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In op-ed, Trump's homeland security adviser Thomas Bossert says North Korea was behind the WannaCry ransomware cyberattack in May — The massive cyberattack cost billions and put lives at risk. Pyongyang will be held accountable. — Cybersecurity isn't easy, but simple principles still apply.
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Microsoft backs Senate bill to address sexual harassment, eliminates forced arbitration agreements with employees who make such claims — SEATTLE — The wave of sexual harassment claims has toppled powerful men in entertainment, media and politics. Now, it is also creating permanent changes …
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WhatsApp told to stop sharing user data with Facebook by French data protection authority; WhatsApp has one month to comply or potentially face sanctions — BRUSSELS (Reuters) - France's data privacy watchdog may fine messaging app WhatsApp if it does not comply with an order to bring …
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| Elan Feingold / Plex Labs: |
Plex launches Plexamp, a Winamp-inspired standalone music player for macOS and Windows that can play “just about any music format” and includes visualizers — As we mentioned on the blog post introducing Plex Labs, one of the things we're using Medium for is a venue for talking … | Julie Verhage / Bloomberg: |
Peer-to-peer insurance company Lemonade raises $120M Series C led by SoftBank, sources say at a $500M+ valuation — Lemonade had raised $60 million prior to this new round — Previous backers include Google Ventures and Sequoia Capital — SoftBank Group Corp. is betting that technology …
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| Joaquin Quiñonero Candela / Facebook: |
Facebook will now use facial recognition technology to alert users when someone uploads their photos without tagging them — Today we're announcing new, optional tools to help people better manage their identity on Facebook using face recognition. Powered by the same technology we've used …
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| John Poole / Geekbench: |
Geekbench data shows correlation between old iPhone batteries and reduced performance, suggesting iOS slows down iPhones with old batteries to avoid shutdowns — A Reddit post from last week has sparked a discussion regarding iPhone performance as a function of battery age.
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
London-based DigitalGenius raises $14.75M Series A to bring artificial intelligence to customer service led by Global Founders Capital — DigitalGenius, a fledgling artificial intelligence (AI) startup that's setting out to automate many facets of customer service, has announced …
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| The Economic Times: |
India's ride-hailing service Ola acquires FoodPanda India from Germany's Delivery Hero, and will invest $200M to take on rival UberEats, Zomato, and Swiggy — Saurabh Kochhar, former CEO of Foodpanda India has left the company and Pranay Jivrajka, founding partner at Ola has been appointed as the interim CEO of Foodpanda
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| Chris Sonderby / Facebook: |
Facebook transparency report for H1 2017: account data requests up 21% globally YoY to ~79K; 57% of US requests included order banning FB from notifying users — Today we are releasing our Transparency Report, previously called the Government Requests Report, for the first half of 2017.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Waymo teams up with Trov to insure riders in its self-driving vehicles for lost and damaged property and trip-related medical expenses — Trov will work with Waymo to insure its riders for lost and damaged property, trip-related medical expenses — Waymo LLC, the driverless-car unit …
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| Dustin Volz / Reuters: |
Kaspersky Lab sues the Trump administration in US court, arguing it was deprived of due process rights when DHS banned its software from US government agencies — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Moscow-based anti-virus company Kaspersky Lab sued the Trump administration in U.S. federal court on Monday …
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