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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Apple confirms that some iPhone X screens don't respond or respond intermittently when touched, offers free screen replacements for those affected — Apple Inc. disclosed a pair of issues affecting two of its more popular products: the iPhone X and the 13-inch MacBook Pro.
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| Shannon Liao / The Verge: |
Facebook has quietly released an app for iOS and Android called Lasso, designed to compete with TikTok, that lets users create short videos — The aging social media platform wishes to win teens over — Facebook has quietly released an app called Lasso that lets users create fun short videos designed …
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| Nellie Bowles / New York Times: |
Profile of philosopher Yuval Noah Harari, who worries that Silicon Valley is undermining democracy and whose book tour was well-received by its tech elite — The futurist philosopher Yuval Noah Harari thinks Silicon Valley is an engine of dystopian ruin. So why do the digital elite adore him so?| CoinDesk: |
SEC fines the owner of decentralized cryptocurrency exchange EtherDelta $388K, prompting fears of further enforcement action against crypto trading platforms — The Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) settlement with the founder of EtherDelta is likely the first of many enforcement actions …
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| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
A detailed look at SIM swapping, a complex form of mobile phone fraud often used to steal cryptocurrency and other items of value — KrebsOnSecurity recently had a chance to interview members of the REACT Task Force, a team of law enforcement officers and prosecutors based in Santa Clara … | Jason Koebler / Motherboard: |
As part of its deal with Apple, Amazon will only allow authorized resellers on its site, kicking independent Apple device refurbishers off its platform — Amazon told independent refurbishers that it will now only allow “authorized resellers” to sell Apple products on Amazon Marketplace.
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| Peter Holley / Washington Post: |
Lime launches a global recall of scooters from one of its manufacturers after determining that the scooters could break apart while in use — The fast-growing electronic scooter company Lime has decided to immediately remove one of the company's brands from every city across the globe … | Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
US Cyber Command launches its new initiative to publicly share unclassified malware samples it has discovered by uploading multiple files to VirusTotal — USCYBERCOM said it plans to regularly upload “unclassified malware samples” to VirusTotal. — On Monday, the Cyber National Mission Force … | Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal: |
Facebook to end forced arbitration for sexual-harassment claims, require execs at director level or above to disclose if they are dating someone in the company — Social-networking giant also revises policy for senior executives dating employees — Facebook Inc. FB -1.97% is ending …
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As the Trump administration reinstates economic sanctions, major US banks are bracing themselves against cyberattacks from Iran — New York (CNN)As the United States reinstated economic sanctions on Iran on Monday, American banks were gearing up for retaliatory Iranian cyberattacks.| Shanti S Nair / Reuters: |
Report: BlackBerry is in talks to buy cybersecurity company Cylance for as much as $1.5B — (Reuters) - BlackBerry Ltd is in talks to buy cybersecurity company Cylance Inc for as much as $1.5 billion, Business Insider reported on Friday, citing sources familiar with the matter.| Sidney Fussell / The Atlantic: |
Louisville, KY to hold four-year test of self-guided drones that, given GPS coordinates of shootings, take pictures and videos ahead of first responders — Keith Allen Bledsoe, the sixth teenage homicide victim in Lexington, Kentucky, this year, died as the other five had: by gunshot.
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