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US Supreme Court rules that law enforcement officials need a warrant to get mobile-phone tower records that show someone's location over an extended period — Law enforcement officials need a warrant to get mobile-phone tower records that show someone's location over an extended period … | Neal Mohan / YouTube Blog: |
YouTube announces $4.99/mo Channel Memberships for eligible channels with 100K+ subscribers, Teespring merchandising, and Premieres to debut pre-recorded videos — I just stepped off the stage at VidCon, a conference created from scratch by Hank and John Green in 2010 that brings together fans …
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Police says Uber's safety driver in a self-driving vehicle was streaming a Hulu show before the car hit and killed a pedestrian in Arizona in March — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Police in Tempe, Arizona said evidence showed the “safety” driver behind the wheel of a self-driving Uber …
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Martin Tripp denies Tesla's hacking allegations, says he reported production problems to the press after Tesla repeatedly ignored them, did not threaten anyone — The electric carmaker is suing a former technician for alleged hacking, but he says he's being scapegoated for leaking concerns
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Facebook launches Messenger Kids app in Canada and Peru, the first markets outside the US, and makes the app available in Spanish and French — Facebook is expanding its controversial Messenger Kids app beyond the U.S. and into Canada and Peru, the company announced today.
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bitFlyer, Japan's biggest crypto exchange, stops taking new clients after regulators found its anti-money laundering and security practices inadequate — Regulator orders bitFlyer and other cryptocurrency exchange operators to review business practices — TOKYO—Japan's biggest bitcoin exchange …
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Inside the alleged heist of chip designs from US-based Micron by Taiwanese company UMC, which was hired by a Chinese company to help with memory chip factory — JINJIANG, China — With a dragnet closing in, engineers at a Taiwanese chip maker holding American secrets did their best to conceal a daring case of corporate espionage.
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Sources: Amsterdam-based data search and analytics startup Elastic, which has raised ~$100M, has confidentially filed for an IPO aiming for $1.5B-$3B valuation — Elastic is expected to aim for a valuation between about $1.5 billion and $3 billion once it hits Wall Street. — The IPOs keep coming.
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| Muyao Shen / CoinDesk: |
Stanford University launches The Center for Blockchain Research, sponsored by a group of crypto startups, to develop best practices for blockchain — A group of crypto startups and organizations are sponsoring a new blockchain research center headquartered at Stanford University.
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After the acquisition, Twitter immediately shut down access to Smyte's API deserting its existing customers, who were using its anti-abuse and anti-fraud tools — Twitter today announced it was acquiring the “trust and safety as a service” startup Smyte to help it better address issues related …
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| Lulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg: |
Source: on-demand services provider Meituan Dianping files for an IPO in Hong Kong, reports ~$2.9B in losses on ~$5.2B revenue in 2017 — Internet giant Meituan Dianping has filed for an initial public offering in Hong Kong, becoming the latest Chinese technology juggernaut to throw …
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Agari, which uses AI and cloud-based analysis to detect and intercept spear-phishing attacks, raises $40M Series E led by Goldman Sachs — An email from the boss typically gets your attention. Unfortunately, fraudsters know this too and are increasingly using email impersonations to launch their scams.
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