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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
CES roundup: flexible screens are coming, battle between Intel and AMD to intensify, sex tech is on the rise, tech companies fetishized AI and 5G a little less — iCES is over, and I am quite sure you'll be happy to be done with it. We still have more to come today and perhaps a little next week.
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
1B+ medical images of patients found online, as hospitals and doctors' offices ignore security and upload X-rays, ultrasounds, and CT scans to unsecured servers — Every day, millions of new medical images containing the personal health information of patients are spilling out onto the internet.
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The Mighty. Tweets: @rvawonk, @3ncr1pt3d, @fascinatorfun, @_j3lena_, @martinsfp, @privacydigest, and @zackwhittaker
| Ranjan Roy / Margins: |
Facebook's corporate comms have felt combative and sloppy since late 2018, and now even rank and file employees are facing public vilification — Becoming the villain. — 5 hr — Ranjan here, writing about how Facebook's communication operations feel completely broken and wondering whether …
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| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Facebook shares closed at an all-time high of $218.30 on Thursday, valuing it at $622B and surpassing the previous high of $217.50 reached in July 2018 — Facebook's share price has hit an all-time high, surpassing the peak it reached before a series of privacy scandals in 2018 and despite attacks …
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| Jillian D'Onfro / Forbes: |
Alphabet's Chief Legal Officer David Drummond is leaving on January 31; company says he will not be receiving an exit package — Alphabet's controversial chief legal officer, David Drummond, is leaving the company, effective January 31. — Drummond, an employee of nearly 20 years …
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| Isobel Cockerell / Coda Story: |
Instagram is removing posts and suspending accounts that voice support for slain Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani, says it is complying with US sanctions — News agencies, human rights activists and influencers have had their accounts deactivated. — After a U.S. drone strike killed …
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| South China Morning Post: |
Tencent says users spent ~$115B in 2019, up 160% YoY, through WeChat mini programs, which are miniature apps that work within the chat app — WeChat users spent US$115 million through mini programs in 2019WeChat users spent US$115 million through mini programs in 2019This article originally appeared … | Financial Times: |
How Travelex is trying to recover from Dec. 31 hack, ordering staff to hand over laptops, using WhatsApp to bypass email, as hackers demand $6M for client data — Travelex staff have been told to hand over their laptops as a cyber attack on the company affected its internal network …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Instagram rolls out one of the biggest upgrades to Boomerang, an app for creating short looping videos, with trim feature and three new effects including SloMo — TikTok has spawned countless memes formats from its creative effects, challenging Instagram for the filtered video crown.
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Input, International Business Times, Mashable, Firstpost Tech, Social Media Today, The Daily Dot, 9to5Mac, and Yahoo Finance
Tweets: @mattnavarra, @wongmjane, @techcrunch, and @joshconstine
| Raymond Wong / Input: |
Q&A with legendary designer Yves Béhar on designing the 4th-gen August Wi-Fi Smart Lock, tech he's excited about, the materials best for sustainability, more — Yves Béhar doesn't really need any introduction. The world-renowned Swiss designer is a frequent creative artist in the gadget realm.
Tweets: @joshuatopolsky and @raywongy
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple launches replacement program for Smart Battery Cases for iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR manufactured between January 2019 and October 2019 — Apple today launched a battery case replacement program for Smart Battery Cases designed for the iPhone XS, XS Max, and iPhone XR.
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Official Apple Support, CNBC, Wccftech, Softpedia News, Tom's Guide, Redmond Pie, SlashGear, Mashable, International Business Times, CNET, Engadget, iMore, 9to5Mac, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @kifleswing, @iphone_news, and @creative_rants
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Researchers: cable modems with Broadcom chips, including an estimated 200M in Europe alone, are vulnerable to the remote exploit codenamed Cable Haunt — Cable modems using Broadcom chips are vulnerable to a new vulnerability named Cable Haunt, researchers say.Sponsor Posts
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