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In response to ACLU's Rekognition test, Amazon says it's reasonable for government to weigh in on how law enforcement uses the tech to match face pics to people — When Amazon's controversial facial recognition system mistakenly matched 28 members of Congress with criminal mugshots, it caused quite a stir.
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Twitter says it will begin suspending commenting rights of users who repeatedly post abusive comments on Periscope live streams starting August 10 — As part of Twitter's attempted crackdown on abusive behavior across its network, the company announced on Friday afternoon a new policy facing …
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| Zach Dorfman / Politico: |
Silicon Valley, as world's tech innovation hub, has been target of foreign industrial espionage for decades; its open culture makes it hard to deal with threats — The West Coast is a growing target of foreign espionage. And it's not ready to fight back.
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New York State Public Service Commission votes to revoke approval of the 2016 Charter/TWC merger, saying company failed to meet broadband buildout obligations — - The New York State Public Service Commission voted on Friday to revoke its approval of the 2016 merger agreement between Charter Communications and Time Warner Cable.
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| Sushovan Sircarvakasha Sachdev / The Quint: |
Indian government committee publishes draft data protection law that recommends a data protection authority, right to be forgotten, data localisation, and more — The Justice BN Srikrishna committee has submitted its report on data protection to IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.| Yimian Wu / China Money Network: |
Chinese IoT solutions provider Tuya Smart has raised $200M Series C round from Australian sovereign wealth fund Future Fund, NEA, and other investors — Chinese Internet of things (IoT) solution provider Tuya Smart has raised a US$200 million series C round from Australian sovereign wealth fund Future Fund and other investors.
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Leaked report: UK committee to propose social networks be legally responsible for harmful and illegal content and to let watchdogs audit tech company algorithms — A leaked copy of the MPs' report was published online on Friday, two days ahead of its official release.| Christopher Yasiejko / Bloomberg: |
IBM wins $83M from Groupon for infringing on ecommerce patents — - Patent case IBM's first to go to jury in at least 20 years — Win adds value for IBM's portfolio of more than 45,000 patents — A U.S. jury awarded International Business Machines Corp. $83.5 million after finding … | Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica: |
A deep look at Mueller's mid-July indictment of Russia's GRU officers and how they hacked the Clinton campaign, the DNC, and DCCC before the 2016 election — Latest Mueller indictment offers excruciating details to confirm known election pwnage. — In a press briefing just two weeks ago … | Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
White House confirms it is working on a consumer privacy policy proposal; sources: WH had 22 meetings with 80 organizations including Facebook, Google, and AT&T — The Trump administration is crafting a proposal to protect Web users' privacy, aiming to blunt global criticism that the absence …
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Profile of the Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia project, which has 120+ volunteers rewriting articles on conspiracy theories and unscientific health info — SUSAN GERBIC SPENT her career photographing babies at a department store in Salinas, California, just 100 miles south of San Francisco.| Lindsey O'Donnell / Threatpost: |
Samsung patches multiple SmartThings Hub vulnerabilities found by researchers that could have allowed remote control of smart locks, connected cameras, more — Researchers found 20 vulnerabilities in Samsung's SmartThings Hub, allowing attackers to control smart locks …
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Twitter closes down more than 20% after company reports 1M QoQ decline in monthly active users — - Monthly active users (MAUs): 335 million vs. 338.5 million, according to StreetAccount and FactSet estimate — Twitter shares closed more than 20 percent down on Friday after the company reported … Sponsor Posts
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