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Sources: US Cyber Command launched an offensive cyber strike on Thursday that disabled Iranian computer systems used to control rocket and missile launches — President Trump approved an offensive cyber-strike that disabled Iranian computer systems used to control rocket and missile launches …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
NASA says it was hacked in April 2018 via an unauthorized Raspberry Pi on the network; hackers had access for nearly a year, stealing Mars mission-related data — NASA described the hackers as an “advanced persistent threat,” a term generally used for nation-state hacking groups.
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Bitcoin rises above $10K for the first time in over a year, as the unveiling of Libra and increased institutional support spur hopes of mainstream adoption — The world's most popular cryptocurrency gets a boost from Facebook's plan to launch Libra — Bitcoin rose over $10,000 … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
PayPal COO Bill Ready, who joined the company in 2013 when it acquired Braintree, is leaving the company at the end of 2019 — PayPal Chief Operating Officer Bill Ready is leaving the company at the end of the year, PayPal announced via a statement issued on Thursday.| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
iRobot has acquired Root Robotics, which makes a $199 educational robot that can be programmed to draw, respond to touch and sound, play music, and more — Bedford, Massachusetts-based iRobot, the robotics company perhaps best known for its iconic Roomba autonomous home vacuum cleaners … | Julie Jargon / Wall Street Journal: |
How COPPA came about 20 years ago, making 13 years the internet's age of adulthood, as a bipartisan COPPA 2.0 bill seeks to raise the age to 16 — The inside story of COPPA, a law from the early days of e-commerce that is shaping a generation and creating a parental minefield
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| Peter Blumberg / Bloomberg: |
Magic Leap sues Chi Xu, a former employee who founded the China-based AR startup Nreal, for alleged IP theft — - The startup says the former employee stole its AR secrets — Alleged technology theft a sore point in U.S.-China relations — Magic Leap Inc., a U.S. startup that makes …
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| Sam Dean / Los Angeles Times: |
Privacy experts worry about how Amazon and Walmart will store and use videos captured by cameras worn by delivery associates during in-home deliveries — The war for the e-commerce shopper is fought on the battlefield of convenience. One-click ordering, same-day delivery …
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| Kerry Flynn / Digiday: |
Snap introduces Snap Select, which lets advertisers buy ads exclusively for Snap's premium content, like its shows and vetted premium partners, at fixed CPMs — When the hedges arrived at La Malmaison on Saturday, they had to be trimmed down. Snapchat wanted the vibe of its Cannes space to open — not private and exclusive.
Tweets: @rakeshlobster, @richbtig, @digiday, @russcp, and @richbtig
| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
Internet companies that call themselves “platforms” instead of publishers have no special legal protections or obligations under the Communications Decency Act — from the stop-pushing-this-nonsense dept — Alexis Madrigal, over at the Atlantic has a mostly interesting piece recounting …
| Nat Levy / 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 …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Legal tech startup Atrium's business model incentivizes efficiency over milking billable hours, as most law firms do, giving it a leg up in automating busywork — Law firms have little incentive to build or buy software that will save their lawyers time since they often bill clients by the hour.
Tweets: @joshconstine
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