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Twitter pauses its plan to delete inactive accounts, after concerns were raised about deceased users, until it creates a way to memorialize accounts — Twitter said Wednesday it was putting on hold a plan to delete inactive accounts amid concerns that accounts from deceased users would be swept up in the purge.
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TikTok says it didn't block US teen's account with Uighur persecution video, but did block device associated with her other account banned for bin Laden pic — There has been significant interest and confusion regarding a user's two TikTok accounts and her viral video talking about the Uighur community in China.
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Court filing: Intel says it has sold smartphone modem chip business to Apple at “a multi-billion dollar loss”, blames Qualcomm for forcing it out of the market — (Reuters) - Intel Corp (INTC.O) sold its smartphone modem chip business to Apple Inc (AAPL.O) at “a multi-billion dollar loss …
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A recent fracas between Binance and The Block shows crypto needs more independent journalists investigating the industry despite the community's media hostility — This is the web version of The Ledger, Fortune's weekly newsletter covering financial technology and cryptocurrency.
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| Dara Kerr / CNET: |
Unauthorized Uber drivers, including convicted felons with fake IDs, have surfaced in cities beyond London, including San Francisco, Houston, and Boston — Turns out that unauthorized drivers using fake identification isn't just a London problem. — Uber faced a blow on Monday …
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EU data regulator issues first-ever sanction of an EU institution, against the European parliament over its use of US-based NationBuilder to process voter data — Europe's lead data regulator has issued its first ever sanction of an EU institution — taking enforcement action …
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LG announces CEO Jo Seong-jin will be replaced by Brian Kwon Dec. 1, amid 2020 leadership shakeup and LG smartphone division's 18th straight quarterly loss — CEO Jo Seong-jin, dubbed a “washing machine genius”, was appointed in December 2016, and is respected in South Korea for his unlikely journey …
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Wyze security cams will lose the AI-based person-detection feature in Jan 2020 after Xnor.ai terminated their agreement; Wyze is working on in-house replacement — While it works on a replacement — Wyze's security cameras will temporarily lose their person detection feature in January 2020 …
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Researchers say multiple telcos are deploying RCS in ways that expose users to text and call interception, spoofed phone calls, and location data leaks — A standard used by phone carriers around the world can leave users open to all sorts of attacks, like text message and call interception … | Reuters: |
HSBC to shift $20B in assets to a blockchain-based custody platform called Digital Vault, one of the biggest uses of blockchain technology by a bank, by March — LONDON (Reuters) - HSBC aims to shift $20 billion worth of assets to a new blockchain-based custody platform by March … | Rita El Khoury / Android Police: |
Google Photos starts rolling out manual face tagging, lets users tag faces that Google's algorithm detects but doesn't recognize — A few months ago, Google Photos product lead, David Lieb, told us that manually tagging faces was on the app's update roadmap.Sponsor Posts
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