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Superhuman says it is removing location tracking, deleting location data, turning read statuses off by default, and building an option to disable remote images — I'm Rahul Vohra, founder and CEO of Superhuman. Over the last 24 hours, we have seen vigorous debate on pixel tracking within email …
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| Jason Del Rey / Vox: |
Sources: Walmart is projecting losses of $1B+ for its US e-commerce division this year; e-commerce CEO Marc Lore is exhausted by internal politics — Walmart bought Jet.com to compete with Amazon, but Jet founder Marc Lore is feeling the heat as e-commerce losses surpass $1 billion.
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Facebook says it has resolved outages that began at ~8am ET across News Feed, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger that caused issues loading images and more — The issue caused some images and features to break across all of Facebook's apps — Facebook had problems loading images, videos …
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE: |
Unknown attackers are spamming OpenPGP certificates, breaking a core component of encryption software PGP and showing a fundamental weakness known for a decade — A new wave of spamming attacks on a core component of PGP's ecosystem has highlighted a fundamental weakness in the whole ecosystem.
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Gist, dkg's blog, and SecurityWeek
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| Brendan Pierson / Reuters: |
Federal appeals court rules Amazon can be held liable for defective third-party seller products, says it enables vendors to conceal themselves from the customer — (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled against Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) in a case that could expose the online retailer …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
YouTube quietly updated its list of what it considers harmful or dangerous content to include “instructional hacking and phishing” videos — Yesterday, YouTube updated its list of what it considers “harmful or dangerous content.” One notable addition is of …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Broadcom is in advanced talks to acquire Symantec in a deal that could be reached in weeks; Symantec shares rise 13%+ — - CEO Tan has branched out into software already with CA deal — Chipmaker led wave of deals that reshaped the industry| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
iOS 13 beta includes an ARKit-based FaceTime feature that makes it look as if users are looking into the camera even when looking at the image on the screen — Fake eye contact for improved intimacy — iOS 13's third developer beta includes a new feature that makes it look …
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Tweets: @flyosity, @schukin, @flyosity, @wsig, @counternotions, @ow, @davemark, @genmon, @stroughtonsmith, @ajbousquet, @shanselman, @ronjeffries, @robblackie_oo, and @benthompson
| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Waymo granted permit to take part in California's autonomous vehicle passenger service pilot program; it can't charge riders and must have human safety drivers — Only Waymo employees and guests will get to ride at first — Waymo was awarded a permit by the California Public Utilities Commission …
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
D-Link agrees to implement a new security program to settle a 2017 FTC complaint that alleged D-Link left thousands open to well-known attacks — Agreement settles charges D-Link left users open to critical and widespread threats. — Router and webcam maker D-Link has agreed to implement …
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Federal Trade Commission, ZDNet, CyberScoop, CNET, Dark Reading, PR Newswire, and Engadget
Tweets: @jeffstone500, @zcutlip, @campuscodi, @ftc, and @jeffstone500
| Nikkei Asian Review: |
Sources: HP and Dell plan to shift up to 30% of notebook production out of China; Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Sony, Nintendo also want to move some production — Production shift to create new rivals for world's consumer tech factory — TAIPEI/HONG KONG/CHONGQING— Global consumer electronics makers HP …
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The Verge, Reuters, SiliconANGLE, AppleInsider, TechNode, CNET, Digital Trends, OnMSFT.com, Tom's Hardware, EE Times, TechSpot, Gizchina, Telegraph, Neowin, Thurrott, Patently Apple, MacDailyNews, WinBuzzer, 9to5Mac, MSPoweruser, Windows Central, Fast Company, Business Insider, Financial Times, and Bloomberg
Tweets: @j_b_c16 and @brianweeden
| Reuters: |
Contradicting Trump's surprise Huawei announcement, an internal memo says Commerce Department staff should still treat the company as blacklisted — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior U.S. official told the Commerce Department's enforcement staff this week that China's Huawei should still … Sponsor Posts
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