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Huawei says its homegrown Hongmeng operating system is not for smartphones or an alternative to Android, but is for industrial use instead — Huawei board member and senior Vice President Catherine Chen said here on Thursday that the company's Hongmeng operating system is not for smartphones …
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Sources: NSO Group told buyers it can scrape users' data from cloud services of Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft by copying authentication keys — The Israeli company whose spyware hacked WhatsApp has told buyers its technology can surreptitiously scrape all of an individual's data …
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The panic over FaceApp highlighted how public attitudes about the internet have changed amid a widespread reckoning over data privacy and election interference — Shortly after the playful photo-transforming FaceApp went viral Wednesday as the most downloaded smartphone app in America …
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Chrome and Firefox extensions with up to 4M installs leaked sensitive data, including names and passwords, to marketing intelligence service Nacho Analytics — Have your tax returns, Nest videos, and medical info been made public? — When we use browsers to make medical appointments … | Natt Garun / The Verge: |
A look at the growing use of connected home fitness devices, as some users say convenience outweighs qualms about constantly looking at screens — The future of fitness is together but alone — Nikolas and Brittany Loecher spent their anniversary in Napa Valley, where they drank wine … | Kim Zetter / VICE: |
Researchers say they were able to trick cybersecurity firm Cylance's AI-based antivirus engine into thinking programs like WannaCry and other malware are benign — By taking strings from an online gaming program and appending them to malicious files, researchers were able … | Tim Ingham / Rolling Stone: |
A look at 5 initiatives Spotify has abandoned: original video content, its hateful conduct policy, Spotify apps, direct music distribution, and Spotify Running — While it's common for tech companies to test out new ideas in public, the streaming giant has done so more than most| Will Oremus / OneZero: |
Twitter's redesign, which rebuilt the desktop website as a progressive web app, solves none of its problems, but will help the famously slow company move faster — It's about making a notoriously slow-footed company faster on its feet — which could eventually pay off for its users
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French drone maker Parrot continues to shift away from consumer sales, dominated by DJI, says it will only make business focused Anafi drone line — The French dronemaker continues to shift away from consumer sales, which are dominated by DJI — France's Parrot has left the toy drone market …
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CB Insights: VC investment in blockchain startups is on pace to decline by ~60% YoY in 2019; as of July 1, blockchain companies have raised $784M via 227 deals — - Venture funding in blockchain startups may tumble 60% in 2019 — Meanwhile, Bitcoin's price has more than doubled this year| Shannon Vavra / CyberScoop: |
Former NSA contractor Harold Martin sentenced to 9 years in prison for the theft of 50TB+ of classified government files — Former NSA contractor Harold T. Martin was sentenced Friday to 9 years in prison for his role in a massive theft of classified documents.
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Source: Oyo founder and CEO Ritesh Agarwal to pay $2B at a $10B valuation to up his stake in Oyo from 10% to 30%; Lightspeed and Sequoia India sold some shares — - This investment by Agarwal is backed by global institutional banks and his financial partners| Brandon Bilinski / YouTube Blog: |
YouTube adds one click switch between audio and video for YouTube Premium and YouTube Music Premium subscribers, has time-matched over 5M songs — Imagine listening to a new track by your favorite artist in the YouTube Music app and having the ability to seamlessly switch over to watch … | Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Lexion, which develops AI-powered solutions for managing contracts, raises a $4.2M seed round — Contract management isn't exactly an exciting subject, but it's a real pain point for many companies. It also lends itself to automation, thanks to recent advances in machine learning and natural language processing.
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