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Sources: Apple working on new AirPods with “Hey Siri” and new wireless chip, coming as soon as 2018, and another water resistant model, coming as soon as 2019 — Company working on water resistance, more Siri integration — Apple CFO says wearables revenue rose almost 70% last year
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| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
FCC's Restoring Internet Freedom order, which repeals 2015 Net Neutrality rules, enters Federal Register today, signalling beginning of various legal challenges — The FCC's “Restoring Internet Freedom” order, which vastly curtails the agency's 2015 net neutrality rules …
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Reuters, Federal Register, 9to5Mac, The Verge, AppleInsider, Ars Technica, BGR, Breitbart, MacRumors, Wired, Engadget, CNET, Broadcasting & Cable, ABC News, TechSpot, Techdirt, The Next Web, Mashable, Axios, and Gizmodo
Tweets: @fightfortheftr, @mclyburnfcc, @ceciliakang, @fightfortheftr, @fightfortheftr, @ceciliakang, and @ceciliakang
| George Dvorsky / Gizmodo: |
Top AI experts and policy makers from 14 institutions publish 100-page report on the malicious uses of AI, outlining digital, physical, and political dangers — A new report authored by over two-dozen experts on the implications of emerging technologies is sounding the alarm bells …
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Wired, Motherboard, OpenAI Blog, Malicious AI Report, Gigaom, New York Times, Electronic Frontier Foundation, BBC, Malicious AI Report, Inverse, Fast Company, Future of Humanity Institute, Help Net Security, Barron's Online, NBC News, Help Net Security, South China Morning Post, AndroidHeadlines.com, Computer Crime Research Center, Reuters, MIT Technology Review, CNBC, Hit & Run, CNNMoney, University of Cambridge, Silicon Republic, SecurityWeek, TheStreet, The Register, Inquirer, The Verge, and EnterpriseTech
| Steve Kovach / Business Insider: |
YouTube, Facebook remove some of the conspiracy videos claiming Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg was an actor but, in many cases, only after promoting them — - YouTube promoted a video featuring a conspiracy theory claiming that one of the survivors of the school shooting last week in Parkland, Florida, is a paid actor.
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Tweets: @stevekovach, @cwarzel, @kevinroose, @jwherrman, @wired, @emilybell, @stevekovach, @max_read, and @tomwarren. Thanks:@stevetweedie
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Anchor's redesigned app is a one stop shop for podcasting where users can record, edit, host, publish, and distribute podcasts with analytics — Broadcasting app Anchor, which helps anyone record and share audio, is relaunching its app today with a new focus on serving the larger podcaster community.
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| Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
How the US Marshals Service ends up selling hundreds of millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency, seized in criminal cases by various federal agencies — When Alexandre Cazes hanged himself in a Thai jail cell in July, the 25-year-old left behind the trappings of a big-league drug dealer … | Jason Del Rey / Recode: |
Sources: Amazon plans to open up to six new Amazon Go cashierless stores this year, with most in Seattle and one in Los Angeles' The Grove mall — New futuristic convenience stores could appear in Seattle and Los Angeles. — Amazon's much-heralded convenience store of the future, Amazon Go, may seem like a crazy experiment.
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GeekWire, Engadget, Business Insider, PaymentsSource, Retail Dive, CNNMoney, Seeking Alpha, and NFC World. Tweets: @ldrogen
| Matt Novak / Gizmodo: |
Twitter issues statement saying its tools and rules are apolitical, after a number of conservative Twitter users lost thousands of followers during bot purge — Twitter suspended thousands of accounts overnight and conservatives on the platform aren't happy about it.
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Politico, Cult of Mac, BBC, Axios, Washington Post, eWeek, The Daily Beast, The Next Web, The Hill, Ars Technica, New York Magazine, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, Mashable, CNET, Vanity Fair, USA Today, Fortune, The Verge, and Engadget
Tweets: @richardbspencer, @mitchellvii, @mflynnjr, @prisonplanet, @vijaya, and @jack
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TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, Engadget, iPhone in Canada Blog, Social Media Today, TechSpot, MSPoweruser, MediaNama, SiliconANGLE, Reuters, The Hill, Mashable, Seeking Alpha, CNNMoney, The Verge, The Digital Reader, Search Engine Journal, Axios, International Business Times, Marketing Land, and Digital Trends
Tweets: @twitterapi, @mattnavarra, @intelwire, @davidsrudin, @dangillmor, @ow, @thegrugq, and @tweetdeck
| James Vincent / The Verge: |
OpenAI co-founder Elon Musk leaves its board to avoid conflict of interest with Tesla's AI efforts, will stay on as a donor and advisor — Musk will remain a donor to the nonprofit organization, which focuses on AI safety and ethics — Tech billionaire Elon Musk is leaving the board of OpenAI …
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Inquirer, OpenAI Blog, BBC, Neowin, Firstpost, CNET, Business Insider, Fortune, and CNBC
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton invests $50M in newly-formed Signal Foundation, a non-profit that will maintain Signal app, and joins as its executive chairman — IN THE FOUR or so years since it launched, end-to-end encrypted messaging app Signal has become the security community's gold standard …
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Signal Blog, 9to5Mac, Recode, Engadget, Neowin, Tech Times, CNNMoney, The Next Web, The Hill, PYMNTS.com, Gizmodo, CNET, Tom's Hardware, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @jilliancyork, @alexeheath, @yashalevine, @trevortimm, @caseynewton, and @a_greenberg
| Mehedi Hassan / Thurrott.com: |
Intel partners with Microsoft, Dell, Lenovo, and HP to launch 5G-connected Windows 10 PCs next year — The launch of Always Connected PCs powered by Windows 10 and Qualcomm's Snapdragon ARM processors was a serious threat to Intel's chip business. Not too long ago, the company launched …
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TechCrunch, VentureBeat, BetaNews, Axios, Engadget, ZDNet, PCWorld, Petri, Forbes, The Tech Report, SlashGear, and Liliputing. Tweets: @benbajarin
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Lighthouse launches 3D sensing, voice command-enabled, AI-powered smart home security camera for $299 and $10 per month for storage and AI services — This AI startup's first consumer product is a $299 security camera that goes on sale today — Lighthouse AI, an artificial intelligence startup founded …
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Facebook officially opens its first in-house incubator, called LDN_LAB, located in its new London HQ, with three 12-week courses across 2018 — Facebook has officially opened its first in-house incubator, which will be held in its London headquarters. — The company first announced LDN_LAB …
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London Evening Standard, CNET, SiliconANGLE, Alphr, Startups.co.uk, and City A.M.
| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
How Amazon's Createspace publishing arm was used to launder money using stolen credit cards, dubious ebooks, and by impersonating authors — Patrick Reames had no idea why Amazon.com sent him a 1099 form saying he'd made almost $24,000 selling books via Createspace, the company's on-demand publishing arm.| Om Malik: |
Despite recent moves to strengthen social connections, Facebook's real agenda and core DNA is to extract user data and make more money by keeping users addicted — Facebook's (much deserved) media nightmare continued this week when it came under criticism for spamming members who signed up for two-factor authentication.
Tweets: @mdudas, @stevesi, @jason_kint, and @jguynn
| Nate Raymond / Reuters: |
Founder of defunct exchange BitFunder arrested, charged with perjury over hack enabling theft of bitcoin worth ~$775K in 2013, ~$70M today; SEC files fraud suit — (Reuters) - The operator of a shuttered bitcoin-denominated exchange was arrested on Wednesday on federal charges that he lied …
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