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| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Researchers detail Foreshadow, a speculative execution flaw in secure enclaves on Intel processors, mitigated by May/June microcode fixes, patches coming today — IN CYBERSECURITY CIRCLES, this has been the year of Spectre and Meltdown, not only because the chip vulnerabilities …
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| Steven Musil / CNET: |
Twitter puts account of Alex Jones in read-only mode for seven days after a tweet violated policy; he can browse but can't tweet, retweet, or like other posts — Twitter has cut off Alex Jones from key functions of his account after the founder and star of conspiracy site Infowars violated another Twitter policy.
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| Selina Wang / Bloomberg: |
Y Combinator names former Baidu COO Qi Lu as CEO of Y Combinator China, a new Chinese arm it says may start as soon as next summer — - This marks the seed investor's first international program — Former Baidu COO, Qi Lu, will oversee the rollout in China
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| CNNMoney: |
Tinder co-founders, 8 former and current execs sue parent firm IAC, alleging Tinder's valuation had been depressed and seeking $2B+ in damages for money owed — Co-founders of Tinder and eight other former and current executives of the popular dating app are suing the service's current owners …
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| Karissa Bell / Mashable: |
Hundreds of Instagram users have reported their accounts hacked and their emails and phone numbers tied to accounts changed, preventing account recovery — Krista, an Instagram user with more than 4,500 followers on her fitness account, noticed something strange on Saturday evening: she had been logged out of her account.
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| Nicholas Confessore / New York Times: |
How a few activists, concerned by the lack of regulation of US internet firms' data collection practices, led an effort that resulted in CA's new privacy bill — Facebook and Google made billions mining personal data, and fought off anyone who threatened to stop them. Then came a challenge in their own backyard.
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| Erin Griffith / New York Times: |
A look at the proliferation of startup fundraising “mega-rounds” of $100M+, of which there were a record 273 last year and even more projected for this year — Start-ups raising $100 million or more from investors used to be a rarity. Now, this scale of fund raising is commonplace.| Claire Ballentine / New York Times: |
Data shows VC investment into ad tech has fallen sharply in recent years, speeding consolidation, as Google and Facebook solidified their grip on digital ads — Online advertising companies have struggled for several years as Google and Facebook solidified their grip on digital dollars, slowing revenue for the others.| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Instagram Stories are as good, if not better, than Snapchat's, but that may present a short-term problem for Facebook as users spend less time on News Feeds — This is hardly the first Stratechery article about Facebook to start with Snapchat. The “camera company” née social network … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Quiz game HQ Trivia debuts an Apple TV app as it hopes to return to growth; its mobile apps' store rankings and concurrent viewers have slid in recent months — HQ Trivia's app store ranking has continued to sink the past three months, but it's hoping a new version on your television could revitalize growth.
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| Harry McCracken / Fast Company: |
As it refreshes its brand, a look at the past, present, and future of Evernote, which started in 2002 and has 225M registered users worldwide — “Why the hell are we here today?” — Chris O'Neill, Evernote's CEO, is addressing an audience made up of the company's employees in a tent pitched … Thanks:@mariedomingo
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
An overview of the iPhone repair industry, and how aftermarket factories in China and independent shops compare with Apple and authorized service providers — There's a thriving market for unofficial, aftermarket iPhone parts, and in China, there are entire massive factories that are dedicated … Sponsor Posts
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