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Five Eyes governments, India, and Japan make new call for encryption backdoors — Another Five Eyes meeting, another call for encryption backdoors in modern tech. — Members of the intelligence-sharing alliance Five Eyes, along with government representatives for Japan and India …
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| Kevin McAllister / Protocol: |
Interview with Amazon Halo's principal medical officer Maulik Majmudar on the fitness band, its controversial body fat and emotional tone features, and more — Amazon Halo's Principal Medical Officer Dr. Maulik Majmudar says he hears your concerns about the company's newly unveiled Halo device — but not in a creepy way.
Tweets: @bindzbrain and @chrisarvinsf
| Lee Phillips / Ars Technica: |
A look at the key characteristics of the Julia programming language, as scientists increasingly adopt the language for tackling large-scale numerical problems — Fortran has ruled scientific computing, but Julia emerged for large-scale numerical work. — I've been running into a lot of happy and excited scientists lately.
Tweets: @tradediversion, @arstechnica, @kdpsinghlab, @arstechnica, @swmckay, @rickasaurus, @juliacomputing, @_lazappi_, @dff, @gvwilson, @j_perkel, and @matvil
| BR24: |
Investigation details how a hacking group called OceanLotus has been spying on Vietnamese opposition members and dissidents for years, including in Germany — A group of Vietnamese hackers has been systematically spying on dissidents for years, including in Germany.
Tweets: @snlyngaas, @sienaanstis, and @hatr
| Sarah Jacob / Bloomberg: |
Google halts plans to launch News Showcase in Australia, says it isn't clear if the product will be viable under the country's draft News Media Bargaining code — Google has halted plans to launch its ‘News Showcase’ product in Australia as the tech company isn't clear if it will be viable under …
Tweets: @business
| Igor Bosilkovski / Forbes: |
Airkit, a low-code customer engagement service for DTC businesses, comes out of stealth with $28M in funding from Accel, Emergence, and Salesforce Ventures — Low-code platform Airkit designed to improve customer engagement announced today that it is coming out of stealth … | Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter: |
Live sports streaming service fuboTV raised $183M in its IPO on Thursday, valuing the company at $620.2M — The initial public offering raised $183 million and valued the company at $620.2 million. — The stock of streaming service fuboTV rose in its market debut on Thursday.| Karen Hao / MIT Technology Review: |
As deepfakes make their way into broadcast-quality productions, filmmakers and artists are facing new questions like how to cast the right actors for a deepfake — In 2019, two multimedia artists, Francesca Panetta and Halsey Burgund, set about to pursue a provocative idea.
Tweets: @dylanhuw and @_karenhao
| Canalys: |
Global PC shipments grew 12.7% YoY in Q3 2020 to 79.2M units, breaking a 10-year record; Acer grew 15% while Apple grew 13.2% — Shanghai (China), Bengaluru (India), Singapore, Reading (UK) and Portland (US) - Friday, 22 February 2020 — Recently released Canalys data shows … | Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
HomeWAV, a video visitation provider used by prisons across the US, exposed private calls of inmates with their families and attorneys, on an unprotected server — Thousands of calls were spilling from an unprotected server. — Fearing the spread of coronavirus, jails and prisons remain on lockdown.
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Engadget. Tweets: @fammfoundation, @zackwhittaker, @somilbtrivedi, @lorakolodny, @zackwhittaker, @zackwhittaker, @campuscodi, and @zackwhittaker
| Priscila Bellini / Rest of World: |
A look at Havana's SNET, the “street network” of Cuba's capital which at its peak had ~100K IP addresses, and its demise as state-run WiFi and 3G networks arise — As Cuba sluggishly got its population online, the shadow internet developed by volunteers provided a lifeline for thousands of people.
Tweets: @restofworld, @zeyiyang, @jcalpickard, @donohoe, @crecenteb, @peterguest, @ghoshworld, and @anupkaphle
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Amazon has canceled Crucible, its free-to-play multiplayer shooter game, after putting it back in closed beta in July amid negative reviews — The game was put back into closed beta in July — Amazon has officially canceled Crucible, its free-to-play multiplayer shooter.
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Forbes, Crucible, Micky, Telex.hu, GeekWire, TechSpot, Blue's News, SlashGear, Twinfinite, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Bloomberg, Ars Technica, Destructoid, GameSpot, GamesIndustry.biz, Kotaku, PC Gamer, Engadget, and Windows Central
Tweets: @mikethebard, @danposluns, @kendricswissh, @sfounder2019, @mybacklogbattle, @ztlaidlaw, @tzm_tmt, @haveyouseen01, @cade_onder, @molson_hart, @gavinsbaker, @romudeth, @mrprowestie, @rveenewman, @neogamespark, @toadsanime, @nelsormensch, @tha_rami, @zhugeex, @willoneill, @starsleeps, @chetfaliszek, @gafferongames, @domsplaying, @bridgetheman, @glassbottommeg, and @imranzomg
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