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Jailbreaking team Unc0ver has released a tool that will jailbreak most versions of iOS from 11 to 13.5; the tool makes use of a 0-day flaw in the iOS kernel — The Unc0ver tool works on all versions of iOS from 11 to 13.5, the current release. — Over the years, Apple has made it prohibitively difficult …
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| Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: |
An internal build of Google Messages 6.2 shows end-to-end encryption could be coming soon to RCS messages — Today, the folks at APKMirror got ahold of an internal “dogfood” build of Google Messages version 6.2. Here, “dogfood” is used in the sense of the phrase “eat your own dog food,” …
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Israel limits the involvement of its security service in COVID-19 cellphone-tracking to special cases “where epidemiological investigation proves insufficient” — JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israeli cabinet limited on Sunday the involvement of the Shin Bet security service … | Natasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch: |
MasterClass, which offers celebrity-taught online classes for a $180 annual subscription, raises $100M Series E, at a reported valuation of $800M — MasterClass, a startup that sells celebrity-taught classes to people, has raised $100 million in a Series E round.| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
BetterCloud, which helps companies manage their SaaS usage, raises $75M Series F led by Warburg Pincus, bringing its total raised to $187M — BetterCloud gives IT visibility into its SaaS tools providing the means to discover, manage and secure those tools.
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| Reuters: |
A look at South Korea's Epidemic Investigation Support System, which uses cellphone location and credit card data to trace the movements of COVID-19 patients — SEOUL (Reuters) - When a man in Seoul tested positive for the new coronavirus in May, South Korean authorities were able to confirm …
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| Lauren Strapagiel / BuzzFeed News: |
Instagram appears to more often flag photos of plus-size bodies, as experts believe its content moderation AI equates more skin with excessive nudity — In 2018, influencer Katana Fatale was in Hawaii in an outdoor shower, and the light was just right. — She set her phone on a chair, set the timer, and took this photo.
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| Seth Colaner / VentureBeat: |
An overview of how governments around the world are using smartphone data, apps, drones, facial recognition, and AI to track COVID-19 and surveil citizens — Now that the world is in the thick of the coronavirus pandemic, governments are quickly deploying their own cocktails of tracking methods.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Trump is considering the establishment of a commission that would examine allegations of anticonservative bias and censorship on social media — Move is likely to draw pushback from tech companies; ACLU raises free-speech concerns — WASHINGTON—President Trump is considering establishing …
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
JioMart rolls out its online grocery delivery service, including directly sourced farm produce, in dozens of cities in India, after a month of testing in Mumbai — The rationale behind the deluge of dollars flooding into billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio Platforms is beginning to become …
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| Camilla Tominey / Telegraph: |
Boris Johnson instructed officials to draw up plans to reduce Huawei's involvement in UK's 5G networks to zero by 2023, a reversal of a softer policy approach — The Prime Minister has instructed officials to draw up plans that would see China's involvement in the UK's 5G network reduced to zero
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| Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
Interview with CTO of Pentagon's Joint AI Center Nand Mulchandani about the center's work and its new Silicon Valley-like organizational structure and workflows — It was a busy week for defense-focused AI: DarwinAI signed a partnership with Lockheed Martin, the world's largest defense contractor … Sponsor Posts
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