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Google confirms it is getting out of the tablet business, canceling two unreleased smaller-sized tablets, but remains committed to Pixel phones and laptops — Here's an interesting little nugget of info to chew on: Google's decided to step away from its self-made tablets and focus instead on the laptop form.
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| Francesco Canepa / Reuters: |
France is creating a task force of G7 central banks to study how cryptocurrencies like Libra can be governed by anti-money laundering and other regulations — FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Three European central bankers are claiming oversight over Facebook's planned virtual currency to ensure …
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| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
Sen. Josh Hawley introduces bill that would remove CDA 230 protections for online platforms with 30M+ US MAUs, which FTC could return after paid audit — Senate newbie Josh Hawley has made it clear that he's no fan of big internet companies and has joined with others in suggesting …
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| Sascha Segan / PCMAG: |
Research: AT&T has the fastest mobile network in the US in 2019, displacing Verizon in the top spot after five years — Winners by City About Our Tests — All four major wireless carriers in the US are constantly flinging claims at you—they're the fastest, the largest, the friendliest, the best.
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| Debby Wu / Bloomberg: |
Foxconn names Young Liu as its new chairman to replace founder Terry Gou, who is competing for nomination in the 2020 Taiwanese presidential elections — Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., the largest assembler of Apple Inc.'s gadgets, has named Young Liu its new chairman to replace billionaire founder Terry Gou.| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
UK's competition regulator tells Facebook and eBay to conduct an urgent review of their sites to prevent sales of fake and misleading online reviews — Facebook and eBay have been warned by the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to do more to tackle the sale of fake reviews on their platforms.| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple launches a voluntary recall and replacement program for 15" MacBook Pro units sold between September 2015 and February 2017 due to battery safety concerns — Apple today said that it is launching a voluntary recall and replacement program for the 15-inch MacBook Pro.
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| Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica: |
IIHS: car makers including Tesla cause confusion by choosing names like Autopilot for automated systems, resulting in drivers overestimating cars' capabilities — Does the name “Autopilot” cause people to overestimate the abilities of Tesla's driver-assistance technology?
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IIHS and HLDI news, Digital Trends, Bloomberg, Engadget, Roadshow, The Truth About Cars, Repairer Driven News, CBC News, Car Throttle, Bloomberg, Autoblog, TechCrunch, Jalopnik, and Los Angeles Times. Tweets: @doofusdan
| Wall Street Journal: |
A look at the proliferation of fake business listings and con artists on Google Maps, which experts estimate carries ~11M false listings on any given day — Millions of pushpins on Google Maps point to false business addresses created by firms pretending to be nearby
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| Hanna Kozlowska / Quartz: |
Study finds Facebook status updates can possibly be used to predict users with certain diseases, especially diabetes and mental health conditions — At its core, Facebook is a giant repository of information about the people who use it, from their age and phone number, to their music preferences …
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| Mikael Thalen / The Daily Dot: |
Report: Facebook plans to make employees of Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculus transition to @fb.com email addresses, further integrating its family of apps — Facebook is attempting to unify its brand by making employees of Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculus adopt new emails using the Facebook domain, Business Insider reports.| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Desjardins, Canada's largest credit union, says a now-fired employee leaked personal data of ~2.9M members without authorization, including full names — Data for 2.9 million bank members was taken from the bank's system by a now-fired employee. — Today, Desjardins, Canada's largest credit union … | Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
In a report, the ICO, UK's data protection regulator, says the real time bidding ad industry is undermining GDPR and failing to protect sensitive personal data — The online behavioural advertising industry is illegally profiling Internet users. — That's the damning assessment …
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Sources: Apple is asking suppliers to study feasibility of shifting final assembly of some products out of China amid trade tensions — iPhone maker is asking suppliers to study moving final assembly of some products out of the country — Apple Inc. AAPL -.29% is asking suppliers …
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