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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft and Google disclose Speculative Store Bypass CPU flaw that exploits speculative execution and is similar to Spectre and Meltdown — New firmware updates are on the way — Microsoft and Google are jointly disclosing a new CPU security vulnerability that's similar to the Meltdown …
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| Politico: |
Sources: Trump has rebuffed efforts to improve security around his phone use, has gone as long as five months without having phone checked by security experts — The president has kept features at risk for hacking and resisted efforts by staff to inspect the phones he uses for tweeting.| Nico Grant / Bloomberg: |
Adobe announces $1.68B deal to buy e-commerce platform Magento Commerce alongside a $8B common stock buyback program through 2021 — - Company also announces $8 billion share repurchase plan — Acquisition will help it compete against Salesforce, Oracle
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: US and China reach broad outline of a deal to settle ZTE controversy that would lift US sales ban in exchange for major management changes and fines — Deal would lift the ban on U.S. companies selling components and software to ZTE — The U.S. and China have agreed on the broad outline … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google Photos is adding a new star-shaped Favorites button for your own photos starting today, and a heart-shaped Like button coming next week for shared photos — Twitter swapped out its Favorite star icon for an appreciation-focused heart icon instead, but Google Photos is embracing both icons with an update rolling out now.| Jeff Grubb / VentureBeat: |
Epic Games, maker of popular Fortnite, commits $100M over next 12 months to prize pools for the game's competitions, dwarfing other games' esports prize money — Epic Games had $100 million burning a hole in its proverbial pocket, and the company has decided to use that cash to begin building …
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| Nitasha Tiku / Wired: |
After last week's Google resignations, a look at how big tech firms' employees feel about their employers' defense contracts, from indifference to activism — FOR MONTHS, A growing faction of Google employees has tried to force the company to drop out of a controversial military program called Project Maven.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Comcast launches xFi Pods, its Wi-Fi extender devices nationwide, following its investment in mesh router maker Plume last year; a six pack will cost $199 — Comcast today is officially launching its own Wi-Fi extender devices called xFi Pods that help to address problems with weak Wi-Fi signals … | Paul Thurrott / Thurrott.com: |
Acer to pre-install Alexa on its PC lineup, starting with Spin 5 laptops, and roll the feature out to compatible Acer models over the next few weeks — Acer announced this morning that it is the first to ship notebook PCs preinstalled with Amazon Alexa. It won't be the last.
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| Michael D. Shear / New York Times: |
Barack and Michelle Obama sign multiyear deal with Netflix to produce TV shows and films for the streaming service, from scripted series to documentaries — WASHINGTON — Former President Barack Obama formally announced on Monday a multiyear production deal with Netflix in which he and the former …
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Tweets: @netflix, @brianstelter, @cnnbrk, @thedweck, @poniewozik, @timkaine, @samstein, @alplicable, and @chris_ciaccia
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft launches SharePoint Spaces so users can view company content in mixed reality and says that 400K organizations now use SharePoint, up about 100% YoY — Microsoft today unveiled its latest vision for a mixed reality (MR) world with the launch of SharePoint Spaces …
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| Zack Whittaker / ZDNet: |
Researcher Karan Saini finds a bug in Comcast's website that leaks Xfinity users' info, including home address where the router is located and Wi-Fi credentials — Exclusive: A bug in Comcast's website leaks sensitive customer information. — A bug in Comcast's website used … | Billy Tallis / AnandTech: |
Intel and Micron launch their jointly-developed QLC NAND flash memory, the first time the tech has reached market, trading write performance for lower cost — Intel and Micron are announcing today that their jointly-developed QLC NAND flash memory is now available, and Micron is now shipping …
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| M.G. Siegler / 500ish Words: |
Twitter risks ostracizing its longtime and more influential users by killing its native Mac app twice and squeezing 3rd-party apps to death via API changes — Twitter's old habits die hard — The new Tweetbot for Mac is good. Very good, even. But it's just short of great.| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Instagram is testing a mid-feed alert that tells users they are caught up on all new posts from the past 48 hours — Without a chronological feed, it can be tough to tell if you've seen all the posts Instagram will show you. That can lead to more of the compulsive, passive …
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9to5Mac, Ubergizmo, MacRumors, and iPhone Hacks
Tweets: @joshconstine, @joshconstine, and @joshconstine
| Ben Fox Rubin / CNET: |
Amazon debuts Marketplace Appstore, to provide 3rd-party tools for pricing, inventory, and advertising to professional sellers, rolling out in North America — The app store is part of Amazon's broader push to work more closely with developers of seller tools. — Amazon is creating another app store, but it's not for consumers.| Chris Bing / Cyberscoop: |
Inside Project Indigo, the quiet info-sharing program between banks and US Cyber Command that helps the government respond quickly to online attacks — A secret information sharing agreement between the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) …
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New York Times, PaymentsSource, PYMNTS.com, and Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check. Thanks:@gregotto
| Julie Bort / Business Insider: |
Sales automation startup Outreach raises $65M Series D led by Spark Capital, CEO says at $500M valuation, with SAP's Sapphire Ventures joining as a new investor — - The hot Seattle startup Outreach has raised another $65 million, bringing its total investment to $125 million at a valuation …
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GeekWire and PE Hub Blog
| Alex Hern / The Guardian: |
As companies flood EU residents' inboxes ahead of GDPR rollout, experts say many of those consent emails are unnecessary and some may be even illegal — Many firms have the required consent already; others don't have consent to send a request — The vast majority of emails flooding inboxes across Europe … | New York Times: |
China, signaling thaw with US over trade, approved sale of Toshiba's lucrative microchip unit last week to a consortium led by Bain Capital — Chinese officials have finally approved Toshiba's sale of a majority stake in its lucrative microchip unit to an American-led group …
Tweets: @nytimes
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