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Instagram is rolling out warnings to users about to post an offensive comment, starts testing Restrict, an option to block abusive users without notifying them — Our mission is to connect you with the people and things you love, which only works if people feel comfortable expressing themselves on Instagram.
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| Katy Steinmetz / TIME: |
Interview with Instagram's Adam Mosseri about using AI to deal with bullying on the platform, reassessing its core incentives, breaking up big tech, and more — Ethan Cohen tried to laugh off his first experience with bullying on Instagram. Like many kids his age, the Raleigh, N.C. … | Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
Spotify Lite, which requires only 10MB of storage, is now available on Android in 35 countries across Asia, Latin America, Middle East, Africa, and in Canada — Spotify has been testing a smaller, lighter version of its app since mid-2018 in hopes of expanding its reach to regions …
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| Jonathan Leitschuh / Medium: |
Researcher discloses zero-day exploit in Zoom's Mac client that lets any malicious site force a user into a Zoom call with video enabled without user permission — A vulnerability in the Mac Zoom Client allows any malicious website to enable your camera without your permission.
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| Mike Davidson / Mike Industries: |
Superhuman still allows spying, even after last week's privacy fixes, as recipients of Superhuman emails don't know their actions are tracked or sent to senders — Last week was a good week for privacy. Or was it? — It took an article I almost didn't publish and tens of thousands …
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Two years on, WannaCry remains in thousands of networks globally, despite available patches; researcher: “kill switch” stopped ~60M WannaCry detonations in June — Two British researchers saved the internet from a global cyberattack in 2017. Amid mounting pressure and little sleep …
Tweets: @zackwhittaker, @zackwhittaker, @martijn_grooten, and @dakacki
| Alfred Ng / CNET: |
Researchers: 1300+ Android apps were gathering location data even when permission was denied; Google says it will address the issue in Android Q later this year — Permissions on Android apps are intended to be gatekeepers for how much data your device gives up.
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| BBC: |
UK's ICO fines British Airways a record £183M fine for the data breach in 2018 that affected ~500K customers — British Airways is facing a record fine of £183m for last year's breach of its security systems. — The airline, owned by IAG, says it is “surprised and disappointed” …
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Researcher finds unsecured ElasticSearch server owned by a Chinese public security department that leaked databases with 90M+ records of people and businesses — A publicly accessible and unsecured ElasticSearch server owned by the Jiangsu Provincial Public Security Department … | New York Times: |
Tech workers aiming to unionize face challenges, as some managers dismiss organizers and some companies have the resources to settle labor cases brought to them — SAN FRANCISCO — In February, about a dozen employees at a small technology company called NPM embarked on an effort …
Tweets: @kateconger, @nytimes, @histoftech, @jilliankozyra, and @neverett
| NASDAQ.com: |
Medallia, which offers a customer experience management platform, sets IPO range at $16 to $18/share, will raise $247M at a valuation of $2.8B at the mid-point — Medallia, an enterprise customer experience and feedback management platform, announced terms for its IPO on Monday.
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| Mark Sullivan / Fast Company: |
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