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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.
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Sources: Accenture is making its YouTube content moderators sign a document acknowledging that performing the job can cause PTSD — Accenture comes clean with its workforce — as part of an apparent legal defense — Content moderators for YouTube are being ordered to sign a document acknowledging …
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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.”
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| Bob Davis / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: US withdrew proposed rules which would have made it harder for US firms to sell to Huawei from overseas facilities, following DOD, Treasury objections — Proposed rules making it harder for American firms to sell to Chinese company are withdrawn — WASHINGTON—The Commerce …
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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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| Tripp Mickle / Wall Street Journal: |
Profile of Tony Blevins, the VP of procurement at Apple, known as the Blevinator for his ability to stare down suppliers and slash prices to the bone — Apple procurement executive Tony Blevins's job is to stare down suppliers and slash prices to the bone, an increasingly vital role
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| 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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| 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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| Bloomberg: |
Tech CEOs at Davos dodge issues such as privacy, misinformation, extremist content, and antitrust violations by focusing on the need for global AI regulation — - Two years ago tech executives went on Davos repentance tour — Google, IBM, Microsoft all called for regulation on AI
Tweets: @business, @sam_l_shead, and @sarahmsyed
| Ian Servantes / Input: |
In the aftermath of StockX's 2019 data breach, customers continue to face challenges including fraudulent purchases and lack of customer service responses — Some buyers continue to deal with fraudulent purchases, and the company's response (or lack thereof) is cause for concern.
Tweets: @zackwhittaker, @abcdedgar, and @joshuatopolsky
| 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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| Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: |
Life House, which started as a hotel management software provider and now also operates boutique hotels under its own brand, raises $30M Series B — Life House, a 3-year-old hospitality startup, announced this morning it has closed on a $30 million Series B from a large group of investors.| Biswarup Gooptu / The Economic Times: |
LogiNext, an automation and analytics platform for B2B transportation and B2C delivery businesses, raises $39M Series B led by Tiger Global and Steadview — Transportation automation platform LogiNext has raised $39 million (about Rs 278 crore) in a fresh round of equity financing led …
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