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At least two dozen federal lawsuits have been filed against Equifax in the United States — (Reuters) - More than two dozen lawsuits have been filed in the United States against Equifax Inc (EFX.N) after the credit reporting company said thieves may have stolen personal information … | Zeynep Tufekci / New York Times: |
Regulations should include greater penalties for corporations like Equifax that provide inadequate security for secure personal data — Last week, Americans woke up to news of yet another mass breach of their personal data. The consumer credit reporting agency Equifax revealed …
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Bloomberg, Government Technology News, and Inquirer
Tweets: @paulgowder, @ronlieber, @liamstack, @dghaskell, and @b_fung
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
tvOS 11 firmware leak suggests “Apple TV 4K” name, potential Siri Remote update with haptic feedback, references to “HDR Modes” in settings — Following 9to5Mac's iPhone X feature discoveries from the iOS 11 GM leak we received over the weekend …
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AppleInsider, International Business Times, BGR, VentureBeat, MacRumors, Wired, iPhone Hacks, Cult of Mac, The Guardian, Redmond Pie, Investor's Business Daily, Fortune, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, Pocket-lint, iLounge, MacDailyNews, AppAdvice.com, Six Colors, iMore, and TechCrunch. Tweets: @_inside
| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
KGI's Ming-Chi Kuo says OLED iPhone X production is currently less than 10K units per day, and Blush Gold model may launch later than other colors — KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo issued a research note to investors today in which he said Apple's current iPhone X production totals less than just 10,000 units per day.
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CNBC, 9to5Mac, SlashGear, Redmond Pie, VentureBeat, Ars Technica, iPhone in Canada Blog, Digital Trends, AppAdvice.com, Seeking Alpha, 9to5Toys, Apple News aus Cupertino, CNBC, Recode, ValueWalk, Softpedia News, iPhone Hacks, 9to5Mac, and ZDNet
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| Neil Hughes / AppleInsider: |
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The Verge, 9to5Mac, CNET, GeekWire, iDownloadBlog.com, Ars Technica, Neowin, International Business Times, CNBC, BGR, Mashable, CNET, Tom's Guide, Engadget, TechCrunch, Ubergizmo, VentureBeat, Redmond Pie, Gotta Be Mobile, CNBC, CNBC, MacRumors, Ubergizmo, Cult of Mac, 9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, and Wall Street Journal
Tweets: @venyageskin1, @_inside, @trengriffin, and @stroughtonsmith
| AFTVnews: |
Amazon reportedly working on new Fire TV models with 4K HDR video at 60 FPS: a Chromecast-like dongle for 2017 and a cube-shaped set-top box with far field mics — I can now confirm that Amazon is working on two new Fire TV models which will both be capable of 4K HDR video at 60 fps.
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The Verge, Engadget, ZDNet, Android Police, Tech Times, The Next Web, Digital Trends, Tom's Guide, Phandroid, Android Central, AppleInsider, Seeking Alpha, GeekWire, Pocket-lint, Mashable, Voicebot, 9to5Toys, Business Insider, PhoneDog.com, Neowin, TechSpot, iMore, CNBC, 9to5Google, CNET, and BGR. Tweets: @mgsiegler
| The Daily Beast: |
Russia-linked accounts used promoted Facebook Events to organize anti-immigrant protests in US in 2016; company confirms it shut down several promoted events — Russian operatives hiding behind false identities used Facebook's event management tool to remotely organize and promote political protests …
Tweets: @dnvolz, @dnvolz, @fmanjoo, and @caseynewton
| New York Times: |
SoFi CEO and co-founder Mike Cagney to step down following sexual harassment suit; sources say he skirted risk and compliance controls while expanding business — Social Finance, an online lender that has been one of the more prominent financial technology start-ups, said on Monday …
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Recode, TechCrunch, SiliconBeat, Wall Street Journal, Wall Street Journal, SiliconANGLE, and SoFi Blog - SoFi
Tweets: @yoda, @scottmaustin, and @mdudas
| Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios: |
GM, Cruise announce plans for mass-produced auto with self-driving hardware based on updated Bolt EV platform; no date for car's launch or self-driving feature — Cruise, the self-driving car startup that sold to General Motors last year, has reached a new milestone: it has a self-driving car model …
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TechCrunch, Kyle Vogt, SiliconANGLE, Recode, Business Insider, Forbes, Electrek, Tech Times, Engadget, San Francisco Chronicle, and CleanTechnica
Tweets: @nabeel, @tsrandall, @meharris, @ericnewcomer, @axios, @mikeisaac, @mikeisaac, @mikeisaac, and @mikeisaac
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Rackspace acquires Datapipe, one of its largest competitors, which has raised more than $310M in equity funding since 1998 — Rackspace today announced its intention to acquire Datapipe, one of its largest competitors in the managed public and private cloud services business.
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The Official Rackspace Blog, Marketwire, Talkin' Cloud, Xconomy, ZDNet, The Register, Fortune, and SiliconANGLE
| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
Microsoft adds guest access to Teams, which it says is now being used by 125K organizations in 25 languages — Microsoft's software alternative to Slack is now open for guests. — Six months after the general release of its workplace messaging app Teams, Microsoft will now allow customers …
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ZDNet, Computerworld, eWeek, Windows Central, On MSFT, MSPoweruser, Office Blogs, Ars Technica, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Paul Thurrott, The Fire Hose, Petri, GeekWire, and Business Insider. Tweets: @patrickmoorhead. Thanks:@alexrkonrad
| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Xiaomi unveils Mi Mix 2 with Snapdragon 835 and 5.99" display starting at ~$500 in China, alongside a special edition with full unibody ceramic design, 8GB RAM — As statements of intent in phone design go, it's hard to think of a stronger one than the original Mi Mix.
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Engadget, BGR, Android Authority, MacRumors, The Verge, ZDNet, Softpedia News, BetaNews, Ars Technica, Engadget, Android Police, and AndroidGuys
Tweets: @ow, @vladsavov, and @rdr0b11
| Kyle Samani / Multicoin Capital: |
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