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Hackers breached SyTech, a contractor for Russia's FSB, and stole 7.5TB of data about its projects for the agency, including one for deanonymizing Tor traffic — SyTech, the hacked company, was working on research projects for the FSB, Russia's intelligence service.
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| Andrew Liptak / The Verge: |
A new set of Pixel 4 leaked images and a series of renders show it will have a large forehead bezel for a variety of sensors and front-facing cameras — A lot of space to cover up — A new set of leaked images of Google's forthcoming Pixel 4 smartphone have surfaced on the web …
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| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Profile of Calibra's head of strategy Morgan Beller, previously a partner at a16z, and the original driving force behind Facebook's push into cryptocurrency — KEY POINTS — Morgan Beller is one of three people — all Facebook employees — listed as a co-creator of the proposed Libra digital currency …
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| Andy Newman / New York Times: |
A reporter describes his and others' experiences delivering food on bikes for apps like Uber Eats, DoorDash, and Postmates in New York City — I had just started my lunch shift when the phone pinged: Uber Eats, pickup at Cocina del Sur on West 38th Street in Manhattan, five blocks away. Great!
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| Peter Blumberg / Bloomberg: |
Google and plaintiffs agree on a $13M settlement in a 2010 class action over Google Street View's collection of personal info from unencrypted Wi-Fi networks — - Settlement will close the books on a scandal from a decade ago — Money to go to privacy groups instead of Wi-Fi network owners| Kieren McCarthy / The Register: |
European Commission changes its mind on the .eu domain again, now says it will allow citizens of EU countries resident in the UK to use it after Brexit — Your periodic reminder that there was maybe a reason so many people voted to leave — The European Commission has, yet again … | Tim Merel / VentureBeat: |
Report: of the $5.4B invested in AR and VR in the last 12 months to Q2 2019, Chinese companies raised over 2.5x more money than North American counterparts — If today's AR/VR investment/merger-and-acquisition dynamics continue, there could be a window of one year to 18 months for corporate and VC …
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| Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
Lyft deployed its dockless e-bikes in SF on Friday, after the city granted it an interim permit; Lyft sued SF in June alleging exclusivity contract violations — When tech companies sue cities, it's rare to see a resolution — albeit a temporary one — in favor of the tech company happen so quickly, if at all.| Jon Emont / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Amazon offers Marketplace merchants perks like prominent placements, more if they agree to sell their successful brands to Amazon, often at $10K/brand — Program offers merchants prominent display and marketing support—at the cost of giving Amazon the right to buy their brand at a fixed price| David Z. Morris / Fortune: |
Dust Identity, which covers objects with a diamond dust coating with a unique pattern to track them across complex supply chains, raises $10M Series A — Startup Dust Identity has raised $10 million in a series A funding round, led by Kleiner Perkins and including strategic investments …
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TechCrunch
| Jörn Krieger / Broadband TV News: |
German court rules that Deutsche Telekom's zero-rating mobile streaming plan StreamOn violates EU's net neutrality rules, can not be offered in its current form — About Jörn Krieger — Jörn reports on the latest developments in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
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| Andrew Liptak / The Verge: |
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