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Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes says Mark Zuckerberg's influence is staggering and that it is time to break up Facebook — The last time I saw Mark Zuckerberg — was in the summer of 2017, several months before the Cambridge Analytica scandal broke. We met at Facebook's Menlo Park …
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| Alfred Ng / CNET: |
Amazon lets users delete Alexa-triggered voice recordings but keeps the written transcripts on some subsystems, says it is working on deleting all of them — Amazon doesn't need to hear your voice recordings to know what you've said. They can read it. — After Alexa hears its wake word … | Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Samsung announces the ISOCELL Bright GW1, a 64-megapixel image sensor for mobile phones, expects it to go into mass production in the second half of this year — Samsung fires new salvo in megapixel wars — Samsung has announced a new image sensor for mobile phones with a higher resolution than anything comparable on the market.| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
Verizon report: nation states and affiliated parties carried out 23% of data breaches in 2018, up from 12% in 2017 and 19% in 2016 — Verizon's 2019 Data Breach Investigations Report highlights how nation states and espionage are becoming a worry for businesses and their data.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Inside Microsoft's Envisioning Center, which houses some of its prototype work including projection tech, AI for meetings, and desks that double as touchscreens — Every few years, Microsoft creates a video that looks at the future of productivity. This usually involves giant screens … | Jonathan Browning / Bloomberg: |
In a UK court filing, Amazon says hackers siphoned money from ~100 seller accounts over a period of six months last year — - Amazon asked U.K. court for bank details linked to hackers — Hackers break into about 100 accounts, according to documents
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook relaxes blockchain ad rules, letting users promote crypto-related news, education, and events without pre-approval, after imposing a ban in 2018 — Facebook still won't let you advertise for cryptocurrencies, exchanges, binaries, or ICOs without prior approval.
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Facebook, Blockonomi, PaymentsSource, Reuters, CoinGeek, CryptoGlobe, Coinspeaker, FutureSin, Ethereum World News, CoinDesk, SludgeFeed, NewsBTC, SiliconANGLE, The Block, Adweek, Decrypt, CryptoSlate, and Engadget. Tweets: @joshconstine
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google says it will soon weight Play Store app ratings to favor reviews from more recent releases, viewable by end users starting in August — Two years ago, Apple changed the way its app store ratings worked by allowing developers to decide whether or not their ratings would be reset …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google to add “pending transactions” payment option to the Play Store, letting users pay for apps at a retail store by showing a payment code on their device — Today, the Android platform sees more app downloads than iOS, but Apple's App Store continually dominates in terms of revenue.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Google unveils Mini-apps, a “new capability” for Google Search and Assistant that delivers interactive and dynamically updated content in search results — During the Tuesday keynote that kicked off Google's I/O 2019 developer conference, the Mountain View company unveiled a slew …
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Intel shares its chip roadmap through 2023, says the 10nm product family will be available from the middle of this year, plans first 7nm product for 2021 — At Intel's Investor Day today, CEO Bob Swan and Murthy Renduchintala spoke to the ability of the company with respect to its manufacturing capabilities.
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| Edgar Alvarez / Engadget: |
Nike's new app, Nike Fit, will use AR to help find the right sneaker fit, expected to launch in the US in July — Nike has been experimenting heavily with augmented reality for a few years now, and the company is continuing to work on new experiences powered by the technology.
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
ChowNow, a food-ordering platform that helps independent restaurants accept online orders, raises $21M Series C, bringing its total raised to more than $60M — ChowNow, whose food-ordering platform makes it easier for local restaurants to accept online orders, has raised $21 million …
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Coalition, which provides cybersecurity insurance, raises $40M Series B led by Ribbit Capital — Coalition, a cybersecurity insurance company, has raised $40 million in its latest round of funding. — Fintech investment giant Ribbit Capital led the investment with participation from Greenoaks Capital and Hillhouse Capital.| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft's Kevin Gallo talks about how the company is trying to undo the divide between UWP and Win32, future of Microsoft's app store, and more — Is Microsoft's UWP going away? Is the Microsoft Store on its way out? Microsoft Corporate VP Kevin Gallo explains the latest twists …
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| Liam Tung / ZDNet: |
Microsoft says it has gained FIDO2 certification for Windows Hello, Windows 10's biometric authentication system, for the Windows 10 May 2019 update — Microsoft moves 800 million people closer to a no-password world. — Microsoft has passed another milestone on its quest to kill off passwords.| Nat Levy / GeekWire: |
Redfin launches Redfin Direct, a feature that lets homebuyers make offers on homes directly online without an agent, starting in Boston — Redfin quietly launched a new feature that lets homebuyers without an agent make offers on homes directly through its website, bringing back an initiative …
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| Tessa Wong / BBC: |
Singapore passes a controversial anti-fake news law that gives the government sweeping powers to fine and police online platforms including private chat groups — Singapore has passed a controversial anti-fake news law that gives authorities sweeping powers to police online platforms and even private chat groups.
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TechCrunch, Los Angeles Times, Al Jazeera, The Guardian, Associated Press, Silicon Republic, and Agence France-Presse
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Qualcomm partners with Google to create a reference design and development kit for building Assistant-enabled Bluetooth headphones with Fast Pair support — Qualcomm today announced that it has partnered with Google to create a reference design and development kit for building Assistant-enabled Bluetooth headphones.
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9to5Google, SiliconANGLE, and SlashGear
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Unlike Facebook at F8, Google didn't just talk about its commitment to privacy at I/O, it showcased features that were either ready to ship or ready to demo — F8 and I/O, night and day — Mark Zuckerberg: “The future is private”. Sundar Pichai: ~The present is private~.
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| Alfred Ng / CNET: |
In the first settlement of its kind, judge orders a New York landlord to provide tenants who opposed exclusively using Latch smart locks with physical keys — The physical key has prevailed over the smart lock for a group of tenants with privacy concerns. — In a settlement released Tuesday …
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Naked Security, Gizmodo, SiliconANGLE, Gothamist, New York Post, and Engadget. Tweets: @jathansadowski
| James Kynge / Financial Times: |
Alibaba to allow more vendors outside China to use AliExpress to sell goods internationally, starting with retailers in Russia, Turkey, Italy, and Spain — Alibaba, the Chinese ecommerce group, is overhauling the business model of a fast-growing subsidiary in a bid to offer … Sponsor Posts
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