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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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| 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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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 … | 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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| Kevin J. Delaney / Quartz: |
Bill Gates to lead $1B 20-year duration fund to fight climate change in energy, transport, agriculture, other industries; directors include Ma, Doerr, Khosla — Bill Gates is leading a more than $1 billion fund focused on fighting climate change by investing in clean energy innovation.
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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 … | 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.| 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 …
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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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| 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 … | Michael Crider / Android Police: |
Netflix debuts a standalone app for Google's Daydream, joining HBO and Hulu in having a presence on the VR platform — Google is making no small effort when it comes to lining up content for its new Daydream virtual reality platform, and that content isn't restricted to games and 360-degree video.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft Ventures launches new fund for AI startups and backs Element AI, a new Montreal-based incubator co-founded by renowned AI expert Yoshua Bengio — Microsoft Ventures today announced two steps that point to how the tech giant's VC arm wants to get involved in artificial intelligence in a big way.
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