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Wireless security camera startup Blink says it has been acquired by Amazon and will continue to operate; Blink raised ~$1M in a 2014 crowdfunding campaign — Amazon has acquired Blink, the wireless security camera company that launched back in 2014 and then subsequently closed a million-dollar Kickstarter campaign.
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Snowden-backed Haven app for Android alerts users of “evil maid” and other physical attacks using a phone's accelerometers, cameras, microphones, light sensor — YOUR DIGITAL SECURITY, any sufficiently paranoid person will remind you, is only as good as your physical security.
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| Tony Romm / Recode: |
Facebook launches tool that shows if you followed or Liked Russia-linked US election related accounts on Facebook and Instagram between Jan. 2015 and Aug. 2017 — Not all users who saw that content, however, can take advantage of a new tool out today. — Facebook has rolled out its new hub …
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| Evelyn Cheng / CNBC: |
Bitcoin plunged below $11K for a while, down 40%+ from record high of ~$19.8K at the start of the week, amid a crash in all major cryptocurrencies — - Bitcoin plunges more than 40 percent from its all-time high reached Sunday, according to Coinbase. — Stocks that have soared dramatically …
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| Joan E. Solsman / CNET: |
At least three lawsuits seeking class action status have been filed against Apple for slowing down iPhones with old batteries — The plaintiffs in three separate suits contend that an Apple software tweak that slows down older iPhones was a ploy to spur upgrades to pricier models.
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| Pranav Dixit / BuzzFeed: |
A look at why WhatsApp has become the de facto social network for older users in India, where the app has more than 200M users — My mother became addicted to WhatsApp when her mother passed away in the winter of 2013. She used it, she said, to “fill up a vacuum,” numbing her grief …
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| Bloomberg: |
Court sanctions Apple over failure to produce documents in FTC's lawsuit against Qualcomm, orders fine of $25K/day starting Dec. 16 until it turns over the docs — A judge granted sanctions against Apple Inc. for dragging its feet in turning over documents in the Federal Trade Commission's … | Evelyn Cheng / CNBC: |
Coinbase says it has re-enabled cryptocurrency trading after suspending it for several hours due to “high traffic” — Coinbase, one of the biggest bitcoin marketplaces in the U.S., said Friday that buying and selling was temporarily disabled amid a price rout in cryptocurrencies.| Steven Levy / Wired: |
How Eric Schmidt, whose departure was planned for months according to a source, successfully worked alongside Google's founders for 16 years — ERIC SCHMIDT WOUND up at Google by compromise. In 1998, co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin had made a promise to the two venture-capital firms … | Sean O'Kane / The Verge: |
Pixel 2 XL beats iPhone X, Galaxy Note8, HTC U11, and LG V30 as best camera, but iPhone X takes better selfies and Note8 is most versatile for video — iPhone X vs. Pixel 2 XL vs. Note 8 vs. HTC U11 vs. LG V30 — Smartphone cameras get better every year, but this year more than ever truly felt like a leap.| Himanshu Goenka / International Business Times: |
South Korea indicts over two dozen people for their involvement in an alleged $250M+ cryptocurrency mining pyramid scheme run by US registered firm Mining Max — South Korean authorities on Wednesday indicted over two dozen people associated with a cryptocurrency operation for their involvement in a multimillion dollar scam.| Tom DiChristopher / CNBC: |
Experts question dire current and future Bitcoin energy use projections, most of which are based on a single source, Digiconomist, whose methodology is suspect — - Estimates of bitcoin's soaring energy use are likely overstating the electric power required to mine the cryptocurrency, top experts warn.Sponsor Posts
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