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Sources: Apple is planning to launch Pro iPhones with three-sensor camera systems for better low-light photos and video recording, new iPads, larger MacBook Pro — Apple Inc. is readying a clutch of new hardware for the coming weeks and months, including “Pro” iPhones, upgrades to iPads and its largest laptop in years.
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Tweets: @markgurman, @business, @tomwarren, @markgurman, and @markgurman
| Sameer Samat / The Keyword: |
Google stops using dessert-themed names for Android to better worldwide accessibility and names Android Q Android 10, refreshes Android brand logo and color — Over the last decade, Android's open platform has created a thriving community of manufacturers and developers that reach a global audience with their devices and apps.
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The Verge, 9to5Google, Engadget, VentureBeat, Thurrott, Android Police, TechCrunch, CNET, 9to5Google, 9to5Google, Inquirer, Wired, and MSPoweruser
| Stephen Hall / 9to5Google: |
Source: Google is planning an update to the Home Mini, called the Nest Mini, with a similar form factor, wall mount, improved sound, and 3.5mm jack — Google plans to launch a followup to 2017's Google Home Mini with a second-generation ‘Nest Mini,’ a reliable source tells 9to5Google.
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Phandroid, Thurrott, TweakTown News, Pocket-lint, Chrome Unboxed, XDA Developers, Engadget, SlashGear, Droid Life, Android Police, Android Authority, VentureBeat, Android Central, and CNET. Thanks:@technacity
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google proposes new privacy and anti-fingerprinting controls aimed at making it harder for online marketers and advertisers to track users across the web — Google today announced a new long-term initiative that, if fully realized, will make it harder for online marketers and advertisers to track you across the web.| Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter: |
Eminem's publisher Eight Mile Style sues Spotify claiming copyright infringement, challenges the constitutionality of the Music Modernization Act passed in 2018 — Eight Mile Style alleges “Lose Yourself” and many of the rapper's hits aren't licensed by the streamer. Now comes a suit eyeing Spotify's billions.
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Spotify, The Verge, 9to5Mac, Music Ally, The Tennessean, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, Memeburn, and Seeking Alpha
Tweets: @nickstatt, @_tonymc, and @eriqgardner
| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Microsoft, Google, Alibaba, Baidu, IBM, ARM, Intel, Red Hat, and others form the Confidential Computing Consortium to promote better data security practices — A number of big-name tech companies — including Microsoft, Google, Alibaba, Red Hat, IBM, and Intel — are joining forces …
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The Linux Foundation, The Register, Inquirer, BetaNews, IT PRO, Open Source Blog, The Next Web, Softpedia News, SecurityWeek, ComputerWeekly.com, VentureBeat, Intel Newsroom, Engadget, Confidential Computing …, PYMNTS.com, and Dark Reading
Tweets: @merriew, @brendandburns, and @markrussinovich
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google officially rolls out a redesign for the Play Store, using its Material design language, and creates two distinct destinations for games and apps — After months of waiting and temporary appearances, the Play Store Material Theme redesign is now official on Android.
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Android Developers Blog, TechCrunch, TechSpot, Firstpost Tech, SlashGear, GSMArena.com, Neowin, Thurrott, and Droid Life. Tweets: @googleplaydev
| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
Assessing the impact of telecoms' poor privacy practices through the story of a woman stalked by a man who obtained her real-time location data from T-Mobile — Telecom giants are giving up customers' real-time location data to stalkers and bounty hunters. Now, Motherboard speaks to a victim.
Tweets: @jason_koebler, @jrosenworcel, @gigibsohn, @lam_barrett, @josephfcox, @willoremus, @nbougalis, @josephfcox, @lam_barrett, @josephfcox, @motherboard, and @evacide
| Danny Crichton / TechCrunch: |
Drop, which scans users' credit card purchases and offers personalized rewards, raises $44M Series B led by HOF Capital — Commerce and marketing are radically changing these days. Consumers are increasingly looking for brands they identify with, while at the same time …
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| Brian Merchant / Gizmodo: |
Investigation reveals popular on-demand massage app Zeel repeatedly ignored therapists' complaints about sexual harassment and inappropriate client behavior — When Ilene Antelman arrived at a client's Manhattan duplex in December of 2016, she was in a good mood.
