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Source and documents show Microsoft contractors are listening to some Skype calls made using the app's translation service — Contractors working for Microsoft are listening to personal conversations of Skype users conducted through the app's translation service, according to a cache of internal documents …
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| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony say they will require game publishers to disclose the odds of receiving types of in-game items from loot boxes starting in 2020 — And a handful of publishers, too — The three major video game console manufacturers — Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo …
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| Bloomberg: |
FedEx says it will not renew its ground-delivery contract with Amazon when it expires at the end of this month, as the e-commerce giant emerges as a competitor — FedEx Corp. is snipping another tie with Amazon.com Inc. as the e-commerce giant emerges as a competitor by building its own shipping network.
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| Nate Lanxon / Bloomberg: |
UK filings show Google's DeepMind reported a loss of $572M in 2018 on revenue of $124.9M, while it has $1.2B+ of debt due for repayment this year — - AI company revenue doubled in 2018 but losses are spiralling — Auditors confident Alphabet will maintain financial support
Tweets: @sam_l_shead, @ruskin147, and @yoda
| Jane Lytvynenko / BuzzFeed News: |
The El Paso and Dayton shootings once again show how disinformation can spread on hard-to-track private messaging apps, oftentimes by bad actors — Just after the El Paso shooting, a video of a young man in glasses driving and rapping to Kendrick Lamar began to spread on Telegram.
Tweets: @tomnamako, @elamin88, @cwarzel, and @janelytv
| Kate Conger / New York Times: |
Uber is partnering with US public transit agencies to gain more riders and revenue, but city officials are wary of losing commuters and not getting rider data — The ride-hailing company, craving growth, is looking to public transit for riders and revenue. Cities aren't sure whether to welcome it.| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
IBM researchers detail “warshipping”, a technique whereby attackers build and mail a device capable of hacking WiFi networks to the target — Why break into a company's network when you can just walk right in — literally? — Gone could be the days of having to find a zero …
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Amazon now gives users the ability to choose how fast Alexa talks by saying “speed up” or “slow down”, with seven different speed options — There are seven speeds — Amazon is launching a new ability for it's Alexa smart assistant today: the ability to choose how fast it talks.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Facebook is rebuilding Instagram's messaging feature using Messenger tech, with Instagram's team reporting to Messenger; Instagram's look won't change — - Social network takes first steps to combine messaging products — Instagram's direct messaging team now reports to Messenger
Tweets: @kurtwagner8, @kurtwagner8, @kurtwagner8, and @kurtwagner8
| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
Webflow, a simple website builder for non-coders, raises $72M Series A led by Accel, after previously raising only $2.9M; sources say valuation is $350M-$400M — Covering venture capital, software and startups — On his fourth attempt at building the company of his dreams …
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| Washington Post: |
White House says it will hold a summit with tech companies on Friday to discuss violent online extremism, but does not say which companies are attending — The White House will host top tech companies to discuss the rise of violent online extremism on Friday, marking the Trump administration's …
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| Reuters: |
Trump stepped up accusations against Google on Tuesday, claiming without evidence that Google worked against him in 2016 and warning he was watching it closely — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday stepped up his accusations against Google, claiming without offering evidence … | Mark Wilson / Fast Company: |
A look inside Google's one-year-old Design Lab for its hardware products at the Mountain View campus, which houses around 150 designers — The special sauce behind Google's breakout hardware products is its one-year-old Design Lab. We're the first publication to go inside.| Slack: |
Slack announces several new enterprise security features, including secondary authentication via Face ID, Touch ID and domain whitelisting tools for IT admins — New features give Enterprise Grid admins more control over who can use Slack and how, and which devices are approved
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| Paul Roberts / The Seattle Times: |
Epik, which serves sites like Gab.com and Daily Stormer, says it will not provide 8chan with DoS or CDN services through its BitMitigate division — A Seattle-area web-hosting firm has reversed course and decided not to host the 8chan web forum linked to Saturday's mass shooting in El Paso.
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| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
In a 130-page court filing, Kik says SEC's lawsuit manipulated facts and took comments out of context about its 2017 token sale, which raised $100M — The Takeaway: — Kik claims the SEC took executives' comments out of context in a suit alleging the startup's 2017 token sale violated securities laws.
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| Kevin Poulsen / The Daily Beast: |
Analysis: nearly 10% of the 178 unverified accounts Trump has retweeted since becoming president have been suspended by Twitter for violating its terms — “Twitter's always been fair to me,” said one Trump supporter. “Until the president of the United States retweeted me.”
Tweets: @bitchute, @amescg, @bruno_j_navarro, and @jason_kint
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Ibotta, an app that offers cash back for in-store and online purchases, says it has raised a Series D at a $1B valuation; it had previously raised about $85M — Ibotta, a startup whose platform doles out rewards for in-store and online purchases, today announced a series D funding round led … | Roberta Rampton / Reuters: |
US government releases an interim rule banning federal purchases of comms equipment from five Chinese companies, including Huawei and ZTE, as part of a 2018 law — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. agency responsible for government contracts on Wednesday released an interim rule for a ban …
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| Allison Ingersoll / Bloomberg: |
Kansas-based C2FO, which operates a enterprise-focused marketplace for working capital, raises $200M led by SoftBank Vision Fund — - Biggest round for C2FO with SoftBank's investment largest ever — Plans to use money to expand operations in India, China, Japan
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PYMNTS.com, Kansas City Business Journal, Startland News, and PE Hub Blog
| Greg Bensinger / Washington Post: |
Investigation finds Amazon and Google listing firearm and gun accessories, such as ammunition, as recently as Monday, despite policies banning such items — Software algorithms are meant to catch and eliminate banned goods, but some items such as shotgun rounds slip through.
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Los Angeles Times, Business Insider, and CNN
Tweets: @geoffreyfowler, @aprilaser, @pinboard, @dseetharaman, and @pinboard
| Daniel Lippman / Politico: |
Sources: White House is circulating drafts of an executive order addressing alleged anti-conservative bias on social media, although exact details are unclear — The White House is circulating drafts of a proposed executive order that would address allegations of anti-conservative bias …
Tweets: @byjacobward, @jeremybwhite, and @walterolson
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