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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is weighing an option to set third-party browser and email apps as defaults on iPhones and iPads and third-party music services on the HomePod — - Company considers letting users change web browser, email app — Spotify, Pandora may be allowed to stream directly on HomePod
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Microsoft says it will offer its Defender antivirus software for Android and iOS devices later this year — - Microsoft's Defender software will become available for Android and iOS devices later this year. — It's meant to prevent malware and phishing attacks.| Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times: |
Morgan Stanley to buy online discount brokerage E-Trade for about $13B, in the biggest takeover by an American lender since the 2008 financial crisis — The move will give one of Wall Street's powerful blue-chip firms control of a major presence in the world of online brokerages.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google launches Android 11 Developer Preview earlier than expected, with new display types, improved messaging, biometrics, and more; final release expected Q3 — Following an inadvertent tease last week, Google today officially launched the Android 11 Developer Preview.
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| Mishaal Rahman / XDA Developers: |
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Twitter announces a “continue thread” option, a new feature that links tweets together while they are being composed — Twitter is rolling out a new feature that makes it easier to thread multiple tweets together. With this change, you can now link tweets together while you compose them.
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| Joseph Menn / Reuters: |
Sources: following Brexit, Google plans to move UK user accounts out of EU's jurisdiction and into the US', where privacy protections are weaker — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google is planning to move its British users' accounts out of the control of European Union privacy regulators …
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
US blames Russian agency GRU's Main Center for Special Technology for cyberattacks that hit Georgia in October, links it to the Sandworm hacking group — By calling out Russia for digital assaults on its neighboring country, the US hopes to head off similar efforts at home.| Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed News: |
Inside the FBI's complaint against two ex-Twitter employees who allegedly accessed personal info of thousands of users on behalf of Saudi Arabia for $300K+ — Ali Alzabarah was panicked. His heart raced as he drove home from Twitter's San Francisco headquarters in the early evening on Dec. 2, 2015.
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| Mike Hofman / Marker: |
PitchBook: 159 companies went public in the US in 2019 raising $33B, a ~30% drop from 2018, as founders and investors opt for direct listings over bank-led IPOs — Founders, companies, and investors are rebelling against the investment banks — and taking matters into their own hands| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
ZeroFox, a SaaS that detects risks on social media and digital channels such as phishing and malicious file sharing, raises $74M led by Intel Capital — A Clark School study at the University of Maryland found that there's a hacker attack every 39 seconds, affecting one in three Americans annually.
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
The European Data Protection Board, the EU's data protection advisor, says Google's acquisition of Fitbit entails “a high level of risk” to privacy rights — The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has intervened to raise concerns about Google's plan to scoop up the health …
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| Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols / ZDNet: |
Researchers at Linux Foundation and Harvard identify the most commonly used FOSS components within enterprises and potential vulnerabilities related to that use — In its latest study, the Linux Foundation's Core Infrastructure Initiative discovered just how prevalent open-source components … | Andrew Liszewski / Gizmodo: |
Larry Tesler, an influential figure at Xerox PARC and Apple who coined “cut, copy, paste” and advocated for modeless computing, has died at 74 — The advent of the personal computer wasn't just about making these powerful machines available to everyone, it was also about making …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Home addresses and other data of 10.6M+ guests who stayed at MGM Resorts hotels before 2018, including Jack Dorsey, were posted on a hacking forum this week — MGM Resorts said security incident took place last summer and notified impacted guests last year.
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| Jezebel: |
A look at the data sharing practices of therapy apps like Better Help, which notify third parties when an app is opened and if a patient has suicidal thoughts — Starting treatment with Better Help, one of the most prominent “therapy-on-demand” apps to launch over the last few years, is easy, which is more or less the point.
Tweets: @privacyproject
| Tom Simonite / Wired: |
Risk assessment algorithm PSA, used to see if pretrial defendants in NJ should be held in jail, has led to jail population drop, yet racial disparities persist — A nonprofit group encouraged states to use mathematical formulas to try to eliminate racial inequities. Now, it says the tools have no place in criminal justice.
Tweets: @demandprogress, @wired, and @wired
| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
HungryPanda, a food delivery service for Chinese communities in cities worldwide, raises $20M led by 83North and Felix Capital — HungryPanda, a food delivery service for Chinese communities in cities around the world, announced today it has raised $20 million in funding.Sponsor Posts
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