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Report: CIA shared intelligence with US allies showing Huawei received funding from Chinese security and intelligence agencies and the People's Liberation Army — Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. — Share to facebook — Share to twitter — Share to linkedin
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| Rachel Becker / The Verge: |
Researchers: 33 of 36 apps for depression or smoking cessation shared data with third-parties and 2 apps shared very sensitive info, like health diary entries — ‘Do I trust the person who made the app, and do I understand where this data is going?’ — Free apps marketed to people … | Cory Doctorow / Boing Boing: |
Research paper argues that Facebook increased user surveillance as its competitors exited the market, makes the case for antitrust action against the company — In 2017, a 28-year-old law student named Lina Kahn turned the antitrust world on its ear with her Yale Law Review paper …
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SiriusXM launches SiriusXM Essential, an $8/month streaming only plan for mobiles and smart speakers that gives access to 200+ channels — SiriusXM wants to cater consumers without cars, or cars without compatible stereos, with a new $8 plan for mobile and in-home listening.| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
A profile of Zoom and its founder Eric Yuan, who led Webex's engineering group at Cisco before leaving to build the video conferencing company — Zoom CEO Eric Yuan cut an unlikely figure as he addressed the cheering throng in the moments before ringing the opening bell at Nasdaq …
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| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
HipChat co-founders raise $3M in seed funding for Swoot, a social podcast app that lets users recommend podcasts and see what their friends are listening to — Pete Curley and Garret Heaton, who previously co-founded team chat app HipChat and sold it to Atlassian, are officially launching their new product Swoot today.| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Autonomous car startup Pony.ai launches PonyPilot, a pilot ride-hailing service for its employees within a 50 square kilometer area in Guangzhou, China — Guangzhou, China-based self-driving startup Pony.ai is joining an exclusive club of companies that have launched autonomous ride-hailing programs.
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| Karsten Schmehl / BuzzFeed News: |
Research: some WhatsApp group users are spreading Nazi propaganda through stickers and chain letters in Germany, where local laws forbid the use of Nazi imagery — BERLIN — German WhatsApp users are spreading far-right propaganda through the use of stickers and chain letters but the company … | Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
GM's Cruise execs talk about the autonomous driving unit's history, its progress and plans, internal development tools they use, and more — According to marketing firm ABI, as many as 8 million driverless cars will be added to the road in 2025. Meanwhile, Research and Markets is predicting …
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| Karl Bode / Motherboard: |
Report finds that 26 states now either restrict or outright prohibit towns and cities from building their own broadband networks, up from 20 in 2018 — Many of the laws restricting local voters' rights were directly written by a telecom sector terrified of real broadband competition.| Reed Albergotti / Washington Post: |
In an Apple memo shown in Apple v. Qualcomm, Apple execs described Qualcomm tech as “the best”, raising questions about Apple's belief in its legal arguments — Sealed documents, obtained as part of a trial between the two tech giants, offer a rare window into the decision-making process …
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| Hayley Peterson / Business Insider: |
Amazon says it now requires Amazon Flex delivery drivers to snap selfies on the road to verify their identities — - Amazon is requiring delivery drivers to snap selfies to verify their identities. — The selfies are meant to protect drivers from unauthorized usage of their Amazon Flex accounts, an Amazon spokeswoman said.Sponsor Posts
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