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DOJ charges two ex-Twitter employees, arresting one, with spying for Saudi Arabia by snooping on kingdom critics; one allegedly accessed 6,000 accounts in 2015 — The Justice Department has charged two former Twitter employees with spying for Saudi Arabia in a case that raises concerns …
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
After the deaths of five people at a “party house”, Airbnb unveils new safety policies: verifying 100% of listings, a 24/7 “neighbor hotline”, and more — Airbnb CEO: We intend to verify 100% of listings — Airbnb is pushing out several new safety features in the wake …
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Airbnb Newsroom, VICE, New York Times, Business Insider, Digital Trends, Telegraph, CNET, The Hill, Engadget, CNN, Mercury News, Fortune, USA Today, Yahoo Finance, Forbes, Axios, The Verge, Business Insider, Adweek, and New York Post
Tweets: @bchesky, @bchesky, @mikeisaac, @rmac18, @alexhern, @katienotopoulos, @ldrogen, and @bchesky
| Ben Dooley / New York Times: |
Following SoftBank's first loss in 14 years, CEO Masayoshi Son says his WeWork bet was a mistake, describing it as a “harsh lesson”, and vows to move forward — Masayoshi Son defended the Japanese company's investment, while admitting he misjudged the American firm's founder, Adam Neumann.
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Tweets: @scottmaustin and @eliotwb
| Pavel Alpeyev / Bloomberg: |
SoftBank reports a loss of $6.5B, its first quarterly operating loss in 14 years, and a loss of $8.9B in the Vision Fund, including a charge of $4.6B for WeWork — SoftBank Group Corp. reported its first quarterly operating loss in 14 years after writing down the value of some of its marquee investments …
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Nikkei Asian Review, Associated Press, CNN, Reuters, Financial Times, PYMNTS.com, TechSpot, Crunchbase News, Vanity Fair, PYMNTS.com, Silicon Republic, Fortune, and Telegraph
Tweets: @tculpan, @grainnemcc, @ellehardy, @jrhennessy, and @carnage4life
| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
Source: Alphabet is probing execs, including Chief Legal Officer David Drummond, over inappropriate relationships, hiring an outside law firm — - The board of Google parent company Alphabet is conducting an investigation into sexual misconduct by executives, and has hired a law firm to assist.
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Bloomberg, Business Insider, CNET, The Verge, MarketWatch, Reuters, Axios, and Seeking Alpha
| Reuters: |
Court filing demanding subpoenaed docs reveals California has been probing Facebook's disclosure of user data to Cambridge Analytica and others for 18 months — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - California is investigating Facebook Inc's disclosure of user data to Cambridge Analytica and other partners …
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CNBC, New York Times, TechCrunch, The Verge, Axios, CNN, Associated Press, Business Insider, and Washington Post
Tweets: @b_fung, @b_fung, @carolecadwalla, @b_fung, @pinboard, @cnbcnow, @stevekovach, @alexeheath, and @b_fung
| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Google debuts App Defense Alliance, a partnership with ESET, Lookout, Zimperium to catch Android malware early by streamlining and boosting data sharing efforts — The newly formed App Defense Alliance will try to solve a malware problem that has bedeviled the Play Store since inception.
