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Apple may be working on a new fitness app, codenamed “Seymour” in leaked code, for iOS, watchOS, and tvOS, which will let users download guided workout videos — Apple appears to be working on a new fitness app for iPhone, Apple Watch, and Apple TV that is designed …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Leaked iOS 14 code reveals upcoming Apple hardware refreshes to the new iPad Pro, iPhone 9, AirTags, and a new Apple TV remote — Leaked iOS 14 code obtained by 9to5Mac corroborates many details about what to expect from Apple's upcoming hardware refreshes, including the new iPad Pro, iPhone 9, and AirTags.
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Leaked code: Apple is developing a new augmented reality app for iOS 14 codenamed Gobi and is testing AR integrations with Apple Stores and Starbucks — Apple is developing a new app as part of its work on iOS 14. The new app, codenamed Gobi, will allow users to get more information …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Microsoft says it worked with partners in 35 countries to take down the Necurs botnet, one of the largest known to date that infected 9M+ computers worldwide — Microsoft and partners in 35 countries move to bring down Necurs, today's largest malware botnet.| Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News: |
Investigation: popular analytics platform Sensor Tower has used VPN and ad-blocking apps on iOS and Android with 35M+ downloads to quietly collect data on users — Sensor Tower, a popular analytics platform for tech developers and investors, has been secretly collecting data from millions …
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| Steven Levy / Wired: |
The deal to keep Jack Dorsey as Twitter CEO had difficult goals to reach: 20% growth in 2020 for DAUs that can see ads, accelerated revenue growth, and more — A deal with activist investor Elliott Management preserves Dorsey's job. But it gives him—and Twitter—tough targets to meet this year.| CNBC: |
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook says it is testing a feature that lets accounts cross-post Stories from Facebook to Instagram — Facebook's latest colonization of Instagram has begun. Facebook is testing the option to cross-post Stories to Instagram, instead of just vice-versa.
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| Alfred Ng / CNET: |
A look at EARN IT Act, a bipartisan bill to make firms earn Section 230 protections by meeting standards that reduce child exploitation but weaken data privacy — Backers of the EARN IT Act focus on protecting children from being exploited, but security experts say the bill actually chips away at your encrypted messages.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Iran's official app for tracking COVID-19 infections removed from Play Store; sources: app was likely removed due to misleading claims about detecting COVID-19 — Google removes Iran's official COVID-19 detection app from the Play Store. — Google has removed today an Android app … | Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Everlaw, which offers ML-powered ediscovery tools to help sift through huge volumes of legal evidence, raises $62M Series C led by CapitalG and Menlo Ventures — Everlaw is bringing modern data management, visualization and machine learning to eDiscovery, the process in which legal entities … | Mike Murphy / Protocol: |
IBM's blockchain tech, marketed heavily as solving supply chain issues, has mostly seen limited adoption by big companies, including Walmart and Nestlé — Big Blue has been pushing the blockchain for the food supply chain for years now — are companies actually using it?
Tweets: @sbmeunier and @kerrymflynn
| Tanya Basu / MIT Technology Review: |
A look at the politicization of niche knitting site Ravelry, whose users, predominantly older women, were divided after its ban on pro-Trump knitting patterns — When knitting site Ravely banned all pro-Trump content it caused a schism in the community—but it also shone a spotlight on how women are using niche sites to politicize.
Tweets: @techreview
| Jathan Sadowski / OneZero : |
The ubiquitous marketing of “smart tech” hides the politics of data collection and control that is embedded in the design of modern smart devices — ‘Smart tech’ is a buzzword that's been applied to everything from toothbrushes to TVs — and the cute marketing helps hide what's really going on
Tweets: @jathansadowski, @ozm, @jathansadowski, and @meganmorrone
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