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An in-depth look at five iOS exploit chains that were used in hacked websites for carrying out watering hole attacks against devices running iOS 10 through 12 — Project Zero's mission is to make 0-day hard. We often work with other companies to find and report security vulnerabilities …
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| Wired: |
For two years, a handful of websites hacked thousands of iPhones that visited them, getting access to live location data, photos, contacts, and even passwords — For two years, a handful of websites have indiscriminately hacked thousands of iPhones. — Hacking the iPhone has long …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft starts testing a more desktop-like Windows 10 tablet mode for 2-in-1 convertible PCs, and a cloud download option to reset and restore Windows 10 PCs — Aimed at 2-in-1 devices — Microsoft is planning to redesign the tablet experience for Windows 10.
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| Bloomberg: |
Highlights from Jack Ma and Elon Musk's discussion about AI in Shanghai, where Musk sounded the alarm and Ma argued humans would prevail — - Tesla's Elon Musk holds public debate with Alibaba's Jack Ma — Ma says AI isn't a threat, Musk responds “famous last words”
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| Josh Horwitz / Reuters: |
Ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing plans to start a self-driving taxi service in Shanghai within a few months, hopes to roll out in three Chinese cities by 2020 — SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing plans to start using self-driving vehicles to pick up passengers in a district …
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| Miriam Gottfried / Wall Street Journal: |
Alphabet, Sidewalk Labs, and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan launch a holding company; sources: it will invest in tech-enabled infra projects requiring $100M+ — Google parent, subsidiary Sidewalk Labs and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan are launching an infrastructure holding company| Catie Keck / Gizmodo: |
Multiple airlines worldwide are banning Apple's laptops in checked luggage, regardless of whether the model falls under the recall over a fire safety risk — Following an Apple notice that a “limited number” of 15-inch MacBook Pros may have faulty batteries that could potentially create a fire safety risk …
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Podcasts are being review-bombed in coordinated campaigns aimed at putting thousands of one-star reviews on their Apple Podcasts pages; hosts have no recourse — Justin Drown's true crime podcast, Obscura, always seemed to garner positive reviews. For the first year he hosted the show …
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| Samantha Cole / VICE: |
Adult film producer Bang Bros says it has bought PornWikiLeaks.com, a forum devoted to doxxing and harassing porn performers, and is shutting it down — PornWikiLeaks was a forum devoted to revealing the names and personal information of porn performers, including several in the Girls Do Porn trial.| Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg: |
Uber and Lyft pledge $60M for a CA ballot measure declaring their drivers non-employees, if AB 5 bill, which hinders classifying drivers as contractors, passes — - Ballot proposal would counteract proposed California rule — Deal offers drivers some perks, keeps contractor status
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| Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios: |
Silicon Valley-based Long-Term Stock Exchange raises $50M Series B led by Founders Fund, with a16z, Obvious Ventures, and Initialized Capital participating — The Long-Term Stock Exchange has raised $50 million in Series B funding led by Founders Fund, with new investors joining existing ones … | Dylan Tokar / Wall Street Journal: |
Juniper Networks agrees to pay $11.7M to settle foreign bribery charges against its Russian and Chinese subsidiaries as part of a settlement with the SEC — Networking products company will pay $11.7 million as part of a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission
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| Mark Di Stefano / BuzzFeed: |
YouTube reinstated channels belonging to a European white nationalist and a British nationalist, calling the removal of their channels a “wrong call” — The video platform said it was a “mistake” to remove the channels of Martin Sellner and another far-right personality known as …
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