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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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| Ben Collins / NBC News: |
Twitter confirms it is testing bright labels beneath lies and misinfo posted by politicians and public figures, and points-based “community badges” for users — A leaked demo features bright red and orange badges for tweets that have been deemed “harmfully misleading.”
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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.
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| Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News: |
Google removed ~600 Android apps, which were installed 4.5B+ times, and banned their developers from the Play store for ad fraud and pushing “disruptive” ads — Google has removed close to 600 Android apps and banned their developers from the Play store and its ad networks as part … | New York Times: |
Morgan Stanley says it will buy online discount brokerage E-Trade for about $13B, in the biggest takeover by an American lender since the 2008 financial crisis — The $13 billion deal will give a powerful Wall Street firm control of a major presence in the world of online brokerages.
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| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
HTC announces new Cosmos VR headset variants: $899 Elite, lower-end Play, and XR with “high-quality XR passthrough cameras”, giving it AR capabilities — One for gamers, one for AR, one for Angry Birds — HTC is expanding its range of virtual reality headsets today with multiple new variants of the Vive Cosmos.
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| Malathi Nayak / Bloomberg: |
Trump administration urges Supreme Court to reject Alphabet's appeal against Oracle, on the same day Trump attended a re-election fundraiser by Larry Ellison — The Trump administration urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject an appeal by Alphabet Inc.'s Google, boosting Oracle Corp.'s bid … | Craig Timberg / Washington Post: |
Sources detail the rising clout of Joel Kaplan and other conservatives at Facebook during the Trump administration — Facebook created “Project P” — for propaganda — in the hectic weeks after the 2016 presidential election and quickly found dozens of pages that had peddled false news reports ahead of Donald Trump's surprise victory.
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The Hill. Tweets: @mlcalderone, @oliverdarcy, @reedalbergotti, @parkermolloy, @slpng_giants, @cwarzel, and @mattgertz
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
The Org, which is building a database of organizational charts of companies and claims to have 16K businesses profiled, raises $11M in seed and Series A rounds — LinkedIn has cornered the market when it comes to putting your own professional profile online and using it to network for jobs …
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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: @dmehro, @dmehro, @lgh_dc, @carnage4life, @dmehro, @xoxogossipgita, @superamit, @privacyproject, and @ohthatflo
| Shona Ghosh / Business Insider: |
Google tells Cloud Vision API customers it will no longer label pictures with “woman” or “man” as a person's gender cannot be inferred by appearance alone — - A Google AI tool that can recognize objects in pictures will no longer attach gender labels like “woman” or “man” to images of people.
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Input, The Verge, The Next Web, Reclaim The Net, and Fast Company
Tweets: @mmitchell_ai, @becauseculture, @grvsmth, @undersequoias, @penelope_zone, @betterallies, @f_kaltheuner, and @supernodal
| Christopher Dring / GamesIndustry.biz: |
Sony and Facebook, which owns Oculus, say they will not attend Game Developers Conference this March in San Francisco, due to concerns around coronavirus — Oculus announcements will now take place online — PlayStation and Facebook Gaming/Oculus will not be attending …
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Oculus, Android Central, GDC, Engadget, IGN, GameSpot, Hollywood Reporter, VICE, and UploadVR
| 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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TechCrunch, The Next Web, iMore, Social Media Today, Tom's Guide, BetaNews, Adweek, and The Verge
Tweets: @twitter, @lanceulanoff, @kcoleman, @mattcassinelli, @caseynewton, @yoda, @stevesi, @fujifilmx_us, and @mgsiegler
| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
Streaming platforms like Roku and Hulu aren't subject to the same political ad transparency rules as broadcasters even as campaigns and PACs buy ads on them — With more Americans cutting the cord, watchdogs worry that voters lack a full understanding of who's trying to influence them| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
US links Sandworm hacking group to Russian agency GRU's Main Center for Special Technology, blaming it for cyberattacks that hit neighboring Georgia in October — By calling out Russia for digital assaults on its neighboring country, the US hopes to head off similar efforts at home.
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United States Department …, New York Times, Security Affairs, and ZDNet
Tweets: @caitlin__kelly and @aceurasia
| Vincent Woo / New York Magazine: |
Internal documents and interviews with former staff and students detail Lambda coding school's misleading claims about graduate outcomes and curriculum quality — If you visit the website of Lambda School, a “boot camp” for people who want to quickly learn how to code …
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The Diff. Tweets: @jason, @aaronlammer, @vikparuchuri, @smarty, @carnage4life, @iiiitsandrea, @ossia, @mekkaokereke, @nutanc, and @dhh
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