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Google admits one of its language reviewers leaked confidential Dutch audio data and says it is investigating the issue — We're focused on building products that work for everyone, and as part of this, we invest significant resources to ensure that our speech technology works for a wide variety of languages, accents and dialects.
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Belgian broadcaster obtains 1,000+ Google Assistant audio clips from a Google contractor, some of which seem to be recorded inadvertently and may violate GDPR — GOOGLE, AMAZON, AND Apple say their AI-powered virtual assistants make it easier to get things done on smartphones or at home.
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Apple says it has temporarily disabled the Apple Watch Walkie Talkie app, due to a vulnerability that could allow iPhone eavesdropping, while it works on a fix — Apple has disabled the Apple Watch Walkie Talkie app due to an unspecified vulnerability that could allow a person to listen …
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Sources: Bird lost about $100M in the first quarter, with revenue shrinking to about $15M, and the company told people that it has about $100M in cash left — The wintertime was bleak for Bird. In this year's first quarter, the electric scooter operator lost nearly $100 million …
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France passes a 3% digital services tax on sales in France for large internet companies with over €25M in French revenues; the law affects about 30 companies — France has approved a digital services tax despite threats of retaliation by the US, which argues that it unfairly targets American tech giants.| Ana Swanson / New York Times: |
| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Amazon says it will spend $700M to retrain 100K, or about a third, of its US employees by 2025, acknowledging the impact of technology and automation on jobs — Amazon is embarking on a $700 million effort to retrain its U.S. workforce, in a high-profile acknowledgment of the impact …
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| Katie Notopoulos / BuzzFeed News: |
Facebook is starting to show users which marketing and data companies have your data, how an ad was targeted, and how to opt-out — The new tool tells you how an ad was targeted and which third-party agency or data broker was used. It also links to pages to opt out.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft says its Slack competitor, Teams, now has 13M+ daily active users and 19M+ weekly active users; in a filing in April, Slack said it has 10M DAU — Microsoft's first set of user numbers — Microsoft is finally revealing exactly how many people are using its Slack competitor Microsoft Teams.| Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times: |
Sources: Amazon Music Unlimited's subscribers grew ~70% in the past year, compared to ~25% for Spotify; in April Amazon had 32M+ music subscribers in total — Amazon is adding subscribers to its music-streaming service at a faster rate than rivals such as Spotify, Apple and Google …
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| Sam Rutherford / Gizmodo: |
Google is testing Shoelace, a hyper-local social networking iOS and Android app, based on shared interests around events and activities, starting in NYC — Google has never made a successful social network, but you have to give the company some credit for never giving up.
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| Brian Barrett / Wired: |
RiskIQ: Magecart hacking group have found a way to scan for unsecured AWS S3 buckets, collecting 17,000 potential sites, some among the top 2,000 biggest sites — YOU MAY NOT recognize the name Magecart, but you've seen its impact. A set of sophisticated hacking groups …
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Twitter was down globally for just over an hour today as the White House “social media summit” kicked off — When in doubt, ban yourself — Twitter appeared to be down for a large number of users across the United States on Thursday. The company confirmed the issue to The Verge …
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| Ryan Gallagher / The Intercept: |
A US nonprofit org founded by Google and IBM is working with a company helping China's government secretly monitor phone and internet activity of 200M people — An American organization founded by tech giants Google and IBM is working with a company that is helping China's authoritarian …
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| Sam Shead / Forbes: |
Study: 63% of UK VC firms have no senior women in their investment teams and women occupy just 13% of senior level roles, the same as in 2017 — Luciana Lixandru and Sonali De Rycker of Accel. — GETTY IMAGES FOR TECHCRUNCH — U.K. venture capital firms aren't doing enough to diversify … | Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider: |
Kuo: Apple's 2020 iPhone will include a smaller TrueDepth camera, reducing the size of the notch, and a rear-facing camera with a seven-piece lens system — Apple is expected to significantly decrease the size of iPhone's TrueDepth “notch” in 2020, modifying or potentially removing … | Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Now-deleted FCC images appear to confirm the forthcoming Samsung Galaxy Note 10, expected to be unveiled in August, won't have a 3.5mm headphone jack — After years of resisting the trend, Samsung is ditching the 3.5mm jack — Samsung's long history of including a 3.5mm headphone jack …
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Nielsen says it will start surveying podcast listeners about their consumption habits, including genre preferences and how long they listen to shows — More data on listeners — Nielsen, a company best known for tracking TV shows' popularity, is getting into the podcast data collection business.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
OneTrust, which builds tools to help companies navigate data protection and privacy policies, raises $200M Series A led by Insight Partners at a $1.3B valuation — GDPR, and the newer California Consumer Privacy Act, have given a legal bite to ongoing developments in online privacy and data protection …
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Axios, ZDNet, VentureBeat, and FinSMEs
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Apple pushes silent Mac update to remove the hidden web server in the Zoom app that could let websites add a user to a video call without their permission — Apple has released a silent update for Mac users removing a vulnerable component in Zoom, the popular video conferencing app …
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| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
German mobile banking startup N26 launches in the US, offering bank accounts with debit cards in partnership with Axos bank — European fintech startup N26 is now accepting customers in the U.S. The company is launching a bank account with a debit card that should provide a better experience compared to traditional retail banks.Sponsor Posts
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