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The European Commission launches a formal antitrust investigation into possible anti-competitive conduct by Amazon in its dual role as marketplace and retailer — The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation to assess whether Amazon's use of sensitive data …
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| Davey Alba / BuzzFeed News: |
Google's vice president of public policy, Karan Bhatia, tells US Senate that the company has “terminated” Project Dragonfly, its Chinese search engine project — At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday, Google's vice president of public policy, Karan Bhatia …
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Microsoft says AT&T will use its Azure and Office 365 suite for its 250,000 staff in a non-exclusive deal; source says multi-year deal is worth $2B+ — KEY POINTS — All AT&T Communications employees will use Microsoft 365, which includes Windows 10 and Office 365.
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As part of World Emoji Day, Apple and Google share designs for around 60 new emoji, many focused on representation around disability — Tomorrow is World Emoji Day. Why is there a World Emoji Day? No idea! But it's tomorrow! — To recognize the day, Apple and Google have both shed …
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| Michael McWhertor / Polygon: |
Nintendo announces an updated Switch console which, it says, will last up to nine hours on a single charge; FCC filing suggests it has a new SoC and storage — It's the same old Switch, just longer lasting — Nintendo is updating the original version of the Switch to offer better battery life …
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| Hayley Peterson / Business Insider: |
Amazon says Prime Day surpassed Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales combined, with users buying 175M items, up from 100M in 2018 — - Amazon says Prime Day sales this year surpassed the combined sales of Black Friday and Cyber Monday last year. — Amazon said it sold with more than 175 million items …
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| Jim Waterson / The Guardian: |
As FaceApp goes viral again, many are wary of the image-altering app's weak privacy policy, the fact it's based in Russia, and that photos are sent to the cloud — App was launched by Russian developer in 2017 and uses AI to change people's features — The developer of a popular app …
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| Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
Researchers find that Windows 10, iOS, and macOS devices broadcast device-specific info over Bluetooth, letting observers track the devices; Android does not — Any modern device sporting Bluetooth connectivity may be impacted with the exception of Android.
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
MacBook Air (2019) review: classic design works well and True Tone display looks great, but its CPU can struggle, keyboard is a worry, and USB-C can be a hassle — Can it live up to the classic? — There's not a lot that's changed with 2019's iteration of the MacBook Air …
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| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
Reflecting on VidCon, it's clear that influencers' command of social media foreshadows future power in politics and elsewhere — As social media expands its cultural dominance, the people who can steer the online conversation will have an upper hand. — ANAHEIM, Calif. …
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| John Markoff / New York Times: |
Neuralink, which has received $158M in funding including $100M from Elon Musk, hopes to begin testing its brain-computer interface on humans by Q2 of 2020 — SAN FRANCISCO — Elon Musk aspires to make inserting a computer connection into your brain as safe and painless as Lasik eye surgery.
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| Nathaniel Popper / New York Times: |
A look at privacy-focused DuckDuckGo, which has ~1% share of the search engine market but says it handles ~40M searches a day, up 3x over the past two years — PAOLI, Pa. — Gabriel Weinberg is taking aim at Google from a small building 20 miles west of Philadelphia that looks like a fake castle.| Reuters: |
Review of 33 high-profile blockchain projects within the financial sector and interviews with execs shows the limitations of blockchain and its weak adoption — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two years ago Nasdaq Inc (NDAQ.O) and Citigroup Inc (C.N) announced a new blockchain system they said would make payments …
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| William J. Broad / New York Times: |
Unwarranted health fears about wireless tech can be traced to a scientist's flawed report in 2000 that failed to account for the shielding effect of human skin — How one scientist and his inaccurate chart led to unwarranted fears of wireless technology. — In 2000, the Broward County Public Schools … | Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Peer-to-peer car sharing marketplace Turo raises $250M Series E from IAC at a $1B+ valuation, bringing its total raised to nearly $450M — Car-sharing startup Turo has raised $250 million in a Series E round of funding from IAC, the internet media company that owned and spun out Match.com and OkCupid.
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| Patrick Howell O'Neill / MIT Technology Review: |
Researchers shed light on how WeChat censors images in private chats automatically in real time by using a massive and growing index of MD5 cryptographic hashes — The super app instantly blocks even the images for over 1 billion users and growing. — WeChat is a window into the future of the internet in many different ways.| Brian Merchant / Columbia Journalism Review: |
To duck accountability, “on background” has become the default method by which Silicon Valley disseminates information, often abetted by tech journalists — One of the most pernicious tools that Silicon Valley uses to control the flow of information to the public is decidedly low-tech: briefing reporters “on background.”| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Researchers created an app that could withhold insulin or trigger a lethal overdose after Medtronic and the FDA delayed a replacement plan for flawed pumps — TWO YEARS AGO, researchers Billy Rios and Jonathan Butts discovered disturbing vulnerabilities in Medtronic's popular MiniMed and MiniMed Paradigm insulin pump lines.
Tweets: @caitlin__kelly, @wired, and @stephaniemlee
| Alnoor Peermohamed / The Economic Times: |
Icertis, an enterprise contract management SaaS, raises $115M led by Greycroft and PremjiInvest at a $1B+ valuation, bringing its total raised to $211M — Indo-US enterprise contract management software provider Icertis has become the latest software-as-a-service (SaaS) … | Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Google Maps will now show bike-sharing station information on Android and iOS in 23 new cities globally, more than a year after debuting the feature in NYC — Google Maps is bringing bike-sharing station information to global markets from today, more than a year after first debuting the feature in New York City.
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| Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News: |
Google has banned Chinese app developer CooTek from its ad platforms and Play Store, removing 60+ CooTek Android apps for bombarding users with disruptive ads — Google is banning CooTek, a publicly traded Chinese app developer, from its Play store and ad platforms after BuzzFeed News …
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| Alfred Ng / CNET: |
Researcher: 100+ Chinese loan apps sent sensitive data of 4.6M+ devices, including financial information, to a public server that was left exposed for two weeks — Millions of people in China who use loan apps to borrow money have ended up paying with their privacy.
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