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| Kate Conger / Gizmodo: |
After slipping an unexplained promotional plugin for the TV show Mr. Robot into Firefox and angering users, Mozilla will move the extension to its add-on store — This week, Mozilla slipped a browser extension that promoted Mr. Robot into Firefox. The goal was to give Firefox users access …
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Drew DeVault's Blog, Gizmodo, The Verge, CNET, BleepingComputer.com, and gHacks Technology News
Tweets: @snipeyhead, @sanasaleem, and @tedonprivacy
| Brian Merchant / Wired: |
Email intelligence firm OMC says 19% of “conversational” email, sent by people like friends, spouses, and business partners, is subject to email open tracking — “I JUST CAME across this email," began the message, a long overdue reply. But I knew the sender was lying.
Tweets: @jackdamn, @kenanmalik, @tuxtina, and @pardesoteric
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Gemalto, which makes SIM and smart cards and provides IT security, agrees to ~$5.4B buyout by French conglomerate Thales, a 57% premium over 12/8 closing price — Digital security solutions provider Gemalto has agreed to a €51 per share acquisition offer from French aerospace … | Chris Velazco / Engadget: |
Eve V review: a more affordable, surprisingly worthy Surface Pro competitor designed by its forum community — If you've never heard of Eve, I like to think of it as the OnePlus of computers: By ditching middlemen, this 11-person startup found a way to build and sell premium computers at a significant discount.
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Digital Trends, Mashable, and Business Insider
| Farhad Manjoo / New York Times: |
In 2017, big tech platforms began accepting some responsibility for negatively affecting the real world, but questions remain about companies' next steps — This was a terrible year for the tech industry. — That's an odd thing to say at a time of record growth and profits.
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Nieman Lab, Forbes, and New York Times
Tweets: @galwaygrrl, @j_bindra, @kevinroose, and @nytimestech
| Felix Salmon / Nieman Lab: |
The meteoric rise of bitcoin and difficulty in tracing ownership make disclosures from journalists and the experts they quote even more important — 2018 will be the year of inadequate bitcoin disclosures. — In April 2013, Farhad Manjoo (then at Slate, now at The New York Times) …
Tweets: @econoscribe and @brianchoffman
| Ty Pendlebury / CNET: |
Google Home Max review: the best-sounding smart speaker yet, but it's too expensive for mass appeal at $399 — Review Sections — Review — Prices — CNET - Audio - Speakers - Google Home Max — The Google Home Max is not the first smart speaker to aim for better audio quality …
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Marques Brownlee, Paul Thurrott, Bloomberg, Variety, and USA Today
| Sucheta Kulkarni / The Keyword: |
Google Maps for Android and iOS get a new public transit navigation feature that sends users notifications when they need to get off the bus or train — Traveling on a bus or train is the time for you to do your best music-listening, news-reading, and social-media scrolling ... as long as you don't miss your stop.| Wall Street Journal: |
Profile of US investment firm Voleon, which has $1.8B under management and has been using machine learning to pick stocks since 2007 with mixed success — Voleon is among investors deploying machine learning, a technology in which computers develop trading strategies. It's harder than it sounds.
Tweets: @wsjmarkets, @wsj, @charlesforelle, @bradleyhope, @aaronlucchetti, and @georgikantchev
| Johana Bhuiyan / Recode: |
Unsealed letter by attorney of former Uber security employee Richard Jacobs, released in Uber-Waymo trial, claims Uber spied on competitors and employees — The letter has been submitted as evidence in Alphabet's lawsuit against Uber. — A 37-page letter that details allegations …
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Fortune, New York Times, Business Insider, The Daily Caller, Tech Times, Business Insider, Bloomberg, Ars Technica, Gizmodo, Engadget, The Guardian, Bloomberg, CNET, Axios, and Forbes
Tweets: @mikeisaac, @dhh, @bizcarson, @rmac18, @buzzfeednews, @mikeisaac, @mikeisaac, @dellcam, @mikeisaac, @mikeisaac, @mikeisaac, @mikeisaac, @mikeisaac, and @mikeisaac
| Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed: |
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Business Insider, Digital Trends, Wall Street Journal, Mashable, and Reuters
| Justina Lee / Bloomberg: |
Male-dominated cryptocurrency industry is slowly starting to open up to women; four out of 30 largest ICOs this year through October had female co-founders — Two largest ICOs yet are by companies co-founded by women — ‘Very welcoming to anyone who drinks the Kool-Aid:’ Morales
Tweets: @business
| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Holographic capture startup 8i, maker of Holo AR app for iOS and Android, says it is laying off up to half of its 70 full-time employees — New Zealand- and Los Angeles-based holographic capture startup 8i is having significant layoffs that could impact more than 30 staffers.| Giulio Prisco / Bitcoin Magazine: |
Anonymous early bitcoiner “Pine” creates $86M Pineapple Fund for charity, has already donated $6M+ to non-profits like EFF, The Water Project, BitGive, OpenBSD — Yesterday, one post set the Bitcoin subreddit on fire: An anonymous Bitcoiner who goes by the name of “Pine” …
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Gizmodo, The Next Web, and Mashable
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