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Sources: as it weighs constraints for Facebook, the FTC has discussed stronger monitoring of Facebook's privacy practices and direct punishment of Zuckerberg — Regulators on four continents are preparing for a long-awaited showdown with Facebook, after years of disinterest and half-steps.
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Recode, VoIPWatch, SiliconANGLE, Associated Press, and Washington Post
Tweets: @waltmossberg, @ceciliakang, @ceciliakang, @robaeprice, @nytmedia, @profcarroll, @ceciliakang, @waltmossberg, @nytimesbusiness, and @politico
| Data Protection Commission: |
Irish DPC launches inquiry into Facebook after the company reported millions of Facebook Lite and Instagram user passwords were stored in plain text internally — The Data Protection Commission was notified by Facebook that it had discovered that hundreds of millions of user passwords …
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TechCrunch, CNET, New York Times, ZDNet, globalnews.ca, and The Register
| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
New York State Attorney General announces investigation into Facebook's unauthorized collection of more than 1.5M users' email address books — SAN FRANCISCO — The New York State attorney general's office plans to open an investigation into Facebook's unauthorized collection …
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Tweets: @robaeprice, @profcarroll, @kpoulsen, and @mikeisaac
| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
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| Frank Chaparro / The Block: |
NY State AG sues Bitfinex for allegedly using Tether reserve funds to cover withdrawals, after the loss or theft of ~$851M from Bitfinex's payments processor — The New York State Attorney General (NYSAG) is suing Bitfinex, the cryptocurrency exchange, and affiliated firm Tether, the company behind the stablecoin of the same name.
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Tweets: @iamjosephyoung, @coindesk, @robustus, @jeffjohnroberts, @alistairmilne, @katherineykwu, @tracyalloway, @patio11, @bryceweiner, @patio11, @bryceweiner, @davidgerard, @bascule, @ofnumbers, @patio11, @tuurdemeester, @jeffjohnroberts, @haydentiff, @bitfinexed, @sasha35625, @theblock__, @bmmrobertson, @fintechfrank, @theblock__, @bryceweiner, @rolflobker, @_mikemalley, @patio11, @francispouliot_, and @bitfinexed
| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Slack files to go public via a direct listing, reports net loss of $140M on $220M in revenue for 2018, compared to a $146M net loss on $105M in revenue for 2017 — Slack, the ubiquitous workplace messaging tool, on Friday filed to go public via a direct stock listing.
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
iFixit says it has removed its Samsung Galaxy Fold teardown at Samsung's request through a “trusted partner” who supplied iFixit with the phone — The drama is unfolding with increasing strangeness — What in the world is going on over at Samsung in the wake of the Galaxy Fold delay?
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iFixit, MacRumors, Business Insider, Cult of Mac, Android Police, BGR, TechSpot, BetaNews, Engadget, Gizmochina, Android Authority, XDA Developers, Mashable, SlashGear, CNET, Android Central, 9to5Google, Ars Technica, and Gearburn
Tweets: @backlon, @ifixit, @dcseifert, @markgurman, @chillmage, @starfire2258, @reneritchie, @geerlingguy, @tomwarren, and @detroitborg
| Shannon Liao / The Verge: |
Amazon says it's working to offer free one-day shipping as the default for Prime customers but that it will take “a significant amount of time to achieve” — Amazon revealed today that it's working to offer free one-day shipping as the default for Amazon Prime customers …
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Android Police, BuzzFeed News, TechSpot, MarketWatch, PYMNTS.com, Gizmodo, Digital Trends, 9to5Toys, Quartz, SlashGear, and Business Insider
Tweets: @mattmday, @shannonpareil, @kyweise, and @kantrowitz
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Tweets: @stevekovach, @epro, @eugenekim222, and @whatthebit
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
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Tweets: @dee_bosa, @alexweprin, @martyswant, @charliebilello, and @dee_bosa
| Motherboard: |
Sources: at a Twitter all-hands, a staffer said it doesn't block white supremacist content as aggressively as ISIS since algorithms may ban some GOP politicians — A Twitter employee who works on machine learning believes that a proactive, algorithmic solution to white supremacy would also catch Republican politicians.
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Firstpost Tech, The Interface, Business Insider, and The Hill
Tweets: @jason_koebler, @josephfcox, @carnage4life, @businessinsider, @juddlegum, @tomgara, @timfernholz, @tomcoates, @josephfcox, @josephfcox, @cwarzel, and @mikeisaac
| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
Tweets: @qasimrashid, @markseibel, @jordanuhl, @jamilsmith, @davidmweissman, @rvoronacote, @haydenblack, @imraansiddiqi, @tonyromm, and @semil
| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Uber sets IPO price range of $44 to $50 per share, plans to raise up to $10.35B at a valuation of up to ~$84B — Uber on Friday morning disclosed that it plans to raise upwards of $10.35 billion in its IPO, at a market cap that could approach $84 billion. — The ride-hail giant …
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Telegraph, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Bloomberg, VentureBeat, Business Insider, CNN, Bloomberg, Crunchbase News, and CNBC
Tweets: @ericnewcomer, @ingridlunden, @stevekovach, @ingridlunden, @danprimack, @danprimack, and @scottmaustin
| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Report: Intel CEO Bob Swan says the chip company decided to exit the mobile 5G business after Apple and Qualcomm announced their settlement — Which came first, the chicken or the egg? — Intel has clarified that it bowed out of the mobile 5G marketplace earlier this month, and now we know why …
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9to5Mac, WinBuzzer, MSPoweruser, Telecoms.com, AppleInsider, Android Authority, Silicon Republic, and CNET. Tweets: @donal888
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
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Intel, Reuters, The Register, SiliconANGLE, Financial Times, Financial Times, Cult of Mac, Silicon Valley Business …, ZDNet, Barron's Online, Oregonian, MarketWatch, and CNBC
Tweets: @stephennellis, @ldignan, @charliebilello, @lexnfx, @rogoway, and @stephennellis
| Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times: |
Magic Leap raises $280M from NTT DoCoMo, Japan's biggest cellphone service provider, and says it will reopen its most recent round for more funding — Magic Leap, the maker of augmented-reality goggles, has already raised $2.3 billion, an extraordinary amount for a start-up.
Tweets: @nytimes
| Tripp Mickle / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Three veteran designers from Apple's industrial design team are leaving as the famously close knit team under Jony Ive undergoes a series of changes — Three designers will have recently left the prestigious, two-dozen member team responsible for the iPhone's design
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Fortune, Silicon Valley Business …, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, Cult of Mac, MacRumors, and iPhone Hacks. Tweets: @natisho
| Eddie O'Neil / Facebook Developers: |
Facebook says it will no longer permit apps with minimal utility, such as personality quizzes, and will expire user permissions not used or accessed in 90 days — As part of our ongoing commitments to privacy and security, we are making updates to our platform.
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CNN, The Next Web, The Verge, SlashGear, The Hill, and Mashable
Tweets: @robaeprice, @martinsfp, @stevekopack, @mcwm, @rmac18, and @shiraovide
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Microsoft says it will drop password expiration policies with the Windows 10 May 2019 Update, suggests organizations implement other password security practices — Microsoft announced the configuration baseline settings draft release for Windows 10 v1903 (19H1) and Windows Server v1903 …
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Naked Security. Tweets: @norcert, @carrohalpin, @grouppolicyguy, @swiftonsecurity, @webimprints, and @swy
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