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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
IoT device vendor Wyze says a server leak exposed data, including email addresses, camera user IDs, and WiFi SSIDs, of ~2.4M customers from Dec. 4 to Dec. 26 — Details for 2.4 million users were exposed online for 22 days. — Wyze, a company that sells smart devices like security cameras …
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| Uri Berkovitz / Globes Online: |
In 2019, nine Israeli startups became unicorns, bringing the total unicorns in the country to 20, and 16 startups completed a financing round of $100M or more — Israel now has 20 unicorns, privately-held tech companies worth more than $1 billion. Only the US, China and UK have more unicorns.
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| Gené Teare / Crunchbase News: |
Analysis: 142 startups, including 78 from the US and 22 from China, became unicorns in 2019, down from 158 in 2018; unicorns raised $85.1B vs. $139B in 2018 — In 2019, unicorns were far from mythical and Crunchbase followed them every step of the way. This year (as of Dec. 25, 2019) … | Sarah J. Jackson / New York Times: |
In 2010s, Twitter enabled young and marginalized people to be heard, held news organizations accountable, and pushed largely ignored issues into the mainstream — It's impossible to avoid news about how harmful social media can be. The Cambridge Analytica scandal. The ubiquitous Russian bots.
Tweets: @nytopinion, @profblackistone, @andreas212nyc, @millie, @sjjphd, @sjjphd, @dantley, @mazmhussain, @digiphile, @scottmonty, @sjjphd, @sjjphd, @adamsinger, @nytopinion, @neil_chilson, @jeffjarvis, @mikeisaac, @mikeisaac, @jimprosser, @kateo, @larakate, @nytopinion, @blackgirlinmain, @slpng_giants, @rahaeli, @nesrinemalik, @gregbradyto, @nesrinemalik, @mitpress, @stephenossola, @brentnyt, and @salalbanesenyc
| Shunsuke Tabeta / Nikkei Asian Review: |
China launches two more satellites for BeiDou, its GPS competitor, says it will be fully complete in June, with centimeters-level accuracy by the end of 2020 — 70% of Chinese smartphones now compatible with Beidou — BEIJING — China announced Friday that it is just months away …
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner talks about the company's evolution after acquisition by Microsoft, integration with Outlook and other Microsoft products, and more — - Microsoft closed its $26.2 billion LinkedIn acquisition three years ago this month. — LinkedIn has done some things …
Tweets: @jordannovet
| Sam Dean / Los Angeles Times: |
An overview of the CCPA, set to go into effect Jan. 1, and the confusion surrounding it due to its technical complexity and rushed timeline — A sweeping new law that aims to rewrite the rules of the internet in California is set to go into effect on Jan. 1.| Abdel Latif Wahba / Bloomberg: |
Egypt approves Uber's $3.1B acquisition of Careem after setting price caps and other measures designed to keep the local market competitive — Egypt signed off on Uber Technologies Inc.'s acquisition of ride-hailing peer Careem Inc. after setting price caps and other measures designed to keep the local market competitive.| Yahoo News: |
Internal Pentagon memo warns service members against using consumer DNA testing kits from 23andMe and others, citing security risks — WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is advising members of the military not to use consumer DNA kits, saying the information collected by private companies could pose …
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Tweets: @ideatreesolns, @libbycopeland, @baldingsworld, @oknox, @livefree_76, @byjacobward, @karolien1231, and @vickerysec
| Nicholas Vinocur / Politico: |
Since GDPR became law in May 2018, the only substantial privacy-related action against a major tech company happened in the US, where Facebook was fined $5B — The world's toughest privacy law proves toothless in the eyes of many critics. — More than 18 months after the European Union began implementing … | David Porter / 8tracks blog: |
As 8tracks prepares to shut down on December 31, its co-founder shares a post-mortem of what went wrong with the once-promising music streaming startup — 8tracks has had a long run and its day in the sun. We're sad to announce, however, that the company and its streaming service will wind …
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| Reuters: |
France's top court rules that customs and tax authorities can review citizens' public social media posts for evidence of undeclared income or inconsistencies — PARIS (Reuters) - France's government can pursue plans to trawl social media to detect tax avoidance, its Constitutional Court ruled on Friday …
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