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Internal docs show Facebook gave ~150 companies access to more user data than disclosed; some could read private DMs; Facebook says it didn't violate FTC decree — Internal documents show that the social network gave Microsoft, Amazon, Spotify and others far greater access to people's data than it has disclosed.
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Facebook says it shared data with integration partners only when users signed in with their Facebook accounts to access features on other platforms and devices — Today, we're facing questions about whether Facebook gave large tech companies access to people's information and, if so, why we did this.
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| Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed News: |
Report: apps using Facebook's SDK, from Grindr to Bible+, send user info to Facebook including location, where users click, and how long they use it — Facebook provided developers with tools to build Facebook-compatible apps like Tinder, Grindr and Pregnancy+.
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| Washington Post: |
AG for District of Columbia Karl Racine files lawsuit against Facebook over allowing Cambridge Analytica, a political consultancy, access to users' information — The attorney general for the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against Facebook for allowing Cambridge Analytica …
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple rolls out iOS 12.1.2 for iPhone with eSIM bug fixes and China-specific changes to address Qualcomm injunction, including a new app closing animation — Apple on Monday released iOS 12.1.2 exclusively for iPhones. The software update fixes bugs related to eSIM activation on the iPhone XR …
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Microsoft debuts new test build of Windows 10 with a simplified Start layout, new Office launcher and hub for recent docs, kaomoji support, and more — Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18305 (19H1) to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring.| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
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| New York Times: |
Researchers discover breach at EU's diplomatic communications network, which yielded over 1,100 cables, and 100+ other orgs, likely occurring over several years — WASHINGTON — Hackers infiltrated the European Union's diplomatic communications network for years, downloading thousands …
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| Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
Google repeatedly pushes the web in a proprietary direction to improve its services on Chrome making Microsoft's adoption of Chromium a loss for the open web — Analysis: Microsoft adopting Chromium puts the Web in a perilous place. — With Microsoft's decision to end development …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
NASA reveals data breach of employee information including Social Security numbers in October; scope of breach and number of impacted employees still unclear — Hack took place in October 2018. Agency still doesn't know the number of impacted employees. — The US National Aeronautics …
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| Leigh Cuen / CoinDesk: |
As Coinbase prepares to increase the number of digital assets supported, it recently moved $5B worth of crypto to a new storage model — Coinbase is moving to significantly expand the number of digital assets listed on its platform - a process that has led to a radical rethinking …
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| Ian Hamilton / UploadVR: |
Facebook open sources its DeepFocus VR research, which aims to create ultra-realistic visuals for eye-tracking headsets — Facebook is releasing public code and formally open sourcing its DeepFocus research into ultra-realistic visuals for VR headsets. — The DeepFocus approach …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google says it is now using mobile-first indexing for over half of web pages shown in search results globally — Google announced today it's now using mobile-first indexing for over half the web pages shown in its search results globally - a significant milestone in Google's move … | James Vincent / The Verge: |
Nvidia researchers show how far AI image generation has advanced in recent years in creating realistic and customizable faces — Those people on the right aren't real; they're the product of machine learning — Developments in artificial intelligence move at a startling pace — so much so that it's often difficult to keep track.| Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
Snap announces Lens Challenges, which let users take part in themed challenges based around Lens with others, with the first challenge going live today — The first challenge is holiday-themed — Challenges on YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram dominate the way people participate in online trends …
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| Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica: |
An overview of how deep convolutional neural networks have gotten good at recognizing images, after a landmark 2012 paper called AlexNet transformed the field — A landmark 2012 paper transformed how software recognizes images. — Right now, I can open up Google Photos, type “beach,” …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources detail SoftBank Vision Fund investors' concerns, driven by Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi, about Masayoshi Son's plan to acquire a majority stake in WeWork — Saudi and Abu Dhabi funds question SoftBank's plan to take a majority stake in provider of shared office space
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| Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
Hackers steal personal data including credit card information of ~300K people across 46 cities, using a vulnerability in government payment software Click2Gov — Paying parking tickets or municipal water taxes is never fun—and it's even worse when hackers have compromised your town's payment system.
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Threatpost, Gemini Advisory, FedScoop, CyberScoop, ZDNet, and PYMNTS.com. Tweets: @jeffjohnroberts
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Sprout Social, a social media monitoring, marketing, and analytics service with 25,000 business customers, has raised $40.5M Series D at a valuation of ~$800M — Sprout Social, a social media monitoring, marketing and analytics service with 25,000 business customers that helps …
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| Jeff Engel / Xconomy: |
Cambridge Mobile Telematics, which develops a platform for measuring driving performance, raises $500M from SoftBank's Vision Fund — Last month, Xconomy asked tech CEOs what $100 million in venture capital can buy. How about $500 million? — Cambridge Mobile Telematics said Wednesday morning … | Maureen Farrell / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Pinterest is preparing for an IPO as soon as April 2019, with a planned valuation of $12B+; the company expects $700M+ revenue in 2018, up 50% YoY — Social-media company could choose bankers for the offering as early as January — Pinterest Inc. is actively preparing for an IPO …
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