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Leaked Microsoft memo says Slack, AWS, Google Docs, PagerDuty, and even GitHub are prohibited or discouraged from internal use, primarily over security concerns — As Slack makes its stock market debut, there's a major company that won't be allowing its employees to use the business collaboration …
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Inside Apple's app review unit, where 300+ staffers check every app and update, escalate controversial cases to an executive review board led by Phil Schiller — KEY POINTS — Every single app and update on Apple's App Store platforms is approved by an Apple employee working in a division called App Review.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
NASA says it was hacked in April 2018 via an unauthorized Raspberry Pi on the network; hackers had access for nearly a year, stealing Mars mission-related data — NASA described the hackers as an “advanced persistent threat,” a term generally used for nation-state hacking groups.
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| JR Raphael / Computerworld: |
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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| Kate O'Keeffe / Wall Street Journal: |
US adds five major Chinese supercomputer developers to the export restrictions list, citing national security concerns — Commerce Department puts five Chinese developers on entity list, citing national-security concerns — WASHINGTON—The Commerce Department is taking aim …
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| Anna Baydakova / CoinDesk: |
FATF says its members, including US and EU countries, should adopt regulations within 12 months requiring crypto exchanges share customer info when moving funds — A powerful intergovernmental organization devoted to combating money laundering and terrorism financing has finalized …
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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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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Niantic CEO John Hanke on Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, improvements to Niantic's AR engine, which is about to become a platform for outside AR developers, more — This week's release of “Harry Potter: Wizards Unite” isn't just the debut of a highly anticipated mobile game …
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| Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios: |
Medallia, which offers a customer experience management platform, files for IPO; it reported a $82.2M net loss and $313.6M in revenue for its last fiscal year — Medallia, a Silicon Valley subscription-based software company that competes with the likes of SurveyMonkey and Qualtrics …
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SEC and Renaissance Capital
| 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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Tweets: @crshoverride, @98codes, @kylebaker, @horwitz, @markgurman, @markgurman, @reckless, and @reckless
| Kaitlyn Tiffany / Vox: |
How the firearms industry relies on female influencers to skirt the restrictions imposed by social media platforms on advertising guns and related services — Companies can't advertise on social media — so they have female influencers do it for them. — When Kimberly Matte captions …
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| Karen Hao / MIT Technology Review: |
A look at the blossoming machine-learning community in Africa, where IBM and Google are trying to use AI to tackle challenges like hunger, poverty, and disease — In the last few years, the machine-learning community has blossomed, applying the technology to challenges like food security and health care.
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