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Twitter has suspended several accounts, some with millions of followers, that allegedly engaged in tweet stealing and “tweetdecking”, mass-retweeting each other — Continuing their battle against the “tweetdeckers,” Twitter suspended on Friday several popular accounts known …
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Mashable. Tweets: @harshilshah1910, @buzzfeednews, @hautepop, @cpfchq, @yashar, @kristina_nauman, and @viviornitler
| Richard Gao / Android Police: |
Source: Motorola Mobility laying off 190 from its Chicago team; Motorola says less than half of Chicago workforce impacted and denies Moto Z cancellation rumors — Motorola has confirmed that it is laying people in its Chicago office off, though it also says “our Moto Z family will continue.”
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9to5Google, Neowin, Firstpost, Gizmochina, Android Authority, SlashGear, Phandroid, Android Central, Digital Trends, Droid Life, and XDA Developers. Tweets: @fmbutt
| Stef W. Kight / Axios: |
Gallup poll: 58% of Americans see AI, robotics, and automation as bigger threats to jobs than immigration and offshoring over the next ten years — More than half of Americans (58%) believe that artificial intelligence poses a greater threat to U.S. jobs over the next 10 years than immigration …
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New York Times, Gallup, Gallup, Gizmodo, and The Daily Caller
| Joseph Cox / Motherboard: |
FBI arrests CEO of Phantom Secure, which customized BlackBerrys for criminals by removing mic and camera, routing encrypted messages via overseas servers, more — Phantom Secure is one of the most infamous companies in the secure phone industry. Sources and court documents detail …
Tweets: @tinkersec, @evacide, @josephfcox, @josephfcox, @josephfcox, and @josephfcox
| Nicole Lee / Engadget: |
A behind-the-scenes look at the development of Amazon's Echo Spot, which uses a custom octagonal display and was designed to live on a desk or a bedside table — Of all the devices Amazon announced last fall, the one that got the most attention was the Echo Spot.| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Snapchat and Instagram have temporarily removed their integrations with Giphy after users saw a racist GIF as an option to add to images — Snapchat and Instagram have temporarily removed their Giphy GIF sticker features after users saw an extremely racist GIF as an option to add to their images.| Tom Simonite / Wired: |
Researchers show how computer vision systems are susceptible to attacks by making subtle changes to images that trick them into seeing things that aren't there — TECH COMPANIES ARE rushing to infuse everything with artificial intelligence, driven by big leaps in the power of machine learning software.
Tweets: @nxthompson
| Catalin Cimpanu / BleepingComputer.com: |
Report: China is altering its critical vulnerability disclosure database, backdating disclosure times of vulnerabilities that government hackers may want to use — Chinese intelligence agencies are doctoring the Chinese National Vulnerabilities Database (CNNVD) to hide security flaws …
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Cyberscoop, Recorded Future, and Axios
| Katie Notopoulos / BuzzFeed: |
Musical.ly blocks some search terms related to self-harm and eating disorders after criticism; tags still appear on users' posts — The homepage on the app Musical.ly. — Musical.ly — Musical.ly, the lip-synching app that is wildly popular with younger users, is struggling to catch … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Intel is working with advisors to consider options in response to Broadcom's pursuit of Qualcomm, including an acquisition offer for Broadcom — Tech giant working with advisers on evaluating deal and other possible acquisitions — Intel Corp. INTC 2.86% is considering a range …
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Los Angeles Times, TechCrunch, AppleInsider, Android Police, Fortune, TheStreet, CNET, Silicon Valley Business …, Bloomberg, Seeking Alpha, CNBC, East Bay Times, and SiliconANGLE
Tweets: @benbajarin, @wsj, @scottmaustin, and @cnbcnow
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Inside Operation Bayonet, the Dutch police sting and takeover of Hansa, once the largest dark web market in Europe, that netted data on ~420K users — FOR ANYONE WHO has watched the last few years of cat-and-mouse games on the dark web's black markets, the pattern is familiar … | Sarah Jeong / The Verge: |
Behind The Great Slate, a Twitter-driven fundraising campaign by Bay Area tech workers for progressive Congressional candidates in poorer, rural districts — Paul Spencer, a Congressional candidate in Little Rock, Arkansas, has never worked at a tech company. He doesn't represent tech industry issues.Sponsor Posts
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