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| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Researchers find bugs in Google and Samsung camera apps from before July 2019 that could record video, take pictures, and extract GPS data without permission — A new vulnerability has been found in the Camera apps for millions, if not hundreds of millions, of Android devices that could allow …
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google announces Your News Update, an Assistant-powered audio feature that chooses stories based on interests, location, and more, available first in the US — It plays from a variety of sources instead of just the few you hand-pick — Google is rolling out a new service for Google Assistant that it's calling “Your News Update.”
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| Drew Harwell / Washington Post: |
Amazon's Ring says police can request 12 hours of video footage from users near suspected crime scenes, keep the video forever, and share it with anyone — Police officers who download videos captured by homeowners' Ring doorbell cameras can keep them forever and share them with whomever …
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The Verge. Tweets: @drewharwell, @senmarkey, @encthenet, @ranimolla, @oknox, @lam_barrett, and @indiescent
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Spotify launches Your Daily Podcasts, a personalized podcast playlist, featuring trailers, older evergreen episodes, and more, to help listeners discover shows — Spotify is taking the personalization technology that powers its music playlists, like Discover Weekly and Daily Mix, and turning it to podcasts.
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| Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
WhatsApp says a recently-patched flaw in the way the messaging app handled video files could have let attackers remotely execute code on users' devices — The buffer overflow flow bug has been disclosed by Facebook. — Facebook has disclosed the existence of a severe vulnerability leading …
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| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
Sources: ~20 Google employees staged a protest at Google offices during the interrogation of two staffers who have now been placed on administrative leave — - Google employees held a protest in San Francisco days before the company ended its long-held TGIF meetings, according to an internal memo obtained by CNBC.
Tweets: @sal19, @carnage4life, and @stautistic
| Brad Templeton / Forbes: |
NTSB finds Uber's safety driver the primary cause of fatal Tempe crash, also blames lack of “safety culture” at Uber; AI not detecting jaywalkers played no role — The National Transportation Safety Board presented its findings today on the fatal crash involving an Uber test robocar and Elaine Herzberg.
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
The Indian government says it is “empowered” to intercept, monitor, or decrypt any digital communication on a citizen's device in India, citing a law from 2000 — The Indian government said on Tuesday that it is “empowered” to intercept, monitor, or decrypt any digital communication … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook says its F8 developer conference will take place on May 5-6 in San Jose — Facebook announced its plans for its F8 annual developer conference, which is where the company shows off its latest technology, apps and its vision for the future. The company says the next event …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple launches a dedicated mobile app for its developer community, replacing the existing WWDC app, with video resources, news, account management, and more — Apple today is introducing a new resource for the over 23 million registered members of its developer community, with the launch of a dedicated Apple Developer mobile app.
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Apple Developer, 9to5Mac, Thurrott, AppleInsider, The Next Web, Cult of Mac, and MacRumors
Tweets: @v8tr and @helvetiica
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Microsoft claims 20M DAUs for Teams, up from 13M in July, extending its lead over Slack, which in October said it had 12M; Slack closes down 8.35% — - The new 20 million daily active user count is up from 13 million, which Microsoft announced in July. — Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella …
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GeekWire, GeekWire, Microsoft 365 Blog, Crunchbase News, Barron's Online, MarketWatch, TheStreet, TechSpot, Reuters, Wccftech, Business Insider, SiliconANGLE, Reuters, MSPoweruser, ZDNet, OnMSFT.com, Windows Central, Thurrott, Slashdot, and Seeking Alpha. Tweets: @lauriepottmeyer. Thanks:@oliviaandrus
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Facebook quietly releases Whale, a meme-making iOS app, in Canada — The app was quietly released in Canada last week — Last week, Facebook quietly released a new meme-making app called Whale, The Information reports. The app is currently only available on the Canadian App Store …
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Firstpost Tech, The Next Web, TechCrunch, Business Insider, and Fast Company
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Malware that steals cryptocurrency found embedded in some versions of Monero's official client app available on its site; Monero team says it is investigating — The Monero Project is currently investigating a potential compromise of the official website after a coin stealer was found … | Robert Hackett / Fortune: |
Abnormal Security, whose product detects fraudulent emails that impersonate company employees via hacked or spoofed accounts, raises $24M Series A from Greylock — In spring of 2017, Asheem Chandna was sitting in a meeting at the Silicon Valley offices of Greylock Partners … | Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
CyCognito, a cybersecurity platform that analyzes a company's entire spectrum of internet-connected devices for vulnerabilities, raises $18M Series A — CyCognito, a cybersecurity platform that aims to give visibility into a company's security weak spots, has raised $18 million in its Series A round of funding.| FinSMEs: |
CyberCube Analytics, a cyber risk analytics platform for cybersecurity insurance underwriters, raises $35M Series B — CyberCube Analytics, a San Francisco, CA-based cyber risk analytics company for the insurance industry, raised $35m in Series B funding. — The round was led by HSCM Bermuda and ForgePoint Capital.
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| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Patreon says it has paid out $1B+ to creators since its 2013 launch, up from $500M in Q4'18, has 4M+ members, up from 3M in Jan., and plans European expansion — Membership services startup Patreon has paid out over $1 billion to creators since its launch in 2013, the company announced Tuesday.
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Patreon Blog and Tubefilter
| Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: |
Neon, which operates a digital bank in Brazil with nearly 2M accounts, has raised $94M in a round led by Banco Votorantim and General Atlantic — Neon, which operates a digital bank in Brazil, has reportedly raised $94 million in funding in a round led by Banco Votorantim and General Atlantic …
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| Richard Vega / The Streamable: |
Amazon unveils $34.99 Fire TV Blaster, a new infrared device that brings more TV voice commands for those with a Fire TV and Echo — Amazon today announced their new Fire TV Blaster — an infrared device that gives customers voice control of their cable boxes, TVs and soundbars when they're paired with an Echo with Fire TV.| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
DC attorney general brings charges against DoorDash, accusing it of pocketing tips meant for workers and misleading customers about where their money was going — - D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine is suing DoorDash over its tipping model that his office called “deceptive.”| Luana Pascu / Biometric Update: |
Israel-based Viisights, which develops a video intelligence service that uses AI to analyze and manage video surveillance streams, raises $10M Series A — AI technology developer Viisights has raised $10 million in Series-A funding that will be spent on further developing behavioral recognition systems …
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