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Hacker claims to have breached Zynga and stolen info on 218M Words with Friends players; Zynga has started notifying users but has not disclosed size of breach — A Pakistani hacker who previously made headlines earlier this year for selling almost a billion user records stolen …

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Tweets: @terabyte, @thehackersnews, and @thehackersnews

Faiz Siddiqui / Washington Post:

A look at the rapidly declining morale at Uber amid budget cuts for basic amenities, mass layoffs, and a 30% decline in stock price since its IPO — Uber's CEO told staff: “We need to ship more quickly and operate more effectively and efficiently than we are today.”

More: Newser. Tweets: @carnage4life, @faizsays, @mikeisaac, @thestalwart, @nitashatiku, @carlquintanilla, and @hipster_trader

Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk:

Block.One settles with the SEC for $24M in penalties for conducting an unregistered securities sale; Block.One had raised ~$4.1B via ICO over a one-year period — EOS maker Block.One must pay $24 million in penalties for conducting an unregistered securities sale, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission …

More: U.S. Securities …, Block.one, Reuters, The Block, and Messari Crypto

Tweets: @mdudas and @katie_haun

Reuters:

Sources: a US online privacy bill is not likely to come before Congress in 2019, forcing companies to deal with a stricter law in CA that takes effect on Jan. 1 — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. online privacy bill is not likely to come before Congress this year, three sources said …

More: Slashdot and Boing Boing

Juli Clover / MacRumors:

Apple releases iOS 13.1.2 and iPadOS 13.1.2 with fixes for several bugs including those affecting Camera, iCloud Backup, shortcuts on HomePod, and flashlight — Apple today released iOS and iPadOS 13.1.2, updates to the iOS and iPadOS 13.1.1 software that was released on Friday.

More: The Verge, Ars Technica, iMore, and Macworld

Tweets: @viticci, @markgurman, @marcoarment, @mattcassinelli, and @marcoarment

Rick Paulas / OneZero:

Nextdoor's verification requirement excludes homeless people from neighborhood discussions, leading to echo chambers that demonize them — The platform built for neighborhood news often scapegoats the most disadvantaged communities — August 14, a man broke into a home in the Shafter neighborhood in Oakland, California.

More: Boing Boing. Tweets: @broderick, @amykenyon_, @medium, @marshallproj, @annehelen, @davegershgorn, and @rickpaulas

Annie Palmer / CNBC:

Verizon to acquire the software and technology assets of VR startup Jaunt XR, which raised $100M in funding from Disney, GV, and others; Jaunt is pivoting to AR — - The start-up develops tools that enable brands and consumers to make high-quality VR content, among other things.

More: GlobeNewswire News Room, Engadget, Light Reading, and The Verge

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:

Videos of owners trying Tesla's new Smart Summon feature, which lets Teslas autonomously drive to the owner, with varying degrees of success, make waves online — Is Smart Summon ready for prime time? — Tesla's new “Smart Summon” feature is already causing confusion — and some minor fender benders.

More: KnowTechie, Tech.co, iPhone in Canada Blog, Electrek, and USA Today

Tweets: @danielbrim and @gideonro

Wall Street Journal:

Sources: Facebook is planning to pay only about a quarter of the 200 publishers that will be featured in its news tab, set to launch as soon as the end of Oct. — Social-media giant plans to pay about a quarter of news organizations whose content will be featured

More: Mashable, NBC News, Nieman Lab, Seeking Alpha, and Vox

Tweets: @brianmfloyd, @mattnavarra, @ow, @matthewstoller, @juddlegum, @lmoses, @backlon, @whatthebit, @stevekopack, and @lalpert1

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