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| Jack Nicas / New York Times: |
Sources: Apple signed deal with Volkswagen to use vans as autonomous staff shuttles, wanted to partner with BMW and Mercedes-Benz on all-electric autonomous car — SAN FRANCISCO — Apple had already curtailed its grand vision for disrupting the automotive industry by building its own self-driving car.
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| Kevin Poulsen / The Daily Beast: |
The FBI used a court order to seize a key server in the Russia-linked VPN Filter botnet, stopping its ability to reactivate when an infected router is rebooted — FBI agents armed with a court order have seized control of a key server in the Kremlin's global botnet of 500,000 hacked routers, The Daily Beast has learned.
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| Jim Finkle / Reuters: |
Cisco's Talos cyber intelligence unit says 500K+ routers in dozens of countries have been infected by Russia-linked malware and could be used to attack Ukraine — (Reuters) - Cisco Systems Inc (CSCO.O) on Wednesday warned that hackers have infected at least 500,000 routers and storage devices …
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| Johana Bhuiyan / Recode: |
Uber reports $2.6B in Q1 2018 revenue and a profit of $2.5B due to $2.9B received from merging its Russia and Southeast Asia businesses with local competitors — The company saw $2.5 billion in profits on $2.6 billion in revenue in the first quarter of 2018.
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| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Uber says it will open an Advanced Technologies Center in Paris focused on its Uber Elevate flying taxis project, will spend €20 million over five years — S'envoler — Uber's plan to fill the skies above cities with swarms of electric-powered flying taxis is getting its own dedicated laboratory.| Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
Qualcomm unveils 10nm Snapdragon 710 SoC with 4K HDR playback support, promises twice the AI performance compared to Snapdragon 660, expected in devices in Q2 — The focus for the next generation of chips is artificial intelligence, neural networking, and support for high-quality photos and video.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: DOJ and CFTC have opened a criminal probe into alleged market manipulation of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies — - Justice Department opens investigation into illicit trading — Agency is working with CFTC, which oversees crypto futures — The Justice Department …
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| Nicholas Thompson / Wired: |
Facebook outlines new steps to combat false news: request for academic proposals to study it on Facebook, release of a 12-minute film, and news literacy program — NEWS FEED, THE algorithm that powers the core of Facebook, resembles a giant irrigation system for the world's information.
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| Kate Conger / Gizmodo: |
Facebook says users can now use dedicated hardware or code-generating apps for two-factor authentication without having to register their phone number — Facebook users who want extra account security but don't want to share their phone number with the company can now lock down their accounts …
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Facebook, The Next Web, Ubergizmo, Social Media Today, Wired, SlashGear, The Verge, TechCrunch, Engadget, Mashable, Cyberscoop, Digital Trends, Axios, and CNET
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| Lydia Wheeler / The Hill: |
District court judge rules President Trump can't block people from viewing his Twitter feed, calling it a designated public forum protected by First Amendment — A federal district court judge on Wednesday ruled that President Trump can't block people from viewing his Twitter feed.
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Tweets: @proxcee, @knightcolumbia, @reuterspolitics, @xor, @mattdpearce, @neontaster, @xor, @pattymo, @petersterne, @steve_vladeck, and @jimwaterson
| Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica: |
Internal email from Uber executive Eric Meyhofer says it has decided to wind down self-driving tests in Arizona, following pedestrian death — “We intend to drive in a much more limited way,” Uber executive writes. — Uber is shutting down testing of self-driving cars in Arizona …
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Tweets: @alexguzman_9, @dr_nick_reed, @daiwaka, and @binarybits
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Instapaper, owned by Pinterest, says it will be temporarily unavailable to all European users on May 24 as it works to ensure GDPR compliance by May 25 — The read-it-later app needs time to make changes ahead of GDPR going into effect on Friday — Popular read-it-later app Instapaper informed …
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TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, GDPR Hall of Shame, Mashable, Cyberscoop, 9to5Mac, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @ow, @bthdonohue, and @ow
| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Apple says it will partially refund customers with iPhone 6 or later that paid for out-of-warranty battery replacements in 2017 by giving them $50 credit — Apple said today it'll refund customers who paid for out-of-warranty battery replacements on their iPhone 6 or later devices between January 1st, 2017 and December 28th, 2017.| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Tinder says it is testing Tinder Places, which will let users find potential matches based on places they travel to, powered by Foursquare, in Australia, Chile — We knew Tinder Places — the dating app's new way to connect people through location sharing — was coming …
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| Garrett Camp: |
Sixteen years after it started, StumbleUpon to shut down and transition its accounts to content discovery platform Mix.com over the next couple of months — Sixteen years ago, we started StumbleUpon to help people discover new webpages. The idea was simple: click a button to find a cool webpage.
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The Next Web and VentureBeat
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google Lens update announced at Google I/O is rolling out, with ability to search in real time by pointing camera at objects, smart text selection, and more — At I/O 2018, Google detailed a big update to Google Lens a year after first announcing it. In addition to a new design …
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Google Trends gets revamped Trending searches and Explore pages, new infographic types like an intensity map, showcased data stories curated by News Lab, more — Google Trends has become a key part of journalistic storytelling, giving reporters everywhere an insight into search trends across the world.| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
Snap launches a seed accelerator, called Yellow, that will invest $150K in 10 different media startups and creators starting this fall — Snap's executives, including CEO Evan Spiegel, will help the program's founders. — Snap wants to find the next big media business …
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Refinery29, My Two Cents, socalTECH.com, Axios, and Cheddar
Tweets: @chris_ciaccia, @joshconstine, and @thekenyeung
| Abrar Al-Heeti / CNET: |
Amazon Map Tracking, which gives live updates of the exact location of packages and their estimated arrival times, is now available for all US deliveries — The feature, which debuted in November and shares a package's exact location, is now available for all Amazon deliveries stateside.
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The Verge, Android Police, and Gizmochina
| Michelle Castillo / CNBC: |
Facebook users worldwide are being asked to review their privacy settings, including political and religious affiliations, as GDPR goes into effect in Europe — - Facebook is telling all users to review their privacy settings, including information they share on their profiles and facial recognition preferences.
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