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| Max Weinbach / XDA Developers: |
Source: Samsung is working on Quick Share, an AirDrop-like feature to allow sharing of files between enabled Galaxy phones, likely launching with Galaxy S20 — Competition is huge in the phone industry, as we all know. Previously, the competition used to be restricted to hardware …
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| BBC: |
London police announce it'll start using live facial recognition cameras within a month for five to six hours at a time with bespoke lists of suspects each time — The Metropolitan Police has announced it will use live facial recognition cameras operationally for the first time on London streets.| Jared Newman / Fast Company: |
Study: since the rollout of iOS 13, which warns users of apps tracking their location, marketers have collected 68% less background and 24% less foreground data — Spare a thought, if you will, for the digital advertisers who have grown dependent on knowing your exact whereabouts at any instant.
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| Tara Seals / Threatpost: |
Kaspersky Lab: in 2019, ~30% of all macOS malware detections derived from the Shlayer trojan, an unsophisticated malware that spreads via fake app installs — The malvertising-focused trojan known as Shlayer has burbled to the top of the malware heap when it comes to targeting Mac users.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Broadcom signs 2 new multi-year agreements with Apple, says it expects to generate $15B by supplying wireless chips for Apple devices released through mid-2023 — - Broadcom put its RF chip business up for sale last year — Chipmaker to supply components for Apple devices into 2023
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Dataset Search, Google's search engine for datasets, is now out of beta, with a mobile version, new tools to better filter searches, and access to ~25M datasets — Dataset Search is now out of beta with improved search tools — Google's search engine for datasets, the cunningly named Dataset Search …
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Inside the Pwn2Own Miami 2020 hacking contest, where hackers targeted industrial control systems software for the first time — At Pwn2Own, hackers had no trouble dismantling systems that help run everything from car washes to nuclear plants—with the prize of taking home the very computers they “pwn.”
Tweets: @wired, @wired, and @a_greenberg
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Intel beats with Q4 revenue of $20.2B, up 8% YoY, vs. $19.2B est., and Data Center Group revenue of $7.2B, up 19% YoY; stock up 5%+ — Intel reported strong fourth-quarter earnings and 8% revenue growth, hitting Wall Street's targets for financial performance thanks to strong datacenter revenues.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Match Group invests in safety app Noonlight to add features like a panic button, check-in, and photo verification to its dating apps, starting with Tinder — Match Group, the dating app giant and parent company to Match, Tinder, OKCupid, Plenty of Fish, and several other dating apps …
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Tweets: @ashleyrcarman, @reeltalker, and @georgia_wells
| Matt Perez / Forbes: |
LA-based esports training platform ProGuides, which offers online classes from popular professional gamers for $7.99 a month, raises $5M seed funding led by M13 — Topline: Operating as a MasterClass for competitive gaming, Los Angeles-based ProGuides has raised $5 million in seed funding.| Sheera Frenkel / New York Times: |
Tech executives and employees, particularly from Facebook, have become increasingly common targets for swatting; Adam Mosseri was swatted in November — Online forums carry personal details of potential targets like industry leaders and their families. The police are struggling to find a solution.
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CNET and The Verge
Tweets: @teddyschleifer, @tonyromm, @derektmead, @lopp, @kashhill, @martinsfp, and @yoda
| Paul Kiel / ProPublica: |
Inside the IRS's probe into Facebook, including emails from 2008 where Sandberg and Ted Price, Facebook's head of tax, discuss tax havens for parking profits — The social media behemoth is about to face off with the tax agency in a rare trial to capture billions that the IRS thinks Facebook owes.Sponsor Posts
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