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Some popular apps send sensitive info to Facebook via the company's analytics SDK, such as a user's heart rate, intent to get pregnant, and home listings viewed — Wall Street Journal testing reveals how the social-media giant collects a wide range of private data from developers; ‘This is a big mess’
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NY Governor Andrew Cuomo orders two state agencies to investigate a report that Facebook may be collecting users' health data and other sensitive info — NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday ordered two state agencies to investigate a report that Facebook Inc … | Jon Porter / The Verge: |
What to expect at MWC 2019: new flagships from Sony, LG, and Chinese companies, foldable phones from Huawei and others, return of HoloLens, and a lot of 5G hype — 5G's early steps will continue, and the Galaxy Fold could get some competition — In the next few days …
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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Leaked banner on display at MWC 2019 gives a sneak peek at the Huawei Mate X, the company's first foldable smartphone with the screen folding outwards — Just the other day Samsung officially revealed the Galaxy Fold, it's first device with a foldable display.
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| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Twitter co-founder and former CEO Ev Williams is stepping down from the company's board — Twitter Co-founder and former CEO Ev Williams is stepping down from the company's board, according to a Friday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. — “It's been an incredible 13 years …
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple to close both of its retail stores in the Eastern District of Texas, likely in a bid to deprive patent trolls of a jurisdiction notorious for its lawsuits — Apple plans to close both of its retail stores within the Eastern District of Texas in a few months from now in an effort …
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
A few months after launching Focals smart glasses, North lays off 150 employees; company website says it employed “over 400 people” — North Labs, the company behind the Focals smart glasses, laid off 150 employees yesterday. The company employed “over 400 people,” …
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| Caroline O'Donovan / BuzzFeed News: |
YouTube says it will remove ads on anti-vaccine videos, launches info panel below anti-vaccine videos that links to the Wikipedia page for “vaccine hesitancy” — YouTube on Friday said it would prevent channels that promote anti-vax content from running advertising …
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| Caroline O'Donovan / BuzzFeed News: |
50+ Microsoft staff sign letter to Satya Nadella and Brad Smith demanding an end to a $479M US Army contract to license HoloLens tech for combat and training — A group of Microsoft employees is circulating a letter among the company's over 130,000-person staff demanding that executives cancel a $479 million contract with the US Army.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Duo Security survey of 120K+ Chrome extensions finds 35.4% ask users for permission to access and read all their data on any site, 84.7% had no privacy policy — Eighty-five percent of all Chrome extensions don't have a privacy policy. — More than a third of all Google Chrome extensions ask users …
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| Stephen Nellis / Reuters: |
Intel says it does not expect consumer products with its 5G modems to appear on the market until 2020 — (Reuters) - Intel Corp executives said on Friday its 5G modem chips will not appear in mobile phones until 2020, raising the possibility its biggest customer, Apple Inc …
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Report: Apple and Goldman Sachs plan to start issuing a joint credit card in spring, which will be paired with special money management features in Wallet app — Apple and Goldman Sachs are readying a joint credit card, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Beijing-based Nreal raises $16M after raising $15M this January for its smart glasses that look like ordinary sunglasses and weigh three ounces — Nreal, a Beijing-based developer of ready-to-wear mixed reality glasses, has raised an additional $16 million in funding to make its 3-ounce smart glasses … Sponsor Posts
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