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France is creating a task force of G7 central banks to study how cryptocurrencies like Libra can be governed by anti-money laundering and other regulations — FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Three European central bankers are claiming oversight over Facebook's planned virtual currency to ensure …
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| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Inside Apple's app review unit, where 300+ staffers check every app and update, escalate controversial cases to an executive review board led by Phil Schiller — KEY POINTS — Every single app and update on Apple's App Store platforms is approved by an Apple employee working in a division called App Review.
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| Kate O'Keeffe / Wall Street Journal: |
US adds five major Chinese supercomputer developers to the export restrictions list, citing national security concerns — Commerce Department puts five Chinese developers on entity list, citing national-security concerns — WASHINGTON—The Commerce Department is taking aim …
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| Drew Harwell / Washington Post: |
Review of documents from CBP hack shows that sensitive info, like DHS handbooks, detailed schematics and plans for border surveillance network, also leaked — Far more information was taken in the hack of a Customs and Border Protection contractor than U.S. officials have acknowledged.
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple launches a voluntary recall and replacement program for 15" MacBook Pro units sold between September 2015 and February 2017 due to battery safety concerns — Apple today said that it is launching a voluntary recall and replacement program for the 15-inch MacBook Pro.
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Niantic CEO John Hanke on Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, improvements to Niantic's AR engine, which is about to become a platform for outside AR developers, more — This week's release of “Harry Potter: Wizards Unite” isn't just the debut of a highly anticipated mobile game …
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| Sascha Segan / PCMAG: |
Research: AT&T has the fastest mobile network in the US in 2019, displacing Verizon from the top spot after five years — Winners by City About Our Tests — All four major wireless carriers in the US are constantly flinging claims at you—they're the fastest, the largest, the friendliest, the best.
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| Debby Wu / Bloomberg: |
Foxconn names chip unit head Young Liu as its new chairman, replacing Terry Gou, who is running for president in Taiwan — Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., the largest assembler of Apple Inc.'s gadgets, has named Young Liu its new chairman to replace billionaire founder Terry Gou.| Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios: |
Medallia, which offers a customer experience management platform, files for IPO; it reported a $82.2M net loss and $313.6M in revenue for its last fiscal year — Medallia, a Silicon Valley subscription-based software company that competes with the likes of SurveyMonkey and Qualtrics …
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
UK's competition regulator tells Facebook and eBay to conduct an urgent review of their sites to prevent sales of fake and misleading online reviews — Facebook and eBay have been warned by the U.K.'s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to do more to tackle the sale of fake reviews on their platforms.| JR Raphael / Computerworld: |
Google confirms it is getting out of the tablet business, canceling two unreleased smaller-sized tablets, but remains committed to Pixel phones and laptops — Here's an interesting little nugget of info to chew on: Google's decided to step away from its self-made tablets and focus instead on the laptop form.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
YouTube confirms it is testing hiding comments under its videos by default, and only showing them when users click on a “Comments” button — YouTube's comments section has a bad reputation. It's even been called “the worst on the internet,” and a reflection of YouTube's overall toxic culture … | GeekWire: |
Leaked Microsoft memo says Slack, AWS, Google Docs, PagerDuty, and even GitHub are prohibited or discouraged from internal use, primarily over security concerns — As Slack makes its stock market debut, there's a major company that won't be allowing its employees to use the business collaboration … | Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
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