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| Zack Whittaker / ZDNet: |
TeenSafe, an app for parents to monitor kids' phone use, stored some app login passwords and kids' Apple ID credentials in plaintext on an unsecured AWS server — Exclusive: A server stored teenagers' Apple ID email addresses and plaintext passwords. — At least one server used by an app …
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iMore, CNET, AppleInsider, Engadget, iPhone Hacks, SiliconANGLE, SlashGear, Gizmodo, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @zackwhittaker, @meganmorrone, @mikaelthalen, and @malwarejake
| Taylor Lorenz / The Atlantic: |
Inside the community of “Bird hunters”, who search for and charge e-scooters for firms like Bird and compare the activity to playing Pokémon Go, but for money — Every afternoon around 4:00 p.m., when school lets out, Brandon, an 18-year-old high-school senior in Los Angeles …
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Tweets: @mrcalexandre, @tanayj, @damirbecirovic, @pt, @ibogost, @mdudas, @wintonark, and @msg
| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
AT&T launches LTE-M, an Amazon Dash-like button that users can program to place online orders or send alerts with a click — AT&T has launched a new product called LTE-M button, which allows users to place an order online in one click. Yes, it sounds just like Amazon Dash — in fact …
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| David Ku / The Official Microsoft Blog: |
Microsoft acquires Berkeley-based conversational AI startup Semantic Machines — AI researchers have made great strides in recent years, but we are still at the beginning of teaching computers to understand the full context of human communication. Most of today's bots and intelligent assistants respond …
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| David McCabe / Axios: |
Progressive groups including Demand Progress to launch a “six-figure” ad offensive Monday telling FTC to break off Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger from Facebook — A collection of progressive groups will launch a six figure digital ad offensive Monday telling the Federal Trade Commission … | Katrin Bennhold / New York Times: |
Inside Facebook's deletion center in Berlin, where 1,200 people review posts violating firm's rules or German law and decide what is free speech or hate speech — A country taps its past as it leads the way on one of the most pressing issues facing modern democracies: how to regulate the world's biggest social network.
Tweets: @hctechburger, @albertonardelli, @melissakchan, @abusulayman, @nytimesbusiness, @danielsilvabook, and @nytimes
| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Analysis: Amazon Channels, which resells subscriptions to HBO, Showtime, and others, now accounts for 55% of à la carte direct-to-consumer video subscriptions — Amazon has quietly become a major player in the subscription video sales business: Amazon Channels, the company's platform …
Tweets: @richbtig, @simonkhalaf, and @basche42
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
McAfee report: North Korea-linked hackers posted three apps on Google Play to steal personal info from defectors; hackers made contact with targets via Facebook — Apps hosted in Google market for two months were spread over Facebook. — Researchers said a team of hackers tied …
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| Patrick Winn / GlobalPost Investigations: |
Facebook: Patrick Winn. Tweets: @josungkim, @pri, @pwinn5, @bdeskin, @pritheworld, @pritheworld, @pri_security, and @pri
| Cory Weinberg / The Information: |
Sources: Lyft consultants approached San Francisco officials about applying for permits for an e-scooter service — Lyft plans to seek permits to run an electric scooter service in San Francisco, The Information has learned. It is the clearest sign yet that the No. 2 ride-hailing firm plans …
Tweets: @joshconstine
| Fred Lambert / Electrek: |
In a step toward GPL compliance, Tesla open sources some of its code for Autopilot and infotainment systems — Tesla has been taking some flak for years now in the software community for using open source software without complying with the licenses. — In a step toward compliance …
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Engadget and The Software Freedom …
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Hands-on with the RED Hydrogen One Android phone with a 5.7-inch “holographic” display, coming to Verizon and AT&T sometime this summer starting at $1,195 — Come for the holograms, stay for the modules — We just got a look at the upcoming RED Hydrogen One smartphone …
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The Verge, CNET, 9to5Google, CNET, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Liliputing, BGR, PCMag, Android Police, HotHardware, TechRadar.com, GSMArena.com, HYPEBEAST, CBS Philly, Tom's Guide, SlashGear, PhoneArena, Liliputing, Mashable, eWeek, SlashGear, ExtremeTech, Neowin, TechSpot, Android Central, PCWorld, USA Today, Android Authority, Engadget, and Firstpost
Tweets: @backlon, @trickholland, and @backlon
| George Slefo / Ad Age: |
Research: nearly 10% of Facebook's global revenue, or about $5B, comes from China-based advertisers seeking to sell their goods and services worldwide — Nearly 10 percent of Facebook's global revenue, or about $5 billion, comes from China, despite being banned from operating in the country … | Jason Koebler / Motherboard: |
Archives show ex-CIA officer who allegedly leaked Vault 7 files to WikiLeaks uploaded some CIA-related source code to a personal website tied to his real name — Joshua Schulte uploaded CIA code to a personal website linked to his real name, archived versions of the site show.
Tweets: @x0rz, @jason_koebler, and @allthingsnatsec
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