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Apple is suspending Siri response grading, the program in which humans review recordings of Siri queries for quality control, in response to privacy concerns — In response to concerns raised by a Guardian story last week over how recordings of Siri queries are used for quality control, Apple is suspending the program world wide.
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| Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
DoorDash agrees to acquire Caviar, Square's food delivery business, for $410M in cash and preferred DoorDash stock — DoorDash has reached an agreement with Square to purchase on-demand food delivery and catering business Caviar . DoorDash has agreed to pay Square $410 million in cash and preferred DoorDash stock.
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| Thomas Ricker / The Verge: |
Google will let Android users in Europe choose their default search engine starting in 2020; inclusion on the choice screen will be determined via auction — Only the top-three bidders will appear alongside Google on the choice screen — Starting in early 2020, Google will present …
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Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, the biggest name in Fortnite and one of Twitch's most popular stars, says he will move to Microsoft's Mixer full-time — Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, the biggest name in Fortnite and one of Twitch's most popular stars, is leaving the platform to stream exclusively on Mixer.
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Google to add an automated text-to-speech feature for emergency calls made via the Pixel Phone app to help relay location information to first responders — The new feature will automatically describe the kind of emergency and exact address to first responders
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| Karl Bode / VICE: |
FTC asks that the 147M people affected by the Equifax breach take free credit monitoring as only $31M of the $575M+ Equifax settlement is allocated to consumers — After “overwhelming” public interest, the FTC now urges users to settle for free credit monitoring instead.
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| New York Times: |
Records show the NYPD has uploaded arrest photos of juveniles into a facial recognition database since 2015, despite higher risk of false matches in young faces — With little oversight, the N.Y.P.D. has been using powerful surveillance technology on photos of children and teenagers.
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| Ben Fox Rubin / CNET: |
Following its move to stop selling new Dash buttons in February, Amazon says it will turn off the capabilities of all its Dash buttons worldwide on August 31 — If you're dying to test out the features of Amazon's Dash button, it's now or never. Amazon said Thursday it will turn off …
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
FCC says ISPs must provide geospatial maps of where they provide service, instead of just listing census blocks, will let the public comment on their accuracy — ISPs will have to submit geospatial maps of broadband service areas. — The Federal Communications Commission voted today … | Jacqueline Feldscher / Politico: |
Pentagon puts the decision of awarding the $10B JEDI cloud services contract on hold as Defense Secretary Mark Esper reviews accusations of unfair competition — The Pentagon is slamming the brakes on its mega-competition to award a $10 billion cloud computing contract after President Donald Trump suggested …
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| Dell Cameron / Gizmodo: |
Amazon's Ring says that it receives some real-time 911 call data, including addresses, from police, which helps it curate crime news posts for its Neighbors app — Amazon-owned home security company Ring is pursuing contracts with police departments that would grant it direct access to real …
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| Donie O'Sullivan / CNN: |
Facebook details its first takedown of inauthentic accounts linked to the Saudi government, alongside a separate takedown of accounts linked to UAE and Egypt — Washington (CNN Business)Facebook said Thursday it had found evidence of something cyber security and national security experts …
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| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
Inside US-based “phone farms”, where people use dozens or hundreds of smartphones to fabricate engagements with ads and generate some disposable income — Ordinary Americans are using armies of phones to generate cash to buy food, diapers, and beer through ad fraud.
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The Overspill. Tweets: @josephfcox, @josephfcox, @josephfcox, @dcurtisj, @aallan, @jason_koebler, @cecianasta, @vice, @mazzy_starfox, @derektmead, @emanuelmaiberg, and @josephfcox
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Sources: as part of its antitrust probe, FTC is investigating whether Facebook bought startups like Instagram and WhatsApp to neutralize possible competitors — Regulators examining whether social-media giant bought companies to neutralize possible rivals — The Federal Trade Commission's …
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Facebook says it will open source two algorithms it uses to identify child sexual exploitation, terrorist propaganda, and graphic violence in images and videos — Crowdsourcing a better solution to disturbing photos and videos — Facebook will open-source two algorithms it uses …
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Tweets: @facebookai, @guyro, @caseynewton, @trawg, and @brianfishman
| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Poshmark, an online clothes marketplace with 50M+ users, says some user info, including names and encrypted passwords, was taken by an unauthorized third party — Poshmark, an online marketplace for buying and selling clothes, has reported a data breach. — The company said in a brief blog post … | Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
YouTube has significantly changed its algorithm to boost what it deems “quality” children's videos following FTC probe into its use of personal data from minors — A software update that came in July, without explanation, was designed to promote “quality” children's videos| James Thorne / GeekWire: |
Former Expedia executive Aman Bhutani taking over as CEO of GoDaddy as Scott Wagner, who was promoted to the post in 2017, steps down for health reasons — Tech Moves covers notable hires, promotions and personnel changes in the Pacific NW tech community. Submissions: tips@geekwire.com| Bloomberg: |
SEC filings: MacKenzie Bezos is now the second largest Amazon shareholder, holding 19.7M shares, or a ~4% stake worth ~$37B, in the company — MacKenzie Bezos is officially Amazon.com Inc.'s second-largest individual shareholder. — About 19.7 million shares are now registered … | Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Online sneaker marketplace StockX reset customer passwords after it was “alerted to suspicious activity”, initially said the reset was due to “system updates” — StockX, a popular site for buying and selling sneakers and other apparel, has admitted it reset customer passwords … | Dr. Ian Cutress / AnandTech: |
An in-depth look at Intel's new Ice Lake chips, including their development history and benchmark results — Intel's new Ice Lake platform is the company's second attempt at producing a 10nm chip for the mass market, and follows on from the Cannon Lake platform.
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