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Google Online Security Blog, ZDNet, The Verge, Android Authority, ESET, Zimperium Mobile Security Blog, BleepingComputer, CyberScoop, Tom's Guide, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Telecoms.com, Zimperium, and 9to5Google
Tweets: @eset, @dangoodin001, and @wired
| Reuters: |
Court docs: Facebook execs discussed a plan in 2012 to cut off access to user data for developers seen as future rivals while pushing a user privacy narrative — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc (FB.O) began cutting off access to user data for app developers from 2012 to squash potential rivals …
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NBC News, ComputerWeekly.com, Firstpost Tech, Business Insider, Mashable, and PYMNTS.com
Tweets: @ryanlcooper, @matthewstoller, @sensanders, @sarahfrier, @karolcummins, @alexhern, @jason_kint, @dcampbell_iptv, and @matthewstoller
| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Facebook says ~100 app developers might have had improper access to Groups member data even after the company announced restrictions to Groups API last year — At least 11 accessed data in the last two months — Facebook says that even after it locked down its Groups system last year …
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Facebook Developers, Mashable, BBC, CNBC, Business Standard, Threatpost, Washington Post, The Daily Dot, Politico, iPhone in Canada Blog, BleepingComputer, Tom's Guide, Digital Trends, Security Affairs, SecurityWeek, Ars Technica, Inquirer, CNET, Gizchina, Business Insider, Computer Business Review, Thurrott, ZDNet, The Hacker News, TechSpot, Yahoo Finance, and Firstpost Tech
Tweets: @blmohr, @jackshafer, @jason_kint, and @chrisbrogan
| C Nivedita / Reuters: |
Square reports Q3 revenue of $1.27B, up 44% YoY, as gross payment volume grows to $28.2B, up 25% YoY, and Cash App revenue more than doubles to $159M — (Reuters) - Payments processor Square Inc (SQ.N) beat analysts' estimates for quarterly profit on Wednesday, as it earned more from its subscription and services business.
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| Christina Farr / CNBC: |
Apple and the US Department of Veterans announce that veterans can now access their health records on their iPhone via Apple's Health app — - The goal is to make it a lot easier for vets to access their medical information, even if they seek care from multiple providers.
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Apple, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, ZDNet, iPhone in Canada Blog, CNET, iDownloadBlog.com, MacRumors, PYMNTS.com, The Mac Observer, iMore, Engadget, and Yahoo Finance
Tweets: @chrissyfarr and @tim_cook
| Cara Lombardo / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Xerox is considering making a cash-and-stock offer for HP, which has a market value of ~$27B and is more than three times the size of Xerox — Bid for HP would be at a premium to company's market value of $27 billion — Xerox Holdings Corp. XRX 2.05% has set its sights on a takeover … | Saheli Roy Choudhury / CNBC: |
| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Twitter announces Topics, which lets users follow 300+ subjects in their timeline, rolling out from Thursday; topics include sports and gaming but not politics — Starting with more than 300 subjects across sports, gaming, and entertainment — Recently, a friend told me he wanted to spend …
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Engadget, The Next Web, Mashable, KnowTechie, CNET, 9to5Mac, MacStories, and iPhone Hacks
Tweets: @airlineflyer, @kantrowitz, @caseynewton, and @caseynewton
| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Amazon Echo Studio review: loud, spacious sound with support for a wide array of streaming services, but 3D music is more of a demo and the unit is large — The Studio is a great-sounding smart speaker that has some silly gimmicks you can thankfully ignore| Conor Dougherty / New York Times: |
Apple, Facebook, and Google have pledged a combined $4.5B to end California's housing crisis, but the money will do little to solve systemic issues — Efforts by Apple, Facebook and Google to address the California housing crunch must contend with the forces that created it.
