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Facebook tests hashing to eliminate revenge porn in some countries; users send nude pics to themselves that Facebook will hash so they never appear on its sites — If you've had a nude photo taken, you might be nervous about where it could end up. — Your phone may be hacked …
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Evan Spiegel says Snap is redesigning Snapchat to make it easier to use and expects that it will be “disruptive to our business in the short term” — New version of the Android app also in the works — In today's earnings letter to Snap investors, CEO Evan Spiegel revealed …
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Snap reports Q3 revenue of $207.9M, up 62% YoY, vs. $235.5M est., as DAUs grew 17% YoY or 3% QoQ to 178M; stock down 15%+ after hours — Snap CEO Evan Spiegel. — Snap Inc. will report its third-quarter earnings after the closing bell on Tuesday. — The primary question for investors … | Tom Dotan / The Information: |
Sources: Snap's head of engineering Tim Sehn to step down; announcement expected today — Snap's vice president of engineering Tim Sehn is stepping down from the company, say people familiar with the matter. His departure is expected to be announced Wednesday when the company files details … | Snap Investor Relations: |
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Apple Pay Cash launches in iOS 11.2 beta 2, letting users send and receive Apple Pay money in Messages — Apple is soft-launching direct, person-to-person payments in an iMessage today with the Apple Pay Cash beta. The feature, which was announced earlier this year, allows you to send … | Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Twitter to roll out 280-character tweets around the world, in all languages except Chinese, Japanese, and Korean — Double trouble — In most of the world, the iconic 140-character tweet is now officially a thing of the past. Twitter said today that after a global test …
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| Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica: |
Waymo now offers free taxi rides in fully driverless cars in Phoenix, plans for a paid taxi service; at first, most of the cars will have employee in back seat — Waymo's first product will be a driverless taxi service in the Phoenix area. — Driverless cars are here.
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| Jan Wolfe / Reuters: |
Corephotonics sues Apple for using its patented camera tech in iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8 Plus; suit claims Apple expressed contempt for Corephotonics patents — (Reuters) - An Israeli startup has sued Apple Inc, accusing the iPhone maker of copying its patented smartphone camera technology.
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Uber CEO announces new “cultural norms” for company after employee input: celebrate differences, do the right thing, act like owners, make big bold bets — I've spent my first two months as Uber's CEO meeting our teams around the world, dealing with a few firefights …
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Tencent's China Literature shares close 86.2% over their offer price in Hong Kong debut on Wednesday, giving the company a market value of ~$12B — HONG KONG (Reuters) - Tencent's e-book unit China Literature Ltd (0772.HK) saw its shares surge more than 80 percent in their debut on Wednesday … | Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Amazon's AWS S3 adds five new tools, including default encryption and warnings about unencrypted files, to prevent data leaks — If you do a search for Amazon S3 breaches due to customer error of leaving the data unencrypted, you'll see a long list that includes a DoD contractor, Verizon … | Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
iPhone X shows how Apple's integration of hardware and software fends off less integrated rivals, like Google, even when rival services are superior — The history of Apple being doomed doesn't necessarily repeat, but it does rhyme. — Take the latest installment, from Professor Mohanbir Sawhney …
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