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Since mid-February, hacker Gnosticplayers has posted 932M+ user records from 44 companies, including 500px and UnderArmor, on dark web marketplace Dream Market — Hacker Gnosticplayers has stolen over 932 million user records from 44 companies. — A hacker who spoke with ZDNet in February …
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| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Binance says it will delist bitcoin SV (BSV) from the exchange, after CEO Changpeng Zhao said BSV's creator Craig Wright, who claims he's Satoshi, is a “fraud” — Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange by reported volume, will delist bitcoin SV (BSV) after a week … | Bloomberg: |
Governments across Southeast Asia, including Vietnam and Thailand, are adopting Chinese-style internet and data controls, raising alarms in the US — - Increasingly autocractic regimes find China's model alluring — The spread of Beijing's vision is starting to alarm the U.S.
Tweets: @bbgvisualdata, @mdudas, @dtbyler, @scs_disputes, @mhbergen, @lindsaypgorman, and @triviumchina
| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
Hulu has repurchased AT&T's 9.5% stake in the business for $1.43B, giving Hulu a valuation of $15B; Disney said in November that Hulu was worth $9.26B — - Hulu bought back AT&T's 9.5 percent stake in the entity for $1.43 billion, valuing the streaming company at $15 billion.
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The Verge, Engadget, TechCrunch, CNET, Business Insider, Bloomberg, Business Wire, Financial Times, Barron's Online, Variety, Deadline, and Axios
| Dami Lee / The Verge: |
Facebook rolls out dark mode for Messenger globally, after previously hiding it behind an Easter egg that required users to send a moon emoji to get the feature — It's official now — Facebook Messenger's dark mode is rolling out to globally today, as announced on Facebook's product blog.
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Messenger News, 9to5Mac, VentureBeat, Engadget, MacRumors, SlashGear, BetaNews, MSPoweruser, and The Next Web
| Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed News: |
Source: Twitter left up tweets threatening Rep. Ilhan Omar's life, which would typically be removed once reported, so law enforcement could investigate them — Twitter left up tweets threatening Rep. Ilhan Omar's life over the weekend so law enforcement could investigate them, BuzzFeed News has learned.
Tweets: @kantrowitz and @kantrowitz
| New York Times: |
Some companies attacked in 2017's NotPetya ransomware plague have been denied insurance coverage over “war exclusion” clauses — LONDON — Within days of a cyberattack, warehouses of the snack foods company Mondelez International filled with a backlog of Oreo cookies and Ritz crackers.
Tweets: @jckichen, @nytimesbusiness, @puiwingtam, @nicoleperlroth, and @nytimesbusiness
| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
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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New York Times, Curbed NY, TechCrunch, Silicon Valley Business …, SlashGear, SiliconANGLE, Gizmodo, Gothamist, Socialnomics, PYMNTS.com, and Engadget. Tweets: @andyjayhawk
| 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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Digital Trends, MacRumors, Mashable, MACお宝 …, AppleInsider, SiliconANGLE, InvestorPlace, KnowTechie, TechCrunch, iDownloadBlog.com, Thurrott, BetaNews, iPhone Hacks, MSPoweruser, BGR, Neowin, SlashGear, TechSpot, VentureBeat, iPhone in Canada Blog, Engadget, Macworld, The Verge, and Apple Must
Tweets: @dancounsell and @stroughtonsmith
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