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Tweets: @bcmerchant, @bcmerchant, @denisehearn_, @bcmerchant, and @meghanemorris
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Remediant, which develops privileged account management software, raises $15M Series A led by Dell Technologies Capital and ForgePoint Capital — Remediant, a San Francisco- and Fort Worth-based provider of privileged account management software, today announced that it's raised $15 million …
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SiliconANGLE and TechCrunch
| Rani Molla / Vox: |
A snapshot of Amazon's financial history and why free cash flow, which Bezos called Amazon's “ultimate financial measure”, is always higher than its profits — It's all about investing in the future. — Amazon skeptics have long repeated a narrative about the e-commerce behemoth …
Tweets: @recode, @naijaflyingdr, @recode, and @recode
| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
Big data analytics service Splunk to acquire cloud monitoring company SignalFx for $1.05B — The company announced the deal along with its second quarter financial results, which topped estimates. — Splunk delivered better-than-expected second quarter financial results and announced …
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Splunk, Forbes, TechCrunch, Dark Reading, SiliconANGLE, DevOps.com, Silicon Republic, Channel Futures, VentureBeat, and Silicon Valley Business …
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| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
Microsoft contractors say they listened to recordings, including accidentally invoked ones, of Xbox users, many of them children, to improve voice command tech — Multiple contractors working for Microsoft explain how they listened to audio captured by Xbox consoles.
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BBC, Business Insider, WinBuzzer, BetaNews, Inquirer, SlashGear, VG247, OnMSFT.com, Fortune, The Next Web, Digital Trends, Gizmodo, GamesIndustry.biz, Engadget, Thurrott, CNET, Neowin, The Verge, Boing Boing, Kotaku, Tom's Guide, Seeking Alpha, and Memeburn
| Stephan Kahl / Bloomberg: |
Numbrs, an app that enables users to manage existing bank accounts in one place, raises $40M at a $1B+ valuation, bringing its total raised to ~$200M — - Numbrs raises $40 million as it looks to expand beyond Germany — Company counts 50 indivuals and families among its investors| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
Google, Mozilla, Apple to block root certificate issued by Kazakhstan which could be used to monitor users; Microsoft says cert not in its Trusted Root Program — Browser makers announced they would block the Kazakhstan government's root certificate, which was designed to spy on citizens' internet usage.
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ZDNet, Ars Technica, The Mozilla Blog, Google Online Security Blog, VentureBeat, Reuters, 9to5Mac, The Register, Boing Boing, TidBITS, IT PRO, The Next Web, SecurityWeek, Axios, Engadget, and The Hacker News
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Zenoti, which develops booking software for spas and salons, raises $20M from Steadview Capital, bringing its total raised to ~$100M — Zenoti, a Bellevue, Washington-based startup developing booking software for the spa and salon industry, today announced that it's raised $20 million …
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FinSMEs, GeekWire, PR Newswire, PR Newswire, and VCCircle
| Ryan Calo / OneZero: |
The definition of hacking under US federal law needs to evolve to account for new technological developments such as adversarial machine learning — Using adversarial machine learning, researchers can trick machines — potentially with fatal consequences. But the legal system hasn't caught up.
Tweets: @techpolicylab
| Mehreen Khan / Financial Times: |
The European Commission is planning regulation to impose strict limits on the use of facial recognition technology by companies and public authorities — Brussels is exploring ways to impose strict limits on the use of facial recognition technology in an attempt to stamp out creeping public surveillance of European citizens.| Bloomberg: |
Google DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman, who led a heavily criticized unit focusing on practical AI uses, has been placed on leave for unspecified reasons — - Mustafa Suleyman is head of applied artifical intelligence — He led heavily critized unit focusing on AI and healthcare
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Beyond Search, PYMNTS.com, Business Insider, Forbes, Business Insider, Boing Boing, and Seeking Alpha
Tweets: @robaeprice, @oliviasolon, @ruskin147, @jillianiles, and @bryce
| Christina Farr / CNBC: |
Fitbit wins a Singapore government contract to provide fitness trackers for free for up to a million citizens who subscribe to the $10/month premium service — KEY POINTS — Fitbit is providing devices for potentially hundreds of thousands of people in Singapore who commit to a monthly subscription.
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The Verge, Channel NewsAsia, Fitbit, Inc., Fast Company, KrASIA, NASDAQ.com, Reuters, Engadget, Wareable, and Seeking Alpha
Tweets: @chrissyfarr and @oaktree_dave
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
SpotHero, which allows users to buy and sell parking spaces, raises $50M Series D led by Macquarie Capital, bringing its total raised to $118M — Chicago, Illinois-based parking inventory and booking startup SpotHero today announced that it's secured $50 million in a series D round led by Macquarie Capital …
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