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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
An unfixable flaw in nearly all Intel chips released in last five years allows sophisticated attackers access to mask ROM of its chipsets and microprocessors — Converged Security and Management Engine flaw may jeopardize Intel's root of trust. — Virtually all Intel chips released … | Richard Lai / Engadget: |
Oppo unveils €1,199 Find X2 Pro with 5G, Snapdragon 865, 6.7-inch Quad HD+ 120Hz display, a 10x hybrid zoom camera, and 4,260mAh battery with 65W charging — Even though Oppo isn't as well-known in the US, chances are you might have come across one of its recent tech demos.
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| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Oppo unveils Oppo Watch, its first smartwatch with 1.91-inch OLED screen, fitness tracking, music playback, available on March 24 in China for ~$215 — Out in China this month for $215 — As repeatedly teased by Oppo itself, Oppo is making a watch called the Oppo Watch, and today it got revealed in full.
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| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Sources: Apple is rejecting apps related to COVID-19 that do not originate from “recognized institutions” like governments or hospitals — - Apple is cracking down on apps related to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak that aren't from recognized institutions like governments or hospitals, iPhone developers say.
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| Nathan Ingraham / Engadget: |
Sonos says it is getting rid of its controversial recycle mode, which bricked its older devices, while continuing to offer a trade-in discount — Sonos has been under fire lately for the way it has handled a few decisions around its oldest products. Last fall, the company introduced a …
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Twitter, which are asking their Bay Area staff to work from home, say they plan to pay their hourly workers regular wages — Microsoft, Google, Facebook and Twitter all told Axios on Thursday night that they plan to pay their hourly workers regular wages …
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| Kashmir Hill / New York Times: |
Clearview AI's facial recognition app was used by the company's investors, clients, and friends to “test” its tech for over a year prior to public scrutiny — Investors and clients of the facial recognition start-up freely used the app on dates and at parties — and to spy on the public.
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| Steven Levy / OneZero : |
Profile of Whitfield Diffie, one of the pioneers of public-key cryptography, which ushered in digital signatures and now underlies the security of ecommerce — Longtime tech journalist Steven Levy's new book, Facebook: The Inside Story, details how Mark Zuckerberg transformed … | Judd Legum / Popular Information: |
Facebook reverses course and says it will remove 1K+ deceptive census ads being run by the Trump campaign, after initially saying they do not violate its policy — November's election will have an enormous impact on politics in the United States for the next four years.
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| Wayne Ma / The Information: |
Investigation details Apple's struggles to create a device manufacturing supply chain in India — Several years ago, employees at Apple investigated whether components for the iPhone could be made in India. The results weren't encouraging. — While the employees found some companies …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter expands its rules around hateful conduct to include language that dehumanizes people on the basis of their age, disability, or disease — Last year, Twitter expanded its rules around hate speech to include dehumanizing speech against religious groups.
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| Richard Waters / Financial Times: |
Sources: Waymo is now valued at more than $30B, after raising $2.25B this week — Windfall pushing Alphabet division above rivals comes at turning point for group — When outside investors lined up this week to pour $2.25bn into Waymo, Alphabet's self-driving technology division, it brought strong validation for a decade of work.| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Appeals court declines to invalidate one of the WiFi-related patents underlying a $1.1B verdict Caltech has won against Apple and Broadcom — Apple in January was ordered to pay the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) $838 million for infringing on Caltech patents related to WiFi transmissions.
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Reuters, ZDNet, Bloomberg Law, iMore, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, and iDownloadBlog.com. Tweets: @perryecooper
| Chris Mellor / Blocks and Files: |
Nvidia acquires SwiftStack, a small AI-focused data storage and management platform it currently uses, for an undisclosed sum — Nvidia is buying SwiftStack, an object storage software company. Terms were undisclosed but the takeover looks like a white knight move by Nvidia.
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SwiftStack, TechCrunch, ZDNet, Seeking Alpha, and Forbes
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Jack Dorsey says he is reevaluating plans to spend part of the year in Africa amid the coronavirus outbreak and “everything else going on” — The Twitter CEO is facing down an adversarial investor who wants him gone — Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is reevaluating his plans …
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| Alex Hern / The Guardian: |
UK's Virgin Media says a marketing database with personal details of ~900K customers, including names and addresses, had been left unsecured since last April — At least one person from outside Virgin Media accessed non-financial details — Almost a million Virgin Media customers …
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Virgin Media, Financial Times, ZDNet, SecurityWeek, The Sun, PYMNTS.com, BleepingComputer, CNET, infosecurity-magazine.com, and TechRadar.com
Tweets: @gossithedog, @lukolejnik, @jimwaterson, and @zackwhittaker
| Financial Times: |
Didi Chuxing's daily active users dropped over 50% after China acknowledged coronavirus outbreak; Beijing drivers waiting up to two hours for a passenger — Disruption yet another obstacle on Chinese ride-hailing app's long road to profitability — The streets of Baotou …
Tweets: @jonrussell and @modestproposal1
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Arweave, which uses a blockchain to perpetually host sites and apps, raises $8.3M seed from a16z, USV, and Coinbase Ventures, four months after raising $5M — The Chinese government has been removing criticism of its coronavirus response from apps like Weibo, the local equivalent of Twitter.
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The Arweave Project and The Market Refresh
Tweets: @ico_analytics, @emiliemc, @ariannasimpson, and @joshconstine
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