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Dozens of government websites rendered insecure or inaccessible due to 80+ expired TLS certificates that haven't been renewed due to the US government shutdown — As the U.S. federal shutdown continues, dozens of U.S. government websites have been rendered either insecure or inaccessible due …
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Bird sends dubious DMCA takedown notice to Boing Boing over a post explaining how to legally buy an abandoned Bird scooter and convert it to a personal scooter — Every now and then we have to remind someone that it's not illegal for people to report facts that they dislike.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Lime suspends its scooter service in Switzerland after reports of some of its e-scooters halting mid-ride, throwing off and injuring passengers — Just as on-demand electric scooters are trying to pick up speed in Europe, one of the scooter market's most ambitious startups has halted operations … | Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Leaked docs: Verizon is alpha testing a game streaming service called Verizon Gaming, currently running on the Nvidia Shield TV, eventually expanding to Android — Verizon Gaming is already running on the Nvidia Shield — and soon Android — Verizon is currently conducting alpha testing …
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Sources: social media platforms are preparing to fight sweeping new rules to remove “unlawful” content within 24 hours proposed by the Indian government — NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Global social media and technology giants are gearing up to fight sweeping new rules proposed …
Tweets: @greatfirechina
| Sinclair Target / Motherboard: |
A look back at the evolution of RSS and why it lost out to centralized information silos on the web controlled by corporations, despite being an open format — Before the internet was consolidated into centralized information silos, RSS imagined a better way to let users control their online personas.
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| Emma Best / Gizmodo: |
An overview of internal WikiLeaks data the US government collected from 2009 through at least 2017, including chats with identifying details on some sources — Late last year, the U.S. government accidentally revealed that a sealed complaint had been filed against Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks.
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| Stephen Nellis / Reuters: |
During FTC vs Qualcomm trial, Apple supply chain exec Tony Blevins details “Project Antique”, the company's search for a second modem supplier, starting in 2013 — (Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O) considered tapping Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) and MediaTek Inc (2454.TW) …
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Sources: Viacom in talks to acquire Tubi TV, an ad-supported streaming service partly owned by MGM and Lionsgate; one source estimated a cost of around $300M — Nearly every major media company in recent years has launched video streaming services that cost viewers a few dollars a month and don't carry ads …
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| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Google has stopped making its Chromecast Audio streaming adapter, focusing on smart speakers instead — Google has stopped making its Chromecast Audio streaming adapter, and is instead focused on smart speakers going forward. A company spokesperson confirmed Friday that Chromecast Audio … | South China Morning Post: |
Chinese tech companies at CES say the US-China trade war has adversely impacted their business but, despite the lower margins, the US market remains important — - Times are tough in 2019 thanks to the US-China trade war and an escalating war of words between Washington and Beijing over tech leadership
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| Vanessa Gera / Associated Press: |
Poland has searched the Warsaw offices of Huawei and Orange, arrested a Chinese manager at Huawei and charged him with espionage on behalf of China — WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's Internal Security Agency has charged a Chinese manager at tech giant Huawei in Poland and one of its own former officers …
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