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UK parliament seizes documents, first obtained in a US civil case, allegedly shedding light on Facebook policies that led to the Cambridge Analytica scandal — Parliament has used its legal powers to seize internal Facebook documents in an extraordinary attempt to hold the US social media giant …
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The best Cyber Monday 2018 deals on phones, fitness trackers, smart speakers, streaming devices, and more, from Walmart, Target, Best Buy, Amazon, and others — Cyber Monday is almost upon us and that means deals, deals, deals. Some are good, some are bad — here are the best of them.| Matthew Weaver / The Guardian: |
Google settles racial discrimination claim with a contractor who was frequently harassed by security in shopping centers as he was mapping Wi-Fi networks there — New contract offer withdrawn after ‘Rashid’ complained that undercover project left him vulnerable to profiling
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| Mark McGranaghan / inkandswitch.com: |
An in-depth look at the latencies introduced at various points, from input devices to what is displayed on the screen, that make apps feel slow — You spend lots of time waiting on your computer. You pause while apps start and web pages load. Spinner icons are everywhere.
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| Ava Kofman / The Intercept: |
AC Global Risk, a startup that touts Apple, Facebook, Palantir, and Google as clients, claims it can assess one's “risk level” via a 10 minute yes/no voice Q&A — Is it possible to tell whether someone is a criminal just from looking at their face or listening to the sound of their voice?
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| Daniel Oberhaus / Motherboard: |
How Lenny, a chatbot made in 2009 to troll telemarketers, has gained a cult following and now gets ~300 calls/day, averaging almost ten minutes per call — Lenny is a decade-old chatbot designed to troll telemarketers that has developed a cult following online. It's remarkably convincing, but is it actually effective?| Reuters: |
Logitech says it has ended talks to acquire Plantronics; Logitech was rumored to have offered $2.2B to acquire the communications equipment maker — (Reuters) - Logitech International SA (LOGN.S), a Swiss manufacturer of keyboards and webcams, has ended discussions to acquire Plantronics Inc …
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| Paul Vigna / Wall Street Journal: |
Ohio treasurer's office launches OhioCrypto.com, enabling local businesses to pay taxes with bitcoin; payments are processed and converted to dollars by BitPay — State backs technology that has garnered lots of hype but failed to gain traction as a form of payment
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| Karl Bode / Motherboard: |
Study of developed markets: US has the 5th highest per gigabyte prices in 4G smartphone plans and is the most expensive market in wireless home broadband plans — US consumers pay “excessive" prices for mobile data, research firm warns, adding that with looming mergers—it could soon get worse.| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Researchers: next gen Rowhammer attacks can target ECC memory previously thought to be impervious, potentially increasing scope of attack to servers and routers — THE DATA THEFT technique called “Rowhammer” has fascinated and worried the cybersecurity community for years now … | Nathaniel Popper / New York Times: |
Low fees and high interest rates are allowing VC-funded “neo-banks” like Chime, Aspiration, Empower, and Varo to compete with the big consumer banks in the US — SAN FRANCISCO — After the financial crisis 10 years ago, unhappy customers were expected to flee the megabanks for smaller competitors.| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Interview with Atari CEO Frederic Chesnais on how the company has returned to profitability and paid off its debt ahead of a planned console launch in 2019 — When Fred Chesnais took over the legendary Atari company in 2013, the new owners had about $34 million (30 million euros) in debt and about $1 million in revenue.Sponsor Posts
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