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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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| Yoel Roth / Twitter: |
Twitter's updated API will limit users from performing simultaneous actions across multiple accounts and using automation; gives developers until 3/23 to comply — Keeping Twitter safe and free from spam is a top priority for us. One of the most common spam violations we see is the use …
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| 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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Tweets: @richardbspencer, @mflynnjr, @mitchellvii, @vijaya, @prisonplanet, and @jack
| George Dvorsky / Gizmodo: |
Top AI experts and policy makers from 14 institutions write a 100-page report on the malicious use of AI outlining real 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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| 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 … | 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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| 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.| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Elon Musk, an OpenAI co-founder, leaves OpenAI 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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| 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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| 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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| 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
| Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
AWS Serverless Application Repository, which automatically manages machine resources, is now generally available and can be accessed from the Lambda console — Following a speedy beta testing phase, Amazon Web Services Inc. said today that its AWS Serverless Application Repository …
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| 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: @jwherrman, @wired, @emilybell, @stevekovach, @max_read, @tomwarren, @stevekovach, @kateconger, @kenklippenstein, and @stevekovach. Thanks:@stevetweedie
| Nitasha Tiku / Wired: |
Former employee sues Google, claiming he was wrongfully fired for criticizing Damore memo and posting “politically liberal” content on internal message boards — IN JANUARY, FIRED Google engineer James Damore filed a lawsuit alleging that Google discriminated against white men and political conservatives.| 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 …
| 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.Sponsor Posts
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