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Apple disables Group FaceTime on the server side as a temporary workaround after recently reported security flaw, says software update is coming this week — Software update still due later this week — Apple has temporarily disabled its Group FaceTime feature in iOS and macOS to fix a major security flaw.
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
FaceTime bug lets a caller hear audio or view video from recipient's phone before the call has been accepted or rejected — A significant bug has been discovered in FaceTime and is currently spreading virally over social media. The bug lets you call anyone with FaceTime …
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Google says Gmail's Android and iOS apps will get a refreshed design in coming weeks to reflect the Google Material Theme, with other G Suite apps to follow — Google is rolling out a new interface overhaul for Gmail on mobile devices, a move that fits with the company's broader mission …
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| Rachel Siegel / Washington Post: |
GameStop shares plunge 26%+ after the board of the video game and electronics retailer said it had ended its search for a buyer — GameStop shares plunged nearly 30 percent Tuesday after the video game and electronics retailer said it had ended the search for a buyer, causing a share sell-off among investors who had expected a sale.
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Slack says it now has over 10M DAUs, more than half outside the US, and its global paying customers total has grown by over 50% YoY to 85,000+ — An update on how our customers use Slack — With our fifth birthday just around the corner, Slack now has more than 10 million daily active users … | Chris Brantner / Streaming Observer: |
Study: of 3,839 movies on Netflix, 596 are “Certified Fresh” on Rotten Tomatoes, more than Prime, Hulu, HBO combined, despite Prime having 17,461 movies total — Amazon Prime Video may have more than 4.5x as many movies as Netflix, but quantity isn't everything.| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
US judge rejects Yahoo data breach settlement, citing high lawyer fees and the size of the class Yahoo privately disclosed as smaller than its active user base — (Reuters) - A U.S. judge rejected Yahoo's proposed settlement with millions of people whose email addresses and other personal information …
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| Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
Waze expands its open-source Bluetooth beacons to NYC to mitigate poor GPS signal in tunnels and offers the service to third parties for $28.50 per unit — Drivers in New York City will soon be able to use Waze — and other navigation apps — in places like tunnels or bridges where it's common to lose a GPS signal.
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| Patricia Hurtado / Bloomberg: |
DOJ unseals Jan. 16 indictment against Huawei, CFO Meng Wanzhou, affiliated firms; charges include bank and wire fraud, IP theft, conspiring to obstruct justice — - T-Mobile accused Huawai of theft; CFO linked to sactions case — U.S. prosecutors filed criminal charges against Huawei Technologies Co. …
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| RTÉ: |
EU publishes first monthly reports by Facebook, Google, Firefox, and Twitter on their fight against disinformation, wants them to intensify efforts — The European Union has urged US internet giants and advertising firms to intensify the fight against disinformation campaigns before EU elections in May, or risk regulation.| New York Times: |
Profile of Lyft CEO Logan Green, including how he and Lyft president John Zimmer worked together to build the company — SAN FRANCISCO — When Logan Green, chief executive of the ride-hailing service Lyft, was asked which tech leaders he admired, he pointed to three men who had built …
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| Valentina Palladino / Ars Technica: |
Huawei MateBook 13 review: solid performance, comfortable keyboard, and sturdy design, but no Thunderbolt 3, lackluster battery life, and crazy-loud fans — This $1,299 laptop is stiff competition for Huawei's own $1,499 Matebook X Pro. — Despite company turmoil, Huawei continues to go after a slice of the US laptop market.
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| Miranda Karanfili / Cointelegraph.com News: |
BitTorrent completed its token sale on Tuesday on the Binance Launchpad platform, netting $7.1M in under 15 minutes with the sale of 50B tokens — The BitTorrent token (BTT) sale on the Binance Launchpad platform concluded today Jan. 28, netting $7.1 million dollars with the sale of 50 billion tokens in under 15 minutes.
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Petal, which offers credit cards to people without credit scores, raises $30M Series B led by Peter Thiel's Valar Ventures — Petal, a fintech startup that offers credit cards to people without credit scores, has raised $30 million in a series B round of funding led by Peter Thiel's Valar Ventures …
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| Jonathan Vanian / Fortune: |
Collibra, which provides data governance tech to manage and track corporate data, raises $100M Series E led by CapitalG at a $1B+ valuation — CapitalG, an investment arm of Google parent Alphabet, has led a $100 million funding round in the data technology startup Collibra.
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