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Sources: HP and Dell plan to shift up to 30% of notebook production out of China; Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Sony, Nintendo also want to move some production — Production shift to create new rivals for world's consumer tech factory — TAIPEI/HONG KONG/CHONGQING— Global consumer electronics makers HP … | Alfred Ng / CNET: |
In a letter to Senator Chris Coons, Amazon says it keeps Alexa transcripts and voice recordings indefinitely, only removing them if manually deleted by users — If you have hangups about Amazon and privacy on its smart assistant, Alexa, you're not alone. Even after Amazon sent answers …
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House subcommittee sends letter requesting Facebook halt Libra's development until Congress and regulators can investigate potential risks to the global economy — ‘These vulnerabilities could be exploited and obscured by bad actors’ — House Democrats are requesting Facebook halt development …
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Contradicting Trump's surprise Huawei announcement, an internal memo says Commerce Department staff should still treat the company as blacklisted — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior U.S. official told the Commerce Department's enforcement staff this week that China's Huawei should still …
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iOS 13 beta includes an ARKit-based FaceTime feature that makes it look as if users are looking into the camera even when looking at the image on the screen — Fake eye contact for improved intimacy — iOS 13's third developer beta includes a new feature that makes it look …
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Uber Eats launches Dine-In, which lets users order food before going to a restaurant and then eat it there, in Austin, Dallas, Phoenix, San Diego, and more — Tired of cleaning up after take-out or getting hangry waiting at your table in restaurants? Well Uber Eats is barging into the dine-in business.
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D-Link agrees to implement a new security program to settle a 2017 FTC complaint that alleged D-Link left thousands open to well-known attacks — Agreement settles charges D-Link left users open to critical and widespread threats. — Router and webcam maker D-Link has agreed to implement …
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200+ companies, including Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft, have called on SCOTUS to allow existing sex discrimination laws to cover LGBTQ workers — More than 200 large businesses, including most of the big technology companies, are calling on the Supreme Court to find … | Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch: |
Paris-based Cubyn, which lets e-merchants outsource fulfillment and delivery logistics, raises €12M Series B led by DN Capital — Cubyn, the Paris-based logistics startup that lets e-merchants outsource fulfilment and delivery logistics, has raised €12 million in new funding.
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Superhuman, an email app that raised $33M in June, adds read receipt tracking pixels to outgoing mail and doesn't let users stop image loading on incoming mail — Over the past 25 years, email has weaved itself into the daily fabric of life. Our inboxes contain everything from very personal letters …
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
In its latest transparency report, Apple says it received 80 requests from 11 countries to pull 634 apps from its app stores from July 1 to December 31, 2018 — For the first time, Apple has published the number of requests it's received from governments to take down apps from its app store.
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PE firm KKR acquires Canadian software company Corel, which bought virtualization software company Parallels in Dec., in a deal sources say worth $1B+ — Yesterday we broke the news that Corel — the company behind WordPerfect, Corel Draw, and a number of other apps, as well as the new owner of Parallels …
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