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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researcher details SigSpoof, a recently patched critical flaw in PGP that allowed hackers to spoof digital email signatures, says the bug dates back to 1998 — SigSpoof flaw fixed inGnuPG, Enigmail, GPGTools, and python-gnupg. — For their entire existence, some of the world's …
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| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Amazon ends its Mayday video calling service for customer support for Fire tablets, nearly five years after its high-profile launch — Amazon is pulling the plug on its Mayday video calling feature for on-screen customer support on its Fire tablets, ending a service that was personally unveiled … | Mark Harris / Wired: |
Seattle's dockless bike trial shows 74% of city is in favor of bikeshare even as some complain about clogged streets and working conditions at bike providers — SEAN HEALY WAS driving for Uber in Seattle when a passenger offered him an intriguing job. It wasn't the first time a rider …
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Interview with Sonos CEO Patrick Spence: Google Assistant is coming, Dolby Atmos in current speakers is doubtful, “Works with Sonos” program to expand, more — Sonos CEO Patrick Spence sat down with The Verge's editor-in-chief Nilay Patel for an hour-long interview on this week's Vergecast.| Shana Lebowitz / Business Insider: |
Cleo, a parenting support app for working parents offered through employers, including Slack and Reddit, announces $10.5M Series A led by Greylock Partners — - Family and parenting app Cleo announced a $10.5 million investment from Greylock Partners. — Cleo is offered through employers … | Michelle Castillo / CNBC: |
Some mass email marketing firms complain they cannot get most of the people in mailing lists to check their emails and may lose ~80% of them due to EU's GDPR — - The GDPR requires companies to send emails to people on their mailing list who have never bought anything, asking permission to keep emailing them.| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
17 backdoored Docker images, posted to Docker Hub over the past year and downloaded 5M+ times, removed; some were used to mine at least $90K worth of Monero — 17 images posted by a single account over 10 months may have generated $90,000. — A single person or group may have made as much as $90,000 …
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| Katherine Maher / WIRED UK: |
As Facebook and Google start using Wikipedia to combat fake news and conspiracy theories, Wikimedia Foundation says companies should do more to support the site — If big tech companies are going to use Wikipedia as a resource, they should better support its important work, says the executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation
Tweets: @brianmcc
| Muyao Shen / CoinDesk: |
Block.one finally launches EOS blockchain but many in the crypto community remain skeptical about project's centralization and its prospects — After a messy weeks-long process, CoinDesk broke the news yesterday that the EOS blockchain is officially live. — To some, it's already an event for the cryptocurrency history books.
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| Andrew Galbraith / Reuters: |
Foxconn says it is establishing its North American headquarters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, after announcing plans to build a $10B LCD plant in the state last year — SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn said it would establish its North American corporate headquarters in Milwaukee …
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The Verge, Associated Press, UWM REPORT, BizTimes Media Milwaukee, Engadget, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, SlashGear, Gizmodo, Reason, Patently Apple, and Journal Times. Tweets: @govwalker
| Zoë Bernard / Business Insider: |
In the past few months CryptoKitties saw sharp drop in daily active users, number of transactions, and average price of kitties according to analytics sites — - In March, investors including Andreessen Horowitz and Union Square Ventures gave a total of $12 million to CryptoKitties, a blockchain game for digital collectibles.
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
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