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Tether, a service that offers dollar-backed digital tokens, says tokens worth $30M were stolen by hackers and it has suspended its back-end wallet service — Tether, the company behind a dollar-pegged cryptocurrency widely used in the market's exchange trade, is claiming that its systems …
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| Keith Collins / Quartz: |
Android phones send nearby cell tower address data to Google even when location services are disabled; Google says it will end the practice by end of November — Many people realize that smartphones track their locations. But what if you actively turn off location services, haven't used any apps …
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| Paul Mozur / New York Times: |
Skype has been unavailable on Apple and third-party Android mobile app stores in China for nearly a month — SHANGHAI — One of the last foreign-run tools for online communication in China appears to be in trouble with the authorities there. — For almost a month, Skype …
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DoJ files antitrust suit to block AT&T/DirecTV's $85B proposed acquisition of Time Warner, says merger would lessen competition, result in higher prices — The Department of Justice is suing to block AT&T's $85 billion deal to buy Time Warner. “Today's DOJ lawsuit is a radical …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple's HomePod speaker, which has limited features compared to Amazon's Echo, started as a side project and was cancelled and revived several times — The Apple speaker started as a side project, was cancelled and revived several times and can't do as many things as the Echo.
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AWS launches AWS Secret Region for US intel agencies and their partners working with “secret” classified data, to complement its air-gapped Top Secret Region — Amazon today announced that its AWS cloud computing service now offers a new region that's specifically designed … | Tamara Chuang / Denver Post: |
Colorado fines Uber $8.9M after investigation found Uber allowed drivers with suspended or revoked licenses and felony convictions — Competitor Lyft also was investigated but no violations were found — Colorado regulators slapped Uber with an $8.9 million penalty for allowing 57 people … | Reuters: |
Uber to buy up to 24K SUVs from Volvo equipped with autonomous technology in a non-exclusive deal from 2019 to 2021; Uber will add its own self-driving tech — STOCKHOLM/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Uber plans to buy up to 24,000 self-driving cars from Volvo, marking the transition of the U.S. firm …
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| Alfred Ng / CNET: |
Justice Department charges Behzad Mesri, an Iranian citizen, for allegedly hacking HBO and demanding a $6M bitcoin ransom in July — The Department of Justice announced charges against the hacker who ruined HBO's summer. — In July, a hacker leaked scripts for popular HBO series …
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State Bank of India, the country's largest lender, says it will roll out blockchain-enabled smart contracts in beta by next month — BENGALURU: India's largest lender State Bank of India will roll out beta launches of blockchain-enabled smart contracts by next month, according to Sudin Baraokar, head of innovation, SBI.| Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica: |
After a bug bounty hunter shared evidence with DJI that it had left customer data exposed online, the company called him a hacker and threatened him with CFAA — A bug bounty hunter shared evidence; DJI called him a hacker and threatened with CFAA. — DJI, the Chinese company that manufactures …
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| Pan Yue / China Money Network: |
Chinese ride-booking app Shouqi Limousine & Chauffeur raises $105M from NIO Capital, Baidu, and Silk Road Huachuang Beijing, bringing Series B total to $193M — Shouqi Limousine & Chauffeur, a Chinese ride-booking app backed by Beijing-based automobile company Shouqi Group …
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