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September 10, 2018, 1:20 AM

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Guilherme Rambo / 9to5Mac:
Trend Micro apps including Dr. Unarchiver, the 12th most popular free app in Mac App Store, found to steal and upload sensitive info including browsing history  —  When you give an app access to your home directory on macOS, even if it's an app from the Mac App Store, you should think twice about doing it.
David Streitfeld / New York Times:
Profile of Lina Khan, whose antitrust argument, which says Amazon has far too much power, is making waves in Washington by reframing decades of antitrust law  —  With a single scholarly article, Lina Khan, 29, has reframed decades of monopoly law.  —  The dead books are on the top floor of Southern Methodist University's law library.
Aaron Tilley / The Information:
Apple has hired Liz Schimel, a former president of Condé Nast China, whose LinkedIn page lists a July start date and her Apple role as “head of news business”  —  Apple is beefing up the management of its Apple News product, with the recent hiring of veteran media executive Liz Schimel.
Dave Gershgorn / Quartz:
California's governor signs a bill that replaces cash bail with an algorithmic system to calculate risk of flight or reoffending from October 2019  —  Instead of leaving cash as collateral for freedom before a trial in court, those accused of crimes in California will be graded by an algorithm, starting in October 2019.
Diptendu Lahiri / Reuters:
Connecticut-based financial software maker SS&C to acquire confidential data-sharing platform Intralinks for $1.5B  —  (Reuters) - Financial software company SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc said on Thursday it would buy data-sharing platform Intralinks Holdings Inc in a deal valued at $1.5 billion …
Swapna Krishna / Engadget:
Many fitness- and health-tracking apps and devices, including Apple Health and Watch, don't take pregnancy, or any other health condition, into account  —  I'm not a super fit person.  I am considered a healthy weight, and I exercise simply because I enjoy eating and drinking whatever I want.

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