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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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| Mark Scott / Politico: |
With GDPR's two-year anniversary on Monday, the Irish Data Protection Commission is under pressure to act, amidst doubts about the agency's enforcement ability — Ireland's Data Protection Commission is under pressure to act, and act soon. — Facebook's European headquarters in Dublin.
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| Anna Baydakova / CoinDesk: |
Telegram says it is withdrawing its appeal after a court decision backed the SEC and will no longer be fighting the ban on its blockchain token project — Telegram has thrown in the towel in its court battle against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and will no longer … | 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 … | 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.| John Markoff / New York Times: |
Computer scientist Ben Shneiderman argues against the move towards full robotic automation, arguing such moves absolve humans of ethical responsibilities — A computer scientist argues that the quest for fully automated robots is misguided, perhaps even dangerous. His decades of warnings are gaining more attention.
Tweets: @cigitalgem, @edyson, @ctricot, @nytimesbusiness, and @jhagel
| 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.
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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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| 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.
Tweets: @buzzfeednews, @buzzfeednews, and @racebaitr
| 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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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: @markzastrow, @re_sieber, and @joshjonsmith
| 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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