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Huawei has filed a motion for summary judgement in its lawsuit against the US, in a bid to expedite an outcome without the costs and time of a full trial — SHANGHAI — Huawei is ramping up its legal challenge to American limits on purchases of its equipment, in a sign that it is doubling …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Flipboard says hackers had access to its servers for 9+ months and stole some customers' info, including digital tokens linking profiles to 3rd-party services — Extent of the hack is unknown, but Flipboard said hackers had access to its systems for almost nine months.
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| John Tozzi / Bloomberg: |
Talkspace, whose app connects people with licensed mental health therapists for counseling through text and video chat, raises $50M led by Revolution Growth — - Talkspace also signs deal with UnitedHealth's Optum unit — Online counseling expands as U.S. faces mental health crisis
Tweets: @shaig, @mhdempsey, and @stevecase
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Amazon announces 5.5-inch Echo Show 5 that's shipping in July for $89.99, launches new Alexa commands to delete what you just said or everything you said today — A direct challenge to the Google Nest Home Hub — Amazon is releasing a new Echo device today because apparently …
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| Nick Parker / The Official Microsoft Blog: |
Microsoft outlines its vision for a modern OS that has invisible background updates, security by default, always connected, supports multiple form factors, more — Today, at Computex in Taipei, Microsoft executives Roanne Sones, CVP OS Platforms and Rodney Clark, VP IoT Sales … | Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Apple's former head of App Store approvals, Phillip Shoemaker, discusses the review process, app rejections, competition between Apple and developers, and more — Apple Inc.'s former head of App Store approvals said he's worried about competition between the company and developers …
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| Geoffrey A. Fowler / Washington Post: |
Study: many iOS apps, including the Washington Post's, use “background app refresh” to send tracking info like location and IP address, even late at night — Apple says, “What happens on your iPhone stays on your iPhone.” Our privacy experiment showed 5,400 hidden app trackers guzzled our data — in a single week.
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| Larry Cermak / The Block: |
Analysis of nearly 800M cryptocurrency exchange website visits over the past 6 months: up to 86% of total reported cryptocurrency trading volume is likely fake — This free preview of The Block Genesis is offered to our loyal readers as a representation of the valuable research and journalism our Genesis members receive daily.| Jenny Anderson / Quartz: |
San Francisco-based Outschool, a marketplace for online classes with video chat for kids, raises $8.5M Series A led by Reach Capital and Union Square Ventures — Before Martin Luther King Jr. Day last year, Celeste Law's eight-year-old daughter told her mother that she didn't know much about …
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| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
Facebook, Twitter suspend accounts related to a disinformation campaign that seemed to originate in Iran; messages targeted reporters, policymakers, dissidents — Facebook and Twitter each said on Tuesday they had disabled a sprawling disinformation campaign that appeared to originate in Iran …
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Intel unveils Honeycomb Glacier, a concept gaming laptop with a 15.6" 1080p primary screen and a 12.3" 1920x720 secondary screen lifted up by a double hinge — It's called the Honeycomb Glacier — If I'm being honest, the phrase “Honeycomb Glacier” makes me think of a frosty dessert …
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| Alex Wilhelm / Crunchbase News: |
LinkedIn acquires Drawbridge, a startup that helps companies with identity management using machine learning; Drawbridge has raised nearly $69M — LinkedIn just acquired its 22nd-known company: Drawbridge. The smaller company will integrate with LinkedIn's marketing services.
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| Karissa Bell / Mashable: |
eMarketer: Facebook users in the US spent an average of 38 minutes per day on the platform in 2018, down from 41 minutes per day in 2017 — If you've found yourself spending less time on Facebook over the last year, you're not alone. As the beleaguered company has battled scandal and tried to emphasize …
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| Sam Rutherford / Gizmodo: |
HP unveils its revamped VR Backpack with an 8th-gen Intel Core i7 CPU, an Nvidia RTX 2080 GPU, and swappable batteries, coming this summer for $3,300 — Does a VR headset still qualify as a standalone device if the computer powering the headset is strapped to your back rather than built into the goggles?
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
AttackIQ, which provides an automated continuous security monitoring platform for enterprises, raises $17.6M Series B led by Khosla Ventures — There's a reason the enterprise security market is expected to be worth $71 billion by 2021, according to Statista: Unguarded systems and networks pose a constant threat.
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| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
OpenSesame, a marketplace for corporate learning programs, raises $28M Series C led by FTV Capital, bringing its total raised to $47M — OpenSesame, a startup that operates a marketplace for corporate learning programs, has raised a $28 million round to fuel growth.
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| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Following Google's announcement of Google Pay support last week, New York City subway riders will be able to pay with Apple Pay starting Friday — If you frequent the New York City subway's 4, 5, 6 line, you've probably seen the new terminals at a variety of stations like Union Square and Grand Central.
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
SmartRecruiters, a SaaS platform spanning the entire recruitment process from job listings to offers, raises $50M Series D led by Insight Partners — SmartRecruiters, an enterprise-focused recruitment platform designed to help companies find, select, and hire new talent … | Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
Twitch temporarily disables the ability for new accounts to livestream after trolls streamed porn, illegal content, and hateful imagery on a section of the site — Citing safety as a main priority — Twitch has disabled the ability for new accounts to live stream following an attack …
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| David Uberti / VICE News: |
Researchers say Facebook has weakened or disabled tools they use to track political ads and content on the platform, just as 2020 campaigns ramp up ad spending — The Iowa caucuses are still eight months away, but the Facebook primary has already begun. — President Donald Trump has poured …
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| Eduard Kovacs / SecurityWeek: |
Researcher finds about a million older Windows devices currently vulnerable to the wormable Remote Desktop flaw BlueKeep, amid spike in port scanning activity — Nearly one million devices are vulnerable to attacks involving the Windows vulnerability dubbed BlueKeep and it appears that hackers … | Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Mission, an AWS managed services and consulting company, raises $15M led by Great Hill Partners — Los Angeles-based Mission, a managed AWS services firm formed in 2018 from the merger of three consulting companies (Reliam, Stratalux, and G2 Tech Group), today announced that it's raised $15 million …
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Chinese food delivery apps generated an estimated 1.6M tons of packaging waste in 2017, a ninefold jump from two years before, growing to ~2M tons in 2018 — The noodles and barbecue arrive within 30 minutes. The containers they come in could be around for hundreds of years thereafter.
Tweets: @jmulvenon, @nytimes, @adamminter, @cathyerway, @nytimesbusiness, @toda, @patrooocle, @chrisbrogan, and @puiwingtam
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Mindsay, which provides a SaaS suite of cross-platform chatbots for hospitality, transport, and e-commerce firms, raises $10M Series A led by White Star Capital — In the enterprise domain, conversational AI can free up employees from menial and repetitive tasks, catalyzing division-wide boosts in productivity.
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