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| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
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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| 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.| 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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| Mary-Ann Russon / BBC: |
The UK's National Cyber Security Centre is conducting a new review into the impact of allowing Huawei telecom equipment to be used in British 5G networks — The UK government is conducting a new review into the impact of allowing Huawei telecoms equipment to be used in British 5G networks.
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| 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.
Tweets: @baincapvc and @flybridge
| Reuters: |
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 … | 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 …
Tweets: @joshjonsmith
| Kira Herzog / CNBC: |
Sensor Tower: first-time downloads of the top 20 mental wellness apps in the US hit 4M in April, up 29% from Jan.; experts say therapy apps need more oversight — - First-time downloads of the top 20 mental wellness apps in the U.S. hit 4 million in April. That's up 29 percent from 3.1 million in January.| 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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| 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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| Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch: |
Germany-based Arculus raises €16M Series A to help manufacturers, from Audi to Siemens, upgrade assembly lines with its “modular production platform” — Arculus, the Ingolstadt, Germany-based startup that has developed a “modular production platform” to bring assembly lines … Sponsor Posts
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