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Facebook to rebrand Instagram and WhatsApp to “Instagram from Facebook” and “WhatsApp from Facebook”, sources say causing surprise and confusion internally — In a big shift, Facebook plans to signal its control of Instagram and WhatsApp by adding its name to both apps … | Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Goldman Sachs posts Apple Card's customer agreement on its site, says jailbreaking and cryptocurrency, casino chip, and lottery ticket purchases are forbidden — Apple has revealed more details about its upcoming credit card, and the Apple Card will come with one unique restriction and one not-so-unique restriction.| Matt Day / Bloomberg: |
Amazon says it will let users opt out of human review of the voice recordings picked up by Alexa, following similar moves by Apple and Google — - Alexa reviewers transcribe, annotate some voice recordings — Apple, Google suspended human voice review programs this week| Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
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UK data science company DataSparQ has developed “AI Bar”, an AI-powered facial recognition system to help bartenders check IDs, fill orders faster and fairer — Facial recognition systems have, to date, proven to be biased, unjust, flawed, and deeply powerful.| Zen Soo / South China Morning Post: |
Hong Kong startup Tink Labs, which has raised $160M to provide free-to-use smartphones in hotel rooms, is shutting down in many markets, undergoing mass layoffs — Handy is a smartphone service operated by Tink Labs that equipped hotels globally with in-room handsets for guests Tink Labs informed employees … | Thomas Ricker / The Verge: |
Google will let Android users in Europe choose their default search engine starting in 2020; inclusion on the choice screen will be determined via auction — Only the top-three bidders will appear alongside Google on the choice screen — Starting in early 2020, Google will present … | Mark Harris / The Guardian: |
FCC filing: Pentagon tests high-altitude balloons in Midwest for a “surveillance system to locate and deter narcotic trafficking and homeland security threats” — Exclusive: the high-altitude balloons promise a cheap monitoring platform that could follow multiple cars and boats for extended periods| Reuters: |
Turkey's TV and radio watchdog granted oversight of online content, including streaming services; online content providers must now get broadcasting licenses — ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey on Thursday granted its radio and television watchdog sweeping oversight over all online content … | Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Vimeo launches Vimeo Enterprise for companies to host, share, and manage video content internally, as it pivots from being a video and content company to SaaS — Vimeo, the 14-year-old video service that started as a platform for indie filmmakers, is launching Vimeo Enterprise … | Mark Wilson / Fast Company: |
Interview with Snap CTO Bobby Murphy on augmented reality, visual communications, Lenses, Spectacles, and a future world in which the camera dominates — When Snapchat first became a phenomenon among teens in 2012, the focus understandably was on such distinguishing features as its promise … | Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Google's Project Zero says 95.8% of the 1,585 security flaws it reported since July 2014 were fixed before its 90-day deadline for a public disclosure — Google Project Zero: Disclosing technical bug reports and PoCs help defenders more than attackers. — The Google Project Zero team … | Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google Fit to start rolling out detailed sleep logging and dark theme; iOS app gains support for route maps for workouts — With the revamped Fit last year, Google focused on physical activity through Heart Points and Move Minutes. The service is adding detailed sleep logging to capture your entire day …
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