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Reuters/Ipsos poll: despite Cambridge Analytica, half of Facebook's US users say they didn't reduce their Facebook use, a quarter say they use Facebook more — NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Most of Facebook's U.S. users have remained loyal to the social network despite revelations … | Carole Cadwalladr / The Guardian: |
UK regulator orders Cambridge Analytica to hand over data it has on a US voter who brought a complaint, including how the data was obtained and how it was used — In landmark cross-border decision, Information Commissioner's Office gives company 30 days to comply with David Carroll's request
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
After opsec errors, researchers link many hacker groups active for a decade and previously thought to be independent, to China's govt, name them Winnti Umbrella — Though sloppy at times, Winnti Umbrella remain advanced and extremely prolific. — Researchers said Chinese intelligence officers … | Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
A central custodian of our personal data, which can be a government or a private firm like Apple, under regulations like GDPR, may solve today's privacy woes — ‘Group privacy’ is an idea whose time has come; what if Facebook and Google were the companies to manage it?
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US officially elevates Cyber Command to independent unified command status as Lt. Gen. Paul Nakasone takes over as new head, also becoming the director of NSA — FORT MEADE, Md. (Reuters) - The Pentagon's cyber warfare unit received an elevated status and a new commander on Friday … | Yoko Kubota / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: China-run Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund is poised to announce $47.4B fund to invest in Chinese chip firms — Fund would be used to improve China's ability to design and manufacture advanced microprocessors — BEIJING—In a move that could further heighten tensions with the U.S. … | Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Email management service Unroll.me will stop serving EU users and delete all EU user accounts by May 24 as it's unable to comply with EU's GDPR — Put on your best unsurprised face: Unroll.me, a company that has, for years, used the premise of ‘free’ but not very useful ‘email management’ services …
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| Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: |
What to expect from Microsoft Build 2018: more info about Windows ML and Windows Mixed Reality, Cortana updates, Windows 10 updates, and a lot of Azure talk — Fresh off of Windows 10's major April update, Microsoft is gearing up for its Build conference in Seattle Monday.
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
What to expect at Google I/O 2018: updates to Assistant, Home, and Material Design, more details on Android P, Wear OS, Google News, Chromecast gaming, and more — Google's annual developer conference will be a jam-packed affair about the future of Android, AI, and the smart home| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Office of the Director of National Intelligence report: NSA collected 534M metadata records from US communications providers in 2017, up more than 3x from 2016 — The National Security Agency revealed a huge increase in the amount of call metadata collected, from about 151 million call records …
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| Lulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg: |
Analysis of Alibaba's earnings report shows the company's financial affiliate Ant Financial posted ~$1.4B in pretax profit in the year ended March, up 65% YoY — - Jack Ma's Ant is said to seek private funding of $10 billion — Ant Financial posted full year profit of 9.18 billion yuan
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| Cade Metz / New York Times: |
A look at universities' struggles to retain AI researchers as Facebook opens new AI labs in Seattle and Pittsburgh after New York, Paris, and Montreal — SAN FRANCISCO — At a conference in Silicon Valley this week, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's chief executive, vowed that his company would …
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