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Bloomberg. Tweets: @stephennellis, @shiraovide, @meslackman, @conordougherty, @conordougherty, @nate_berg, @curiouswavefn, @bencasselman, @davidloysd, @pacobtv, @sr_lazarus, @stephennellis, @jenny_schuetz, and @aarmlovi
| Dave Gershgorn / OneZero: |
Documents shed light on the US Army's Automated Biometric Information System, a database with 7.4M identities that underpins US military intelligence operations — ver the last 15 years, the United States military has developed a new addition to its arsenal.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
WhatsApp begins rolling out an update that lets users block specific individuals from adding them to Groups — WhatsApp, the popular messaging app owned by Facebook, has faced a lot of controversy over the role that Groups plays on the platform — both for Groups' role in spreading spam …
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WhatsApp Blog, Fast Company, Android Authority, Neowin, Engadget, Adweek, iPhone Hacks, MSPoweruser, and Firstpost Tech. Tweets: @whatsapp
| Bloomberg: |
NTSB: the Uber self-driving test car that killed a pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona last year wasn't programmed to recognize and react to jaywalkers — - U.S. safety board releases documents on fatal 2018 accident — Pedestrian hit, killed by experimental self-driving Uber car
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Tweets: @robaeprice, @brenttoderian, @karlbode, @mheadd, @alexhern, @sustainable2050, @kmac, @ketanj0, @tonyromm, @karlbode, @karlbode, @mistydemeo, and @dannypage
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Digits, a stealthy fintech startup from the founders of Crashlytics that describes itself as a “counting company”, raises $10.5M Series A led by Benchmark — Stealth fintech startup Digits, from the same team that built Crashlytics to scale then sold to Twitter for over $100 million … | Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Apple has updated its privacy pages for the fourth year in a row, now includes several technical whitepapers detailing some of its technologies — For the fourth year in a row, Apple has updated its privacy pages. — Every year the tech giant's refreshes the privacy portion of its website …
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9to5Mac, CNET, MacStories, The Verge, Engadget, MacRumors, SlashGear, AppleInsider, iPhone Hacks, BetaNews, and Associated Press
| New York Times: |
In an attempt to curb gaming addiction, China releases new rules for gamers under 18, including a 90-minute daily limit and no gaming between 10PM and 8AM — Officials say regulations are meant to curb video game addiction, which they blame for a rise in nearsightedness and poor academic performance.
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CNN, CNET, Kotaku, TechNode, and PC Gamer
Tweets: @nathanattrill, @gregorynyc, and @nytimesbusiness
| Mat Honan / BuzzFeed News: |
A profile of Jeremy Stoppelman, CEO of Yelp, which launched 15 years ago in October, and has been in an epic, years-long battle with Google — Yelp launched 15 years ago in October, and for most of its existence it's been in an epic battle with Google. Here's why its CEO keeps fighting and keeps focusing on trust.
Tweets: @lutherlowe, @vincesollitto, and @amysez
| Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat: |
Avaaz: false stories on Facebook had 158M views in 2019, greater than before the 2016 election, with 86M views in the last 3 months, up 3x over the prior 3 — Facebook has already powered 158 million views of fake U.S. political news in 2019 and is poised to see an explosion of disinformation next year …
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Popular Information, Politico, and CNN
Tweets: @juddlegum, @juddlegum, @scclemons, and @brianstelter
| Joshua Brustein / Bloomberg: |
Walmart and other companies are testing a monitoring device for workplace safety made by StrongArm in warehouses, raising concerns about workplace surveillance — Every morning when he goes to work in the freezer room of a warehouse in eastern Pennsylvania, Jack Westley throws on a hooded sweatshirt … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Coveo, which builds AI-powered enterprise search and personalization services, raises $172M led by Omers Capital Private Growth Equity Group at a $1B+ valuation — Search and personalization services continue to be a major area of investment among enterprises, both to make their products …
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Crunchbase News, Beyond Search, SiliconANGLE, FinSMEs, PE Hub Blog, and VentureBeat. Tweets: @devsoftweb. Thanks:@ingridlunden
| Reuters: |
Baidu reports Q3 revenue of ~$4B, beating analyst estimates, as its iQIYI video streaming service crosses 105.8M subscribers and its revenue grows 7% to ~$1.06B — (Reuters) - Baidu Inc (BIDU.O) beat analysts' estimates for quarterly profit and revenue on Wednesday, helped by strong growth …
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| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Roku Q3: revenue of $260.9M vs. $257M est., up from $173.4M YoY, net losses up from $7.9M to $26.5M YoY; active accounts up 1.7M QoQ to 32.3M; stock down 13%+ — Roku users streamed more than 10 billion hours of entertainment in the September quarter, helping the company to once again rake in big bucks with digital advertising.Sponsor Posts
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