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Apple says it has never found malicious chips in its servers, calls Bloomberg reporters' claims unsubstantiated and untrue, says it is not under a gag order — The October 8, 2018 issue of Bloomberg Businessweek incorrectly reports that Apple found “malicious chips” in servers on its network in 2015.
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Sources: Supermicro firmware portal was breached in 2015 and some customers downloaded malware; Facebook was among them, says no servers were used in production — It wasn't just hardware. An online portal for firmware updates hid and distributed malware.| Bloomberg: |
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Leaked documents show Macs with T2 chips must pass Apple diagnostics, which is limited to internal use by Apple, or be rendered nonfunctional after repair — Due to advanced security features of the Apple T2 chip, iMac Pro and 2018 MacBook Pro models must pass Apple diagnostics for certain repairs …
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| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Sources describe the internal turmoil at Facebook following Joel Kaplan's appearance in support of Brett Kavanaugh during his testimony to Congress last week — SAN FRANCISCO — “I want to apologize,” the Facebook executive wrote last Friday in a note to staff.| Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab: |
Study: 80%+ of the Twitter accounts that spread false info during 2016 election are still active, continue to push more than a million tweets per day — Enough with the “whack-a-mole” claims that as soon as you ban one fake news site, another one pops up: A report released by Knight …
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| Steven Musil / CNET: |
Samsung forecasts record Q3 operating profit of ~$15.8B, up 20% YoY, and revenue of ~$57.3B, up 5% YoY, on continued strong demand for its memory chips — Samsung really appears to be cashing in chips. — The South Korea electronics giant said Thursday it expects to record … | Peter Rudegeair / Wall Street Journal: |
Brex, which provides corporate credit cards to other tech startups, raises $125M Series C led by DST Global and Greenoaks, at a valuation of $1.1B — Payments companies are hot, but none are hotter than Brex — Henrique Dubugras, a 21-year-old Stanford freshman and entrepreneur … Thanks:@rafie517
| Kara Swisher / New York Times: |
A look at the Internet Bill of Rights, framed by a Democrat on request by Nancy Pelosi, for how tech and telecom companies should treat Americans online — If Democrats win back the House, they promise to start regulating Silicon Valley. — Ms. Swisher covers technology and is a contributing opinion writer.
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| Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review: |
Some smaller publishers say they are scaling back or giving up promoting content on Facebook because new rules for promoted posts are unwieldy and capricious — When Facebook announced in April that it would create a public database of political advertising, it seemed like a meaningful step … | Reuters: |
Sources: SoftBank is nearing a deal to invest ~$500M in ride-hailing company Grab, which is seeking to raise roughly $1B in its latest funding — JAKARTA/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp is nearing a deal to invest about $500 million in Grab as part of roughly $1 billion … | Alex Heath / Cheddar: |
In a 15-page internal memo sent in late September, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel sets a goal of reaching full-year profitability in 2019, admits redesign was rushed — CEO Evan Spiegel has given Snap Inc. the directive of achieving full-year profitability in 2019 and has refocused the company around …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Screenshots suggest Instagram is testing a Location History feature that would share users' location with Facebook for targeted ads and content recommendations — This is sure to exacerbate fears that Facebook will further exploit Instagram now that its founders have resigned.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Amazon launches Alexa skill connections in preview, a new tool enabling devs to use features from other Alexa apps, limited to printing and reservations for now — Amazon's Alexa assistant can do lots of things, like play your favorite song when you walk into a room and follow up on questions it can't answer right away.
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The Verge, NDTV Gadgets 360, Amazon Developer Services, MacRumors, Voicebot, and CNET. Tweets: @maxamorde
| Alex Marshall / New York Times: |
The National Theatre in London is offering “smart caption glasses” that display live subtitles synchronized by software and transmitted over Wi-Fi — LONDON — If you have hearing difficulties, the idea of spending hours watching a play may not be that attractive given the risk of key dialogue slipping from your grasp.
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Tweets: @audienceview, @actiononhearing, @nytimestheater, @ndcs_uk, and @wteric
| Kif Leswing / Business Insider: |
Facebook has quietly launched its Facebook Lite app, previously available only on Android, on iOS in Turkey — - Facebook makes a “lite” version of its app for Android phones that uses less data and battery life and is a smaller download. — A version for iPhones appears to have quietly launched in Turkey.| Jason D. Rowley / Crunchbase News: |
Crunchbase News Q3 2018 Global VC Report: at the end of Q3, 2018's venture funding totals have already surpassed 2017's, up 41.1% YoY — In Q3 2018, the global venture capital market carried on Q2's lampshade-on-head levels of litness. — Crunchbase News reports that, in the third quarter … Thanks:@holdenthepage
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