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Sources: Marriott hack part of Chinese intelligence effort that also hacked health insurers, other hotels, and security clearance files of millions of Americans — WASHINGTON — The cyberattack on the Marriott hotel chain that collected passport information or other personal details …
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| Recode: |
Recap of Pichai's testimony before Congress, where he said Google had 100+ people working on a Chinese search engine but has no plans to launch it “right now” — Here's what we learned when the search giant's CEO answered questions from the House Judiciary Committee.
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| Shira Ovide / Bloomberg: |
Congress and tech companies are failing the public with hearings that point fingers and duck questions, should instead have talks that work toward solutions — Both sides are failing to make tech companies accountable. — Here's what I learned from watching Mr. Pichai go to Washington …
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| Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
Intel unveils its next CPU architecture, Sunny Cove, built to execute more instructions in parallel with lower latency, better cryptography support, and more — Finally, a move away from just bundling more cores together. — In 2019, Intel will release Core and Xeon chips built around a new architecture …
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Intel demos Foverus, a new way to build 3D chips by stacking logic chips atop one another, with a new power delivery process, without sacrificing performance — THE COMPANIES THAT make processors have a long-held obsession with getting smaller. The famous—and increasingly obsolete …
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Microsoft patches zero-day privilege escalation bug in Windows kernel as part of Patch Tuesday updates, which addressed ~40 vulnerabilities — Microsoft's Patch Tuesday updates for December 2018 address nearly 40 vulnerabilities, including a zero-day flaw affecting the Windows kernel.
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China-based Tencent Music raises ~$1.1B in US IPO, valuing the company at $21.3B, after pricing its shares at the bottom of its targeted range — NEW YORK/HONG KONG (Reuters) - China-based music streaming company Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME.N) has raised close to $1.1 billion … | Peter Cao / 9to5Mac: |
Microsoft's latest update to its Office 365 suite for macOS brings full compatibility with Mojave with support for Dark Mode, Continuity Camera, and more — Microsoft has today released an update to its Office 365 suite for the Mac. Today's update brings full compatibility with the latest macOS release, Mojave.
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| Eillie Anzilotti / Fast Company: |
Online banking platform Good Money, which offers each customer an equity share and asks them to vote on sustainable causes to invest in, raises $30M Series A — In a given year, the biggest banks in the U.S.-Wells Fargo, Citi, Bank of America, and JP Morgan Chase-rake in billions of dollars …
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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Tokopedia, Indonesia's largest online marketplace, says it has raised $1.1B led by SoftBank's Vision Fund and Alibaba; source: the deal values company at $7B — Indonesia-based e-commerce firm Tokopedia is the latest startup to enter the Vision Fund after it raised $1.1 billion led by the SoftBank megafund and Alibaba.
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| Mike Wuerthele / AppleInsider: |
Qualcomm's win in China over the import and sale of iPhones only applies to iOS 11 devices; sources: Apple believes iOS 12 solves Qualcomm patent violations — News broke on Monday about a ban on iPhone imports and sales in China —and as you'd expect, a chorus of analysts freaked out about it immediately.| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Following last week's launch of eSIM support on the latest iPhones, Verizon now allows new US customers to activate eSIM using the My Verizon app for iOS — It is now possible to use the My Verizon app to activate eSIM service on an iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, or iPhone XR in the United States.
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How uncensored viral videos of people's overdoses posted online by police and strangers with cameras are doing little else than publicly shaming drug users — Amid an opioid crisis, police and strangers with cameras are posting raw images of drug users passed out.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Switzerland-based Nexthink, which monitors and aims to improve employees' IT experience, raises $85M led by Index Ventures — As companies compete for talent, a startup that has built a platform to help ensure that the talent — once it's working for you — doesn't get bogged down by IT frustration …
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Edtech startup Byju's, which makes a tutoring app and courses for students, raises $400M at a $4B valuation, making it the fourth most valuable startup in India — The latest investment in Byju's comes at a time when investors are writing big cheques — Bengaluru: Online tutoring start-up Byju's …
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A misconfigured domain led to an exploit in Microsoft's login system, now fixed, that made it possible to hijack anyone's Office account, researcher finds — A string of bugs when chained together created the perfect attack to gain access to someone's Microsoft account — simply by tricking a user into clicking a link.
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| Eli Hodapp / TouchArcade: |
Epic Games pulls Infinity Blade trilogy from the App Store, says it has become increasingly difficult to support the series at a level that meets its standards — The App Store had evolved considerably over the years, but one of the most distinct divisions of time in the early days …
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Report: Uber operations manager sent 890-word email to execs with serious concerns about autonomous program just days before an Uber vehicle killed a pedestrian — Solutions that could have prevented collision were proposed — An 890-word email was sent to Uber's executives …
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| Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg: |
Sources say Japanese firms hold stakes worth at least $13B combined in US ride-hailing startups: SoftBank holds 15%+ of Uber and Rakuten holds 10%+ of Lyft — - SoftBank holds more than 15% of Uber, Rakuten over 10% of Lyft — The stakes would be worth at least $13 billion combined| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
LogDNA, which helps devs assess log data, raises $25M Series B led by Emergence Capital with participation from YC and Alexis Ohanian's firm Initialized Capital — Developers have to contend with a firehose of log data every day — terabytes, in some cases.
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| Kate Clark / TechCrunch: |
Sidecar, an early ride-hailing player that shut down in 2015, is suing Uber, alleging that tactics like sending “fraudulent ride requests” were used against it — Sidecar, an early player in the ride-hailing business, is suing Uber, claiming the billion-dollar business …
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