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Walmart agrees to buy a majority stake of about 77% in Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart for ~$16B, says its long-term goal is to see Flipkart publicly listed — - Walmart said on Wednesday that it would acquire an initial stake of roughly 77 percent in Flipkart.
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple starts cracking down on apps that violate its guidelines by sharing location data with third-parties without explicit user consent — Over the last few days, Apple has seemingly started cracking down on applications that share location data with third-parties.
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The Next Web, TechSpot, The Verge, Engadget, BetaNews, Digital Trends, Gizmodo, VentureBeat, SlashGear, iLounge, BGR, iPhone Hacks, CNET, Ubergizmo, MacRumors, Ars Technica, iPhone in Canada Blog, Cult of Mac, Softpedia News, Inquirer, and MacDailyNews. Tweets: @thomasbcn
| Sijia Jiang / Reuters: |
ZTE says in filing that it has ceased “major operating activities” following US ban on US companies supplying tech and is working with US government — HONG KONG (Reuters) - ZTE Corp's (0763.HK)(000063.SZ) main business operations have ceased due to a ban imposed by the U.S. government … | Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed: |
Smoothness of Google's AI-based demonstrations at I/O and “Make Google Do It” campaign mask the reality: users will need to give up more information and agency — In the middle of its Tuesday morning I/O presentation, Google played an audio recording of what was essentially an AI-powered crank call.
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard: |
Researcher finds Signal messages delivered on Mac stay in Notification Center, even when set to self-destruct, complete with message content and sender's name — If you use the Signal desktop app, be careful with your notification settings. — When it comes to protecting your messages …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Windows 10 test build shows a new File Explorer dark mode and cloud clipboard for multi-device copying and pasting, coming to public later this year — Insiders get to test the new changes today — Microsoft is testing a new build of Windows 10 today (17666) that includes some new features that will be available later this year.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Amazon launches Amazon Experience Centers, hosted inside Lennar's model home demos across the US, to showcase smart home devices, Dash Buttons, and more — Last week, we reported on how Amazon was leveraging a new relationship with home builder Lennar to expand its smart home business …
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Microsoft's May 2018 Patch Tuesday fixes 68 security issues, 21 of them critical, including one being actively exploited to hack users — Latest Patch Tuesday included 68 fixes, 21 of them rated “critical.” — Microsoft on Tuesday patched two Windows vulnerabilities that attackers …
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Reddit, Pornhub, Tumblr, Etsy, and others support Red Alert for Net Neutrality project as Sen. Ed Markey attempts to force a vote on reinstating the rules — Reddit, Pornhub, Tumblr, and other companies are supporting an upcoming net neutrality vote with a new publicity campaign.
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Facebook: Senator Edward J. Markey. Tweets: @senmarkey, @frankthorp, @kamalaharris, @fightfortheftr, @nxthompson, and @verge
| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Glassdoor to be acquired by Japanese HR giant Recruit Holdings for $1.2B, will remain a “distinct and separate part” of Recruit's HR technology business segment — Job review site Glassdoor has agreed to be acquired for $1.2 billion by Japanese HR giant Recruit Holdings Co.| Liam Tung / ZDNet: |
Multiple OSes including Windows, macOS, and Linux were affected by a serious security flaw caused by developers misinterpreting chipmakers' documentation — OS and hypervisor makers patch flaw that attackers could use to crash systems or read data from memory.
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US-CERT, cve.mitre.org, The Register, BleepingComputer.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, SecurityWeek, and bit-tech.net. Tweets: @linuxjournal
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans to let users buy subscriptions to some third-party video services in its TV app, rather than individual apps, starting next year — - Strategy in development looks a lot like rival Amazon.com's — Apple Inc.'s plan to reinvent cable TV is starting to look a lot like the strategy of its rival Amazon.com Inc.| Peter Cao / 9to5Mac: |
Steam says its Steam Link and Steam Video services, which allows for streaming of games, are coming to iOS devices starting the week of May 21 — Steam announced today that it will be rolling out its Steam Link and Steam Video apps on the iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV soon.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook's executive reshuffle might reduce the autonomy of Instagram and WhatsApp but could give the company the ability to execute a more coherent strategy — Facebook was a mess. The independence it dangled to close acquisition deals with Instagram and WhatsApp turned the company into a tangle of overlapping products.
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Bloomberg, Vanity Fair, Recode, SiliconANGLE, and getrevue.co. Tweets: @shiraovide. Thanks:@joshconstine
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| Jim Waterson / The Guardian: |
Google bans all adverts related to Irish abortion referendum on its platforms, following a similar move by Facebook — The decision will mean an end to advertisements relating to the referendum appearing alongside Google results and on YouTube during the final fortnight of the campaign.
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Tweets: @paraicodonnell, @jimwaterson, @samcoatescymru, and @markdistef
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google launches Tour Creator, a free tool that lets anyone make their own VR tours using Google's Street View imagery and their own 360-degree photos — Google today launched a new tool for teachers and their students called Tour Creator, which allows anyone to create their own VR tour using imagery …
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The Keyword, The Next Web, VentureBeat, Digital Trends, Engadget, and VRFocus. Tweets: @googlearvr
| Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
Researchers calculate that Mirai botnet DDoS attack on KrebsOnSecurity, which lasted 77 hours and used 24,000 unsecured IoT devices, cost device owners ~$324K — The attack levied against the domain using insecure IoT devices cost their owners dearly in power and bandwidth.| Amanda Taub / New York Times: |
Experts say social media is connecting and reinforcing angry white men, some of whom identify as “incels”, as they share their rage and loss online — The recent mass killing in Toronto by a suspect who once called for an “Incel Rebellion” has drawn attention to an online community …
Tweets: @nytimes, @sashafastov, @max_fisher, and @max_fisher
| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
Google debuts ARCore 1.2 with Sceneform SDK, Augmented Images, and Cloud Anchors, which enables collaboration between multiple ARCore device users via the cloud — At the 2018 Google I/O today, Daydream product manager Nathan Martz introduced ARCore 1.2, a new version of the company's …
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