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Tim Cook says that some well-crafted privacy regulations may be necessary; Zuckerberg acknowledged Facebook may need to be regulated in CNN interview this week — Apple's CEO says the Cambridge Analytica controversy is “dire” — Apple CEO Tim Cook, long an staunch advocate for consumer privacy …
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Around the time he was working with Cambridge Analytica, psychologist Aleksandr Kogan co-authored an unrelated academic paper with two Facebook data scientists — The psychologist who disseminated Facebook user data to an analytics firm working for the Trump campaign had a closer relationship …
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Eighteen investigators, including some from the UK's Information Commissioner's Office, raid Cambridge Analytica's London offices after search warrant granted — Officials raid firm's London offices amid allegations it may have illegally acquired data
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| Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica: |
Facebook has been collecting phone call and SMS metadata from users who gave permission to various Facebook apps to access contacts on Android phones for years — Maybe check your data archive to see if Facebook's algorithms know who you called. — This past week, a New Zealand man …
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| Charlie Savage / New York Times: |
Prominent technologists including Ray Ozzie explore ways for unlocking data on secure devices that would require new legal mandates and likely weaken security — WASHINGTON — Federal law enforcement officials are renewing a push for a legal mandate that tech companies build tools …
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| Brad Templeton / Brad Ideas: |
Analysis shows how onboard sensors should have detected the pedestrian before fatal Uber autonomous car collision and why attentive safety drivers are important — The Tempe police released the poor quality video from the Uber. What looks like a dash-cam video along with a video of the safety driver.| Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times: |
Sources: Uber's autonomous cars struggled with goal of 13 miles before driver intervention; Waymo says its cars had average of ~5.6K miles between interventions — SAN FRANCISCO — Uber's robotic vehicle project was not living up to expectations months before a self-driving car operated …
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| Erin Griffith / Wired: |
Some founders and CEOs who left their firms after scandals, like Travis Kalanick, Parker Conrad, Mike Cagney, are back with new startups only a few months later — TRAVIS KALANICK, UBER'S founder and former CEO, wasn't gone very long. After he resigned from Uber in June 2017 …
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| Thomas Fox-Brewster / Forbes: |
Anonymous sources say US law enforcement is routinely unlocking iPhones with dead victims' fingerprints sans search warrant, a practice that is entirely legal — In November 2016, around seven hours after Abdul Razak Ali Artan had mowed down a group of people in his car … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: Uber has agreed to sell its Southeast Asian business to Grab in exchange for 25% to 30% stake in the Asian startup; the deal may be announced on Monday — Uber is said to announce sale, for a stake of 25% to 30% — A deal will mark Uber's exit from yet another major market| Daniel Terdiman / Fast Company: |
Inside Amazon's third annual MARS conference, an invite-only event that brings together experts in AI, home automation, and robotics — Amazon's “summer camp for geeks” brought together some of the world's leaders in AI, home automation, robotics, and space exploration. And, naturally, a robotic dog.
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GSMA report says the number of tech hubs across Africa has reached 442, up from 314 in 2016; African tech startups raised $560M from VCs in 2017, up 53% YoY — Almost 130 tech hubs have opened across Africa in under two years, showcasing a maturing entrepreneurial ecosystem and a rising interest in the potential of local markets.
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