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US Defense Department's Centcom found hosting at least 1.8B posts of scraped internet content from last 8 years on open AWS server — There are two big WTFs in this story. First, the Defense Departments Central Command (Centcom) was collecting tons of data on social media posts …
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UpGuard, PC Magazine, The Register, Ars Technica, CNNMoney, Gizmodo, HackRead, International Business Times, Wired, and BleepingComputer.com. Tweets: @selenalarson
| Jason Del Rey / Recode: |
Stitch Fix CEO Katrina Lake is the first woman to lead a US tech IPO this year; she built a profitable business with nearly $1B revenue in under 6 years — Founder and CEO Katrina Lake is the first woman to take an internet company public this year. — On the day Stitch Fix publicly filed paperwork … | Katie Roof / TechCrunch: |
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
iMac Pro to feature A10 Fusion coprocessor, which could be used for always-on “Hey Siri”, BridgeOS 2.0 code from Apple shows — Update: Leaked screens from BridgeOS confirm ‘Hey Siri’ for Mac … The HomePod may be delayed, but we have still have the launch of the iMac Pro to look forward to before the end of the year.
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3+ years after the demise of Mt. Gox, its customers still haven't received a cent, as the failed Bitcoin exchange remains stuck in a morass of litigation — More than three years after the demise of the Mt. Gox exchange, its customers still haven't received a crypto cent. Here's why.
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| Rita Liao / TechNode: |
LinkedIn's China rival Maimai announces $75M Series C; iResearch says Maimai had 30M users as of April, while LinkedIn China claimed 32M users around that time — Maimai, LinkedIn's biggest China rival, just raised $75 million in its latest Series C round and has plans to go IPO in 2019, our sister site is reporting (in Chinese).
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China Money Network and AllTechAsia
| Bryan Menegus / Gizmodo: |
Amazon Flex workers, who are self-employed “last-mile” delivery drivers, describe the job and how the Uber-like Flex app coordinates deliveries — Who delivers Amazon orders? Increasingly, it's plainclothes contractors with few labor protections, driving their own cars …
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German regulator bans children's smartwatches that have SIM cards and one-way monitoring functions, saying they are unauthorized transmitters forbidden by law — A German regulator has banned the sale of children's smartwatches that have one-way monitoring functions.
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BBC, BetaNews, Gizmodo, Tech Times, SlashGear, TechCrunch, Ubergizmo, Neowin, Phandroid, MacDailyNews, and BleepingComputer.com. Tweets: @econoscribe
| Taylor Clark / New Yorker: |
A look at Online Performers Group, a talent-management company for professional video-game streamers on Twitch, many of whom earn over a million dollars a year — For the stars of the streaming service Twitch, success means working around the clock. — One humid morning this past summer …
Tweets: @margarita, @rolandlisf, @eliotwb, @markghuneim, and @brianmcc
| Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed: |
Big tech's recent gaffes, on top of concerns over election interference, misinformation, and its unprecedented influence, further erode trust in the sector — Mark Zuckerberg's virtual reality tour of Puerto Rico in October. — Facebook Live — Since summer's end … | Kif Leswing / Business Insider: |
How Apple is redesigning the Genius Bar as “Genius Grove” to ease strain on Geniuses, serve customers faster, and alleviate overcrowding in its stores — - Apple stores have become overcrowded in recent years as the company has become more popular and successful.Thanks:@lexnfx
| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Apple says it is delaying HomePod release from December to early 2018 — So much for the holiday rush. Apple announced this morning that its premiumHomePod smart speaker won't be making the company's initial December ship date. According to a brief statement issued by the company …
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BetaNews, Tech Times, Gizmochina, 9to5Mac, Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, Philip Elmer-DeWitt, The Register, VentureBeat, Fone Arena, iPhone Hacks, International Business Times, BGR, The Verge, AppleInsider, Engadget, 9to5Google, The Mac Observer, Softpedia News, ZDNet, Digital Trends, CNBC, TWICE, Inquirer, BBC, Quartz, iMore, PhoneDog.com, PYMNTS.com, The Next Web, Axios, Gizmodo, Neowin, Patently Apple, AppAdvice.com, Investor's Business Daily, Mashable, MacDailyNews, Ars Technica, iPhone in Canada Blog, Seeking Alpha, BuzzFeed, MacStories, 9to5Mac, and MacRumors
Tweets: @wsj, @greengart, @brokenbottleboy, @neilcybart, @caro_milanesi, @stevekovach, and @lexnfx
| Kevin Collier / BuzzFeed: |
John Draper, aka Cap'n Crunch, who once hacked phone lines with Jobs and Wozniak, banned from conferences after reports of sexual misconduct towards young men — The claims against John Draper, better known as Cap'n Crunch, a pioneer hacker and an early associate of Apple cofounders Steve Wozniak …
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Ars Technica. Tweets: @mattblaze, @ahess247, @cyantist, @mattblaze, @mattblaze, @fredbenenson, @youranonnews, @mat, @evacide, @daveyalba, @ethanwsj, @mattblaze, and @arrdem. Thanks:@ahess247
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