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5 ex-Uber employees say there was broad access to “God View” and abuse of it to track users including celebrities and politicians, even after initial news broke — For anyone who's snagged a ride with Uber, Ward Spangenberg has a warning: Your personal information is not safe.
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| Lucian Constantin / PCWorld: |
Many models of Netgear routers exposed to critical remotely-exploitable security flaw; affected users recommended to stop using routers until patch is available — Several models of Netgear routers are affected by a publicly disclosed vulnerability that could allow hackers to take them over.
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| Ryan Whitwam / Android Police: |
Android's Google Keyboard renamed Gboard with new features including Google Search, emoji search, dedicated number row, multiple active languages, and more — Google released a keyboard app for the iPhone some months back called Gboard, and everyone was wondering if it would come to Android.| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Apple has discussed investing up to $1B in SoftBank's $100B tech fund — SoftBank is raising up to $100 billion to invest in disruptive technologies — Apple Inc. has held talks about investing in a $100 billion fund being raised by Japanese internet and telecommunications giant … | Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Instagram will roll out live video broadcasting feature to US users over next few days — Instagram announced its Live video broadcasting features in November, which allow users to show your followers what you're up to in real time, and also let users browse for Live videos happening …
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple releases iOS 10.2 with US-only TV app, new Messages effects, emoji, wallpapers, more — Apple has released iOS 10.2 for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. iOS 10.2 includes several new features like Unicode 9.0 emoji, three new iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus wallpapers, a new TV app …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook launches Live 360 video from NatGeo now, everyone next year — Following YouTube's rollout of 4K 360 live broadcasting, but beating Twitter's Periscope to the punch, Facebook today announced initial support for 360-degree Live streams. National Geographic's Facebook Page will publish … | Sean O'Kane / The Verge: |
After California gives the go-ahead, NVIDIA starts testing self-driving cars on public roads in the state — Nvidia has been granted a permit by the California Department of Motor Vehicles to start testing self-driving vehicle technology on the state's public roads.| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
HP Spectre x360 review: best premium Windows laptop of 2016 with thin, light design and great battery life, but no SD card slot and uneven keyboard backlight — The x360 is the premium laptop to buy this year — Building a great, premium laptop is surprisingly hard.| Lora Kolodny / TechCrunch: |
JetSmarter raises $105M Series C at $1.5B pre-money valuation to become Uber for private jets; Jay-Z and the Saudi royal family are returning investors — JetSmarter has raised $105 million in Series C funding, at a $1.5 billion pre-money valuation, to build its marketplace for private jet services …
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On Friday, the Senate failed to reconfirm Democratic pro-net neutrality FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel, portending new Trump era leadership and agenda — The Senate failed to reconfirm one of net neutrality's top advocates at the FCC. — Setting the stage for new leadership … | Heather Clancy / Fortune: |
Tact, a voice-driven sales assistant founded by ex-Salesforce SVP Chuck Ganapathi, raises $15M Series B led by Microsoft Ventures and Upfront Ventures — Companies spend an enormous sum of money on sales automation and relationship management software, a category that could reach $51.5 billion … Sponsor Posts
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