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Report: attackers are exploiting an Android zero-day vulnerability, giving them control of ~18 phone models, including four Pixel models, via a malicious app — Vulnerable phones include 4 Pixel models, devices from Samsung, Motorola, and others. — Attackers are exploiting a zero …
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Sources: Disney is banning Netflix ads on its networks; it had initially issued a blanket ban on ads from any streamers, but reversed course for all but Netflix — Entertainment giants are set to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to promote new streaming services
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| Tom Burt / Microsoft on the Issues: |
Microsoft: Iran-sponsored group dubbed Phosphorous attempted to hack 241 accounts belonging to a 2020 presidential campaign and others between Aug. and Sept. — Today we're sharing that we've recently seen significant cyber activity by a threat group we call Phosphorus …
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple confirms it has acquired IKinema, a UK-based startup developing motion capture animation tech used in games and VR — Apple may have recently acquired UK-based motion capture company IKinema, based on evidence from company filings and information shared by a MacRumors reader.| Financial Times: |
US and UK sign the first-ever bilateral data access agreement, enabled by the Cloud Act, to speed up court-approved data exchanges for criminal investigations — Police and intelligence agencies are to be given expedited access to electronic communications sent by terrorists …
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| Nico Grant / Bloomberg: |
HP Inc. says it plans to cut 7,000 to 9,000 positions, or as much as 16% of its workforce, as it prepares for a CEO transition in November — - Fiscal 2020 adjusted profit to be $2.22 to $2.32 per share — PC giant boosts share buybacks by $5 billion, dividend by 10%
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Italian prosecutors probe Netflix for not filing a tax return, claim the company has a physical presence in the country due to its cables and servers — - Country has been cracking down on multinationals over tax — Southern Europe is key to U.S. streaming giant's growth
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Bangalore-based hyperlocal delivery startup Dunzo raises $45M Series D from Lightbox, Google, and others, sources say at a ~$200M valuation — An Indian startup that is increasingly posing a threat to established food and grocery delivery businesses and e-commerce giants just closed …
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| Tara Seals / Threatpost: |
RiskIQ says it has detected 2M+ instances of Magecart's JavaScript binaries, with 18K+ hosts directly breached, skimming credit card info from checkout pages — LONDON — Magecart, the digital card-skimming collective, is now so ubiquitous that its infrastructure is flooding the internet.
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| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Tokyo-based AI Medical Service, which develops AI-based software to help detect gastric cancer, raises $42.9M Series B, bringing its total raised to $57M — AI Medical Service, a Tokyo-based company developing AI-based software to help detect gastric cancer, announced today that it has raised …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
TikTok says it is banning political ads because they don't fit with its “positive, refreshing environment” — Already under fire for advancing Chinese foreign policy by censoring topics like Hong Kong's protests and pro-LGBT content, the Beijing-based video app TikTok …
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple to launch the iPhone SE 2 in Q1 2020 with an iPhone 8-like design and an A13 chip — Apple is set to launch the next version of the iPhone SE 2 in the first quarter of 2020, according to renowned Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. The new phone will be more affordable …
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Tweets: @briantong, @joannastern, @raywongy, @bzamayo, @hallstephenj, and @bengeskin
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Instagram launches Threads, a Close Friends-only messaging app with auto-status based on location, accelerometer, and battery level, globally on iOS and Android — What if Instagram could automatically tell you're Close Friends you're 🏠 (home), 🤓 (working), 🚗 …
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