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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
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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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NY State Attorney General, Bloomberg, BetaNews, The Verge, CNBC, Sramana Mitra, PYMNTS.com, Financial Times, Slate, CNN, Business Insider, Axios, Engadget, Mashable, The Hill, CNET, TheStreet, and NBC News
Tweets: @robaeprice, @profcarroll, @kpoulsen, and @mikeisaac
| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
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Office of the Privacy …, priv.gc.ca, Firstpost Tech, Geek.com, The Verge, and Mashable
Tweets: @profcarroll, @mgeist, @profcarroll, and @mgeist
| 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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NY State Attorney General, Wall Street Journal, NY State Attorney General, The Block, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, CoinDesk, CoinDesk, CNBC, The Next Web, Fortune, Anycoin.news, Amy Castor, Trustnodes, Ethereum World News, IT PRO, Messari Crypto, NY State Attorney General, Cointelegraph, Crypto Recorder, Bitcoinist.com, Blockonomi, Engadget, CoinGeek, SiliconANGLE, Coinspeaker, CryptoSlate, Mashable, The Block, NewsBTC, and The Block
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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| 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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